TheSnowShark
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If I'm not mistaken, they're all-terrain bikes, no ? 
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Nice roller coaster trail on the mountains in the back.
Did a quick after work ride today before the sun went down.
darwink1
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We got teased with +17 temps last week then it snowed and went down to -15. At least its a break from the mud.
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Semmelrocc
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Those are some serious temp changes!
darwink1
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MOTO13
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This is the most accurate post ever written.
darwink1
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I rode my skinny bike all the way into January and then was riding it in February with skinny studded tires..... In northern Ontario Canada... Thats just unheard of.
The fat tires have taken a shit kicking this season, lots of exposed, sharp rock that would usually be covered in snow is just ripping studs out and slicing... everything. Still fun as hell though.
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Good on you Binners. No shame in getting that checked out, I had the whole GP Popsicle thing last year, as much fun as it sounds but I'll take it all day long over the alternative.Welsh Whisky tastes different but ok. Any excuse for a dram , negative PSA test. That's good enough for me haha. When you get to that certain age you know you can't be shy lads.
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UnreasonableMuppet
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I went to the weird woods.
Rickster
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This was my top yesterday, plowing through the snow in the shady sections and then it's everywhere up higher. The creek crossing had rocks just perfect for portaging 
Gold Canyon, AZ. Really fun trails with a very remote feeling. I saw only 1 other bike on a 17 mile ride on a Saturday.
This ride freaked me out more than any other ride I’ve been on. I came around a blind corner at fairly slow speed. A Diamondback Rattlesnake was laying across the trail. There was absolutely no way to avoid him. I bailed off the bike to my left, my bike fell to the right. When the bike went down, the snake was coiled up between the top tube and down tube. He was pissed off and ready to strike. I had to toss rocks in his direction to get him away from my bike. This was a very close call. I would have been in a really bad spot as I was about 8 miles from the parking lot.
This ride freaked me out more than any other ride I’ve been on. I came around a blind corner at fairly slow speed. A Diamondback Rattlesnake was laying across the trail. There was absolutely no way to avoid him. I bailed off the bike to my left, my bike fell to the right. When the bike went down, the snake was coiled up between the top tube and down tube. He was pissed off and ready to strike. I had to toss rocks in his direction to get him away from my bike. This was a very close call. I would have been in a really bad spot as I was about 8 miles from the parking lot.
You guys are lucky!
They installed a rattle on your snakes to let you know where they are
Ours don’t come with a warning
I feel for you with all that mud, I’ll take the dry desert any day. I’d hate to have to clean my bike after ever ride. It has been about 5 rides since I washed the bike.
Our rattle snakes don’t always rattle. They do strike without warning, but I am definitely glad I am not in your shoes. The eastern US does have Coral Snakes and Cottonmouth Snakes that don’t rattle. I do not like snakes, they freak me out more than anything else on our trails. It’s the season for them, March through early October.You guys are lucky!
They installed a rattle on your snakes to let you know where they are
Ours don’t come with a warning
Rattle Snakes? Pah, nothing compared to cattle bell cows in the Alps! In most cases these even don‘t have to coil up. You come around a corner and up you go.
Just kidding….
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Beautifull area!
When I was a kid I had such a turtle. But don‘t do this in other countries if not sure about the species. I nearly grabbed about such size of a snapper turtle in US to put here aside from the road. Luckily there was a local guy that hold me back from grabbing her, kicked her with a stick when she suddenly snapped unbelieveable fast with a long neck to the back of her shell. 
First ride of the year! 
To be fair, I've been ill and had some family issues to deal with (and the weather has been sh1t)...
Just a loosener on The Green Hornet to see how much fitness I'd lost. As it turns out not too much, thankfully.
Was expecting a slop fest so took the Merida but happily, apart from a few really sloppy and/or wet bits, its was OK, if a little cool - only 8C.
Did a couple of loops around Jubilee/Darwen Tower. Only just over 11 miles but 1750ft and nearly 900Cals...
Green Hornet at the Tower
Same location facing back to Winter Hill and its transmitters in the distance...
The "loops"
To be fair, I've been ill and had some family issues to deal with (and the weather has been sh1t)...Just a loosener on The Green Hornet to see how much fitness I'd lost. As it turns out not too much, thankfully.
Was expecting a slop fest so took the Merida but happily, apart from a few really sloppy and/or wet bits, its was OK, if a little cool - only 8C.
Did a couple of loops around Jubilee/Darwen Tower. Only just over 11 miles but 1750ft and nearly 900Cals...
Green Hornet at the Tower
Same location facing back to Winter Hill and its transmitters in the distance...
The "loops"
darwink1
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Pictures of fixes that shouldn't have worked but did.
About a third of the way into our ride Wes cracked a rim on my lender bike and it wouldn't hold air anymore. While I laughed at him he proceed to wrap the area in electrical tape, threw on a couple zip ties and somehow we finished the ride and only had to stop to top off the tire twice...
Rim separated at the seam from an impact btw.
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About a third of the way into our ride Wes cracked a rim on my lender bike and it wouldn't hold air anymore. While I laughed at him he proceed to wrap the area in electrical tape, threw on a couple zip ties and somehow we finished the ride and only had to stop to top off the tire twice...
Rim separated at the seam from an impact btw.
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Rosemount
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It's been wet in Queensland.
Bike path ride last weekend.
Bike path ride last weekend.
Semmelrocc
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While waiting for my Levo SL, which is on a maintenance visit with my LBS, I went for a quick ride in between yesterday's rain showers with my "winter project". It's amazing, how good a vintage MTB like this 1992 Schauff hardtail can feel after receiving some fresh parts like wider handle bars, a new fork, etc.). I still wouldn't take it to rough trails, but it's fine for 80% of the everyday stuff.
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