eBikes and related things.

[drew562]

Dang,,, i must of missed you dudes by a few miles Drew,,, Thanks for sharing,,, perfect day too Hooligan rad the trails...

I took in the Edmonton bike show then River Valley trails on the East side
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27 miles/ 47 k,,, no shortage of slick spots along the river banks,,, +8 ,,, felt like +14,,, t-shirt weather fore-sure...
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Full length ride next time...
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6 hours,,, 5 Cofffeee Vokacheeno breaks,,, 90 ish % analog,,, used 3 power bars,,, lots high speed runs in some sections...
2 taboogan slides,,, 5 dusters due too excessive speeds...

Im game planning a new summer time unit...
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Most likely a pedal bike brand off my long time friend,,, shop around too see if I can find something with top tier derailer and cassette,,, Im hard on stuff... lol

Hope everyone had a great weekend

Don

Crazzzy, one day, I’ll bump into ya. we started in the West End 156 street and White mud area. Drop down at Quinnell bridge then Laurier park over to hawrelak park. Emily Murphy up to downtown. Rode a pretty cool trail on the east side of Groat Road back down to the river. pretty narrow and tec. No crashes. Did have to step off and run once. no damage to the bike. Or my bad knees. Lol. Knee sleeves kept the joints together.

 

[pano-dude]

Dang,,, i must of missed you dudes by a few miles Drew,,, Thanks for sharing,,, perfect day too Hooligan rad the trails...

I took in the Edmonton bike show then River Valley trails on the East side
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27 miles/ 47 k,,, no shortage of slick spots along the river banks,,, +8 ,,, felt like +14,,, t-shirt weather fore-sure...
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Full length ride next time...
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6 hours,,, 5 Cofffeee Vokacheeno breaks,,, 90 ish % analog,,, used 3 power bars,,, lots high speed runs in some sections...
2 taboogan slides,,, 5 dusters due too excessive speeds...

Im game planning a new summer time unit...
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Most likely a pedal bike brand off my long time friend,,, shop around too see if I can find something with top tier derailer and cassette,,, Im hard on stuff... lol

Hope everyone had a great weekend

Don

There are some good deals to be had right now. I've found the only difference from the high end derailleur and cassettes is weight. The cheaper steel cassettes actually last longer on ebikes too and I am not worried about weight on a 50lb bike lol. There is now ebike specific components too.

 

[Lem Lamb]

Good call p.d. ,,, I never thought of it that way...

Ive bought a few cheaper bikes over the years and some of those rear derailer's are like wet-noodles back there...

Yes,,, Sram,,, Shimano and others are doing """full""" component packages for the manufacturers this year,,, or should I say more exclusive package deals...

They were already doing this but their up-ing their game plans ...

The top picks in my lists are Brakes,,, quality rear derailer and a bike frame that doesn't have that wet noodle feeling...

e-MTB cross references over to this for my riding style,,, mostly ridged with a small % of frame and rear hanger f.s. flex...

Analog bikes 8 & 8 from ones perspective...
Even's has a few years of bmx and rad off road under his belt

 

[drew562]

Jan 30. Plus 11. Work is slow so let’s ride.

 

[Lem Lamb]

Off too the far West since the call came in of Zero Snow in the Lower Valleys...

Top Secret mission in the works...

A Cone of Silence...

Gobo needs too find Traveling Uncle Matt... lol

The Old Guy Said:
It's just as much fun planning as it is putting the pedals too work...

 

[Lem Lamb]

Awwwww yes,,, Gray Stone County...

Ended up in Southern BC this weekend

And the area has a mtb hut... vvv

1000's of trails in every direction,,, this is the best place too find lost...

Big shout-out too our friend p.d. for posting rides of an area i use too frequent,,, its great be'ing back too my first ever mtb play ground...

The pepole are awesome as well as the Weather,,, +8c of partly blue skies with a short stint of rain...

Not shortage of Groomed Winter fat tire trails...

4 area's too check-out,,, 30 ish miles/ 50 k day,,,
Tackled a few steep climbs with e and h power systems...

Great weekend too everyone...

More to follow as I get into the groove,,, kind of a culture shock ending up in a layed back/ relaxing area...

Lost Down South

Don

 

[Lem Lamb]

Log on the miles here in Canak-a'-stan then off too Sadona next year in the winter month's.
Fly with bike and giver...
Then Oaxaca Mexico...

^^^ Another fly and ride...

Team Fraggle Rock Training today...
+5c ,,, void blue sky's,,, light rain sprinkles threw out the day,, wicked trails,,, mushy in some spots hockey rink slabs in others... 2 dusters,,, 90% analog ,,, 8% e,,, 2 % Boots...

Meet some rad folks,,, gain'ed a $4!+ ton of info locally,,, and abroad...

Mtb hut too dry out...

If this place isn't heaven,,, all accessible by bike,,,

Good weekend too yha all...

Uncle Traveling Matt,,, I better post card nephew Gobo... lol

 

[Lem Lamb]

Slick decend-ing tonight

Mind on task fir the old guy...

North facing Right

Left

A few sprinkles morning ish,,, nill till later evening...

Felt like + 5c

Sled dudes head'ed further up the road too do sled/ snow-plank-ing threw the trees,,, save sled smash board...

Locals said its:
Limited hero snow in most areas...
Anything tracked is white ice crunch
Heavy/ Wet...
Extreme caution in snow-load zones
Rain added weight
Protruding obstacles
Hidden sleepers are lurking
Good times no matter what
is what it is...

Best Score of 10....
Low too mid /elevation::::
Hiking with boot picks 10
Fat tire 8 ish
C.C ski-,ing 2
D.H. skies 4 ish
Snow plank in trees 6 too 8 ish
Hwys 8 ish
F.S.R's 5 ish
Mud and Crud 10
Too days Weather 9 too 9.5
Dogs off leash 10
Happy dogs 10
Critter sightings 4 ish
Creeks and Rivers ice free 10
Over all Forcast,,, 4 or 5 ish lows
Probability of Fluff,,, minimal too low... 50/50 at best...

+ or - by 10 to 36% factor
Poll conducted by 7 recipients
Alcohol based opinions
Crap shoot at best

Over-all performance = 10

Great weekend all...

Lost North of 49th

Don Gobo

 

[Lem Lamb]

Have Wheels will travel,,, just heading out on another expedition into the wilds,,, a bit of a lay-over then crank off some miles now that cold weather and a storm is rolling threw...

Cheers all

Gobo

 

[Lem Lamb]

Hummmmm ???

 

[Lem Lamb]

Yes,,, punt some bikes/ buy a bike,,, kinda like snowmobile/ boat trading too get the next latest and greatest...

Id be honerd dusting off the trail on a unit like that... lol

 

[Lem Lamb]

Edmon-chuck ride...
Felt like a +8 blue sky day on the standard trails
L too R

48.83 miles/ 6 ish hours with breaks...
Cant wait till they get the new bridge built...
92 ish % analog,,, 8 ish assist...

We'll end up with a 80 too 90 km one-way route when they get it finished...

Ahhh yes,,, vitamin B vvv

Someone will have too up-date the milage board when the crossing is sorted...

Hope yha all had a great weekend...

Don

 

[Lem Lamb]

48.82 miles zig zagg-ing the East side trails...

I'll run the West Side trail network next time then connect them both on a ride after that...

It was good seeing the verity of units out on the trails,,, e-assist,,, lots of analog riders and hikers...

There are alot of areas that see next too nill of users,,, lots of """hello's / great-day/ thank-you's""" offered on my part...

Hooligan rad thing too offer too other trail users...

The farthest N/E Section of the trail end's just a shy out side of Ft Sask at the new river crossing site... vvv

I could of via around the range roads too get into the Hamlet but why bother when there are an abundance of trails running towards the city...

Lots of wicked single track runs just off the mains...

Big shout-out too the trail keeper's keeping them in prime condition...

Yes,,, connect the Farthest N/E section too the Farthest S/W is the game plan...

A person needs too rise up out of the lower river valley once in awhile,,, other then that its super easy too negotiate the main/ main trails...

Right or left off the mains is the rad stuff...

Hope everyone had a great weekend

All ready game planning the next run some where no where...

Don

 

[pano-dude]

48.82 miles zig zagg-ing the East side trails...
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I'll run the West Side trail network next time then connect them both on a ride after that...

It was good seeing the verity of units out on the trails,,, e-assist,,, lots of analog riders and hikers...

There are alot of areas that see next too nill of users,,, lots of """hello's / great-day/ thank-you's""" offered on my part...

Hooligan rad thing too offer too other trail users...

The farthest N/E Section of the trail end's just a shy out side of Ft Sask at the new river crossing site... vvv
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I could of via around the range roads too get into the Hamlet but why bother when there are an abundance of trails running towards the city...

Lots of wicked single track runs just off the mains...

Big shout-out too the trail keeper's keeping them in prime condition...

Yes,,, connect the Farthest N/E section too the Farthest S/W is the game plan...

A person needs too rise up out of the lower river valley once in awhile,,, other then that its super easy too negotiate the main/ main trails...

Right or left off the mains is the rad stuff...

Hope everyone had a great weekend

All ready game planning the next run some where no where...

Don

Never rode up in the north east, was always south and west.
Terwilliger park and the valley west.
Mill creek to black mud to devon but those trails are proby gone from new subdivisions.

 

[Lem Lamb]

Actually there are now a few trails on the West side of the Devon bridge along North facing River Bank... (South Side of River.)

It seems like there's smaller nippets in some of the urban edges,,, a few lines remain in a few spots,,, im sure its changed alot...

That reminds me,,, id better head out West too check out a few tight tree sections that might need a bit of trimming...

Boots and chain saw hike...

 

[Lem Lamb]

First of the 3 showed up...

Older kin folks got the fender units,,, I'm doing the standards non-fender model f.s.

Looks like 2024 is a go too year... This will put 7 e-bikes in our fleet...

 

[Lem Lamb]

Ahhh yes

Feels like +10 this morning,,, great weekend too you all...

 

[Lem Lamb]

Moose

And Mooth...

Kow & 2 calfs,,, there are always a few kicking around on the trails

Easy hoofing across the river,,, logging on the miles with the nice temps today...

 

[freeflorider]

Found this

 

[deaner]

Just picked up the wife's new turbo levo today. Now just need to find a ride for my kenevo expert from squamish. Excited for the season!