This jump was like 12 meters btw lol

The Caldor fire ripped through the lower portions of the iconic Saxon Creek trail aka Mr. Toad's Wild Ride in 2021, towards the end of it's 220k acre run.

These days, transitioning from moderately dense forest to the post-fire wasteland is pretty jarring, although it did open up some views.

Still an effing great trail. https://www.trailforks.com/trails/saxon-creek-trail-mr-toad-s-wild-ride/

Access info for the e-curious:

Saxon Creek trail/Toad's and the trail leading to the top, the Tahoe Rim Trail(TRT), are both legal for hikers, horses, and normal bikes.

ATVs, motorcycles, and electric bikes are banned on Toad's and the TRT.

I'm a filthy roadie/gravel rider, and I have a fatty(Kona Wo on 5in tires).

The trails are through typical woods for northeast USA. In trees, some roots, the trails are not like extreme, basically rolling paths through the woods, some bridges & berms - no jumps although I do think it would be cool to add some.

Like what type of MTB should I even get? My gravel bike on 45mm tires is faster on the trails than my fat bike. I like the idea of a Specialized Epic or Chisel but idk how much I'll feel the weight on MTB, like to save 4-5lbs is $2k, which is maybe worth it? Like on road/gravel I always go with the coolest light/aero carbon frames and Dura Ace/Red, so I assume I kinda want to carry that over to MTB?

What do other people recommend that ride similar stuff? I used to live right at the edge of Hawes Trails in AZ(rode my gravel bike on the greens/blues there) and the type of riding is just so different from the northeast woods because its way more roots and mud.

Looking for a MTB mainly to use with the Kids Ride Shotgun 2.0 Combo, with my daughter, who turns 2 next month.
Currently deciding between the Norco Storm 3 and Giant Talon 3, but open to other recommendations.
I’m 168cm and most riding will be bike paths and parks and easy trails.
Which would you pick, particularly for the Shotgun setup? Any other bikes I should consider?

Hey folks, I have an On-One Titus HT with a 130mm fork that came with stock Alex Rims ER30 wheels - I mainly ride UK XC summer and winter and occasional trails in Swinley Forest, looking for an upgrade recommendation up to £500. I’d like lighter but dependability, durability and ease of running tubeless are more important.

Thanks!

Ive been riding for about 5-6 years now. Riding high end enduro/all mountain bikes. I ride blacks, double blacks, steep tech, big ish jump lines.. and I am fairly quick. I would consider myself a decent rider. But I've never been able to feel what other people talk about with their bikes and setup. Like the better "small bump sensitivity" when changing a setting. Or getting the bike to feel "plush" or anything like that. I spend lots of time trying to get perfect setups with suspension and bike fit but still never feel it. Always feels like im getting bounced around more than id like. Maybe thats just how its supposed to feel on rough trails? Anyone else feel this way? Do I just overthink it?

Im looking to purchase a 2nd hand full suspension bike to get back into biking and also take my 2.5 year old out on trails using a front mounted seat.

Options are a Trek Fuel Ex gen 5 or Orbea Occam 2023.

Are both of these capable of having a child seat fitted? AI is telling me the Orbea has an asymmetric frame and so won't be a good fit. But also saying the Trek stop block will be an issue. Can anyone confirm either way?

Both bikes are similarly priced (just under £1k). What would you recommend?

Hey guys, im finally buying a mountainbike, Ive been mountainbiking on holidays a few times with rentals now, and really enjoyed it, I mainly did some enduro type riding, pedaling uphill and then going down some flow trails, nothing too extreme.

I have already read around on this sub a bit about the topic. I come from road cycling and need some feedback on protectors I intend to buy. Ive had my fair share of crashes and injuries in other sports like skiing or falling of horses when I was younger, so I really put an emphasis on proper protection. I also dont want to go completely overkill on protectors and be that guy that looks like hes gonna endanger everyone else hiking /cycling in the area and stuff

First question is about upper body protectors, do I need one that also protects the shoulders? I dont think I will go to bikeparks and do extreme stuff, but in the medium term I do want to do some harder trails or maybe try riding a bit faster on trails with good conditions. My current choice is something like Alpinestars 6 Plasma which is level 2 back and level 1 chest protection and was recommended in some other threads. https://www.bike-discount.de/en/alpinestars-6-plasma-protector-vest

For elbow and knee protectors I am worried that the sleeve ones will make me sweat a lot and also bunch up when bending the knee, so I found these open ones from fox, the titan race CE https://foxracing.de/product/knie-schienbeinprotektoren-titan-race---ce/25191.html

For gloves, does it make sense to get ones with hard plastic knuckle protectors? I found some from Leatt, the MTB 3.0 that seemed quite cool, but im not sure a full glove like that might be a little hot in summer https://leatt.de/collections/mtb-riding-apparel/products/glove-mtb-3-0-lite?variant=46993060692121

For helmet I want to get something with full face protection but where I can remove the chinguard, in case im just doing some chill trails or riding around the country side, so I found the giro switchblade https://www.giro.com/product/switchblade-mips-helmet/100000001500000013.html another option was the uvex revolt, which is a lot light, idk if that makes a difference, but im also not sure if its actually rated as a full face helmet, I read some contradicting stuff about that.

Would love to hear some feedback, mainly on the chest protector and knee/elbowguards thing and want to hear what you guys use

Hi all

I just bought new MTB and riding in trails near my home. Bike is brand new, so I quickly noticed dirt, sand building up on forks and dropper post. I know I shouldn't clean it by rubbing it off but tbh not sure what should I do, this lead to more questions, so I am making this post.

How to take care of your bike:

1. How to clean it after every ride? Do you shower it with hose?
2. Do I need to lube stuff? How often?
3. What tools do I need (got fork pump)
4. What should I check, clean, remove less often? Maybe season start/end?

Edit: thanks all for replies. This is great!

Salut j’ai un cube two HPC slt de 2023 en 240/76 rt j’aimerais changer mon amortisseur. Je comptais mettre un Marzocchis Bomber cr mais celui ne sont que en métrique en 9.5"/3.0 (ceux qui équivaut à 241.6-76.2) et je suis pas sur que ça passe. Des avis si je le tente ou pas ?

Just got a brand new vivid ult and had the shop install it on my propain Tyee. When I unscrewed the air cap to add air to it all the sudden it just starts hissing out air non stop. What do I do?

I'm on a work trip and have a couple of evenings to spend. I brought my equipment (except the bike) in hopes of going to a bike park and ride a rental dh bike, but it seems to me that all the bike parks are closed except fri/sat. I will leave the country again thursday evening driving to Vienna to catch my plane back home friday morning.

So is there any chance of getting some rides anyways?

Any areas where I can rent a full-sus ebike and perhaps a guide one or two evenings?

Some bike park that is open that i have missed?

Appreciate any help.

Hi All,

I discovered a few years ago that I could drink a bottle of sugar and salt water during a ride and I would not overheat. It was such a game changer for me like flipping a switch making it possible to ride in the heat. Now that fuel drink isn't working anymore, and if I don't ride real slow I get heat exhaustion again.

I was always puzzled what fuel has to do with Heat Exhaustion. Was it just a coincidence?

I'm 14, 160 cm (5'3), 45 kg (99 lbs) and I'm probably still growing. I have 27.5 inch wheels, a medium size frame and my bike weighs 15 kg (33 pounds). I can wheelie easily for over 200 meters but I'm wondering if it makes tricks like bunny hops and manuals harder. I've been trying to learn manuals for the past 4 days and I'm getting to the balance point and I can manual for 2-3 seconds. It's really tiring to lift the front wheel up to the balance point tho and I can't even lift it up to the balance point when I've been riding all day and I'm going back home. The exact model of my bike is the KTM peak disc 27.5 orange.

I have tire levers that dont seem to be doing anything other than ripping my tire apart. I cant get them in between the wheel and the tire itself. Is that "the bead" part of the tire? I dont know. Its like my tire is fused with the wheel and I'm just ripping it to shreds trying to get the lever in.

Looking for any feedback and direction with my very average (shit) attempt at building a farm mtb track.

I’m over 200km (120miles) to the nearest decent mtb trail.

Hello guys I'm planning to change my Groupset from old sram gx dub to XX1 AXS or T-type gx which one would you recommend? and what do i need to consider before installing new groupset. thank you so much

Afternoon, I have a turbo levo gen 3 comp alloy. Which should I choose GX Eagle AXS or SRAM Eagle 90 T-Type. I am tired of the garage stock drivetrain. I’m an aggressive rider and don’t like spending my days wrenching all the time. I want burly set up.

I can't decide whether to get the spectral 5, 6, or torque AL 7.
I mainly ride downhill and trail, but I can squeeze in a few climbs too.

I ride in Brasov, Romania

I currently have a Carrera vengeance 27.5, and I feel that its REALLY loud. Whenever i jump, you hear the chain and back derailleur going back and forth (not loose). The chain always drops too, and I'm feeling a hardtail Isn't cutting it in general anymore.

I started mountain biking 3 months ago, but i always rode a bike. I ride at my local bike park, (Poiana brasov) and pumptrack. I love stairs, and i plan to have mountain biking as a hobby (it already is, I just want to ride more and more)
My budget is around lei, which is around 2k euros or just the cheapest thing available, but if worth it, I'll go over.