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Were you riding at Kittatiny yesterday with a +1 and interrupted by another group? If so, I’m sorry, that was me and my two friends. Completely didn’t see your riding partner behind you 😆

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Skygazer Brambleberry Sour… very tasty. A little more “dark berry” than a Minkey Boodle from Thin Man.

That’s a totally valid response 😆

I have a love/hate relationship with my Dominion A4s. I love the feel, the stopping power, the looks. I hate the leaky bleed ports, cracked master cylinders, and the fact that their hoses are thicker than everyone else on the market so they don’t fit (or just barely fit with some modification...

Oh and Romy (soft)/Romy (mid) is going to feel like riding in peanut butter compared to the Albert/Rick. I’m genuinely curious to hear your feedback once you get out on the Romy and Tacky.

Tacky/Albert it’s what I’d like to try, I think it’ll be great, but the Albert in the rear is ruining my linkage 😞. So I’m going to try MM/Tacky next.

As for the compound differences between the new ultra soft on the Tacky Chan and the old one on the MM. Maybe you’d notice it if they were the same tire and you ride them back to back on the same trail. But the Tacky has a little more closed tread pattern than the Mary. So your weight and the...

MM: not newest SKU, but only the ultra soft compound was updated from the version I have. The trail casing is the same. The new compound is supposed to be even slower rebounding and grippier. See Tacky Chan. Albert: not newest SKU, but no change between the trail casings or soft compound, so...

Ok. So since we are not right before winter, and I mentioned the northern nj parks… can I bring a rake and get after it?

The Albert is legitimately pretty quick. On par with a Continental Kryptotal rear which is one other faster rolling high-grip rear tires. The Magic Mary is also on par with an Assegai or Kryptotal Front, so slow, but no slower than any other super grippy front. Tacky Chan is a little faster than...

I know this thread has been quiet for a bit but with the new updates to the Schwalbe Radial line, I thought I’d pop in with some feedback. Magic Mary Trail Pro Ultra Soft 29x2.5 This is an amazing front tire. The grip is unmatched compared to literally every other Maxxis, Continental, Schwalbe...

Serious question… Is this actually ok to do? I live near Mahlon Dickerson, Allamuchy, Kittatiny Valley, Stephens… with rare exception, I’ve generally been told that blowing/raking the leaves off the trails is a massive NO, but there is SO much debris and leaf “litter” on the trails that it’s...

Yeah, East Fork wouldn't push the needle towards doing it again. It's very dense rhododendron tunnels for most of it and probably the lease interesting part of the loop. And agreed that descending OBK was brutal. Fortunately, my sister lives around Asheville so I head down once a year to skip...

We liked it a lot. On closer inspection, the route on AllTrails has changed a bit since we did it. I'd give a few different suggestions based on if you're camping or doing it in one go. It's short enough that it can be done in one day, but that would be a hard pace and include some hard...

My wife and I backpacked the Big East Fork Loop last July over 3 days/2 nights and it was fantastic! She's a novice backpacker, I've got a hefty amount of experience. If you want some recon, let me know. Definitely made a few modifications, we went CW instead of CCW. Time of year makes a big...

Where in Rhino? I've seen them all the way off by the power lines, but that's not actually on the trail. Are they actually on RHINO?

Thanks Ken! This is a great response and really clarifies the differences in a meaningful way.

As a JORBA Member and a longtime racer across every kind of bike/run/tri/etc you can think of, I'm genuinely curious about this: What makes it possible to host JORBA-Fest at Stephens, but not a race/series? What are the differences in permitting/insurance/parks staff/police/etc that make a...

The TC wasn’t really vague on leaning, but the tighter tread pattern compared to the MM meant it didn’t dig into the loose stuff as well and skipped across the top a little more. The Romy was pretty good. I rode them at the same pressure I’ve been using for the MM/Albert (26F/27R), but it...