jimicarl

Thanks for sharing. All noteworthy vids. But the number two? YEA BRETT!! My vote for #1!

Awesome. The whole story. So nice that PB may be(?!?!) publishing more stories about riders who are riding, building, digging, traveling, pushing their abilities, pushing their creative side, yada, and sharing their enthusuasm - for no other reason than cuz it's FUN, cuz!! And maybe(?!?!) less emphasis on those who are just trying to get their grubby paws in our back pockets.

The perfect ride!! A true mountain biker, on a true blue trail ride. Call yur buddies, grab yur trail dog & fav 2-wheeled non-motorized toy, sport yur rattiest hoody & pitch-stained baggies, make a half dozen PB&Js, toss a sixer in the cooler, and RIDE BABY RIDE!! Only "goal" - to get as many punches in yur fun-ticket as possible. DIRT BAG RIDERS, UNITE!!

Seriously. If I'm gonna buy a motorcycle, I want it to do ALL the work for me. And up the whine, maaaannn!! I want real bicyclists to hear me coming & going LOUD & CLEAR, so they stop & stare, and I can feel like I'm so much cooler than I actually am!

Always cool to see the U19s performing at Elite level. Had they mixed the Elite & Sport Womens riders into a single category - the Woman's rankings would look very different. Be cool if a combined ranking were displayed along with the separate Elite & U19 rankings.

Save a little time here. Atherton S170 - amazing. Everything else..., NOT amazing. But..., Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder, yea?!

As a trail rider, and having upgraded my hardtails every few years - with mostly good results - I'm still happily toodling around on what I'd consider as a 'designer' alloy enduro squisher, ca. 2015. Tried upgrading it late 2018 on a premium plastic 'enduro' bike. That lasted about a year. Did some things well & others dismally, as you'd exoect. But I never felt at home & servuxung was a RPIA. So sent it to Fruita & went home to 2015. Now..., shopping again to replace it. Found a nice new bike very similar to 2015 - which, given my experience with new geometries on the hardtails, lead me to wonder if my riding experience would be any better that home. I think not. So why am I even shopping? No friggin' idea. Sales tools, I think. The allure of new bike day, maybe. But tO what end? Yet another expensive lesson? SCREW THAT!!

RAAAAAAAAAAY NEEEEEEEEEEEEER BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!

WELL DONE!!

Kinda got lost in the weeds there, Jessie. But def enjoyed the read. Still goin' wif my gut on this one. Gonna stay wif an arbitraty "comfy". Don't much give a RAF about my microbustial bahooberit width. Altho my limited intellect sure enjoyed the perspective. Other factors are more important to me for "comfy". My knuckle dragging arm length, and wrist deviation intolerance seem to play a bigger role in what works for me. But even with all those factors in play. I can adapt pretty quickly to just about anything if I'm havin' some good fun out there amongst de dirt clods & face slappers.