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Well i think this marks the first year in about 10-15 years i havent had a real day riding in the park. Took 4 laps this year on green and blue trails with some friends who wanted to try it on a bachelor party but that was it this year. 

Think ticket prices played a big part. Between the lift pass, gas and food, it just makes it to exspensive to head up from the valley now a days. Also theres so many good trail around now a days and i recently switched from a dh bike only to a only a trail bike so it meant much more time exploring new trails. Also in years past, it seems like its 30 minute waits for the chair on nice weekends. 

Maybe next year ill get back up. Need to try out creekside and new dirt merchant sometime.

Ok thats what i was wondering. There is a 22.2 one btw. 

Ive never actually installed a new shock so do you basically just get the shock with bare eyelets and then these are like spacers you just put in with the bolts? Like i dont need any fancy tools do I. Ive seen some fore du bushings but im just not sure of the process

Im looking at buying a new x2 air shock and looking at the spec for my bike it requires one end to have 22.2mm x 8mm hardware and 40mm x 8mm at the other end. I seem to be able to find the 22.2 ones online but cant see 40 x 8 anywhere. Is there anything to do to solve this? Its replacing a cane creek double barrel on a banshee darkside it it matters.

Posted by: ReductiMat

Full stop.

Who is blaming the trail crew?

I only state observations here. I've lost spokes three times in the last week and half of riding, all at DIC. It was a, "Heads up, treat DIC with kid gloves for now".

That said if we're going to open this thread to opining on questionable recommendations made by sub-par MBA grads to their 60 year old VP's, I'd suggest that building the park out further without cementing a method upon which you can maintain the trails that bring destination visitors in, perhaps they should re-think things. Lines seem to be way down this year.

Today three guys spent all day fixing the landing of the Canadian Open step down landing. Because all 58 of the people hitting that are nephews of Mr. Vail.

A crew also rebuilt the bigger creek gap on DM because it had been a month since the last rebuild.

The lower bit of GT is open now.

BBT has sections that make me want to ask if it was designed, because there are two sections that are bloody sublime... luck? Or genius?

If all goes well, I'll ride every day until close. I really like it here.

I didnt mean anyone in here was blaming them. Nickel just made it seem like the unimformed on the mountain are blaming them.

Its rough as fuck right now but its to expected. I wouldnt blame the trail crew though. 

A: it was just cworx, it always gets beat to shit and

B: we need rain. So bad. Please.

So basically im in need of new tires on my downhill bike but im not sure what to do.  My current setup is minion dhf's ust front and rear on 823 rims, 26 inch wheels.  For the last year or so ive had a tube in the front though.  The first decision is weather i want to go tubeless.  Its been so hit or miss I find.  For the last year or so my rear has been fine but there was a time where one of the wheels would just go flat and then id fill it up and it would be fine and i was also having burping problems for a while.  Then sometimes it works fine.  I think ill stay tubeless as i have 823's, so do i need ust specific tires or can I do it with any tire? I was reading some people say they have no problem running regular minions tubeless. 

The other problem is it seems very hard to find 26 inch ust minion dhf's online (havent checked lbs yet). Ive been thinking of trying a dhr 2 on the rear but they dont seem to make a ust one (goes back to the question of do i need ust to go tubeless).

I think i want to go dhf front and dhr 2 rear. Anyone have much experience with the dhr 2 vs a dhf on the rear? And if im not getting ust what compounds/sidewalls should i go for.  There seems like theres 10 options for every tire now and im so out of the loop.  Thanks peoples.

I walked into the first bit. Looks super awesome. I think ill man up and hit it this year. Was funny to see the guy in cut off jean shorts with a bike so old his bars had a crossbar hitting it good.

Anyone know what happened tonight(Thursday)? Was shuttling and went up the road to retrieve the vehicle and there was a truck on the side of the road at the baden powel parking lot and noticed someone on the other side of the road picking stuff up off the road.  Figured something flew out of his truck and didnt think anything of it.  Came back down to a bunch of vehicles there and saw a guy lying on the side of the road getting his neck/head stabalized and a wrecked motorcycle in the ditch.  Didnt see any other vehicles with damage though.  Came back up and there was a search and rescue truck with some lady at her car down the road a bit more.  Was a bizzare night.  Anyone hear what happened? Hope the guy was ok.  The fire department showed up to help out eventually and police.

Posted by: ReductiMat

So I did an Air DH race for the first time in my life today.. which coincides with my first ever race.

I choked in many ways.. can't believe they wouldn't take my last practice lap as legal tender. Fucking Trump.

That said, it was a blast and I suggest anyone on the fence to get off it and do it next year.

I did it last year and was i was pathetic.  Consider myself a pretty decent rider.  Could do full practice runs and while I was tired, I was fine and still riding good by the end.  In the race I hit the first jump along the road and went to pedal out of the corner to cross the road and clipped a rock with my pedal and was out of breath for the rest of the run and barely made it down, came like third last in my class.  Buddy who i was practicing with and was same speed finished like 20 seconds ahead of me.

That being said, it was still awesome.

Posted by: grambo

Posted by: dknapton

Wanna demo a jeffsy at crankworx but cant seem to find them anywhere. Website said theyd be here so maybe i just havent looked hard enough

YT has a big truck setup in the pits in lot 2 or 3, where all the other demo tents are. I rode by on Sunday but didn't see what bikes were available to demo.

Damn, just rode through the parking lots down the center and never saw them. Really hope i didnt just not see them