When and where was your 1st Mountain Bike Ride? Mine was sometime in 1993 at Starr Pass in Tucson, AZ on a rigid frame LBIC Scorpio bike! Great memory that I'll never forget!!
I came to mtb late, on a Marin. Big surprises were how much you move around on the bike to keep your center of gravity over the bottom bracket and how often you need quick bursts of threshold effort to get over features. You can learn these on any bike but a slack suspension fork makes it safer. I needed a new stem and bars to get comfortable and feel balanced, but then the challenges became addictive.
Good points on center of gravity and the quick burst efforts. You are absolutely right and something I don’t think about anymore but makes sense if you are just starting out to advise people on. Which gear to be in is always a challenge too but gets easier with practice and failure
You might be the first person I’ve heard say that! Which is fine, no worries… We always had issues with them at the shop and were quickly swapped by the customers for more robust and quieter clutch systems (advent or acolyte). Front derailleurs have always been a pain to adjust and rarely worked as designed but I get it if you want to quickly dump your gear ratios, a front derailleur did do that (if it worked properly)
@BikingRoots yeah, I still use my 2x8 Altus and has worked flowlessly for 4 years nowz and is still going strong. Theres just so many options, and It's great to always be in the right gear. Advent and Acolyte are great too, but the jumps between gears are too extreme. For long days and epics rides, the Altus is way superior.
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When and where was your 1st Mountain Bike Ride? Mine was sometime in 1993 at Starr Pass in Tucson, AZ on a rigid frame LBIC Scorpio bike! Great memory that I'll never forget!!
I came to mtb late, on a Marin. Big surprises were how much you move around on the bike to keep your center of gravity over the bottom bracket and how often you need quick bursts of threshold effort to get over features. You can learn these on any bike but a slack suspension fork makes it safer. I needed a new stem and bars to get comfortable and feel balanced, but then the challenges became addictive.
Good points on center of gravity and the quick burst efforts. You are absolutely right and something I don’t think about anymore but makes sense if you are just starting out to advise people on. Which gear to be in is always a challenge too but gets easier with practice and failure
That 2x8 Altus was awesome. Way better for beginners because they may not be as strong.
You might be the first person I’ve heard say that! Which is fine, no worries… We always had issues with them at the shop and were quickly swapped by the customers for more robust and quieter clutch systems (advent or acolyte). Front derailleurs have always been a pain to adjust and rarely worked as designed but I get it if you want to quickly dump your gear ratios, a front derailleur did do that (if it worked properly)
@BikingRoots yeah, I still use my 2x8 Altus and has worked flowlessly for 4 years nowz and is still going strong. Theres just so many options, and It's great to always be in the right gear. Advent and Acolyte are great too, but the jumps between gears are too extreme.
For long days and epics rides, the Altus is way superior.
@@jurisx85 Nice, glad yours has been working well for you especially over 4 years! Good luck and have fun on the bike, thanks
Been a min since the last time we were at Timberlane… Need to hit up sometime…
Nice! Yeah, its close to my house and not crowded, so it’s been one of my go to trails for a while now. Running pretty well right now!
Maybe Utah with you? 😂 No idea what kind of bike
Utah is always an option for awesome riding and great weather!
Bike is fine. Just get a dropper post and normal pedals everything else should do the job.
Yes pedals and a dropper are on my list… may do a fork first though! Just my preference… we shall see
First ride, Keene New Hampshire on a diamondback sorrento, good ride bike sucked
Thanks for sharing. New Hampshire sounds fun and probably beautiful. Sorry the bike sucked!