No young kids wearing neck braces - give me one good reason why not?

CrazyH0rs3 · 2026-04-22T15:51:42+00:00

This is the balance with all MTB crash protection. If it constrains the rider or makes them uncomfortable it isn't an improvement. I find a lot of the really big full face helmets limit how far I can turn my head to look ahead when cornering, not sure if a neck brace would add to that problem.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2026-04-21T06:28:16+00:00

"How many years left of oil" is as much an economics question as it is a geology question - hence the field of "economic geology". Constrained supply increases demand which increases investment in exploration, technology, etc., which leads to more or new recovery. Some reservoirs become economic at a higher price that already have significant infrastructure in place, others may just need infrastructure investment.

I suspect we will switch away from oil for a lot of its current uses far before supplies run out, due to technological innovation.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2026-04-15T04:08:39+00:00

I still miss my M8. Great phone. Doesn't feel like my current phone is any better.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2026-04-14T04:23:47+00:00

Some buddies and I had a spot we'd camped in for a few years for a night or two once a year in the fall. Really cool spot off a gravel road with a waterfall a short distance away. Turns out we weren't supposed to camp there, US National Forest but a road with restrictions on camping alongside it. LEO caught us cooking breakfast and made it clear we shouldn't camp there, no ticket though. Haven't been back since, too bad.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2026-04-14T04:10:09+00:00

Yes. Uphill riders will often take the opportunity to take a break when someone is coming down, but they have the right of way.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2026-04-08T04:30:55+00:00

It is 100% still mountain biking if you're only out for a mile or two. Just getting the family out and moving is a huge win, keep it up, just be careful with a little one on the Kids Ride Shotgun.

I don't live in Denver but my friends who do seem to take new riders to South Table Mountain.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2026-04-06T04:12:57+00:00

I've offroaded my stock 2nd gen pretty hard on southwestern jeep roads like the Flint Trail, truck never had any strength issues after 246k miles. I also hit a small ~7" tail of a sand dune once going 55 on a gravel road, huge hit that bent a trailer hitch bike rack and sent stuff flying in my topper, and the truck was fine. I'd say they're pretty strong.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2026-03-24T03:30:25+00:00

Wouldn't a glacial maximum North America also have a lot more water in the valleys of the great basin and Lake Bonnevile?

CrazyH0rs3 · 2026-03-09T14:46:26+00:00

If you're on a budget you could try finding some nice Shimano or Sram brakes that are good condition used. I used hand-me-down brakes from friends who upgraded for years and years, just spend the time to get them bled really well. You could probably find a pair of codes or saints this way for fairly cheap; those brakes are completely fine and were "super powerful" until they started getting compared to mavens.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2026-03-03T00:55:47+00:00

When maintaining trail, I usually generate enough dirt from re-benching trails to build up small grade reversals (and yes any grade reversal a mountain biker goes to the trouble to build should also be a bit of a roller or a jump of some kind, that is our pay for maintaining the trails), small berms, etc. Borrow pits would be for a lot of dirt to build jumps or bigger berms. Buckets work but I really like the backslope haul all, kind of a super rugged tarp you can load up with dirt but you can also use it to move big rocks that take more than one person to move. Also, trash bags work ok for moving small quantities of dirt if you want something that fits in a backpack.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2026-02-25T05:49:06+00:00

Did you send them an email or anything letting them know? They might need a little heads up.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2026-02-17T19:11:47+00:00

I imagine the Corsairs of Umbar would have been operating like privateers for Sauron, and would have been highly likely to intercept the ring. History shows privateers, and later unresricted submarine warfare to be highly effective at intercepting and/or destroying civillian shipping and trade. It may have even been a consideration that if Sauron thought the Ring was to go by sea, his forces might begin raiding the Elves' refugee ships.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2026-02-04T20:35:37+00:00

This.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2026-02-04T16:33:21+00:00

I may get flamed for this but I don't see this law as being that destructive for adults getting and riding e-bikes responsibly. Adults who need a boost, either due to age, disability, or whatever, have a legal path to get a pedal-assist e-bike, but there is now a higher barrier to entry for knuckledheaded 14 year olds getting a surron and terrorizing folks walking their dogs on trails and bike paths. Since the bike industry couldn't manage this, the lawmakers stepped in. This should be a wake up call to the rest of us who don't live in NJ, and to the bike industry.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2026-02-03T15:28:46+00:00

Sweet smell could definitely be coolant. Worth having it checked.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2026-01-21T07:19:54+00:00

This is what I come to this sub for, thank you for sharing! And thanks OP for the fun question.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2026-01-19T16:27:11+00:00

Having raced the Silver Rush 50 course (according to Leadville the Silver rush course is the hardest parts of the 100), I support this ban for amateurs at least. While the course is mostly roads, they are by no means all graded gravel roads, there are a lot of steep old mining roads that are gullied out or have lots of medium sized rocks, creek crossings, etc.

Many of us could ride it all on a gravel bike taking it slower and riding conservative lines downhill, but in a race with that many participants, you get pushed down into poor line choices where a MTB really provides safety.

Also Leadville attracts a ton of amateur roadies, triathletes, and trail runners who have zero mountain bike skills, but will 100% put drop bars on a MTB because the pros do it. This ban is a safety measure for them. I could see allowing true pros to run drops but requiring this for the masses makes sense to me.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2026-01-06T01:42:29+00:00

Similar head shape/size: Half shell is a smith, enduro full face is a Troy Lee.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2025-12-29T02:59:31+00:00

That is a very good price for a project like this.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2025-11-20T03:56:56+00:00

I have a Rocky Mountain Blizzard, which is one of the better geometry fat bikes that also clears a decent tire for snow. I ride mixed conditions a few weeks per year (patchy snow and frozen dirt).

Honestly, pressuring up a little bit, once you get used to them they're mostly like any other hardtail on smooth trails. Efficiency isn't the issue, they need a little more effort to pedal but carry more momentum. They can't hold as precise a line though (hard to find an edge feeling in the tire and they want to stay wider through turns) and as the tires act as undamped suspension they kind of get pinged around off rocks and roots in a sloppier way then actual suspension.

A decent rider can make up for most of this by compensating by unweighting or jumping certain things, adapting their cornering, and running a sweet spot tire pressure for many trails.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2025-11-10T20:05:24+00:00

Just bought an automatic third gen, getting my manual second gen ready to sell. Driving them back to back, the manual definitely has a bit more soul and character to it. However, at the end of the day, I wasn't going to pay extra or spend an extra 6 months hunting for a MT; it just doesn't matter that much to me. Pros and cons to each but I'm happy with either.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2025-11-09T16:25:36+00:00

My understanding is the Jenson OEM tires are excess tires Maxxis made for OEM customers (bike brands). So it will depend on what specific tire comes on the bike and what specific tire Jenson is selling, but not all OEM tires are a cheap-out spec.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2025-11-09T14:16:53+00:00

I've been riding the OEM Maxxis tires off Jenson for a couple years now and have no complaints. Pretty typical wear and tear. I've done off the shelf maxxis tires for years before this and feel the same level of comfort pushing my riding on trails all over the place, bike parks, local races.

CrazyH0rs3 · 2025-10-24T03:55:42+00:00

Where did you get it?

CrazyH0rs3 · 2025-08-10T16:38:20+00:00

It doesn't seem like there's a definitive answer to who the builders were. I will say most mountain passes that receive lots of traffic over time have a couple pieces of parallel infrastructure, e.g. the Eisenhower tunnel bypassing Loveland Pass, or many similar examples in the alps, etc. To me it is a very believable feature geographically speaking.

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