gmrkr5

re: tOfficial Cycling Thread

Posted by gmrkr5 on 5/10/25 at 5:32 pm

Check your limits

re: tOfficial Cycling Thread

Posted by gmrkr5 on 5/10/25 at 11:46 am

Welp cant check this thread during grand tour season if people are gonna be posting spoilers

re: tOfficial Cycling Thread

Posted by gmrkr5 on 5/8/25 at 12:54 pm

do a free fit on myvelofit. if anything it will help you get your saddle position in a good range

Nothing on the calendar at the moment. Raced an XC MTB race last Saturday and regional 40k TT the next day on Sunday. Podium'd both so was happy with the weekend. I'll probably do a few more of the localish XC races this summer

re: tOfficial Cycling Thread

Posted by gmrkr5 on 4/11/25 at 10:00 am

I watched the Monster races at rock creek last night. Hope he figures out how to get comfortable and do his thing during big races. nerves are definitely one of those things where you gotta figure out what works for you and calms you down. he'll get there.

good luck with the rest of the season!

re: tOfficial Cycling Thread

Posted by gmrkr5 on 4/7/25 at 12:57 pm

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The boy (I provided race updates last year) is going to move away from enduro and try his hand at downhill this year, so he's got a YT Tues now. Not sure exactly what his race schedule is going to look like, but it's going to involve us traveling a lot, unfortunately. Closest downhill races to us our at least 10 hours away. But... might as well do it while we still can.

how the dh racing going?

re: Tadej Pogacar to Ride Paris Roubaix

Posted by gmrkr5 on 3/27/25 at 4:41 am

This is going to be one hell of a classics season

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re: Man Arrested for Allegedly Damaging Multiple Teslas Across Texarkana on Mini 4-Wheeler

Posted by gmrkr5 on 3/26/25 at 1:38 pm

Wait, is that the gas “tank” wedged behind that front bumper thing??

Bold strategy….

re: Having your home title stolen

Posted by gmrkr5 on 2/25/25 at 1:47 pm

Happened around here recently

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re: tOfficial Cycling Thread

Posted by gmrkr5 on 1/27/25 at 6:16 am

i wish our local trails necessitated something like an Izzo for daily use.

sadly we're about to lose about 10 miles of singletrack right in the middle of the city. these trails arent anything crazy, but when i want to go rip around for an hour or 2 they are right there.. the airport has not been a friend to the mtb community here. we've already lost miles of trail to their expansions

wral

re: tOfficial Cycling Thread

Posted by gmrkr5 on 1/23/25 at 6:55 am

that's awesome, i'm jealous. i've ridden outside twice this month. trainer been getting a lot of love. :banghead: :wah:

re: Best place to live in S North Carolina or north Georgia?

Posted by gmrkr5 on 1/4/25 at 6:55 am

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Southern North Carolina is South Carolina. There is no northern North Carolina or southern NC. Eastern and Western but no idiot calls it Southern NC. To answer your question, there are no “big” towns except Greenville and Asheville and neither of those are big.

This

re: Why is half of southern louisiana in pigeon forge right now?

Posted by gmrkr5 on 12/29/24 at 8:11 pm

Why are you?

re: tOfficial Cycling Thread

Posted by gmrkr5 on 12/6/24 at 5:54 am

My Aspero sees the road when I don't feel like riding the SL7 or if I'm going to be hoping between pavement and gravel. I've got a set of wheels setup with 35mm GP5000 ASTRs. Only downside is the gearing but I dont ride that bike on the road for fast group rides so it's fine.

Aspero doesnt have the tire clearance of the Stig, but the Aspero is probably a little better on the road...

re: tOfficial Cycling Thread

Posted by gmrkr5 on 12/4/24 at 10:41 am

thx!!

pretty much exactly what happened to me... cruising through this flowy section of trail with a few small berms between trees at decent speed then all of a sudden i'm on the deck haha...

didnt even feel the ribs for a day or 2. still WAY better than when i lost the front tire on the gravel bike last year and sliced my arm open on a piece of limestone and cracked my hip. that kinda sucked

re: tOfficial Cycling Thread

Posted by gmrkr5 on 12/3/24 at 2:38 pm

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I took this far too serious for a few years ripping the Fargo quite literally everywhere on 27.5x2.8s.

lol damn... rolling resistance has left the chat

Got my first mtb crash in about 20yrs out the way last week. Nothing too serious.. Clipped a tree with the bars on a flow trail. Slung me on the ground like a wet rag before i had time to realize what happened. Couple bruised ribs...all good

re: Club La Vela back in the day

Posted by gmrkr5 on 12/3/24 at 11:40 am

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No way in hell La Vela was anywhere what it was 10 years later my man. Between 92' - 98' there was nothing like it. You didn't see the Underground in La Vela like some of us in here. I seen the fall off and I knew the glory days were over. Chocolate chips, yellow turbos and blue n whites!!!

All of this. Especially the last part. Good times.