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I did 1.5 hours that day. I didn't ride any route. I just explore around. What I have found is just the tip of the iceberg out there. Trails fork off everywhere. Have fun.

@@ArizonaJake yah it seems that way!

I noticed that dropper cable too. Whoops! I made another mistake when assembling my new bike. I have a new 160mm fork to install soon. When I do that, I'll try to clean up those cables for you.

I was planning on climbing to the antennas, but I couldn't get the bike ready for this ride. I was installing a new 11-51 drive train on my GT but had the wrong quick link. When I finish it, I'll see how easy it is to climb to the antennas with the new gears.

Geez I think it's aluminum bolts so probably Break stuff

Facts! They are lighter too.

maps.app.goo.gl/wXDMDCKS4igBve8HA It's the open desert, so you never know what you will find there.

People park here maps.app.goo.gl/3QSnjLQMSt2L6ogJ6

We also rode McDowell one day, very nice. Going back to Goodyear next winter. Live in Green Bay, WI.

It's almost enough to make me want to ride with someone else, just in case. The snakes are everywhere!

The rear brake was fading this ride. I recently bought some hydraulic brakes for this bike. I will upgrade soon.

The inserts have made the tires harder and maybe less grippy. I only have 4 riders on the tire liners. I found thorns in the tires only after the first ride. I pulled them out with tweezers. Maybe 3 or 4 thorns. They were small thorns so I'm not sure if the thorns reached the tire liners. But, no flats after riding 39 miles on desert trails. But, to be honest, I don't trust them like I do Tubeless.

@@ArizonaJake cool thanks for the response. Ill be strictly on pavement so hopefully i notice a differwnce with flats

@joshuawest5967 I would definitely try them again on one of my road bikes. I get a lot of flats on my road bikes, and I'm sure they would help prevent some flats.

Could be a flat spot created by an impact, or the wheel is out of round. Either way, that's going to require specialty tools and skill to fix.

I get too attached. I don't think that I could strip it for parts, although I have thought about doing that. I actually just bought a new11 speed 11-51T deore groupset for the GT. Should be here soon.

@@ArizonaJake yeah i went nuts with mine. 120mm Rockshox recon fork, WTB wheelset, Shimano Cues U8000 groupset, SRAM GX Crankset, Shimano Deore M6100 brakes, 180mm SRAM Centerline floating rotors with copper colored titanium rotor bolts, Brooks leather saddle, basically replaced all the bolts on the bike with copper colored titanium bolts, PNW Loam grips, Truvative 760mm bars, but a really cheap ZTTO stem that really looks cool with a burnished copper color, lol. I actually replaced my $100 Race Face Atlas stem with this better looking copper colored $20 stem. All in all I have about $2000 worth of parts on it and that not counting all the other parts I've bought for it over the years and switched out, lol, probably about $3500 worth of parts. With this new frame arriving Monday I hope to not spend anymore money for a while with upgrades. I will eventually buy a new fork with thru-axle and a thru-axle front wheel but not anytime soon.

I wish I knew of more places, but North Mountain Trailhead and Apache Wash Trailhead are nice. They both have extensive flat single track to explore as well as some climbing to try.

Pemberton loop at McDowell Mountain is great for beginners. 15 miles with a very smooth climb if you go counterclockwise.

It made me very jumpy. I was seeing and hearing rattlesnakes for the rest of the ride, imaginary snakes everywhere.

@@ArizonaJake Holy.. Omg! That's too much of a shock. I can feel it. I had same stuff happen to me when riding motorbikes. Anyways.. Happy that you're safe after all man! Take care!! I'd have stopped and checked my leg immediately.. Because these things are too fast and we might not even know if they bit us.

I never heard them called that, but I know why. Good one.

Its a cowboy term for the western diamondback Its the striped tail, as you figured. Very Arizona-western New Mexico name.

I saw the snake slither away, but I had no idea until I saw the video that the snake had quickly recoiled into a striking position before I had passed. I can't believe how fast it moved.

@@ArizonaJake When they want to, they can move like lightning. Happy that you are OK.

Everything was out. I saw a jackrabbit and a coyote, but the footage was terrible.

That video starts here: maps.app.goo.gl/yy2NH7MQqyJ36p9W6 Either way down is fun. It's between Apache Wash Trailhead and Desert Hills Trailhead.

It is a mountain top between Desert Hills Trailhead and Apache Wash Trailhead. It is Here: maps.app.goo.gl/MLWVMmSGg7gjQaLC7 I ride down the North side.

Tubeless would be my first upgrade.

@@ArizonaJake it was mine also. all you've gotta do is tape the rims. the tires hold air and everything.

I wonder if they will get more?

@@ArizonaJake no, the reason it's so cheap is because they discontinued the medium size frame without the dropper hole.

I know. I was thinking the same recently. It would be great to keep some speed around the corner, but everything is for hikers.

Go ride Desert Classic trail at South Mountain and you'll have all the fun in the world. But try not to go there on the weekends

Goat heads....

I'd enjoy the ride over pushing it home. 😁. Bikes are heavy when you're miles away.

It seems to be a nice beginner bike to fix up. I already fixed up a GT Aggressor Pro and don't want to finance doing that again with the Kent Trouvaille. It seems to be a better starter bike than my GT was.

I'm hoping the vibration will lessen after the brakes are worn in.

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