look at all that positive engagement!!!
what a great read.... kudos: to all of you.
after my second divorce, I had to sell all the things, the bling, the collection, the classics and the new whips I was shredding. I saved a couple old hardtail frames and a few scroungy drivetrains and a gifted rare brakeset.
MTI vs. Sentimentals saved me.
and while I min-maxed with a very very very limited budget, and dug up old tires in the shops trash and glued them back together: I found my Absolute Minimum Ride Requirements. turns out its a LE Rocky Mt. flow 26 inch ZERO frame, with a 200 dollar (and ten year old fully rebuilt at home) fox float 32 and a hacked together 5-7 speed drivetrain.... as things got better, I found new parts, and eventually got myself back on modern bikes. and its really apparent how important geometry is.
my riding is much more epic, fun, wild and interesting on the most appropriately sized and built bike for me. but that bare minimum experiment taught me a lot about why I ride, how I ride, what I look for in my trail therapy, but most importantly: it made me better. I learned as much about technique riding my clapped hack a hard tail as I did practicing DH for 10 years.
I also learned that minions still rule.
Feb. 15, 2022, 9:58 p.m. - Maximum Radness
look at all that positive engagement!!! what a great read.... kudos: to all of you. after my second divorce, I had to sell all the things, the bling, the collection, the classics and the new whips I was shredding. I saved a couple old hardtail frames and a few scroungy drivetrains and a gifted rare brakeset. MTI vs. Sentimentals saved me. and while I min-maxed with a very very very limited budget, and dug up old tires in the shops trash and glued them back together: I found my Absolute Minimum Ride Requirements. turns out its a LE Rocky Mt. flow 26 inch ZERO frame, with a 200 dollar (and ten year old fully rebuilt at home) fox float 32 and a hacked together 5-7 speed drivetrain.... as things got better, I found new parts, and eventually got myself back on modern bikes. and its really apparent how important geometry is. my riding is much more epic, fun, wild and interesting on the most appropriately sized and built bike for me. but that bare minimum experiment taught me a lot about why I ride, how I ride, what I look for in my trail therapy, but most importantly: it made me better. I learned as much about technique riding my clapped hack a hard tail as I did practicing DH for 10 years. I also learned that minions still rule.