Bikes and Tundra

Nice bike! Nomad?

 

Y’all might wanna check this out...over a beer or two. Baja dust was my favorite . About 5 minutes in.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/450229215

 

Of course you belong.
Just ignore people nerding out about bike stuff, its kind of an elitest sport.
There are scores of people out there riding junk that have more heart and talent then then those riding $10k bikes. Having the lightest and fanciest bike is not a requirement in this sport what so ever.

 

Absolutely!

 

It's only elitist if you're a roadie .

 

Yup. I remember going to an event ride on my already expensive road bike and figuring the 500 people riding $10k must be sponsored racers or some crap so I parked in the back half at the start of the ride. Spent the first 5k of the ride trying to pass them to get to the front group (and I'm old and slower than I was...) Turns out they were just rich. I ended up with a couple of friends riding in no-man's land in between the fast group we were never able to catch up to and the slow rich people.

but ya, you get the bike you can. and then yap about the minutiae between sram, shimano and campy. For the record, sram is crap.

 

If you can pedal and balance, you're advanced enough!

What solution did you go for on the bike mount for your truck?

 

Here is my rig with my steeds. Currently running a Transition Scout for trail riding and messing around and a Transition TR11 for the big boy downhill machine. Not pictured is a Trek Checkpoint gravel bike. Keep on shredding

 

not sure how to take this comment...

 

Anyone have a good, affordable hitch mount rack for heavy loads? My fat tire ebike weighs 90 pounds without the battery and I'd eventually wanna put my wife's bike on there too. I would prefer not to have to take a second on the house for a bike rack...

 

I ride this old thing. Simple hardtail, but still a blast.

 

heck ya!

 

Figuring winter still had a strong hold up there. Nothing against canada. It's just very much spring riding season here already and im glad i can go out in my summer riding gear. Come June you can say... "sorry you're in the southeast US" bc it'll be miserably hot here by then.

 

Hightower. Perfect balance IMO for my zones. Can still be playful and fun, and kinda plow the chunder. I’ve always been a 29 guy, but recognize there’s a reason there are multiple wheel sizes.
Apparently it’s the Carbon R build I never really knew the letter for the build. I call it the cheapest carbon Hightower haha

 

Oh man I hear ya. Been on 29ers for ever. I demoed an HD5 and was clearing jumps I never could and railing corners. But it absolutely killed me uphill. But damn was it fun.

 

Built a little booster today and found a spot without snow. Had a blast sending it haha

 

Noice !

 

Rad.

 

Heres little greenery for ya. Did a little work at the bike park today....

@Mountun Goat,

 

Oh ma gawd so green good job on the park!

 

See Canadian trying to find a spot without snow, when I’m the opposite all winter wishing I could find snow. All I meant really!

 

https://m.pinkbike.com/news/maxxis-to-release-hot-patch-free-tires.html
good flex by maxxis here.

 

And yup... not Canada! Haha love you guys. Was a cold day today... 60F

 

Got my new Rocky Mtn Instinct built up. Just swapped over most the parts from my sb130. Stoked! This thing is pretty dang light for what’s on it.

 

Cannot beat that background! What is the weight? I’m a sucker for gold chains.

 

It’s the copper chain actually! Haven’t weighed it yet, but it’s lighter than my sb130 was which was about 31 pounds so I’m guessing 29.5-30 pounds

 

Oh I’m sorry “copper” LOL
On bike weights it’s funny because my R build SC is somehow lighter than my neighbors S build. He has carbon wheels on I-9 hubs I have Spank oozy on I-9 so he should be lighter there too? We have same bottle cage. Hard to remember at this point if we included pedals in the weight because I’d be lighter there too(mallet vs XT). Maybe the sand color is lighter than the blue? His paint does look thick. Not sure. But it’s funny. Mine was 31lbs 9oz iirc. Which is an excellent weight for that size bike and type of bike. Weighed with a zeroed out park tool hanging stand. Bike shop guys were impressed as they don’t sell
SC.

 

Built of my new SW StumpJumper Evo S4. This bike going to be sick!

 

Haha yes how dare you soil the copper name with gold.

 

You could always trade in your Toyota Ridgeline for a real truck....Tundra Double Cab! Long bed even better.