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Buy, Sell, Trade / Re: Looking for a brake caliper adapter
« on: May 10, 2013, 06:05:06 PM »
Adapter is usually dependent on manufacturer of brake. Sometimes you can get lucky and it works, but most time caliper will bottom out on wrong adapter.

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Advocacy / Re: Trail Proposals
« on: May 09, 2013, 02:51:58 PM »
Preachin to the choir bra, Steve is one of the most involved trail guys in the area, maintaining,building, and advocacy. You should check out his link and show up in BC .

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Fort Harrison State Park / Re: Fort Harrison Trail Conditions - 2013
« on: May 09, 2013, 02:47:00 PM »
it's raining near Ft now, not looking good. Ride the bike path's in Ft and work on interval training.

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Fort Harrison State Park / Re: Fort Harrison Trail Conditions - 2013
« on: April 28, 2013, 12:54:28 PM »
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[size=0px]LC is RED on the North leg especially the Alex built portion. SC is a solid yellow. There a LOT of trail work to be done to fix all the damage cauded by bikers in the last few weeks. [/size][/size]

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[/size][size=0px] Above spot on.From CG to south end LC to LC trailhead in pretty good shape,cleaned out some drains.Still alot of armoring left to do. Several spots on SC to be fixed also. Bad spots on climb near entrance road and descent before new bridge exit/entrance. Not just rider damage, as way more hikers/runners out late afternoon yesterday. Tons of scouts out hiking over from camp.[/size]

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Find a Trail / Re: Sedona, Arizona?
« on: March 11, 2013, 11:12:43 PM »
Been riding in Sedona since "97". Man has it changed over the years,for the better as far mtb goes. TD left Moab and moved on over to Sedona and has added an amazing amount of new singletrack over the past few years. Alot of it is considered intermediate to advanced. TD has been fined for his unapproved trail building, but he has given the area a boost in mtb tourism. You used to be able to ride most all the trails there in week, but no way now. Given your only gonna ride one day, you can't possibly scratch the surface. Go to MtnBike Heaven in W Sedona or the new Bike and Bean location in OakCreek and get the lowdown. Hopefully you have ridden in the desert previously and can ride slickrock and broken sheets of sandstone. I'll suggest the following;
Broken Arrow,Submarine Rock, Llama Loop, Templeton, Baldwin and back. If you don't have enough time to do a complete out and back, there are several short cuts you could take. Don't forget to take take a flop off the rope swing at Budda Beach.

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Rants and Raves / Re: Death March 2013 - remaining mandatory checkpoints
« on: February 25, 2013, 09:26:01 PM »
Or the hat's full of Gorbetts and GilGal selections !

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Find a Trail / Re: Looking for recommendations in Western N Carolina
« on: December 02, 2012, 12:47:30 PM »
More info
http://www.oskarblues.com/about-us/oskarbluesbrewerybrevard

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Find a Trail / Re: Looking for recommendations in Western N Carolina
« on: December 02, 2012, 12:43:12 PM »
The new brewery in Brevard is a nice addition,also coming to town will be Oscar Blues Brewery,http://www.oskarblues.com/.

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Find a Trail / Re: Looking for recommendations in Western N Carolina
« on: November 03, 2012, 08:28:19 PM »
Shane, you should try these other places, as the other mexi are pretty much the same as Celito.

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Find a Trail / Re: Looking for recommendations in Western N Carolina
« on: November 02, 2012, 11:30:10 PM »
Quote from: Raleighguy29 on November 02, 2012, 06:50:31 PM
Take me with!!  I have family there in bravard.  He rides DuPont and pisqua a lot. Sure he could show us around. 
All right duder,first off  it's Brevard and Pisgah. And if your still conquering Ft Ben you should keep practicing before headin south.


Ok hound,1 day is not enough. Too many variables based on skills. Bent Creek is next step up from Brown Cty, DuPont eastern slickrock mixed in with some sandy singletrack,a little tougher than Bent Creek,awesome waterfalls. Neither are anything close to to the easy stuff in Pisgah. Pisgah is rocky,rooty 2 hr climbs,45min downhills, times how much elevation you can handle in a day. Some high pucker factor.


Hub Bike shop at Pisgah entrance offers nice shop with rentals and headie Asheville area brews for after ride beverages. Sycamore Cycles is catycorner from Hub and is also good for trail info and rentals.


Fav eating spots in Brevard include Square Root, Marcos,HobNob,Falls Landing + like 3 Mexi spots.


Fish hatchery on Davidson river should be good spot to hit up trout.

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Tech Bench / Re: Fox fork rebuild
« on: October 25, 2012, 07:58:29 PM »
Awesome ,glad it turned out well. Still never all that easy,it's more time consuming than anything. Always nice to do the work on your personal rig.

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Tech Bench / Re: Fox fork rebuild
« on: October 22, 2012, 08:44:28 PM »
Also if lockout was stuck your dampener will most likely need rebuilt.

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Tech Bench / Re: Fox fork rebuild
« on: October 22, 2012, 08:39:43 PM »
Not even worth rebuilding if the uppers are worn through the TiNi coating. Push or Fox would replace uppers,as the stanchion legs could crack or break at anytime in wear area, exactly why they were replaced previously. Seals and oil should be done at least once a season therefore your seals were welded in, if it's been several years since Push did your fork. I believe Push bore the bushings at a tighter tolerance, not the upper bore in the lower casting legs. Those look like an Enduro type seal which has a double seal 2 piece, no foam ring. Usually pry seals out with a 17mm open end wrench. Good luck

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Newbies Corner / Re: TIPS & TRICKS
« on: October 21, 2012, 12:52:20 PM »
Ah hey gmcttr, that guy would have been me on Walnut last sat(duct tape worked great). I can't thank you enough. Didn't know you were gmcttr. I have since put a 1st aid kit in my pack,never needed one in over 20 years of mtb,well never used one, but could have used one. This is good advice and is the way most mtbers treat others on the trail with kindness. Thanks again. RideOn

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Events (BCB, Annual Mtg) / Re: 8th Annual Brown County Breakdown
« on: October 06, 2012, 01:17:51 PM »
This looks to be the best ever BCBD, keeps getting bigger and better every year. So looking forward to the other entertainment besides the Big Ride, Demo day,Big Woods Brew,Upland Brewery. Do you have the band schedule yet?




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