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Stinkpalm

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  1. Weed and another controlled substance, the way I read it. “littering and… littering and….”
  2. When this first came to light, had an aggy tell me he just didn’t see how we would get anywhere near enough votes and that the word was that this was all just to get NC and Virginia to join. Yeah, they were going to pass on two blue bloods for those two schools… right. I chose to take the high road and just state that if this was coming to light, it’d already reached the point that TX and OU knew they had the votes. The NC/Virginia talk was simply aggy hoping beyond hope for anyone but mean old TX.
  3. Ha! Very true. More efficient frame geometries have certainly changed the traditional thoughts on how much travel you can get away with. I still remember worrying prior to purchasing my scalpel back in the day that stepping up from the 80mm bike I had to the 100mm travel on the scalpel was going to make it a slug (I was definitely wrong, that thing was a burner). Now 120 seems to be what most XC guys prefer. So who knows. I still can’t fathom pushing around a Fox 38 on dfw trails… that’s a lot of weight regardless of efficient modern frames!
  4. The ripmo is about a 150r/160f, where the mojo is only 130r/140f travel. The mojo HD is a different story though, with much longer travel than the regular mojo. So that may be where the confusion comes from. And yeah, it’s been comical the amount of enduro bikes I’ve seen running around the local trails lately. I’m guessing it’s new riders getting into the sport due to covid and just figure “moar travel, moar better”. Can’t imagine trying to push a YT Capra around northshore but I’ve seen it in the past year.
  5. Glad to see he’s following aggy tradition and pasting unimpressive finishes on his shirt, much like their wall. “Top 10 ribs” is definitely aggy-speak for 10th place in (likely) a 12 person cook-off.
  6. I’ve heard really, really good things about the ripley AF. Seeing a lot of them popping up around the Dfw trails. If I was wanting a pure XC bike, that’s probably the route I would have gone. And I saw a ripmo up at crested butte. Agreed that it’d be just a bit much for around here. I chose the mojo bc it splits the difference between the two in travel, allowing me to just have one do-it-all trail bike. It gives up a little performance on both ends of the spectrum (basically a jack of all trades, master of none type bike), but the older I get, the less I care about burning past other riders on the XC trails anyways. And the step down to 27.5 was pretty noticeable when it comes to rock gardens, but I’ve actually enjoyed how much more nimble and playful it makes the bike. But yeah, for XC, I’d give the ripley a serious look if the Marin ever fully croaks.
  7. Speaking of the Mojo… finally got to really stretch its legs a couple days ago while camping and fly fishing up in Colorado. Ran over to Crested Butte for a day on the lift. They don’t have a ton of runs, but the ones they have are definitely fun and beautiful scenery. And the mojo ate it up. It may be the most fun bike I’ve ever had. I still freaking suck at jumping though.
  8. Had the nx eagle groupset on my genius and it was okay. If I had kept it longer, I’d likely have upgraded sooner than later. My mojo came with the new deore groupset that now has shimano’s hyperglide tech. It definitely shifts better and just feels smoother than the nx did. It still leaves me wanting a little bit, so I’ll likely swap it soon for an Slx or xt, but it’s good enough that I’m not in any rush. I’m not really a fanboy for any brand, but I’d probably lean towards going for the slx if I were in your position and swapping out cassette and chain isn’t an issue.
  9. I’m currently dealing with this. Have been ignoring it since November, but am really starting to miss golf. What kinda fresh hell am I looking at wrt recovery time if I choose to get it fixed?
  10. Wow, that dude is seriously just the ultimate puppet for aggy brass. To the point that he didn’t even dare fixing the illiteracy that they wrote down on the Golden Corral napkin for him to tweet
  11. Shiiit… I always assumed you were a tech fan, as well
  12. He’ll just sub it out. He’s already up to his ass in alligators with the mid-field logo
  13. It’s still there if you zoom in. The surrounding area has just been brushed in a direction that makes it blend in currently.
  14. Wasn’t this guy supposed to leave after his made-up “1 dollar bet with a friend” thing was done?
  15. I laugh when aggy says they and others hate us because we are arrogant/entitled/obnoxious etc. After the smallest amount of what they perceive to have been “success”, those idiots have eclipsed the amount of hubris and arrogance that we Longhorns have ever displayed, even during our early 2000s run. You’d never know that they still haven’t done anything meaningful by the way they’ve been thumping their little bird-chests since moving to the sec. aggy projection… same as it ever was
  16. This reminds of a gal I knew growing up. Several years ago she spent gobs of money on plastic surgery and lipo to look like Ivanka Trump. After healing, she had a reveal party and posted pics of the event on Facebook. You could’ve given me 1000 guesses on who she was trying to mimic and I would not have guessed correctly. Just looked like a very slightly more attractive, but still not all that attractive version of her old self. Similarly, you could have given me a thousand guesses on what ethnicity this British person was shooting for and I’d have listed almost every other possibility before reaching “Korean”.
  17. Forgot to add... be prepared to stop, turn around, and re-ride segments of the trail at Gateway because it is terribly marked. Compounding all of that is the fact that a disc golf course runs through it so it’s very easy to make wrong turns the first time you ride it. My next trip over there should go much smoother now that I feel like I’ve got a pretty good feel for the layout of the trail, but it was definitely a little frustrating on the first go-round.
  18. Oh, don’t get me wrong... I’m good with easy these days as well and RL is in the regular rotation since it’s right down the road. Just not a fan of dirt trails that may as well be an un-paved hike and bike trail. I may be wrong, but I think that’s pretty much how gateway started out... or at least that was the way it was referenced back in the day, which always stuck with me and kept me away. That said, finally gave it a visit today and it’s actually a pretty decent trail. Definitely on the flatter side, with a lot of twists and turns through trees (much like River Legacy), but they’ve put in a lot of wood and dirt features that allow you to get a little wild but can also be avoided if you so choose. Outside of the heat, I thoroughly enjoyed it and will be back. I admittedly suck at hitting bigger jumps, and they have built some big ones there that I won’t be happy until I can comfortably hit them. And yeah, Sansom is a beast. I’ve ridden it several times and left zonked every time. It physically and mentally fries me, so nothing but respect to your buddy that does it on a SS.
  19. Never ridden that one, as it’s on the wrong side of Dallas from me. I hear good things though. Not sure where you’re located, but all the FWMBA trails went green today as well. Gateway and the new Fossil Creek trail (NRH area) might be good for your relative that’s just getting into it. Both appear to be pretty beginner friendly... not too long or technical. Thinking I might run down to gateway tomorrow to finally check it out since a lot of the trails I normally ride are still closed (outside of big cedar). I’ve always written it off as too easy/probably boring, but apparently they’ve added a couple fun looking jump lines that I’ve been wanting to check out.
  20. I’ve been building fence and corrals wrong my whole damned life, apparently. So much wasted time and money connecting four sides together.
  21. Northshore just opened back up, which meant it was time to try out my latest purchase. 2021 Ibis Mojo 4. Still need to set it up tubeless and really dial in the suspension, but this thing is insanely good. Most playful and nimble bike I’ve ever ridden. Was hoping the Scott genius I bought a while back would be the quiver killer I was wanting that I could take to XC trails and bike parks alike, but it was just too cumbersome and lumbering for XC use. This thing seems like it’s gonna fit the bill.
  22. The call is coming from inside the house
  23. Gas melts a lot of plastics. I'm surprised it doesn't melt those bags. Give it time... it likely did about 3 miles down the road
  24. I’ve forgotten our 4 year anniversary is tomorrow about 5 times in the last two days. I’m not anticipating there’ll be sex tomorrow night. Or I should say... I probably won’t be included if there is
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