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Holy shit that there is some serious carnage in that set.

Sorry the Clownshoes drop.

Nice write up Tim. You got me by 1 spot in the 80, but lots of time. That clownshoes section must have been fucking terrifying for you.

I was also hoping to head out to MSA but left it all too late. Maybe in the next 10 years Whistler might get one.

AJ do you have anymore photos from there? I was probably only a couple of riders after Tim i think, plate 8054

Interesting article.  10psi is a huge increase!

I just switched to a firm spring in a boxxer from a medium. Definitely found the front end harder to control/weight in flow trails like blueberry bathtub, but felt much more composed on rough stuff. Wish i had an air spring so i could fine tune a little more.

Great photos!

I tend to do most of the road trips in my vehicle cos i have a truck and most buddies don't. Ill never chase someone for gas, and rarely raise the issue on the road. If someone wants to give me money ill take it. Never dream of asking for 'maintenance' costs unless someone puked in the back, or deliberately damaged something being a dick. 

Imagine being 55 and fighting over 20 bucks.

We were there this year already for 3 days of riding. What attracted me was the amount of vert you could easily pedal in a day for that time of the year. We would roll out of our camp site at 11-12 with a solid 8 hours of daylight to go. Everything was snow free around the area this year by early may.

Did Lawler the first day from the highway - found the dirt to be just amazing, best dirt of the trip for me. Moon point the second day, which has some crazy treed sections, then crazy meadows with lava rock everywhere. Not as fun for me but still great. Then Alpine from the bridge the 3rd day. All the roads there are such a mellow grade, we managed to pedal 4500m+ elevation over 3 days and not be completely cooked. I don't think i would bother riding these trails twice in a day to get faster, so shuttling seemed kinda pointless to me. We hit Black Rock on the 4th day before driving home. Theres still so much to see here (Eula, Dead Mountain, Larisson, Cloverpatch variation of Alpine) and then lots more around Sisters too.

We ate one night at a sweet BBQ joint cant remember the name though and camped out at Black Canyon Campground. No showers but riverside camp sites. 20 bucks a night, but there are plenty of free ones around too. Brewers was good for beer, but theres so many good options out of grocery store that we just generally drank campfire beers.

Been on Code-R's on my trail bike for the past cpl months. Have been great. Did notice a bit of lever fade one day but nothing outrageous.

Am i the only one who was left a little un-inspired by the powerslave loop? Didnt dislike it, but didnt love the sections after, and didn't think it was insanely good. Im in no hurry to get back there to re-ride.

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Would avoid Leftovers at all costs. Its a leftover skid road, steep, ugly, but i think it was reopened for ATV access for rescues off of LOTS. IW a much better climb but it does meander a bit if you are looking for direct and fast.

I normally ride SCAP from kadenwood, babylon etc. then you could hit highside hihi, back up for ampm then back up for tunnel vision or heavy flow. I would choose heavy flow over TV any day. Its sick.

I feel like I  basically never stand in line at the park. The worst is Womens Night when they all load for their first lap around 4:30 -5. Maybe saturdays but i never ride saturdays anyway.

The people talking bout WBP are on the money. Nothing works like repetition. I also started bike park in my 30's and used to hate jumps. All my friends were riding A-line and i was stoked on bline and ninja and not stoked on casing literally every jump on aline. Eventually through constantly chasing faster people i start to clear aline, then dm, and now its more about working on not overshooting stuff.

A great way to do it, is ride 1 lap jumps, then 1 lap something tech. Lower mountain only. don't bother with garbo. Do it mid week.

I ran them most of the year last year. Loved them on the trail bike. Pinch flat a couple of brand new tires so decided to try them. For me they take out a lot of microvibrations. the bike just floats over tiny bumps without it even reaching the suspension. I'm running DD f/r with cushcore and have smashed them good without fault. Will def be getting one or a set for the dh bike this yeah.

Tbh im super stoked on the new DM. In an age when corporations are continually making things easy for the plebs, to come out with a new Pro Line is just fucking awesome.

Seeing as Nickel hasn't said not to talk about 1199, I walked it in the fall and it is fucking epic! top 1/2 looked like it was just begging for tires, bottom half needs a ton of work. Hopefully get to race on it at some point.

Can we talk about 1199 yet??

I picked up a coil shock for my SB6 based on recommendations of a fast friend who loved his. Had to overspring the shit out of it cos its such a linear frame. Think i was running a 450lb spring. Im 150lbs. To me it didn't seem to make that much difference once i had it so it wasn't bottoming out.

tldr. If you have a linear frame, don't waste your money. If its progressive it could be a good option.

Saw a video of the Fitz lineup back past Zogs. Thats gonna be a no from me dawg.

Im done for the season as I head out on vacation tomorrow and can't deal with Saturday lines. Got about 30 days this year, lots of great times. Thanks for all the hard work Nickel & Co, best season i can remember in terms of trail conditions.

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Posted by: nortonwhis

Pretty much perfect out there right now. except the lines. and the slow people. I've really noticed that people just don't seem to wanna get out of the way. Tailed someone pretty much from the del boca entrance to aline all the way, across the flats, then they looked over their shoulder, saw me sitting down right behind them and still proceeded.

In fairness, DBV is not a trail on which they are supposed to get out of the way for you. You should be the one pulling over and waiting. Green trail and all that. A-line? Wait a reasonable amount of time and then inside them. It goes both ways. Respect the slower riders on green and blue, teach lessons on black, double black and pro line.

Sorry I meant i caught them at the junction from where you would jump on A-line if you came out of DBV. All of us were on aline the whole time. 100% never get upset on blues or lower if someone is slow and doesn't pull over.