Spring thaw

Finally! Bella and I got out today and were very happy to see that things higher up are starting to thaw out. Woot!

good one

I'ma put this right here...

http://singletrackworld.com/2016/03/10-ways-to-be-a-dick-in-your-local-bike-shop/

Still Snowy!

Took the dogs up into nearby USFS today so they could run around. I was hoping to see at least a little bit of rideable dirt but it simply wasn't the case. It's going to need more sun and more time before we're heading high for dirt!  Meanwhile, the road riding hasn't been horrible...

Tues Nite Ride 2/16

This Tuesdays ride will be a tour de Brainard on the fatbikes. Redstone at 6pm and we will carpool up!

This just in!  Boulder County is ready to move on the "Heil 2" parcel of Open Space!  However, it's not a great plan.  Not surprisingly, pedestrians get lots of trail and bikes are choked onto a single out and back trail. Please, please, please let Boulder County know that they should open all the new trails to all users. From a design point, out and back trails suck - they demand more maintanence from more use and they create user conflict.  Please click on the link below, read thru all of the comments and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE leave comments of your own opinion!

http://ourbouldercounty.org/document/heil-2-proposed-trails-open-house-requests#comment-1683

Dave Chase!

Dave Chase - I bet you'll be surprised to find this here...but what the hell.  Glad to see you fire up the underground again, and since I'm technically an author I can still post a draft here.  Those rides from Lyons and the tiny shop back about 2004-2006 are some of my best memories of my time in Colorado.  Just a really good group of dudes, the will to ride, and a huge forest.  I hope it's still as good now as it was then.

I'm living in Virginia now.  Married, father of 4 year old twins.  Riding a ton.  Life is pretty good.  I do miss Lyons.


Anyway, keep the stoke cranking and the fire hot.  I'll be back someday.

-Action Jackson

January 2016 update!

January 2016 - about 3 years since our last Redstone Underground Report.  Expect more from the new post Flood underground.

update.  Been fatbiking a lot..


Got a ride in at a place we hadn't been in a few years.  Signs are down so it's good to go.  Ish.  More on this later.


Put on our first bike race.  The Beaver Dick Snowduro.  Things went really well - better than we had hoped really.  Put 3/5 on your calendar for our next installment.


Snow has been good to us this winter.  Fatbikes!


More fatbikes!


That's it and I believe we are up to speed now!  Stay tuned for more.  :)

Changing of the Blog

All of you regular readers of the Redstone Underground!  Thanks for approximately 10 years of blog reading on this page.  We finally updated our shop site and have brought the bloggin in on that.  From now on, check  the blog at http://redstonecyclery.com/?page_id=993.  We'll no longer be updated the blog at this address, but we still be bloggin!

dave

Waldrop Improvements!

Lots of great things are happening!  Check out what's going to happen to Waldrop Trail along Brainard Lake Rd.  Red is the current trail which will be returned to Mother Nature.  The Green trail will connect to Sourdough and may likely happen this summer.  Light blue trail will happen after that.  Stoked!

The Time to Klunk is Now

Transition Bikes announced in October that they would have a limited run of Klunkers available in the new year.  Well, we just got an email that they just got them in and shipping will commence shortly.  Transition is already overbooked on them but we've got a black and a white on the way now.  Better put your name on one if you want, they will be gone fast!

For the love of Formula...

Anyone familiar with Redstone and our love of techy bike bits knows that we are big fans of Formula Brakes.  After making the first Juicy 7 brakes for Avid back when they were an Englewood, CO company, Formulas design, feel, and power have continued to improve under their own moniker. 

My favorite brake of all time has got to be Formula's The One.  Massively powerful, good looking, and XC light, what could be better?  

 We're going to find out after just installing new 2013 Formula RO brakes on our Intense Carbine demo bike and test sled.

Hall Ranch Trail Conditions 12/21

It's the end of the world so I figured I'd get one last ride at Hall Ranch.

Antelope Trail was a mixed bag of snow and dirt.

Long Time no Bloggin

It's been a while since we put up some ride stokeage, I'm sure you guys are kinda bored with no so subliminal messages about consignment bikes, right?!

How about a photo bomb session then.  Our last ride stoke post was Big Fall Ride back in Sept!  Well then, picking up where I left off...

 I had to go retrieve the truck after Big Fall Ride after leaving it in the forest overnight.  Good excuse for a ride, right?

Spot Rocker for sale, $1400

 Here's some pics of the Spot Rocker we've got on consignment.  It's a medium and the owner is looking for $1400.  Parts are as follows:

Tuesday Ridin'

 Now that DST is over and we're no longer chasing daylight, Tuesday rides will now meet every Tuesday at Redstone at 6pm.  See you then!  It's going to be a great winter of night rides.

bandit 29

2012 Transition Bandit 29er, medium.

Rocky Mountain Bicycles goes to Argentina

Make some time to watch this 5 part series about riding south of the equator.  Good stuff!

http://argentina.bikes.com/

Yeti SB-66 pics

Here's some detailed shots of the SB-66 (large) that we've got on consignment..  $3600.   A few cosmetic paint issues, but otherwise this bike is in fantastic condition.

bikes for sale!

We updated our consignment and demo bikes for sale page.  Check it out!
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150673841253352.454776.31031888351&type=1
Here's a list...

Chumba F1 downhill bike, med - $2300
Transition Bandit 29, med - $2400 demo, like new
Masi Gran Corsa road bike, 54cm - $875
Voodoo Dambala SS, large - $700
Spot Rocker, medium, 1x10 - $1600
Jamis SixFiftyb, medium, near new - $1275
Haro V3, large, ridden a couple of times - $295
Felt Z70 road bike, 56cm, new tires - $675
Yeti SB-66, large, lightly ridden, XT/Fox - $3600
Rocky Mountain Element 970 29er, 20" frame, demo, like new - $3400
Giant Pistol, 20", great starter full sus bike - $499
mid 80s Bianchi Road bike - $375
Ritchey P-29er large, super nice - $3100

Caveat Emptor

Veloswap/Used parts PSA:

With Veloswap, ebay, craiglist, and others, there are just as many bad deals as there are good deals.  We definitely recommend that, if you're buying used, it's imperitive that A)you get the goods in your hand to look over in person and B) you or someone you know understands what you're looking at.

Case in point - A customer recently brought in a set of wheels for us to check out.  Bought them used as a smoking deal.  The wheelset was sold as used hubs in a new build.  Take a look at the 3 spokes.  One of the spokes shows several threads exposed.  The other 2 spokes have loctite or something on them to mask the fact that the threads are showing.  A good handbuilt wheelset should have all of the threads buried in the nipple.  Also, note the corrosion on the nipples.  That's something that may or may not be an issue down the road with a popped nipple head.