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#44 ·
LOL, I thought so...but I just wanted to make sure I didn't miss someone. That's like my biggest fear about shipping them myself is that someone pays for them and I miss the email.
 
#48 ·
Nice! Love that alternate line at 1:12, reminiscent of a certain other place...

(Raise that camera angle up a tad, my neck hurts now from involuntarily craning my neck back in a vain attempt to change the angle! :))
 
#50 ·
jimw said:
Nice! Love that alternate line at 1:12, reminiscent of a certain other place...

(Raise that camera angle up a tad, my neck hurts now from involuntarily craning my neck back in a vain attempt to change the angle! :))
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Hey I changed it at the end ;) In tech terrain with no rider in front of me I kinda like it pointed down.

Finch I though you were gonna visit me towards the end of August? I'm off to the other side of the world in a few days if the weather holds out towards the end of October you should roll up for a couple days.
 
#52 ·
B1KER said:
Toads is probably my favorite ride I've done in Tahoe to date. Someone mentioned my video earlier. I'll put a link to mine, and the other YouTuber I was riding with that day below.

I'd like to do it as a loop. My other buddy "Billygoat" we met up at the top rode from the bottom. The shortcut we were talking about in my video is basically driving up 89 some more to cut out a little more of the climb. If you look at this trail map: http://b1ker.com/trailmaps/MrToadsWildRide.pdf The little hiker icon on the bottom next to the TRT that is 0.6 miles long that links into the green route we followed is the aforementioned "short cut". I'll be honest with you though. From the point of where those trails meet is where the climb just gets really difficult, so you really aren't doing much but cutting out the more manageable part of the climb and saving about a 1.5 miles.

I realize the OP already rode the trail but thought I'd throw this in for people reading this down the road.

B1KER Video:
MTB Savant Video:
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In your youtube video, what brakes are you running ? Sounds like the guide's that my brother has and we can't figure out that noise....
 
#55 ·
Toads doesn't look any more technical than tons of what we call 'XC' in New England.
If some of you guys gotta have a special label to make you feel extra-cool for riding over some rocks, then call it whatever you need to. It would be described as 'pretty bony XC' around here. Guess that obviously causes major butt-hurt in Cali. :skep:
 
#56 ·
slapheadmofo said:
Toads doesn't look any more technical than tons of what we call 'XC' in New England.
If some of you guys gotta have a special label to make you feel extra-cool for riding over some rocks, then call it whatever you need to. It would be described as 'pretty bony XC' around here. Guess that obviously causes major butt-hurt in Cali. :skep:
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Uh oh, tough guy alert! You got any GoPro footage of your "XC" trails there in NE? - let's making this a good ol'-fashioned proper pissing contest!
 
#58 ·
slapheadmofo said:
Toads doesn't look any more technical than tons of what we call 'XC' in New England.
If some of you guys gotta have a special label to make you feel extra-cool for riding over some rocks, then call it whatever you need to. It would be described as 'pretty bony XC' around here. Guess that obviously causes major butt-hurt in Cali. :skep:
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God damn I love the internet.
 
#59 ·
This is considered XC in New England. (Jump ahead to ~8:00 or so if you're in a rush). Tons and tons of good glacial rock around here.


I don't see anything in that Toad's video that makes it anything other than a good old fashioned cross country descent.

Sorry if some people get so butthurt by a simple observation they immediately run to the neg-rep button. Fragile egos abound.
 
#60 ·
MrSocko said:
In your youtube video, what brakes are you running ? Sounds like the guide's that my brother has and we can't figure out that noise....
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The SRAM Ultimate Guide brakes. I recently had the some of the parts replaced by warranty. Supposedly the levers would make the brakes drag. That possibly could be part of the issue. Never had that noise problem with my XT brakes. I haven't ridden the bike yet to report on whether or not that part swap has fixed it.
 
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