Recent content by big oz

I would like to restore the original trail best as possible and look for some new offshoots to add some length. Got a couple of people interested for late in the week, but i might go in with a saw on Wednesday.

I had made plans to work on Scoville 2day but it is hella yucky and i gots no desire to do anytrhing but walk through it later on. I got tools and live about a 1/4 mile away so i got access to stuff including a backhoe (that might be pushin my luck). I was already contacted by Droc for a...

Nate is late on his payments again.

That's the "Home Depot" drop at the eastern most part of Stone on the right side across the road from the DJs....that drop was tits back in the day. The landing is all clapped out now and needs some work to be good again.

Dam Water Company shutting everything down. This place is next.

Tried to go there a few times but can't get anything but an error page. Anybody else experience the same?

I will be riding the Rez for the first time this year, might even do it backward to spice it up. Staying away from Nass until all this ticketing drama blows over...

Rushes are more XC race than a Rize....they are also 4" travel verses 5". They are not making the Rush in 2010 since they bumped the travel on the new Scalpels to 4" (but those are changing for 2011 anyway).....The new replacement for the Rush is the RZ 120. The newer rocker link makes the...

So in short, you can get a rebuild for free.....but it will blow up gain. However, if you spend a $100, it will work. Gotta love Manitou.

You should ride with the subset of group 1 that is led by this young kid named Greg who works PT at the shop.....did I mention he is a current pro XCer. Getting dusted doesn't even begin to describe how you feel when he passes you on a climb turns around, goes back down and comes up again to...

Domains are tough to beat as far as durability and plushness. Super simple design that works...no uber complicated dampening. Fork goes up and down with just enough control to tune it. Now that Rock Shox is part of the whole SRAM/Avid/TruVativ empire, they really stand behind their stuff with...

Manitou factory rebuilds go like this. "Hey, hows my fork doing that I sent in?" "Not too good, needs a lot of work...and we don't stock parts for anything over a week old..." "What can I do?" "We can offer you a leftover 08 @ $$...hows that sound?" "...guess I'll just do that then." You...

We wanted to build a little warm up drop thing close to where you park.....Ruel suggested that little hill and i built it. More people have gotten tossed on that thing thatn any feature in Nass. People either pull up to hard and loop out backwards or mistime the drop and land in an OTB nose...

FYI, the semi a-framed downhill Scoville drop across from the jug handle is called Ruel's Jewels.....that is home to many a Polish wheelie. You guys are welcome to ride the ultra top secret "Biggie Smalls" trails when it's finished in a few weeks. Multiple 3-5 footers with all sorts of bridges...

Whatever you do, don't use WD 40 anywhere near the pivots....That stuff works like a degreaser and will wreak havok on the grease. I am pretty sure that all of the Treks made within the last 5-6 years use a form of a cartridge bearing. You can actually service a majority of these bearings, but...