aerius replied to the topic Daily Trail conditions in Etobicoke Creek in the forum ETOBICOKE CREEK 1 week, 3 days ago
Took a quick peek in the north loop earlier today, it’s pretty much a skating rink in there, if you don’t have studs you’ll have a very bad day.
aerius replied to the topic thoughts on brakes for (disc) newbie in the forum TECH TALK 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Tubeless. Many tires will start bleeding sealant through the sidewalls once they’ve been scraped up a bit, in my experience Continental and Schwalbe tires are particularly prone to this. The only solution I’ve found is running tires with thicker heavier sidewalls & casings. I’m not saying run a DH tire, but at least something like a Maxxis EXO…[Read more]
aerius replied to the topic Daily Trail conditions in Etobicoke Creek in the forum ETOBICOKE CREEK 9 months, 1 week ago
Four years? FOUR YEARS??! You cannot be serious.
I have no words for this.aerius replied to the topic 2018 World Cup DH Thread in the forum TALKING ABOUT BIKES 10 months, 4 weeks ago
The good news is they got rid of Cairnes, tracks where racers can be competitive on an enduro bike have no business being on the DH schedule. Unfortunately Lourdes is also gone, and it was one of the best tracks in the past few yeas. In exchange we get La Bresse (mediocre) and Losinj, which sounds awfully close to “losing”. Losinj looks like…[Read more]
aerius replied to the topic Daily Trail conditions in Etobicoke Creek in the forum ETOBICOKE CREEK 1 year, 7 months ago
Trail is now fenced off on both sides & both directions at the Eglinton bridge. There are ways around but it’s a pain in the butt and requires some road sections. I’ve been hacking away at the bushes and the trail is reasonably clear from Rathburn to the pedestrian bridge south of Matheson, haven’t had a chance to clear out anything north of…[Read more]
aerius replied to the topic Daily Trail conditions in Etobicoke Creek in the forum ETOBICOKE CREEK 1 year, 8 months ago
East side of the south loop is pretty good except for the usual wet spots. Breathe with your nose unless you like the taste of hanging caterpillars, I was covered with at least a hundred of those darn things after my ride this evening.
aerius replied to the topic What are you riding at Blue this season in the forum BLUE MOUNTAIN 1 year, 9 months ago
Riding Blue on a Remedy is easier than Whistler on a DH bike. As long as you have good tires and decent brakes it’s a piece of cake.
aerius replied to the topic 2017 Rides – What Are YOU Riding This Year? in the forum TALKING ABOUT BIKES 1 year, 10 months ago
I’ve come to the realization that modern bikes are disposable pieces of plastic suckiness, and returned to the goodness of Italian steel tubes and purple anodized chainring bolts.
aerius replied to the topic Our own worst enemies in the forum TALKING ABOUT BIKES 1 year, 10 months ago
I almost think the solution for Etobicoke Creek is to stop maintaining the trails and just let them get rutted & chewed up to the point where people stop riding them because it’s not fun anymore. And if the abusers want to keep riding the trail they can either deal with the mess or start fixing it themselves.
aerius replied to the topic Low Friction Bearings in the forum TECH TALK 1 year, 10 months ago
There are some bottom brackets that use angular contact bearings and Shimano hubs & pedals use them as well so it is possible to have a bike where it’s all angular contact. But for most bikes, yeah, the headset’s the only one that isn’t a cheap radial bearing.
aerius replied to the topic Low Friction Bearings in the forum TECH TALK 1 year, 10 months ago
IMO there’s only 2 things that really matter for bearings used in mountain bike parts:
1) Do the seals actually seal out contaminants?
2) Can the bearings handle heavy impact loads?If the answer to either of the above is no, the bearing’s going to have an unacceptably short life.
aerius replied to the topic City Demolishes Build in the forum TALKING ABOUT BIKES 1 year, 11 months ago
Think about the big picture is what singlesproket and myself are saying. We have bunch of clubs in Ontario each doing their own thing in their own area and that’s about where it ends. There’s no representative body or structure for clubs to work together on common causes such as land access, development, securing grants, and so forth. The…[Read more]
aerius replied to the topic City Demolishes Build in the forum TALKING ABOUT BIKES 1 year, 11 months ago
They do all that, but mainly within the club & its members. Think this over for a while and you’ll see why this is problem, particularly in the long term big picture end of things.
aerius replied to the topic Jagwire Elite CR1 Vented Rotor in the forum TECH TALK 2 years ago
Shimano has a bunch of patents on their Ice-tech rotors so it’s not surprising that no one else can copy them. Everything from the aluminum sandwich construction, extended heat sink fins, and even the way the friction disc is attached to the carrier is covered by patents. No one else will be legally making Ice-tech rotors for the next 10-15…[Read more]
aerius replied to the topic Upgrade to a dropper or 1x first? in the forum TECH TALK 2 years ago
Get the dropper. A 1X doesn’t do anything to change the way you ride, you lose the left shifter but so what? It’s a bit lighter but you’ll end up with a compromised gearing range and/or some wonky gaps between the gears. Wide range cassettes often have oddly spaced or overly large gaps between some of the gears and a cassette that has good,…[Read more]
aerius replied to the topic Daily Trail conditions in Etobicoke Creek in the forum ETOBICOKE CREEK 2 years, 1 month ago
North loop west side is giant sheet of ice, don’t even think about it unless you have studs. East side is mostly good with some icy patches.
aerius replied to the topic Daily Trail conditions in Etobicoke Creek in the forum ETOBICOKE CREEK 2 years, 2 months ago
Took a ride on the north loop today, the lower pedestrian path is nicely packed down all the way up to Matheson, easily doable on a regular bike. The singletrack is another story, the hikers have broken a trail in some places but it’s not packed down yet, you won’t get anywhere without a fat bike.
aerius replied to the topic Daily Trail conditions in Etobicoke Creek in the forum ETOBICOKE CREEK 2 years, 2 months ago
Rode part of the north loop earlier this evening, had to walk up all the climbs since there wasn’t much grip with the fresh snow. It’s probably going to be fat bike only by tomorrow with the way the snow was coming down during my ride.
aerius replied to the topic Daily Trail conditions in Etobicoke Creek in the forum ETOBICOKE CREEK 2 years, 2 months ago
Thanks for the update and especially for the contact info. I’m pretty out of the loop these days after getting completely burned out on advocacy in the early 2000s, now I know who I can contact to talk about things like this.
As for trail conditions, it’s ugly in there. I rode part of the north loop on Monday and spent far too much time hiking…[Read more]
aerius replied to the topic Why You Shouldn't Use KMC Chains in the forum TECH TALK 2 years, 2 months ago
I’ve only used KMC and Shimano chains in 8 & 10 speed versions, currently running an HG95 after wearing out the stock KMC last year. My main issue with the KMC was it derailed off the front chainring fairly easily, I’m running a 2X with a clutch derailleur and all too often the chain would get shaken off the big ring after a DH section. This…[Read more]
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