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General => Tech Forum => Topic started by: Thunderchild on April 02, 2010, 12:08:23 pm

Title: Anyone planning on riding in Moab next week?
Post by: Thunderchild on April 02, 2010, 12:08:23 pm
Just thought I would see if any other proflexors might be in Moab Next week. ;D  Would be nice to run a few proflex bikes together in Moab ;D  So if any of you are planning to ride in Moab, send me a PM.   ;D 

Sadly, the Oz will not be going this time :'(  The 5000 will have to take care of business this time...in Moab ;D

Thunderchild

Title: Re: Anyone planning on riding in Moab next week?
Post by: orange on April 03, 2010, 01:13:29 pm
if only... ::) :D
Title: Re: Anyone planning on riding in Moab next week?
Post by: mootsguy on April 03, 2010, 02:11:30 pm
I'll be there and in Brianhead in May...if that helps.
Title: Re: Anyone planning on riding in Moab next week?
Post by: Matno on April 06, 2010, 02:24:09 pm
I might be moving to Albuquerque next year, in which case Moab would be a decent half-way point to meet you for an occasional ride. It's been a long time!

Matt
Title: Re: Anyone planning on riding in Moab next week?
Post by: Thunderchild on April 06, 2010, 08:52:54 pm
I might be moving to Albuquerque next year, in which case Moab would be a decent half-way point to meet you for an occasional ride. It's been a long time!

Matt

That would be sweet.  Keep me posted. 

Thunderchild
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Title: Re: Anyone planning on riding in Moab next week?
Post by: Thunderchild on April 11, 2010, 10:18:59 pm
The Proflex 5000 did the best it could.  The rear Fox Float worked well...thanks Doug!  I will post a few pictures in the gallery soon.  I was only able to ride two rides.  Down there for a bit of work and play.  We rode up Amasa Back and came down two I had never ridden:  Rock Stacker and Jacksons.  I have never bottomed out my 4 inch Marzocchi Bomber so much.  Talking with a local who was ripping down the drops, steps and twists, an 8-inch travel fork is best for these two.  Several sections are you fall you die.

This video shows some of the fall potential down to the Colorado River.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opzh8178OTA

The other trail was Sovereign.  Always a sweet trail. 

Thunderchild
Title: Re: Anyone planning on riding in Moab next week?
Post by: shovelon on April 11, 2010, 10:50:07 pm
The Proflex 5000 did the best it could.  The rear Fox Float worked well...thanks Doug!  I will post a few pictures in the gallery soon.  I was only able to ride two rides.  Down there for a bit of work and play.  We rode up Amasa Back and came down two I had never ridden:  Rock Stacker and Jacksons.  I have never bottomed out my 4 inch Marzocchi Bomber so much.  Talking with a local who was ripping down the drops, steps and twists, an 8-inch travel fork is best for these two.  Several sections are you fall you die.

This video shows some of the fall potential down to the Colorado River.  [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opzh8178OTA[/url]

The other trail was Sovereign.  Always a sweet trail. 

Thunderchild
Holy Sh#%$^&**(((!!!!!!!!! :o :o :o
Title: Re: Anyone planning on riding in Moab next week?
Post by: Willie_B on April 12, 2010, 01:00:12 am
That looks like a good trail to walk. I must be getting old. :o
Title: Re: Anyone planning on riding in Moab next week?
Post by: orange on April 12, 2010, 02:06:39 pm
you know - I don't think I would even walk that!! I'm not very good with heights when unroped. Happy as you like with a rope - it's the OCD in me!
Title: Re: Anyone planning on riding in Moab next week?
Post by: Colin on April 15, 2010, 04:59:43 am
Several sections are you fall you die.

This video shows some of the fall potential down to the Colorado River.  [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opzh8178OTA[/url]

Thunderchild


OMG! ! ! !

I think a little bit of poo came out just watching the video! <GRIN>

Col.
Title: Re: Anyone planning on riding in Moab next week?
Post by: w2zero on April 15, 2010, 01:41:11 pm
Oops!  Just watched that video.  Sucked a plug out of the office chair, off to the throne room to expell it.  Music was all wrong, should have sung about multiple impacts, open fractures, etc.
Title: Re: Anyone planning on riding in Moab next week?
Post by: dcarr1971 on April 22, 2010, 02:08:50 pm
Nice. :o  Maybe I'd have tried that trail 10 or 12 years ago.  Even then, if I'd been shooting that video it have been a lot shorter and it would have undoubtedly ended badly (for me)... :'(
Title: Re: Anyone planning on riding in Moab next week?
Post by: jazclrint on April 25, 2010, 11:25:57 am
Is your Fox float adapter anything like mine?
Title: Re: Anyone planning on riding in Moab next week?
Post by: Thunderchild on April 25, 2010, 10:09:39 pm
Is your Fox float adapter anything like mine?
My fox float R fits my 5000 without an adapter.  What model to you have?

Thunderchild -[
Title: Re: Anyone planning on riding in Moab next week?
Post by: jazclrint on April 26, 2010, 10:43:34 am
I have a 5500 with Fox Float RLs on both ends.  I couldn't quite get it to fit, which was good, because the length shock I have is not as long as the stock shock.  With some simple math I was able to design an adapter that effectively made the shock long enough to compensate both for the length of the Fox plus the extra 5mm of sag over the stock noleen that the Fox wants to run.  Yeah, I geek out on suspension.  I have over twice as much in suspension as I do in exhaust and carbs on my motorcycle. :D