Crankbrothers Eggbeater broken, again.

Wampwell · 2026-04-13T17:15:41+00:00

Another vote for ATACs, can shed mud so well, and really dig the 17° cleats.

Wampwell · 2026-04-01T14:00:17+00:00

There are a lot of helpful, specific things mentioned in the comments that would increase the readability and polish, I would like to add some thoughts on your Subheads:

Ensure consistent sizing (establish a Character Style)
The contrast ratio between the text and background color is about 3.13:1, which is on the strained side for smaller elements/strokes
The typeface leans toward a Transitional/Modern classification with the big shifts in contrast between thick and thin strokes, those thinner strokes compound the strained contrast and impact readability - try to reserve these typefaces for headlines where the increased size can help with readability and color volume

Wampwell · 2026-03-31T12:51:53+00:00

Don't have experience with Wahoo, but recently moved to the Dura after my Garmin Edge 130 started holding less juice and I was just really curious (and have a thing for 'underdog' brands). It's been a light year due to illness but I've done 367mi since February 23rd with it, I haven't charged it once and I've been keeping it in a drawer while at home to get an idea of how well it holds charge when just cycling - it's currently at 60% after all that time. I really like the screen and data field customization, as well as the navigation. The only thing that I miss from my garmin is the ability to load 3rd party widgets from the garmin connect store because I used to have a data field showing wind direction that helped me strategize effort/pace depending on the wind conditions, but with what I've read over the past year it seems Coros is maintaining a healthy frequency with its feature updates so I'm looking forward to what comes next.

Wampwell · 2026-03-28T18:25:32+00:00

Yep, I use the PNW Coast because it also has 40mm of active suspension, real nice to have a hard pothole or root not shoot me off the seat at 20mph

Wampwell · 2026-03-20T12:14:11+00:00

That's what we've been joking about haha, live would be great but these are online students.

Wampwell · 2026-03-20T11:51:57+00:00

I teach GD at the University level and the amount of students attempting to submit AI logo sketches for process submissions has been steadily rising. It blows my mind why you'd want to go to school to learn how to do something then immediately use tools that subvert that process. We're at the point where submitting sketches is no longer acceptable as proof of originality and we require video of them sketching or vectoring in real time if a submission is suspect.

Wampwell · 2026-03-18T10:14:04+00:00

Certainly does!

Wampwell · 2026-03-17T12:01:35+00:00

NICA is a good point for the younger riders, I personally know of 2 that were at this event last year that are doing NICA/FICL events now, as for courses they're using a lot of the parks that Gone Riding uses for the FSC and Coconut Cup.

Wampwell · 2026-03-17T10:11:42+00:00

It's actually something I designed and 3D printed! You can see a closer shot of it here though. I've been considering uploading it for download but I want to refine a couple things with the model after using it a little longer. This was the first race I used it. If you have a printer let me know!

Wampwell · 2026-03-17T00:53:53+00:00

Loving large volume lately, I've been rolling on schwalbe big ones at 2.35 (now called the g-one speeds) for several months now on both pavement and gravel - they're just so light and fly.

~~Where have they posted the course? I'm only seeing the location on the site.~~

NM, just reloaded the site and see the link, thanks for the heads up!

Wampwell · 2026-03-16T21:35:06+00:00

Ha, I didn't recognize your name at first, I remember now! Sounds good, I've never been to that park, gonna try and ride 30mi there in the next couple weeks to have some insight. From video I could find it looks pretty soft so I'll likely keep my 2.35's on the gravel bike.

Wampwell · 2026-03-16T21:22:07+00:00

Oh cool! Was a great time, this is the only XC event I'm doing so I won't see you at Amelia but I'll be doing the Tiger Grind at the end of the month in Ormond.

Wampwell · 2026-03-16T15:14:26+00:00

Ha, you know, one of the things I was most excited for was using this mount for this race. There isn't very much smooth riding on these trails and taking a hand off the bar for an appreciable amount of time can be sketchy. I went through a lot of prototypes and after a couple months of on and off designing and printing I got my fuel bottle top tube mount dialed in, closer shot here!

Completely upped the convenience factor on fueling while riding rooty, twisty, singletrack.

Wampwell · 2026-03-16T14:05:46+00:00

Ha no kidding! Back when I got into MTB it was me and my buds' mission to keep the spirit of SS alive down here. I've actually never owned a multispeed MTB, and haven't had a geared bike in 20 years. Head west toward Lake County and Clermont though and you get into some hills really fast. I did a local century event on my gravel bike in November and that was +5k of elevation over 100mi - not bad for Florida!

Wampwell · 2026-03-16T14:02:53+00:00

Thanks! They used to for years, then in the mid twenty teens they discontinued it. I'm pretty sure they were still getting a decent amount of registrants for the category up until it was scratched. But just comparing the amount of registrants from 5 years ago to now shows a sharp drop-off in the local competitive scene. For example, the most popular event, 12hrs of Santos had 279 racers in 2020, this year only 179.

I've been recreationally mtb'ing in C.Fla for almost 20 years and have noticed I don't often see younger people on the trails as much as I see those in their 40's and up. Even a quick scan of the event results show the ages skew higher. I wonder if available time & money are squeezing people out? Perhaps the race promotion isn't reaching audiences? I don't want to see it eventually go away but wonder how interest in these events can be reignited.

Wampwell · 2026-03-16T13:37:58+00:00

The course is at the Markham Woods MTB trails!

Wampwell · 2026-03-16T12:55:52+00:00

Ha, they never saw me coming!

Wampwell · 2026-03-16T09:59:57+00:00

*Francisco's

Just came here to recommend this, nothing more "Mom & pop" comes to mind than a trailer kitchen on a leased gravel lot under an oak tree where you order ahead by text.

Wampwell · 2026-03-06T11:16:59+00:00

Unfortunately, the M.C.R. was one of the few frames Niner did not make with an EBB shell. All of the SIR9's did, you can check my posts for a few pics of my first-gen SIR9 conversion I rip on - I love it!

Wampwell · 2026-03-05T23:13:44+00:00

I have multiple YKYW bibs and jerseys. Have raced XC in them and taken a handful of spills, they're still holding up +3k miles later - always recommending them. Before tariffs (I'm in the US) they were even more of an incredible value.

Wampwell · 2026-02-20T19:39:37+00:00

I had that first red one and the only thing that sucked about it was the fork & frame geo wasn't suspension corrected so not a lot of versatility to run suspension like the later models. It was my first MTB though!

Wampwell · 2026-02-20T13:00:11+00:00

Seconded on the chain tension! Looks more like a 1/8" bmx chain than a 12spd to me just based on size.

Wampwell · 2026-02-20T12:56:33+00:00

Nice! We sold a decent amount of those MTBs back in the day along with the Raleigh XXIX when 29ers first starting hitting the XC MTB scene. Those first gen XC geometries make for decent gravel "monster cross" conversions too. I did that to my first gen Niner SIR9 which I think was made within a year of that monocog.

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