o they ready, waiting on my ski racks to come in, will probly wait until Belleayare gets some Snow to warm up the legs, getting over a nasty cold, so my legs got weak. gonna be a great season me thinks!
. Keep up the rides and reports @GetLeft, fun reads 
. Congratulations & sounds awesome @stoic 
. Lots of excellent MTB stories have been posted here this year and it's great to see yours. I'm out of season now. Love the history @3dayphunk , I too rode a lot in my 20's and a little in my 30's... and no spring chicken years later now I'm in a multi-year MTB renaissance. Lost >50 lbs as well. My house is less than a mile from single track trails, with lots of options / variety. It's a revelation.
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Love the discussion here and especially the MTB content
Anyone do MTB skinny's? There are of those features on my local trails and I've been able to tackle and do them the last few years, but they're the bane of me. Big kudos to anyone who's uber proficient, like this
TGIF & have a great weekend y'all.
My new bike came with 1x12. It's really nice, but I'm still training my brain to use it because it's so different from how I've shifted my whole life.
I bought a Surly Moonlander in 2013, it was as fat as you could go in those days. I almost immediately abandoned my custom 5” travel 29er. The fatty was perfect for my conditions and my preferred riding style. Due to other circumstances I haven’t ridden a bike in years, but I hope to return to it soon.went to pick up my bike with the upgraded drivetrain and am told about sales and financing and ... and I'm weak and would love a fatbike to play with on days like today (warm at 50 but rained yesterday so sloppy). I stay home on days like this if it's down to my mtb but if I had a fatbike would I really ride? Enough to make it worth the investment??? bad case of bas
.. I've worn out a few drivetrains from big use, and in my current MTB setup for price/performance Shimano 2X10 XT replacements or equivalent work best. I literally used top and bottom gear on every trip this year for about 600 miles... from granny first gear to ~ 40 mph lol 
. And I only visit the rocky mountains .. Expanding the bike stable is a welcome luxury, cheers!
. They help to slow me down... most people don't know dangerous mountain biking quickly gets 
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Sweet ride you got! My low end MTB is a tricycle in comparison.
Gotta love the new bike feeling and, of course, I get N+1! While skiing, I've seen those fat bikes on the trail and it looks like a lot of fun. Is that how you will use it mostly?I'm not even sure what year my bike is anymore but this is it after a drive train reboot and top to bottom servicing. Feels newer than new and the mechanic even treated me to grips and valve caps that matched my bike colors : )
@stoic the crank came off? Scary. Glad it happened while you weren't moving.
@Knewt thanks for the feedback. Makes me feel better about my decision. Went ahead with the fatbike (Salsa Beargrease). Retirement present to me.
@CANtalk I hear what you're saying. My shimano slx 2x10 was the best set up I had had on a bike. Silky smooth shifting. All the range I needed. Unlike you, though, I rarely used the top chain ring. Since I see most new bike setups are 1x12 I trusted it would be the way to go. Also went with a change from shimano to sram. Not totally sold on the sram yet. But after one ride I can tell I do like the 1x10 set up. And yea a state park I like to ride at is around a lake so there are skinnies at a few places to get across watery areas. Once you get familiar with them they're fun. Until they're fun they're nervous making.
@His_Highness how's the prep for the 15k coming? Do you use a device to record your runs?
. SRAM is great stuff as well , it looks high spec too on ur SRAM drivetrain upgrade... is it? (can't zoom in). High spec drivetrains are awesome and shifting is amazing (but they don't have to be the highest spec in MTB, since they are similar to the next spec down and just simply lighter weight). I never really mis-shift on these high end drivetrains which is huge for a good ride experience and enjoyment (I shift hundreds of times on a singe trail ride). I've been using a full XT for years now and will continue to stick with high spec Shimano or SRAM drivetrains, especially on a primary MTB .
. The reason I've been sticking with a 2X10 Shimano setup is because my MTB came with that, it works great for me in my trails/riding... and I don't want to spend significantly more money to get a 1X12 setup. It's also a big pita figuring out all the proper 1X components to select for a MTB drivetrain conversion (there are so many and lots of them are not interchangeable nor do they mix) if I'm not going to pay a bike shop to do that. I do most all of my own bike work maintenance every year to save money and it still costs me $300+ annually with the miles I put on (I do most everything but the front suspension service). It's expensive doing MTB maintenance, even before paying someone else to do it... but the dividends are huge. A well maintained mountain bike makes a massive difference in rideability and it helps to keep overall maintenance costs down over the long term as well... win win.
so sorry for any spelling and grammar awkwardness 
. And sorry for rambling on, many here know these things but it's good new info for at least a few readers. And I always enjoy shooting the breeze with y'all .
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