[06:36] Late to the party, but I did spend all weekend at City Club. [06:36] Well, every night at least, except tonight. [13:15] sheee [13:15] wheeee [13:18] party [13:26] wheeee!!!! [14:14] ah, to be 20yo again. I did a lot of all weekend at city club when I was young [14:16] jrwren: lol [14:25] Is City Club still around? [14:25] yes, a shadow of what it once was. [14:59] Did they forget to pay the light bill? [14:59] (something something shadow) [15:00] it was always pretty dark [18:13] rick_h: you ever use ergo grips on your mtb? [18:16] mrgoodcat: ergon? [18:16] mrgoodcat: yea, I tried a bunch. I've ended up going revgrips [18:20] i didn't mean ergon specifically, but ergonomic in general [18:21] although the pair i'm looking at is ergon [18:21] i'm having some issues with numbness in my right pinky, so i'm looking into what i can do to help that. also switching up my kb at work [18:21] yea, the ge1 are really popular [18:21] ge1 is what i'm looking at [18:22] I might have a set in the garage, have to check [18:22] why did you switch? [18:23] the ergon were better than the ones I had before but I found I still had some wrist issues [18:23] at that point it was like my 4th grip and I went all in on revgrips and haven't looked back [18:23] interesting the revgrips aren't shaped. "suspension" grips... [18:23] i've never seen anything like that [18:23] but folks really have a big preference, small/firm, bigger, softer, etc [18:24] sucks to just have to try and see what you like/works for you [18:24] wew i thought ergon was expensive [18:26] yea, it's why it was put off a bit. Hard to test drive them [18:26] this looks like a very interesting idea [18:26] anyway, feel free to swing by sometime and try out the ergon and see how the revgrips feel [18:27] where is "swing by"? i assume since you do royal oak chc it must be decently close? [18:27] meh, exit 89 off I75 [18:27] clarkston iirc? [18:27] yea [18:28] go ride pontiac lake sometime :) [18:28] PL is great this year [18:28] the cycletherapy folks have been putting in a ton of trail days [18:28] nice [18:30] well i might have to drop by and at least feel those revgrips if i'm in that area sometime. my lbs is an ergon dealer so thats a little easier for me haha [18:38] * cmaloney mumbles a joke about dropping by to give a drip a squeeze. [19:20] * mrgoodcat chuckles quietly [20:10] rick_h: do i remember correctly that at one point you were selling a santa cruz? if so did it ever sell? [20:11] mrgoodcat: I was looking into it. Never did sell it. My wife rides it now. [20:11] mrgoodcat: she's looking at getting a full squish this fall when the deals kick in hopefully [20:11] so am i actually [20:12] nice [20:12] i have a trek stache right now which i love, but its still a hardtail despite the oversize tires [20:13] yea, she's been renting a bike at places we go while I ride mine and she's sold on the idea of a bike to do it all [20:13] how squishy is she going? i'm looking in the 130 range probably [20:14] yea, probably the same. Mine is 130 rear with overforked 150 front and we just got back from Blue Mountain bike park in Ontario [20:14] that 130 I've had from North Carolina, black mountain trail, to oregon alpine trail, and down to south africa and it's gotten me up and down it all [20:14] i've been renting DH bikes at the parks. I'm not going to get anything that travels that far though [20:15] oh yea, for sure. my next bike might be in the 140-145 range but part of that is my size/heft and I want to go coil in the rear [20:15] too hard to get uphill for anything over 140 [20:15] maybe 130-140 if I go 29er [20:15] why coil? [20:15] Yea, definitely pay a price. [20:16] so with my size coil provides a better starting point. I don't have to jack air pressure up so hard [20:16] I have to run my dpx2 around 230+ psi [20:16] which is just too far outside the normal range. It can be a bit too much of a rock on smaller stuff [20:16] coil you can adapt the spring and get to a good starting point. I put a coil up front and love it [20:17] only coil i've ridden is DH bikes in CO [20:17] but if I did a coil in the rear I'd have to go the mrp progressive coil and the 2" of actual travel just isn't much for it to work with in the shock [20:17] a giant something-or-other with a coil last year [20:17] Yea, giant bikes aren't great though. My wife's now rented 3 and she'd rather ride mine all day long [20:18] i just ordered an mrp ramp control cart for my fork [20:18] it's a nice setup