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  1. knucklebuster

    knucklebuster Well-Known Member

    Location:
    34.2295° N, 117.2257° W
    Name:
    Dave
    Current Bike:
    Guerrilla Gravity Megatrail
    Cool pic, brings back good memories messing around in Jackson Square across the street. Lived there in the early 70s (10 thru early teen years) and been back a few times but not in awhile. I do remember summer when it was too hot/humid for even a kid to go outside and play.
     
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  2. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Front Range, San Gabes
    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
    Current Bike:
    YT Izzo
    Oh come on, you are plenty strong enough. You should have seen @Grego grinding up the fire road at GE. He made it look easy. At one point I asked him how it accelerated and he took off in a blur going uphill and in seconds he was the size of my thumb in my field of view.

    Did you know that there is a monster SS gal doing the Tour Divide Race? I heard she is pushing 36 up front and 18 in the back. YIKES! :eek:
     
  3. Grego

    Grego iMTB Addict

    Location:
    Fullerton
    Name:
    joe
    Current Bike:
    WFO9
    You must have big thumbs :thumbsup:
     
  4. Grego

    Grego iMTB Addict

    Location:
    Fullerton
    Name:
    joe
    Current Bike:
    WFO9
    Fullerton University whooo!
     
  5. Faust29

    Faust29 Moderator

    Location:
    irgendwo
    Name:
    B. Bunny
    Current Bike:
    I gots some bikes.
    Believe it or not, single speeding is more about relaxing... All the times when you're not hammering up a climb are for breathing and slowing everything on the body down. I'm not sure @UPSed is wired to slow down anymore!
     
  6. UPSed

    UPSed iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Simi Valley
    Name:
    Ed
    Current Bike:
    Niner Jet 9 RDO
    It's a conscious effort to cruise but I'm trying. :D
     
  7. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Front Range, San Gabes
    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
    Current Bike:
    YT Izzo
    I understand what you are saying but if you mix SS with a strong rider who prefers to go fast, you have get left behind. It's that simple.
     
  8. Faust29

    Faust29 Moderator

    Location:
    irgendwo
    Name:
    B. Bunny
    Current Bike:
    I gots some bikes.
    You know this from your single speeding adventures? :p

    If you take two riders of equal fitness, the only scenario that a single speeder wins is a route with sustained climbing. That is their bread and butter. For speed, the gears win on low grade climbs, low grade descents, and flat ground.

    If single speeding were faster all the time, you'd see XC racers ditching their drivetrains...
     
  9. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Front Range, San Gabes
    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
    Current Bike:
    YT Izzo
    Of course climbing comes into play, it's the key factor.

    Take a strong SSer against a strong XCer (gears). The SSer is already flying downhill to the next climb before the XCer has even reached the top. That's winning.
     
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  10. Faust29

    Faust29 Moderator

    Location:
    irgendwo
    Name:
    B. Bunny
    Current Bike:
    I gots some bikes.

    That only works if the geared rider doesn't turn a harder gear than the single speed is locked into... If a single speed is locked at 32x20, and the grade allows the geared rider to turn 32x18 on a hill, guess who wins? XC racers do not use the crutch (42, 46, 50...) the way that normal humans do and they'll turn harder gears when possible. This is why all of our heavily ridden OC climbs are dominated by geared XC racers. They have the fitness to use their equipment...

    It ain't about raw speed.
     
  11. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Front Range, San Gabes
    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
    Current Bike:
    YT Izzo
    Lets clone @Faust29 and put one of him on an XC HT of his choice amd put the other one on a SS of his choice. Obviously the geared bike is going to be heavier but it offers harder/faster gears. Its going to be a close race through the Santa Ana Mtns but my money is on SSSteve at the finish line first.
     
  12. UPSed

    UPSed iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Simi Valley
    Name:
    Ed
    Current Bike:
    Niner Jet 9 RDO
  13. DangerDirtyD

    DangerDirtyD iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    CA
    Name:
    Chicken Nugget
    Current Bike:
    2018 Guerrilla Gravity SMASH
    Euros...:p
     
  14. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Front Range, San Gabes
    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
    Current Bike:
    YT Izzo
    The shirt says it all.

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  15. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Front Range, San Gabes
    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
    Current Bike:
    YT Izzo
  16. Faust29

    Faust29 Moderator

    Location:
    irgendwo
    Name:
    B. Bunny
    Current Bike:
    I gots some bikes.
    Steve has two bikes! With very few exceptions, I'm faster on Strava with the gears. The one big exception is the 9 mile Harding climb. I wimp out and switch to the granny gears and pray for survival. :oops:
     
  17. Faust29

    Faust29 Moderator

    Location:
    irgendwo
    Name:
    B. Bunny
    Current Bike:
    I gots some bikes.
    A new message every week...

    I passed some cross country runners from Santa Margarita... I wonder if they are the authors...

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  18. Danimal

    Danimal iMTB Addict

    Location:
    Mission Viejo
    Name:
    Dan
    Current Bike:
    Epic Evo
    My yoga instructor had a t shirt in with the same " inhale exhale " on it. But not written in rocks. :)
    Guess breathing is a thing now.
     
  19. Faust29

    Faust29 Moderator

    Location:
    irgendwo
    Name:
    B. Bunny
    Current Bike:
    I gots some bikes.
    At first I thought it was one of the local hikers, but I'm leaning towards older XC runners leaving messages for the younger runners. There seems to be a new message every week. Pretty cool... :thumbsup:
     
  20. Derkderkall

    Derkderkall iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    Monrovia
    Name:
    Derek Allison
    Current Bike:
    2020 Specialized Fuse 29
    I assumed it was by fans of this grindcore masterpiece...

     
  21. mountaingirl sara

    mountaingirl sara iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    So Cal
    Name:
    Sara
    Current Bike:
    Ibis Ripley
    That’s so cool.
    I used to do similar, but it was motivation/ encouragement for the slower or gassed runners in our group.
     
  22. Grego

    Grego iMTB Addict

    Location:
    Fullerton
    Name:
    joe
    Current Bike:
    WFO9

    Now that's Hard Rock.
     
  23. mike

    mike iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Western US
    Name:
    Mike O
    Current Bike:
    HT, FS
    Hindsight revealed an option.

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  24. Faust29

    Faust29 Moderator

    Location:
    irgendwo
    Name:
    B. Bunny
    Current Bike:
    I gots some bikes.
    Thanks, Guys. I found my ring. It was on the night stand.

    Or...

    Orange County is turning into a real garbage dump.

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  25. blixet

    blixet Well-Known Member

    Location:
    San Gabriel Valley
    Name:
    Tom
    Current Bike:
    Transition Scout, TJ Ti
    KISS... it's just rock science.

    KISS.jpg
     
  26. Mikie

    Mikie Admin/iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    NW Arkansas
    Name:
    Mikie Watson
    Current Bike:
    Ibis DV9 / SC Hightower
    Big Game Hunters
    GigGameHunter.jpg
     
  27. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Front Range, San Gabes
    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
    Current Bike:
    YT Izzo
    "system failure"
     
  28. mtnbikej

    mtnbikej J-Zilla

    Location:
    Orange
    Name:
    J
    Current Bike:
    SC Chameleon SS, SC Hightower

    You rode with an Ebiker?
     
  29. rossage

    rossage iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    East Sacramento
    Name:
    Ross Lawson
    Current Bike:
    Highball
    Finish him!
     
  30. Mikie

    Mikie Admin/iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    NW Arkansas
    Name:
    Mikie Watson
    Current Bike:
    Ibis DV9 / SC Hightower
    Oh hail no! That's @SS Barby , he's not that ghey. Just a photo Op.

    We found it.
    Wounded. Embarrassed. Scared. It's master no where in sight. It was just lying there literally in the middle of a dirt road at P12.
    As we continued up the fire road, some dude came walking back down carrying a cane, but looked fit. It was confusing.
    John asked him if that was his bike back there the guy said yes. We rode on...
     
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