Bicycles

[unharmed]

Foiled by formatting  The word "this" in my post is a link to this thread: https://www.lfgss.com/thread7690.html

[specmvl]

Specialized Stumpjumper. Love it!

[Giles]

Now,  that looks like a trail….

[JCar2666]

Jesus specmvl!  Where is that trail?  I dream of places like this to ride my mt. bike.

[specmvl]

Vinschgau, South Tyrol. Amazing trails over there and 300+ sunny days/year. Went there for a 2-week trip of pure MTBing last year. Highly recommended, though there isn´t much else to do besides riding your bike.

[JCar2666]

Definitely gonna have to google map that.  I don't have a clue as to where that is.  Sounds and looks amazing.

[specmvl]

It is in the Italian Alps. Looks more like Austria, though. 

[Jii]

@specmvl:

Highly recommended, though there isn´t much else to do besides riding your bike.

I could live with that

Used to go to Are in Sweden once a year for downhill/freeriding back in the days. I just love riding high speed trails downhill and taking the lift up. No mountains and very few larger hills over here where I live so it's something I only dream about nowadays. A friend of mine is in Utah at the moment and the pics he sends me make me cry…

Edit: Since we love pics - here's one of me from Are in 2005. I rode an Ellsworth Joker back then, I really loved that bike..

[specmvl]

Nice pic, looks pretty fast.

[thomasnunnally]

Yea, nice pics man, any more like that?

[Giles]

Thanks for all the help with the spd's, this is what I got (Prezzie from wifey)…

[specmvl]

Can´t go wrong with fivetens! I´m abusing the Macaskills for platform pedals.

[Jii]

Found one more snapshot of me riding a skinny…. Same mountain, same year - good times!

[Jii]

Have you seen "Where the trail ends" already? It's releasing tomorrow and it's the first freeride movie I'm genuinely super-excited about. Amazing footage and crazy riding. Check out the trailer on Youtube, you'll love it!

[Giles]

I could hardly watch that, it made me seriously uneasy…..

[emceeQ]

I'm thinking I may now have to pick up that movie.  The spirit and vibe (exploration, discovery, and next level terrain) of what they are doing is everything I look for in a snowboarding flick translated to biking.  Looks awesome!

[Jii]

I had the chance to watch the movie in whole and the footage is so next level (as are some of the stunts as well). I think I'll pick it up tonight since it's probably one you could watch lots of times - just like Roam from 2006.

[Jii]

Hungover today so I took a leisurely ride with the Bareknuckle. I just love how it rides.

Next week I'll build up a new fixed mountain bike

[Jii]

Here's the reason IH purchases are on hold for a while. I got the appetite for a true SS/Fixed MTB and built this one up:

Specs:
On-One Inbred 29er 19,5" + carbon fork
FSA Orbit XL
Race Face Turbine/Response/ODI
Thomson/SDG Circuit
Race Face Atlas AM/Velosolo/e-thirteen/shimano/KMC
Syncros DS 28/Atomlab/Shimano XT
Syncros DS28/DMR/Velosolo

I took it for it's virgin ride today and man do I love how it rides. Climbs like it's on speed, descends like it's on coke and is amazingly whippy on fast singletrack. I think this one's a keeper!

[Giles]

If you decide it's not a keeper, I'll more than entertain a swap for store credit - LOVE IT…...