What kind of trails does she want to ride, what kind of rider is she? For someone who wants to ride everything and not be held back I'd go with the FS. If it's someone looking for a way to get a...

I'm 40 pounds lighter and have 180 BC UL veneers in flex 3. Love the skis but they're definitely on the softer side and get tossed around a bit in funky snow. I'd go with 4 given your size.

The fee is also $2-3M for a home at Sugar Bowl plus something like $30K/year in HOA fees, so the number of people who use it are limited.

Northstar might be a better example, they used to sell a...

Can't you girth hitch the leash around one of the arms of the toe piece? That's what I do on the Zeds.

Saw this kid out double poling up a hill the other day, made me feel like a wuss for feeling tired after a two hour skate.

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I have some 26.5/27 T1 shells (3-buckle black/gray edition) without liners. Cover shipping and they're yours.

Also (to others) - I have some smaller 75mm Scarpa boots (with liners): 24.5/25 T2x,...

Some clubs or training groups have rental programs for newbies - can be a good way to try out the sport and see if you like it. You also might find people willing to sell or loan their older gear.

I have race skis on their third mount, and they've been doing fine. The main worry I'd have is hole spacing - if the mount pattern is the same, the holes for 294 will be 6mm c-c from the 282 ones. If...

At least in our area (California), the leaves drop off of poison oak in the winter but the remaining sticks or vines still have the urushiol. So you can start hacking through what just looks like dry...

I used one of these a few times when my kids were little: https://www.wildernessengineering.com/kindershuttle. It has a flat plastic bottom so no need to worry about messing up the tracks unless...

I have some Hammerheads I can probably send you for shipping + beer money. Send me a DM and I’ll dig them up.

Also very few skate or in-track classic skis are sold flat any more, so you're forced into the NNN system to buy new skis even if you're happy with your Pilot boots. (The system bindings are all NNN,...

Our local resort has trails that run pretty close to a bunch of vacation homes - people seem to think that just because they rented an AirBnB for the weekend that gives them the right to posthole on...

QST 92 would be another good choice in the easy+fun category and can be found cheap (like under $400 new). Not sure why they aren't more popular.

Around 90 + fun = Rustler 9 IMO.

I don’t know where Donut is, but I’ve never heard of that restriction in 10+ years of cutting trees in Tahoe NF, and don’t see it listed here:...

The main thing that distinguishes her IMO is consistency. Always in control, always balanced, always making precise turns. Especially important in SL where there’s two runs and a ton of gates - lots...

I emailed a few weeks ago about the BG Tours, sounds like they’re waiting for the molds before putting them up on the site. Also they’ll stock 108s in common lengths but the 118 width will likely be...

I'd get whatever "performance" skate ski you can get a deal on, length around 185-190 depending on stiffness. Salomon RS8 or S/Max are good options, also Rossi Delta, Fischer Aerolite 60, etc.. If...

I skied for years in Tx Comps with Power Wraps, great for locking in my skinny calves, no problems for resort skiing. A little stiff for touring, but not too bad.

Looking for a full width BG tour (184ish) if anyone’s selling…

Try Sierra Ski & Cycle. Or head north to Alpenglow or The Backcountry.

Thoughts on the FRD/Freeride mount? Currently mounted on the line, need to change bindings, hole conflicts will mean going +1 or -2. I know people tend to go back from Keith's lines but the FRDs have...

Agreed for skis with an actual wax pocket, but skins beat single camber fishscales in almost any conditions.

Still loving my Saatva 3 years in.

Asked about Novavax when I got my (Pfizer) shot at Tahoe City CVS yesterday, they said they did’t have it yet but were expecting to get it any day now.

Pics from Switzerland (Grindelwald). The rental bikes were crap, but the views were amazing:
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Road riding was pretty good too (we brought our own bikes for that):
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Yeah - my wife (over 50, underlying conditions) was pretty sick when she got COVID last year, she called her doctor but they didn't have any appointments and weren't willing to send in a script since...

I've had good luck just disconnecting the cable at the lever, cutting the cable and installing with a new olive & barb, then doing a lever bleed with the funnel.

Good luck but my guess would be a bent derailleur. Had a similar issue and the hanger alignment was perfect, didn't go away until I replaced the derailleur.

Road Toad's yesterday for the first time since the Caldor Fire. Pretty eerie riding through wildflowers with beautiful views on the Tahoe Rim Trail and then dropping into the burned out forest....

If you need to go new, PNW makes a decent external dropper (Cascade).

I've also gone the drill route with a carbon hardtail that had internal routing for a front derailleur cable but not a...

This is actually a gas line replacement that's been in progress since 2021.
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Swapped the cable, no change. Finally put a new derailleur on and had it shifting perfectly within 5 minutes (tighten cable, set B screw, set limit screws, turn the barrel adjuster a few times,...

12 speed SLX derailleur, XT shifter, SLX 12-speed chain, all with about 300 miles. Was JRA and the shifting went from perfect to crap, skipping gears, double shifting. However I set the cable tension...

Bump for a price drop.

Selling a Large 2022 Ripley SLX, all stock, very minimal wear (about 200 miles). This is basically the same as the current generation (2023) V4S bike except for the derailleur hanger. Light, fun, "do...

Felt it and thought my roof was finally unloading. No such luck though (still have 3-4 feet up there).

A buddy is a former pro bike racer and has been riding 200+ miles/week for pretty much his entire life. Had a heart attack in his 50s (he survived, had to slow down but can still ride). His dad died...

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Still going. All of the local nordic resorts have closed but a volunteer group (Nevada Nordic) is still grooming 2km on one of the USFS roads on Mt Rose. Plenty of snow, particularly since it's been...

+1 on Voler for reasonably priced road gear. Nice that it's all made in the US as well.

Also like Pactimo, though I just have some jerseys and a vest.

You could try to find some used levers (maybe broken) that have hoods in good shape and move them over. Could be either ST-6500 or ST-5500. Other 9 speed shifters like ST-5600 and ST-6600 are a...

Not sure I can still call myself an "expert" (despite many years of wrenching on bikes, sometimes professionally). I spent 10 minutes grunting over an SPD pedal removal (swapping for a longer hex...

No spare tube? That's my first line of defense rather than messing with patches.

All my MTBs are tubeless but I have tubes in the road and gravel bikes. I'll use self-glued patches as a quick fix...

Up to 2 hours: multitool, tube, dynaplug, pump, houdini jacket (weather dependent) in a small frame bag. Large bottle on the bike. Food, phone, keys in shorts pockets.

Beyond 2 hours I’ll usually...

Shrug. It's still considered a direct rollover and not subject to the 60 day limit (or withholding) as long as the check is made out to the destination rollover account and not you personally. And if...

Might be easier to get the old company to send you the check, made out to the Schwab account (not you). Get the details on how it should be made out from Schwab. Make sure they don't do withholding...

My son spotted this guy wandering around the neighborhood (maybe trying to figure out how to get up on the 15 foot high snow banks).

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Personal gifts can have tax consequences (sufficiently high amounts will be deducted from the giver's $12M lifetime estate tax limit) but there's an annual exemption of $17K per recipient in 2023. So...