Can you post your dilemma in the MTB forum with a poll? :innocent:

I've never posted there.

Would that be trouble?

I tried a cdale trail 3.
Haven't Bunny hopped on platform pedals in decades. Was fun.

Their 27.5+ wasn't built up, so I'll go back. It's a 1x with big fat tires, which is appealing. But it would be useless on the road.

I know at least 3 of us here in addiction ride 27.5+ now.

The good thing about a plus bike is that you can run either 29 or 27.5+ wheels. I'm about to test out some almost 29+ on mine in the next week or two.

But to be honest, I think any MTB is probably super overkill for just a fire road. That's probably gravel bike territory.

I tried the C'dale bad habit. It was not great. Very long chainstays lead to a dead feeling bike, and the BB is really low on that one, too. Also, they have some issues with the intermediate link on the rear suspension cracking. But mainly, riding it, it was no bueno climbing, even obvious in a parking lot. You had to switch the rear into lockout mode to get rid of the bobbing. There are much better suspension designs out there that don't require that. The Salsa split pivot is the best I've ridden with respect to that, with second place going to the Pivot cycles system. I've heard the Santa Cruz is pretty good, too, but haven't ridden one myself yet.

The Scott bikes use a remote lockout control to kind of mask the issue on their bikes. It's there, but they put a control up on the left bar that you can use if you climb.

The cannondale slate is probably one hell of a bike for gravel and fire roads, but they're crazy expensive, too. I know some people that ride a Salsa Cutthroat that haul ass on the road on them, too.

Bailey tops out at about 25. But, hey, his legs are 7".

I'm definitely going hard tail.

You're probably right about the gravel bike, but I think I'll have an easier time getting my family to try on a 29 or 27.5+

Makes me wonder how far I could go on my Allez with 28 tires. Maybe I could find some with tread.

I started on a hybrid with 32c kenda tires with knobs. I didn't get very far...

Even a frap?

:thumb:

Cool! Where the hell is that?

Went to the pool with the kids and decided to check out the swimming tracking on the vivoactive hr+. Hit the pool and out immediately went black screen. Still water coming out of it now hours later. Still dead. Wtf Garmin... supposed to be good to 50 meters not die in a 9 foot pool! I mean it's literally advertised as a triathlon watch!

Admiral Akbar knows it's a frap.

They name their Arabic beans after other countries that actually produce decent beans... 'Columbia Supremo Blend'..

that's all we need to know about Starbucks. :rolleyes:

LB trail!

Yup. The closest to coffee I get is kahlua.

You gotta show me around there. My boss is wanting to go ride out there too.

How was the trail? Any technical bits?

:lol: Thank you. Good thing I wasn't drinking anything when I read that.

Gonna upsize the Sidi Mega mountain shoes from 46.5 to 47's that I ordered from performance bike.. think they'll be cool to do the exchange in store? Hmmm.

Real tight and windy as if someone was trying to 'game' the mileage marker when publishing the trail.

Nothing real technical, a little overgrown / could be better maintained.

Few real nice views along the way - just a nice little pond shot and then that neat overhead old-school railroad.

It'll work in a pinch, but it ain't like the one over your end.

Yeah, it's on Denton Creek so it's only been above water for like 7 months now. That's why it's so overgrown. I see lots of calls for volunteer trail workers. They're still behind on getting that thing fully open.

There are quite a few twisty type trails around. More common the closer you get to city centers, as the green areas get kinda small. I did Harry Moss in Dallas, and it was definitely like that, but it did have a couple of technical spots.

Not many places like Northshore around, for sure.

Sorry that I'm late in posting here but I spent the day with my stoker lady on our tandem, great day BTW.

Anyway, yes, the new Dunkins stuff is pretty mellow, not bold on flavor, but predictably mellow and tasty. As mentioned, Starbux has a burnt taste. It will do in a pinch but that's the way that I feel about McD's too.

Probably why I can deal with it. I like hot.

Aeropress makes a travel kit that one probably could carry on a ride.

I'd just as soon get rid of the lawn, but the wife wants what the wife wants, and it's frustrating to see the yard that we sodded a few years ago get taken over by Creeping Charlie.

Nerd.