Looks like a great place to ride and real fun. And I agree with you...whether its twisty roads for the street bike, or trails for the dirtbike or mountain bike, I like fast and flowing too.
yeah... but that mtn bike video, it all looked pretty darn flat to me. little bumps in the terrain aren't rolling hills.
Some of those 'little hills' can be steep little SOBs. Least round here. While its not the Demonstration Forest, its fun in its own way. M
The camera is attached to your body (or some part of the bike) and doesn't move independently, so the terrain will appear flat regardless of whether you're going uphill or downhill.
My tastes have changed a bit since I started riding. Several months ago, I would have said that tight, technical trails covered with roots and rocks were my favorites. Being able to negotiate challenging terrain like that made me feel invincible. But since then, I've gotten stronger and my endurance has increased, which enables me to ride some of the really fast trails at sustained high speeds. It's on those type of trails that my 29er XC bike really feels like it's in it's element.
I was just thinking the other day that I need to drag my trike out from under the house and do a few laps around a local park. Hmm, recumbent trike crits....
Several of my riding buddies are trying to convince me I need one of these for my 29er. I'll admit it looks cool and all, but what would be the practical benefit to me? The entire system reportedly retails for $1,500, which is hardly pocket money. http://www.pinkbike.com/news/sram-xx1-ride-11-speed-2013.html I can see some sense in buying it if I were building a 29er from scratch, but I've already got a perfectly good set of gears, cranks, chain, derailleur, etc. Why replace all that hardware?
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. This would be like your riding bud insisting you replace all the farkles on your moto with Touratrinket stuff.
Speaking of flowy trails... http://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/memb....com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fb_like
I mean really! How can you expect to win all those strava races with only 9-10 gears in the back? ALL that extra weight?! Geez, just think how much faster you'd go if you didn't have to worry about all those extra grams, all that extra time spent shifting the front and shit. Yup. You definitely NEED XX1. You ain't shit if you ain't going to 11! M
Well, I would consider it if it resulted in a very noticeable performance increase (it had better, for $1,500!), but I've seen nothing to suggest that it will.
There's an interesting article on Strava in the January, 2013 edition of Outdoor Yuppie Lifestyle (Outside) magazine.
Because it is cool. That is the ONLY reason to replace a perfectly good drive train with XX1. Building from scratch is a different matter. I have a sneaking suspicion you have already made up your mind though....
Seems like lots of money to (very) marginally improve the ride. Something like a telescoping seat post, on the other hand, would seem to be a more worthwhile investment. Haven't bought one yet though, because I'm cheap.
