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herzalot
iMTB Hooligan
Not all shuttles are to avoid climbing. The shuttles you mention are are point-to-point shuttles like PCE and Whole Enchilada where the trails are not fit to be out and back or loops. Other shuttles are to do DH laps like the front of Mt. Wilson (or the repeats I used to do on Telonics). Shuttling to ride trails that are legitimate two-way trails such as San Juan is barely better than riding an e-bike, IMO.
Mikie
Admin/iMTB Hooligan
@mtbMike
Note I said DH Ride Mike-O!
I’ve done tons of shuttles for points A to B rides.
Palm Canyon
Cannell Plunge
Cedar Canyon
Tobias
Kokopelli
Cherry Creek
Frazier Mountain Trail 120
Ojai
SART Hell Ride/Hellacious Ride from Big Bear
Most of which can have a climb total of 2 to 15k of climbing. I shuttle when it totally makes sense. But I don't shuttle to ride a DH Ride.
Note I said DH Ride Mike-O!
I’ve done tons of shuttles for points A to B rides.
Palm Canyon
Cannell Plunge
Cedar Canyon
Tobias
Kokopelli
Cherry Creek
Frazier Mountain Trail 120
Ojai
SART Hell Ride/Hellacious Ride from Big Bear
Most of which can have a climb total of 2 to 15k of climbing. I shuttle when it totally makes sense. But I don't shuttle to ride a DH Ride.
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SnakeCharmer
iMTB Hooligan
Major envy. But my time will come soon enough.
mtbMike
iMTB Rockstah
@mtbMike
Note I said DH Ride Mike-O!
I’ve done tons of shuttles for points A to B rides.
Palm Canyon
Cannell Plunge
Cedar Canyon
Tobias
Kokopelli
Cherry Creek
Frazier Mountain Trail 120
Ojai
SART Hell Ride/Hellacious Ride from Big Bear
Most of which can have a climb total of 2 to 15k of climbing. I shuttle when it totally makes sense. But I do. It shuttle to ride a DH Ride.
Fair enough, guess I'm reading it different than you're writing it....still. You can hook up with @Sidewalk and he'll show you that Palm Canyon is actually a loop.
scan
iMTB Rockstah
Mo
Montana de oro ? I'm there till Wednesday
Danmtchl
iMTB Rockstah
Lucky you I had to go back to Bakersfield where it’s 101 degrees. Love riding out there.
da big hills
iMTB Rockstah
I shuttle Fountain Place. It is awesome, of course we are on a tandem.
at the bottom the wife picks us up and a few odd Hammer dudes and up we go again.
Happy trails on Sidewinder and Cedar.
at the bottom the wife picks us up and a few odd Hammer dudes and up we go again.
Happy trails on Sidewinder and Cedar.
Earn Your View
Member
Why, thank you Mikie! It was the motto of my riding group when we used to ride together. I think the only time I shuttled was at Snow Summit in or around 2011. Not that I have anything against shuttling or downhill riding, it's just not my thing.
These days, my rides are dependent on my schedule. I have young kids, so sometimes my rides are just riding them around town in our cargo bike. Try climbing on a 50 lb. bike with about 85 lbs. of cargo... ouch! I earned my tacos last weekend. I used to be a much more dedicated mountain biker, but now I have think a bit more out of the box. Driving 45 mins. each way to ride trails doesn't make as much sense as it used to, so often I stay local and ride either road or mixed surfaces. Turnbull, Powder Canyon, and the world famous Fullerton Loop are near me, plus additional fireroads that I can explore. Riding bikes is still fun!
Mikie
Admin/iMTB Hooligan
Ouch... I still love her though...
You can't not love the Wheez!
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herzalot
iMTB Hooligan
Glad to hear from you. Don't be a stranger! We love kid stories and Fully Loop stories here.
Runs with Scissors
iMTB Hooligan
Are we still talking about this? I thought it was settled that climbing is the essence of mountain biking, because, y'know, without climbing you can't descend. Not legitimately, anyway.
tick
Well-Known Member
I spent the early 2000s pulling a Burley trailer up Santiago Canyon road. Not epic, but lots of memories. My son would go right to sleep, while my daughter stayed awake and kept up the chatter. (Not much has changed, really...)
tick
Well-Known Member
The essence of mountain biking is getting away from the cops, the cars, and the concrete. You can work out the rest of the details for yourself.
herzalot
iMTB Hooligan
Lots of climbing on the CB to Aspen route, but you didn't get a lot of bike for your $1500 back in 1980. Can you imagine teleporting back there and showing up with one of today's average all-around full suspension rigs? Who am I kidding, they would still beat me to the top!
tick
Well-Known Member
Just looked at the CPI calculator—that’s over $4500 in today’s money.
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Lost Kiwi
Well-Known Member
The Proflex climbs like a demon, bit of cash my way and you might convince me to take the Nomad of your hands
(your going to hate going downhill on it, skinny bars, v brakes and 2.0 tires can be genuinely terrifying)
Redman
iMTB Rockstah
Spent many hours on them back in the day when they were modern tech. Skinny bars with the long Vector stem was top notch.
UPSed
iMTB Hooligan
I'm guessing that's why I love climbing so much now. It's a lot easier without that extra 50lbs!
mike
iMTB Hooligan
The wheez was concerned that I made her sound mean. She definitely is not like me that way...
Climbing isn’t done on a damn bike!!!!! And best of my knowledge, no one has “Everested” on a bike. But I’ll play along because I love uphill riding so much.
Something oddly comforting about seeing a big bunch of uphill miles in front of me. Investment opportunity. Never a bad return, and it’ll be easier the next time.UHFTW
BonsaiNut
iMTB Rockstah
Stubborn Approach
Member
Miles on the saddle are the worst. That is a side of cycling I could do without, but I accept it, as I don't want the weight penalty of an electric motor.
Show me something amazing done from the saddle, and I may change my mind, but until then...
Show me something amazing done from the saddle, and I may change my mind, but until then...
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SnakeCharmer
iMTB Hooligan
Ascending
kazlx
Well-Known Member
I don't mind climbing. While climbing I question my life choices, but when I get there I feel accomplished. I think more than anything I enjoy seeing progress on climbs because it feels like much more of a fitness indicator. When I feel terrible, it's more of a reflection of myself realizing I should be riding more and it hurts more than it should. It's very satisfying for me to be able to just motor up climbs. That being said, I'm really more into just accessing the fun stuff and I really couldn't care less about technical climbing. I'll take a good fire road any day. Little challenges here and there are fun to clean sections, but giant sections of just having to HAB aren't that enjoyable. I don't mind a good HAB to get to good trails otherwise not accessible, but if I have a choice HAB 1/2 mile or pedal a mellow grade for 5 miles, I'll choose the pedaling.
Good thing Strava can't tell when I'm walking
Good thing Strava can't tell when I'm walking
kazlx
Well-Known Member
That’s why other sports are lame. If you think about it, running is basically the equivalent of going on a bike ride and climbing the whole time. That’s just silly.
I feel like biking is one of the few things where the reward is actually worth all that work.
mike
iMTB Hooligan
The beauty of our open spaces is diverse and, in a word, amazing. Show some of it to yourself, it’s everywhere.Show me something amazing done from the saddle, and I may change my mind, but until then...
And I don’t even have affiliation with Climbing magazine!!! You should submit a bike-related plea to the editors and see where it goes.Going up in altitude is climbing in my book, regardless of the means of conveyance. But hey, I'm not a rock climber/mountaineer so I don't feel any emotional ownership to the word. Feels like rock snobbery to me.
How about them people who “climb” mountains on a hiking trail? I climbed Mount Whitney. That’s after they climb to Whitney Portal in the car. Which requires climbing out of bed.