Well, I went up to the LBS and helped build up my new bike the Friday before Haloween.
2016 Trek Fuel EX 9 29er
130mm front travel, 120mm rear travel and the new EVOL re:aktiv shock is incredible!
size XL weighed 29.1 lbs with VP Vice DH pedals
Things I changed or added;
Things I added / changed;
Race Face Respond 60mm stem
Race Face Atlas 785x15mm riser bars (since cut down to 760mm)
SRAM 28T chain ring
XR4 expert 29x2.30 TLR front tire
setup the wheels / tires tubless
swapped the brakes to moto brakes
re-routed the rear derailleur cable
I'm super happy with it, and I've spent a good bit of time on it in the past week with my time off. Even though it's been wet as hell here, I rode a lot of forest service roads, and one actual single track ride, and put in right at 40 miles, and over a mile of vertical climbing in that week. I've had a lot going on at work, and with family stuff, so it was really good to just lose myself in the woods on my new bike, it never fails to clear my head and make me see things in a different light, and I always come back from a ride renewed and feeling much, much better.
Had my usual night ride
Then...
Climbing to the point you're looking out at the mountains rather than up at them is always cool also
End of the road, literally
Strava deets
Next ride
I was out for about three hours, and barely saw anyone at all, sometimes that's nice actually.
That says bear sanctuary on it
Luckily, not for human powered vehicles it's not
It was damp and chilly today, so I brought along some human anti-freeze
The USFS has a lot of these stations in this area, not sure what they're for.
Looking out at the mountains once again, and not up at them
End of the road again as well, had some fun with some HDR shots
Strava deets
And finally, I've been wanting to tackle WCU on the single speed, and knew it would still be wet in places from the rain a few days ago, so no better time to bust out the SS fattie. The WCU trails are steep, and have some long climbs, and I wanted to see how I would do out there on a SS. It was tough, really tough in places, but really satisfying when I was done though. Oddly enough, I set a few new PR's, guess I'm faster on the cheap ass SS fattie than on my shiny new squishy wonder bike.
2016 Trek Fuel EX 9 29er
130mm front travel, 120mm rear travel and the new EVOL re:aktiv shock is incredible!
size XL weighed 29.1 lbs with VP Vice DH pedals
Things I changed or added;
Things I added / changed;
Race Face Respond 60mm stem
Race Face Atlas 785x15mm riser bars (since cut down to 760mm)
SRAM 28T chain ring
XR4 expert 29x2.30 TLR front tire
setup the wheels / tires tubless
swapped the brakes to moto brakes
re-routed the rear derailleur cable
I'm super happy with it, and I've spent a good bit of time on it in the past week with my time off. Even though it's been wet as hell here, I rode a lot of forest service roads, and one actual single track ride, and put in right at 40 miles, and over a mile of vertical climbing in that week. I've had a lot going on at work, and with family stuff, so it was really good to just lose myself in the woods on my new bike, it never fails to clear my head and make me see things in a different light, and I always come back from a ride renewed and feeling much, much better.
Had my usual night ride
Then...
Climbing to the point you're looking out at the mountains rather than up at them is always cool also
End of the road, literally
Strava deets
Next ride
I was out for about three hours, and barely saw anyone at all, sometimes that's nice actually.
That says bear sanctuary on it
Luckily, not for human powered vehicles it's not
It was damp and chilly today, so I brought along some human anti-freeze
The USFS has a lot of these stations in this area, not sure what they're for.
Looking out at the mountains once again, and not up at them
End of the road again as well, had some fun with some HDR shots
Strava deets
And finally, I've been wanting to tackle WCU on the single speed, and knew it would still be wet in places from the rain a few days ago, so no better time to bust out the SS fattie. The WCU trails are steep, and have some long climbs, and I wanted to see how I would do out there on a SS. It was tough, really tough in places, but really satisfying when I was done though. Oddly enough, I set a few new PR's, guess I'm faster on the cheap ass SS fattie than on my shiny new squishy wonder bike.
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