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Easter trailing 04/04/21

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I wanted a lower, more cushy bike, and the magic start button for some of the more difficult singletrack trails, so I picked up a not so lightly used Beta Xtrainer.  Had some fun with it, and like that my feet can reach the ground better.  When the bike is too tall, my body reaches the ground first instead of my feet sometimes.😜

McCain was surprisingly uncrowded on Easter.  Weather was pretty warm, so maybe that had something to do with it.  As the temps go up out there, less people are enthusiastic about making that their riding destination.

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Nice! Congrats on the Beta. 
you must know McCain like the back of your own hand. 

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1 hour ago, Zubb said:

Nice! Congrats on the Beta. 
you must know McCain like the back of your own hand. 

Thanks.  Yes, I have been riding there for almost 35 years.

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I'm not too familiar with the OHV sticker system...does the Beta X-trainer need a sticker to ride McCain? 

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I've ridden 2 different X-Trainers , one is a too much conversion but still very good , the better one is a fairly stock one but with a Fresco pipe, some jetting and a standard suspension rework. I have stated that 90% of trail riders would ride better and more comfortably on one of these machines as opposed to the standard based on race bike machine.

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2 hours ago, SoCalMule said:

I'm not too familiar with the OHV sticker system...does the Beta X-trainer need a sticker to ride McCain? 

Yes it needs a sticker will be a red sticker for that bike, if officers show up

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3 hours ago, robertaccio said:

I've ridden 2 different X-Trainers , one is a too much conversion but still very good , the better one is a fairly stock one but with a Fresco pipe, some jetting and a standard suspension rework. I have stated that 90% of trail riders would ride better and more comfortably on one of these machines as opposed to the standard based on race bike machine.

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This one is running a RR pipe and an adjustable shock link.  Other than that, it's pretty much stock.  it could use some suspension work though.  Plush in most stuff, but a bit bouncy in rockier stuff.  Shock not as noticeable as the forks.  I already read up on what the problem is with them.

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1 hour ago, dirt dame said:

This one is running a RR pipe and an adjustable shock link.  Other than that, it's pretty much stock.  it could use some suspension work though.  Plush in most stuff, but a bit bouncy in rockier stuff.  Shock not as noticeable as the forks.  I already read up on what the problem is with them.

Tim D is the guru of good set up tips (and suspension resources) for the X-Trainer. 

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14 minutes ago, robertaccio said:

Tim D is the guru of good set up tips (and suspension resources) for the X-Trainer. 

I had a ride on his old Xtrainer.  I didn't mesh with that particular one.  It was an older model though.

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18 hours ago, dirt dame said:

I had a ride on his old Xtrainer.  I didn't mesh with that particular one.  It was an older model though.

his ergo set up is nutty on all his bikes, to each their own for comfort ergos. He had the stock set up suspension dialed in from I think Stillwell in Az. The other X-Trainer I have ridden was a little silly it had full 300 RR suspension added onto it. To me the owner should just have had bought a 300RR at that point, but it still had that trials sort of power delivery

 

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10 hours ago, robertaccio said:

his ergo set up is nutty on all his bikes, to each their own for comfort ergos.

 

Speaking  of.....Tim was out today on his 200, with a small group of riders.

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