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[Dirt]

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I keep hoping my face will stick like that.

[dcv]

@Dirt 35641 wrote:

[IMG]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-aTrZwVF58LA/UKBYHPfLRxI/AAAAAAAA-6M/T0-eyw2MrFo/s720/P1030669.JPG[/IMG]
I keep hoping my face will stick like that.

I first met you on the trail because I spotted your troll / pugsley – very disctinctive ride, love it.
Where is this? Looks like fun.

[jabberwocky]

@dcv 35647 wrote:

Where is this? Looks like fun.

Fountainhead Regional Park, down on the occoquan reservoir.

[Dirt]

@dcv 35647 wrote:

I first met you on the trail because I spotted your troll / pugsley – very disctinctive ride, love it.
Where is this? Looks like fun.

I can’t begin to tell you how much fun that bike is. Having a tire that big up front on a fixie is an absolutely brilliant set-up. I wish I could claim that I came up with the idea. Every turn of the pedals on that bike puts a huge grin on my face.

Those are the new trails at Fountainhead. They are a BLAST on the fixie. Lots of swoopy stuff, but still some good climbs, rocks and roots in the old section. It required more energy than I had yesterday. Tough weekend plus getting to the fountainhead trailhead after 60 miles of riding was not a recipe for a great lap time. The first half is soooooooo much fun that it is hard to do anything but go full gas. Interestingly it was my arms and shoulders that tired out before my legs did. Got to one of the tough climbs on the old sections of trail, got half way up and my arms made the “Game over” noise from Ms. Pacman. The rest of the lap was fun, but at a bit more of a relaxed pace. Fixie offroading for a long ride like this definitely works the whole body.

The cool side was that I rode trails in at least 6 different parks in Fairfax County. Super Cool that DaveK gave me a lift home.

Hope y’all are having a good extended weekend. Work is blissfully quiet.

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@Dirt 35649 wrote:

I can’t begin to tell you how much fun that bike is. Having a tire that big up front on a fixie is an absolutely brilliant set-up. I wish I could claim that I came up with the idea. Every turn of the pedals on that bike puts a huge grin on my face.

Those are the new trails at Fountainhead. They are a BLAST on the fixie. Lots of swoopy stuff, but still some good climbs, rocks and roots in the old section. It required more energy than I had yesterday. Tough weekend plus getting to the fountainhead trailhead after 60 miles of riding was not a recipe for a great lap time. The first half is soooooooo much fun that it is hard to do anything but go full gas. Interestingly it was my arms and shoulders that tired out before my legs did. Got to one of the tough climbs on the old sections of trail, got half way up and my arms made the “Game over” noise from Ms. Pacman. The rest of the lap was fun, but at a bit more of a relaxed pace. Fixie offroading for a long ride like this definitely works the whole body.

The cool side was that I rode trails in at least 6 different parks in Fairfax County. Super Cool that DaveK gave me a lift home.

Hope y’all are having a good extended weekend. Work is blissfully quiet.

I will definitely have to try the new trails. I’ve tried fixed off road in the past but could never get the pedals in the right position to go over obstacles, have been riding SSCX especially for the dismounts / mounts. This looks like a good place to train for the Capital Cross Classic race coming up on 12/2.

[vvill]

This is why when people ask me if I have a MTB I say “no”:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]2045[/ATTACH]

I will probably un-Franken this bike a bit over winter so I can use it in public, with studded tires. I have a 26″ wheelset with Nokians waiting. I rode this bike today for the second time since January.
The lowest “MEGARANGE” gear is amazing, never calculated the GI but it’s 32-34 or something crazy like that, on 26″ slicks. I don’t own cable cutters so I never trimmed the front brake Jagwire when I installed the BB7. The rear fender kept falling off during my ride – a bolt came out when I went over a speed bump.

The thing next to the stream said “Science Experiment – Please do not touch”. It didn’t come out on my point-and-shoot.

And earlier I took my getting-close-to-2 year old on her longest bike ride ever, a trailblazing 6.66mi:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]2046[/ATTACH]

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@vvill 35651 wrote:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]2045[/ATTACH]This is why when people ask me if I have a MTB I say “no”:

Wow, those bar ends. Those fenders, and is the pump tied to the frame? I would definitely remember seeing this bike. does the bar setup feel like mustache bars?

[vvill]

Yeah the pump has a reflective velcro leg strap keeping it attached to the frame. The bike doesn’t have fender mounts so the rear one is bolted into various cavities around the drop outs with washers/spacers… I think that fender might be for a 700c bike too. I’ve never ridden mustache bars – but I quite like the extra positions the upside down bar ends give you (and I can brake from them thanks to some of these I’ve had laying around for years). If I bothered to put some bartape on the bar ends it would help a lot too.

I’ve managed ~200mi on this bike since last August or so but most of those were when I was starting out riding again after breaking my arm. It’s also my “lock-up-at-metro” bike for those days. When my wife and I lived in a 1 bedroom apt, I stored this on a balcony exposed to the elements, so I like tinkering/figuring out stuff on this bike – no risk of screwing up anything expensive. I’ve considered putting some Woodchippers on this bike for the hell of it but don’t think I can quite justify a drop conversion given how little I ride it.

[Dirt]

@dcv 35650 wrote:

I will definitely have to try the new trails. I’ve tried fixed off road in the past but could never get the pedals in the right position to go over obstacles, have been riding SSCX especially for the dismounts / mounts. This looks like a good place to train for the Capital Cross Classic race coming up on 12/2.

Laurel Hill is much better for cross riding. The back half of Fountainhead is very rocky and rooty. It can be ridden well on a cross bike, but you need to definitely take care of your tires. I definitely get good use out of the 4″ front tire on that bike.

[Greenbelt]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]2047[/ATTACH]

My workhorse — still missing that front fender.

[Dirt]

I need to go on a diet.

[ronwalf]

If you catch me going to work, it looks like this:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]2048[/ATTACH]

But otherwise, there tends to be a large bulbous attachment to the handlebars:

(photo by our own certifried)

[dcv]

@Greenbelt 35657 wrote:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]2047[/ATTACH]
My workhorse — still missing that front fender.

nice, seeing more disc brakes lately. what’s the white tape on the frame?

@ronwalf 35659 wrote:

If you catch me going to work, it looks like this:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]2048[/ATTACH]
But otherwise, there tends to be a large bulbous attachment to the handlebars:

(photo by our own certifried)

love the mustache bars and leather saddle. bulbous attachment not very aero.

[bluerider]

@Dirt 35658 wrote:

I need to go on a diet.

I forgot, you are hilarious.

[Greenbelt]

@dcv 35668 wrote:

nice, seeing more disc brakes lately. what’s the white tape on the frame?

Just some excess reflective tape we had.

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