I've potentially got some stuff going on this weekend and think Saturday would be the best day. I need to firm up my plans though (actually I need the wife to firm up plans with her friends so I know when we're going out, if we're going out) so I'll know more on times later this week.

 

LV was LV. Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak, and Stone Crab was awesome Saturday night.

I'll ride anything this weekend. I need to test out the current setup and decide what length stem I want. I think the 90mm on there now might be a bit short.

 

Dude that flat tire yesterday sucked. My first flat in the entire time we've been riding seriously. On the plus side, now I am required to go to Mike's in order to pick up a new tube, so I'll just have to take a spin on the Epic and SJ while I'm there :wiggle:

 

The 90 will be better for the DH sections and the longer one for climbing. But you may be right in the middle wiht the 90mm. I have a 100mm if you want to try it out, but it's a 31.8. Think I have some bars that you could use too.

 

My stem is 31.8 and so are my new riser bars.

But I mistyped earlier - my current stem is 100mm and I was thinking of going to 110mm (my old stem was 130mm).

 

Think the shorter will be better for the DH...and you can climb anything regardless of stem length

 

Sweet. Just set up some test rides with an Epic and Stumpy on Friday (if they can get an Epic in L/XL up there that is). I know Cambria does demos. Without me calling them, do you guys know if they happen to demo the stumpjumper or epic? There's a 10-floor parking garage right next to Bikes where I can climb up, but I'd really like to get both bikes out on something like Divide Loop or Confluence (something that will require me to climb a lot and also hit varied terrain) to really test out what's going to work best for me. Thanks dudes.

 

Yeah for that you have to go to an actual "demo day". Cambria had one for SantaCruz and I rode the Nomad again for the second time and that pretty much sealed the deal. They actually let you take the bike and ride on trails for about an hour.

 

Sucks. I want to rail these bikes on our normal trails and see if I can climb faster than Mike

 

I test rode my Klein at Bicycles Plus way back in 1998. They let me have it for a day for $50. You got that money back if you bought the bike from them. I ended up buying it from Cambria instead because they were a better shop at the time. But $50 was nothing on a $2400 bike. I also test rode the Santa Cruz Heckler down in San Jose. That was a free deal and I got it for the day too. I rode all over Grant Ranch (same place the Hammy meets were at) and found out how poorly that thing climbed.

Check with the shops. It's insane for them to ask you to buy a $2K bike without seriously riding it.

Call up Cambria, Auburn Bike Works, and Bicycles Plus in Folsom. They are geared towards mountian bikes and may have a different policy.

 

So for this weekend, I don't think I'll be able to ride on Sunday. One of Josey's friends invited us out for her birthday :\. I guess I could if we rode really early, but I'd have to be home by 10 . Is anyone available/interested in riding on Sunday? The Cool race is that day so maybe we could get up there and check things out post-ride if we wanted?

 

I can ride either day.

I don't want to go anywhere near Cool on race day. It will be a mad house.

 

I did the same thing I always do, which is that I'm thinking I want to ride one day and then when I go to post what day I can't ride I cant' get my mind off riding so I post the same day twice. I can't help it

Anyway, Sunday is the only day I can really get out for this weekend. Maybe divide loop? I gotta be home by 11:30 that morning though, so if you guys don't mind, can we meet early, like 8'ish?

 

Cambria does demos on the Epic :wiggle: I think I'll set up a demo for a ride next week (this weekend is too effing cramped - birthday dinners and brunches out the ***).

 

I have a B-day party to go to on Sunday. Maybe it's a solo trip again on Saturday morning

Maybe I'll do Clementine Loop/Confluence + Connector Bikes in the shop getting the e13 DRS bash gaurd, chain guide deal installed!