Two Wheels= Freedom

"S65" (granthp) 10/03/2016 at 11:57 • Filed to: mountain bike, Specialized Sportrock, Two Wheels Good, Sportrock Lyfe, Fuck Yeah Monday

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You cannot convice me this is not the case.

Would be nice to have some sort of suspension though, this trail is brutal.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > S65 10/03/2016 at 12:02

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Are you eight?

OPPOsaurus WRX > S65 10/03/2016 at 12:08

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completely agree

This was a couple years ago. they wouldn;t let us on the lift with the bikes so we told them they sucked and we road 3 hours to the top of the mountain. looking back we should have picked a different trail to climb that wasn;t a double black diamond. the view was well worth it and was also my first time seeing a moose.

S65 > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 10/03/2016 at 12:10

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No

Mattbob > S65 10/03/2016 at 12:13

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Nice! Thats a lot of sand you are riding through there! Do you ride a lot?

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > S65 10/03/2016 at 12:18

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Oh yes, no suspension. My bike is the same way, totally brutal going down hill in rock gardens. Something I really want to figure out if it is feasible would be to go bike backpack camping. I enjoy hiking and camping out on the trail but I wonder if I could apply the same thing to mountain biking. But I feel like carrying gear would be quite impossible.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/03/2016 at 12:20

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I definitely have to try lift served downhill biking at some point. I always hate riding up hills for hours just to ride back down it.

S65 > Mattbob 10/03/2016 at 12:23

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Almost every day, rain or shine

Mattbob > S65 10/03/2016 at 12:29

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Thats some dedication. Is that a commute, or fun? I do a lot of riding for fun, but I avoid riding when it’s too wet. Especially in sand like that. It likes to eat up drivetrains in the wet.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 10/03/2016 at 12:31

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its still pretty exhausting. my hands hurt the most due to the death grip on the handlebars. its fun, and scary.

MonkeePuzzle > S65 10/03/2016 at 12:39

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a near crippling spinal injury nearly convinced me otherwise :P

S65 > MonkeePuzzle 10/03/2016 at 12:42

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How did that happen?

functionoverfashion > S65 10/03/2016 at 12:43

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Totally agree. I took a long break from it but got back into it around the time we had a second child. Yeah, looking for more things to do! Or, looking for an excusable escape from the civilized world occasionally. All the guys I ride with are dads, and this is our organized excuse to drink beer in the woods get exercise together. I didn’t realize how much I missed it... and I only get out a couple days a week at best.

vicali > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 10/03/2016 at 12:57

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Did you ever take it off of any sweet jumps?

MonkeePuzzle > S65 10/03/2016 at 13:02

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your standard base over apex crash. except I landed on my head and back

Autofixation > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 10/03/2016 at 13:10

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A guy I used to mountain bike with would go bombing through the trails pulling a BOB trailer. It can be done.

Autofixation > functionoverfashion 10/03/2016 at 13:11

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Cool, where was this picture taken?

functionoverfashion > Autofixation 10/03/2016 at 13:14

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Rattlesnake Mountain in Rumney, NH. That area is well-known for rock climbing but there is a nice little hike and an old road made into a series of mt. bike jumps. You can ride a nice little summit loop on the hiking trail (in the picture) and some other good rock/technical stuff around the summit, too.

S65 > Mattbob 10/03/2016 at 13:41

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If it’s wet out I ususally try to keep on the pavement, I had a incident where I fell off the trail and into a stream.. 

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > S65 10/03/2016 at 15:49

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There’s this dude named Craig who knows a lot of people and can probably connect you with some selling used full suspension bikes. IIRC he even has a website that is basically just some lists of things people are selling. Craig’s list, if you will.

In my city there are actually 3-400 new bike listings every day, including kids and road bikes. Lots of junk, but you can find really decent bikes for under $500. Much less if you’re ok with front shocks only.

Autofixation > functionoverfashion 10/04/2016 at 00:17

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Cool, I actually live in Gilman, VT. not that far away. I have yet to explore the trails up here, but I know there are plenty of them. I’ll have to make it down there to check out some of those. I have an old Specialized that I am going to build over the winter.

functionoverfashion > Autofixation 10/04/2016 at 08:01

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So, you’re near Burke? Oh man that is a phenomenal trail system (kingdom trails). You’re going to want a modern full suspension bike before long if you start riding that area a lot. Ascutney and Stowe are good too, I hear, but I haven’t been to those areas yet.