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polemac · **Posted:** Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:54 pm

I recommend Fort Mtn or Stanley with the leaf drop - crazy man! (ta-da!) Windy Gap is also a rude customer.... :twisted:

carve29 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:01 pm

big chris wrote:

Kokopelli wrote:

I absolutely cannot stand the sound of leaves stuck in my frame....but I see it as a challenge to try to remove the offending leaf without stopping. Kicks the difficulty level up a notch.

+1

I listen carefully to my MTB as noises usually mean something is about to fail.

+1, but I've come too close to losing a finger in my spokes trying to remove a leaf. Leave the trail with the same amount of digits that you had going in.

biscuit · **Posted:** Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:05 pm

I like when the leaves get really thick, like a king size mattress out on the trail,and cover up big boulders and sticks so bounce off everything plowing down.So the answer to your question is Yes.......it's just you

kpvsr · **Posted:** Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:44 pm

I guess leaves are a touchy subject here.

I just don't like the noise.

SkidSteer · **Posted:** Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:37 pm

BobbyHiggins · **Posted:** Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:31 am

I like riding in the leaves, but one of my bikes is really bad about catching leaves in the rear triangle so I try not to ride that bike in the fall because it drives me crazy.

Riding down Lance Creek is quite a challange after a big leaf drop.

Duckman · **Posted:** Sat Nov 07, 2009 10:35 am

Who'd put a bunch of friggin leaves on a mtb trail anyway? :mrgreen:

The leaves won't be a big subject until Blankets gets closed down because of the freeze-thaw.

Advice:if one is racing the SCGTT...ride in the as much deep leaves as possible between now and then. Oh, and rocks too.

Its the woods.. Next will be rocks, logs, and creeks. We call that the Silver Comet.

That is all

AlloyNipples · **Posted:** Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:29 am

Good one, perfect troll post; you got'em all!

Nitrogenus · **Posted:** Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:51 am

Leaves stuck in the frame annoy me, but I love the leaf-covered trails.

chucky · **Posted:** Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:35 am

Don't like leaves? Go Ride On The Road and Cry about Cars....

Dano · **Posted:** Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:09 am

kpvsr wrote:

or does riding through crispy leaf covered trails annoy anyone else? It was the only non enjoyable part of today's ride.

It is bad enough that they are loud as hell riding through but just when I get sort of used to that a single leaf will
lodge itself between the fork or frame and my tires. For some reason that sound just drives me nuts. If I can not get it out while riding I have stop to remove it.

Maybe I need to take the MP3 player when I ride this time of year. Or I could just go clear away the damn things.

Pretty sure it's just you dude.

kpvsr · **Posted:** Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:05 pm

chucky wrote:

Don't like leaves? Go Ride On The Road and Cry about Cars....

Don't think I was crying about leaves, just annoyed with the noise.

I really didn't think this topic would have generated so many harsh responses.

Dan-G · **Posted:** Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:40 pm

i actually like it. well except for when they get stuck in my bike then yeah i dont like that. other than that i love riding this time of the year. i just gotta get my bike back up and working so i can get back out there

slowguy · **Joined:** Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:18 am **Posts:** 11

The sound doesn't bother me. I love riding in the fall. However - leaves covering a trail I never ridden before makes things interesting.

xray_ed · **Joined:** Sun May 01, 2005 8:00 pm **Posts:** 966

Just turn up the ipod a bit & you won't hear them.

:popcorn:

Is it just me....

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