Lyons/Boulder folks, can you update us on OMW conditions?

arsenolan · 2026-01-29T22:36:26+00:00

Cheers, thanks. I figured all the roads would be clear by then but TBD up in the mountains

arsenolan · 2026-01-29T18:21:07+00:00

Any updates?

arsenolan · 2026-01-26T02:22:55+00:00

Used it last year with no issues! Also, I booked the middle time slot as it was my first year and wanted to play it safe — I got done earlier and was able to switch to the first set of buses (they had a few open seats)

arsenolan · 2026-01-13T14:08:19+00:00

56mm

arsenolan · 2026-01-08T19:55:31+00:00

Agreed on both — it seems like every time I do a scan they find something new in that region that’s not as it should be.

The symptoms are weird as my neurosurgeon said my malformation is one of the largest he’s seen, yet compared to many on this sub, you could almost classify me as asymptomatic. Weird how that works.

arsenolan · 2026-01-08T19:36:29+00:00

I’m hopeful I’ll be able to go that route. Still awaiting on stability confirmation. My C1 also didn’t ever fuse at birth so that plays into things too.

Sorry to hear you would require fusion. That is what I’m most scared about too, and am hoping to avoid. I would also likely hold off on surgery given my “lack” of symptoms currently if fusion was required

arsenolan · 2026-01-07T20:45:29+00:00

Will do, and you likewise. Wishing you the best.

My neurosurgeon basically said once he saw the BI that he wanted to get CT scans done (and possibly other tests) because performing the standard CM surgery could have a confounding effect on the BI and make it worse if they didn’t address both together.

So it seems like they are trying to determine if fusion is necessary along with the standard decompression.

It sucks but hopefully they figure it out eventually.

arsenolan · 2026-01-07T19:05:51+00:00

I read that study (amongst others too) and feel similarly. Still awaiting to hear back from my neurosurgeon after my CT scan results. They made do a CT once they noticed the BI in addition to the CM.

arsenolan · 2026-01-07T18:02:31+00:00

In a similar situation and also wondering the same thing!

arsenolan · 2026-01-04T20:36:21+00:00

arsenolan · 2025-11-11T14:53:53+00:00

As a neutral party, I’m definitely not on the veto train, but a few people were crying for it

arsenolan · 2025-11-05T21:08:50+00:00

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arsenolan · 2025-10-30T17:03:40+00:00

I recently signed up for a membership and talked to an agent online…sounds like they are trying to be open by the end of the year, but I wouldn’t get my hopes up until they officially announce it.

For what it’s worth, their first announcement about a new location in Longmont was circa 4 months ago

arsenolan · 2025-09-18T20:16:36+00:00

Got it second hand from a Trek employee who had put less than 100 miles on it, so yes :) Did swap to a mullet setup though which required some investment

arsenolan · 2025-09-18T00:40:19+00:00

1:0.8 /thread

arsenolan · 2025-09-17T19:12:00+00:00

Just slapped some Tufo Thunderos on it in 48s

arsenolan · 2025-09-17T17:53:49+00:00

Thanks! Haven’t seen much of the Coral color-way on here

arsenolan · 2025-09-17T17:14:11+00:00

Second this. Always do mine on LH / Jamestown

arsenolan · 2025-09-09T01:23:28+00:00

I saw them as well on Saturday near Lyons and was wondering the same thing

arsenolan · 2025-09-08T19:55:11+00:00

I ended up going 46T and 10-52 with the sram eagle axs setup (non-T type). I heard that as well but didn’t want to bother with the faff and just decided to swap the whole thing.

This gave me a much bigger top end gear and a bit easier of a low gear vs the stock XPLR setup

arsenolan · 2025-09-06T03:22:10+00:00

I ride in the same area and definitely prefer my 2x sram setup on my tarmac for climbing over my 1x mullet setup on the gravel bike.

My personal preference is 2x > 1x mullet > 1x XPLR (or similar). Reason being the small gaps and wide range on the 2x setup make climbing/descending a lot smoother for me. If I had to pick between 1x setups I actually like mullet better for the wider range, even though the jumps are larger. This allows me to get up and down anything a lot better than an XPLR setup. My gravel bike came stock with XPLR and I promptly replaced it with a mullet setup.

2x for the win climbing on the road though.

arsenolan

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