I blew the rear shock on my AC2 this last spring. My [censored] LBS sent it away to have it re-built and it took 3 months to get it back. I'm kind of glad he did now. It was done my hippy tech suspension and it works better than new. Anyway I bought an i-drive in the meantime so I could still ride. I had ridden it all summer and am fairly impressed by it's performance. Today I decided to give the AC2 some trail time and am I glad I did. I forgot how well this bike rides. It was like it was on rails. It took me about 30 minutes to get used to the geometry of it again, but man when I did I started having fun. I have a fairly technical single track that I love to ride and it took everything like I was riding a sidewalk.
I came upon a deer at one point. I stopped and observed. I figured she'd run away as soon as she figured out what I was. She didn't, she sat about 20 feet away staring and occasionally waged her tail. Then a bit further down the trail I ran into a snapping turtle. He surprised me. I had lost traction climbing a hill on a root and decided to push the bike until it became flat. I walked right up on him. He was as surprised as I was and just stared me down.
I pushed on and discovered some newly built trail bridges that went over some nasty creek crossing spots. It was a nice discovery. I always hated crossing those creeks.
I eventually ran upon some kids where one little boys sister had taken a nasty spill. They were limping here back to the campsite. I'm almost convinced that we should make some type of rule out there thats kids on kid bikes shouldn't ride those trails. My own son had a beautiful wreck last summer out there when we were camping. His whole right side was bruised for a few weeks from that one.
All and all it was a good day to ride...glad I decided to go out.
I blew the rear shock on my AC2 this last spring. My [censored] LBS sent it away to have it re-built and it took 3 months to get it back. I'm kind of glad he did now. It was done my hippy tech suspension and it works better than new. Anyway I bought an i-drive in the meantime so I could still ride. I had ridden it all summer and am fairly impressed by it's performance. Today I decided to give the AC2 some trail time and am I glad I did. I forgot how well this bike rides. It was like it was on rails. It took me about 30 minutes to get used to the geometry of it again, but man when I did I started having fun. I have a fairly technical single track that I love to ride and it took everything like I was riding a sidewalk.
I came upon a deer at one point. I stopped and observed. I figured she'd run away as soon as she figured out what I was. She didn't, she sat about 20 feet away staring and occasionally waged her tail. Then a bit further down the trail I ran into a snapping turtle. He surprised me. I had lost traction climbing a hill on a root and decided to push the bike until it became flat. I walked right up on him. He was as surprised as I was and just stared me down.
I pushed on and discovered some newly built trail bridges that went over some nasty creek crossing spots. It was a nice discovery. I always hated crossing those creeks.
I eventually ran upon some kids where one little boys sister had taken a nasty spill. They were limping here back to the campsite. I'm almost convinced that we should make some type of rule out there thats kids on kid bikes shouldn't ride those trails. My own son had a beautiful wreck last summer out there when we were camping. His whole right side was bruised for a few weeks from that one.
All and all it was a good day to ride...glad I decided to go out.
Where? It's a nice report, but where did you ride?
I blew the rear shock on my AC2 this last spring. My [censored] LBS sent it away to have it re-built and it took 3 months to get it back. I'm kind of glad he did now. It was done my hippy tech suspension and it works better than new. Anyway I bought an i-drive in the meantime so I could still ride. I had ridden it all summer and am fairly impressed by it's performance. Today I decided to give the AC2 some trail time and am I glad I did. I forgot how well this bike rides. It was like it was on rails. It took me about 30 minutes to get used to the geometry of it again, but man when I did I started having fun. I have a fairly technical single track that I love to ride and it took everything like I was riding a sidewalk.
I came upon a deer at one point. I stopped and observed. I figured she'd run away as soon as she figured out what I was. She didn't, she sat about 20 feet away staring and occasionally waged her tail. Then a bit further down the trail I ran into a snapping turtle. He surprised me. I had lost traction climbing a hill on a root and decided to push the bike until it became flat. I walked right up on him. He was as surprised as I was and just stared me down.
I pushed on and discovered some newly built trail bridges that went over some nasty creek crossing spots. It was a nice discovery. I always hated crossing those creeks.
I eventually ran upon some kids where one little boys sister had taken a nasty spill. They were limping here back to the campsite. I'm almost convinced that we should make some type of rule out there thats kids on kid bikes shouldn't ride those trails. My own son had a beautiful wreck last summer out there when we were camping. His whole right side was bruised for a few weeks from that one.
All and all it was a good day to ride...glad I decided to go out.
Hey Mike, made it back to CONUS in June.
Am living in sunny Albuquerqe NM. I hear there are some decent trails in the area, but have been busting my ass getting relocated and moved into a house.
I blew the rear shock on my AC2 this last spring. My [censored] LBS sent it away to have it re-built and it took 3 months to get it back. I'm kind of glad he did now. It was done my hippy tech suspension and it works better than new. Anyway I bought an i-drive in the meantime so I could still ride. I had ridden it all summer and am fairly impressed by it's performance. Today I decided to give the AC2 some trail time and am I glad I did. I forgot how well this bike rides. It was like it was on rails. It took me about 30 minutes to get used to the geometry of it again, but man when I did I started having fun. I have a fairly technical single track that I love to ride and it took everything like I was riding a sidewalk.
I came upon a deer at one point. I stopped and observed. I figured she'd run away as soon as she figured out what I was. She didn't, she sat about 20 feet away staring and occasionally waged her tail. Then a bit further down the trail I ran into a snapping turtle. He surprised me. I had lost traction climbing a hill on a root and decided to push the bike until it became flat. I walked right up on him. He was as surprised as I was and just stared me down.
I pushed on and discovered some newly built trail bridges that went over some nasty creek crossing spots. It was a nice discovery. I always hated crossing those creeks.
I eventually ran upon some kids where one little boys sister had taken a nasty spill. They were limping here back to the campsite. I'm almost convinced that we should make some type of rule out there thats kids on kid bikes shouldn't ride those trails. My own son had a beautiful wreck last summer out there when we were camping. His whole right side was bruised for a few weeks from that one.
All and all it was a good day to ride...glad I decided to go out.
nice, bill The First law, Inertia: Unless acted upon by an outside force, a body at rest tends to stay at rest, and a body in motion tends to stay in motion. Sir Isaac Newton
