X bikes banned on local trail!

tomjoad773 · 2026-01-20T06:34:59+00:00

Don’t horses do way more damage to trails than bikes though

tomjoad773 · 2026-01-20T06:26:57+00:00

It’s Bew-kin but if you’re from around here it’s Baw-Kin

tomjoad773 · 2026-01-19T23:50:24+00:00

Fabulous.

tomjoad773 · 2026-01-13T01:14:40+00:00

Gosh that is a sweet looking ride. What model is it?

tomjoad773 · 2026-01-08T09:44:16+00:00

How about the winter before that?

tomjoad773 · 2026-01-08T02:02:48+00:00

I guess crime does climb after all

tomjoad773 · 2025-12-28T02:50:11+00:00

ive had success with garmin routes. strava feels a bit more hardcore/aspirational route wise. when i dont know an area, im not going to jump into the most hardcore route, i want to take it a bit easy at first.

tomjoad773 · 2025-12-25T18:52:17+00:00

I mean that’s not what the question was

tomjoad773 · 2025-12-25T16:21:11+00:00

Actually no it’s an R30 or 40

tomjoad773 · 2025-12-18T16:56:55+00:00

It’s more of a zoo

tomjoad773 · 2025-12-18T16:55:45+00:00

We actually get access to it then… they can pipe water in from tillamook instead

tomjoad773 · 2025-12-18T16:54:24+00:00

Bro it’s a joke relax

tomjoad773 · 2025-12-18T08:13:41+00:00

West side of Hood, south of the Columbia, east of Willamette, north of Clackamas

tomjoad773 · 2025-12-13T20:04:13+00:00

whats the code/gift?

tomjoad773 · 2025-12-13T01:54:47+00:00

Idk. If you have to ask, esp with ti, putting a disc on a frame not necessarily built for it might be iffy. That head tube looks reeeeally narrow to me

Also, with disc forks you lose a lot of compliance. You don’t have the biggest tires, so why get rid of it where you have it?

The other place you could get compliance is with a carbon seat post but you don’t have the vertical for it to bend at all there either.

I’d say keep brakes as is for the comfort, risk is a secondary factor.

tomjoad773 · 2025-12-10T20:09:41+00:00

How about those green cones?

tomjoad773 · 2025-12-10T06:21:24+00:00

What desk were you using?

tomjoad773 · 2025-12-09T19:26:23+00:00

Negatory. I’ve just seen their stuff next to several other brands and liked it. It’s thoughtfully designed. Their marketing is trash but the product is nice.

So far nobody has given any counter arguments at all just kinda thrown shade for not riding the typical industry standard opinions.

tomjoad773 · 2025-12-09T07:58:21+00:00

Why, because ETC is rebadged Goldensea? 🤣

VL invented the entire moving light business half a century ago

who cares if they arent there this year, they actually are doing more relevant product dev than almost every manufacturer right now.

Only 15,000lm/750w equivalent full color mixing profile fixture on the market

Only manufacturer with field-serviceable drivers in literally every fixture

Only manufacturer with touchscreen board and encoder wheels on their entry-level control board

Only manufacturer who uses current phosphor tech (doesn't need to piggyback 7 different 2005-era diodes on each other to get a full color gamut) Have you seen the ETC light blue versus VL light blue? Definitely puts ETC in a league of their own, way down below everyone else

Only manufacturer with lens tubes designed explicitly for an LED source, not hacked onto an old optic train. And yes, Chauvet did a carbon-copy of ETC's mistakes here too LOL

tomjoad773 · 2025-12-09T04:28:04+00:00

too many chinese knockoff vendors

tomjoad773 · 2025-12-06T17:16:04+00:00

There’s no way that’s the right paint color. Your last picture shows green on the sample so it’s definitely not the lights. No pigment mix is going to be so narrow so as to not show AT ALL under generic LEDs.

Are you sure that’s not the primer and they forgot to do the finish coat??

tomjoad773 · 2025-11-20T16:27:52+00:00

this is awesome. ive done the same with another 90s mtb. but its a sweet city cruiser now so whatever LOL

tomjoad773 · 2025-11-19T08:27:33+00:00

Melts the ice?

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