In reply to TravisTheHuman :
Last time Tom and I were in the Asheville area we went to Chestnut because we are big fans of Berm Peak and had to check out the park. Lots of fun trails and the newer stuff outside of Berm Park was a blast.
In reply to TravisTheHuman :
Last time Tom and I were in the Asheville area we went to Chestnut because we are big fans of Berm Peak and had to check out the park. Lots of fun trails and the newer stuff outside of Berm Park was a blast.
I'm was riding in Jackson WY today. My rental was a 27.5 Kona Process 134 27.5. It was fun. I was very afraid I'd immediately want to trade in my 29er (27.5 is what I wanted when I bought my bike, but none were available), but I actually kind of missed it today. That said, if this bike had a dropper seat post, better pedals, and ergon grips it would likely be a different comparison.
Anyways, what a blast. Did about 16 miles total including a few in town to get to the trailhead. 10/10 would recommend.
Also there is no air here.
Kind of weird it doesn't have a dropper. I guess they don't want to faff about with setting seat heights on a rental, or running into not getting a longer travel dropper to get low enough.
TravisTheHuman said:...Jackson WY today.
Also there is no air here.
Welcome to the mountains, bud...
fatallightning said:Kind of weird it doesn't have a dropper. I guess they don't want to faff about with setting seat heights on a rental, or running into not getting a longer travel dropper to get low enough.
I rode out in Durango/San Luis Valley CO last summer, and I was very surprised at the scarcity of droppers being used by the locals. The trails, while excellent, were admittedly pretty buffed out compared to New England Rockroot, so if I'm honest I'd have probably run the same setup for simplicity's sake.
In reply to golfduke :
Myself and all my friends run dropper posts here in Denver. Everyone I pass on the trails has a dropper post...
docwyte said:In reply to golfduke :
Myself and all my friends run dropper posts here in Denver. Everyone I pass on the trails has a dropper post...
Must be all those Wierd Crusty SW CO poeple then, haha.
Hiy my "home" trail ride yesterday morning. Flowy, not really technical, multiple tracks in there, I did a ~9 mile loop. Bike is a 2018 Yeti SB5C Lunch Ride. I've played with getting a newer 29er, but this bike does practically everything a newer bike does. With the crash in used bike values, it's worth maybe $1800, it's not worth it to me to spend the money for what would be an incremental upgrade.
Old school???
I'm riding a 1993 Cannondale V2000 MTB. It was their first bike with full suspension.
docwyte said:Hiy my "home" trail ride yesterday morning. Flowy, not really technical, multiple tracks in there, I did a ~9 mile loop. Bike is a 2018 Yeti SB5C Lunch Ride. I've played with getting a newer 29er, but this bike does practically everything a newer bike does. With the crash in used bike values, it's worth maybe $1800, it's not worth it to me to spend the money for what would be an incremental upgrade.
I ride a 2019 SB5.5 turq that used to be a Richie Rude EWS bike. You'll have to pry it from my cold, dead hands if you ask me to get rid of it.
In reply to golfduke :
Yeah, this is a turq too. Being a lunch ride it got some decent upgrades in suspension and components, it rides really nicely. I just pedal strike on stuff around here more because it's a 27.5 vs a 29. Supposedly the new bikes have better geometry for climbing but I'm not sure that I'd notice, I'm a mid 50's amateur rider after all...
That Yeti is a beaut. I was shopping those HARD when an Ibis Exie USA fell in my lap for like 70% off retail. And well there ya go.
The Ibis is awesome but the blue Yetis are just so pretty.
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