Me and the Moonlander!

[dirtnewz]

I took my Moonlander to Scorpion Bay - Baja Peninsula for 2 weeks and just returned. My bike was a huge hit among my surfing/biking friends. We surfed in the day and rode when their was no surf. Last day of the trip I finally jabbed a cactus in the front tire resulting in a flat. We railed the sand dunes, the beach and all over the bluffs.

I love this bike!

http://youtu.be/I-7X5tmAwqk

Tim aka dirtnewz

[nwoods]

Fun video!

[Drewdaman]

Hi Justin,

I recently read through your thread and really enjoyed it - thanks for taking the time to so carefully document and photograph your trips, and share them...very inspiring!

And if you ever want to go for ride together, let me know as I'm in Pacific Beach and just got a Pugsley Black Ops (aka "Neck Romancer" by some, but not by me!), and a sweet bike rack by 1upUSA.

Happy Trails,
Drew
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[Gear]

I picked up the Moonlander last weekend. This evening was the most I've ridden it so far. I ran across this great photo op on the way home and had to post it. Its not too bad considering the lighting and the fact I took the picture with my phone. I should get to the delivery write up and pictures this weekend.

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Hello Bruce, Great bike and cool photograph. I look forward to riding with you at the next Overland Event.

I took my Moonlander to Scorpion Bay - Baja Peninsula for 2 weeks and just returned. My bike was a huge hit among my surfing/biking friends. We surfed in the day and rode when their was no surf. Last day of the trip I finally jabbed a cactus in the front tire resulting in a flat. We railed the sand dunes, the beach and all over the bluffs.

I love this bike!

http://youtu.be/I-7X5tmAwqk

Tim aka dirtnewz

Now that is what I wanted to see. The Moonlander in Mexico!!! Outstanding, I need to get down there again. It has been way to long. Thanks for posting the video.

Hi Justin,

I recently read through your thread and really enjoyed it - thanks for taking the time to so carefully document and photograph your trips, and share them...very inspiring!

And if you ever want to go for ride together, let me know as I'm in Pacific Beach and just got a Pugsley Black Ops (aka "Neck Romancer" by some, but not by me!), and a sweet bike rack by 1upUSA.

Happy Trails,
Drew
Pugs Black Ops on 1upUSA bike rack.jpg

Hi Drew, Love the Black Ops. I will PM you my info so we can get out and ride.

[Gear]

Critical Mass ride. Summer Time in San Diego. Weather was perfect. Crossing over the I-5 freeway in route to Balboa Park.


Miles took us around before the ride to see a few of San Diego's oldest bridges. Cool finds close to down town.




I really liked the swinging bridge. Cool single track below has me wanting to come back to explore.


We stopped in at Burger Lounge. Two Thumbs UP!!


The contrast of our tire/frame sizes was interesting.


The starting line at the fountain in Balboa Park.


Heading out! The nights ride had a lot of people and the group got split somewhere between Logan Heights and Down Town. I did manage to get a long ride in at the beach between the roller coaster and Garnett Ave.



Distance 38.3 miles
Elevation 1203 feet
Moving Average 10.4 mph

[Gear]

MIA - The family and I took off on a 10 day road trip to Lake Powell. Hence the silence on this thread.


The boys brought their scooters. Here Nathan is gapping the curb. We tried the Walmart Camping. All sum it up in one word "noisy".


Our destination, Lake Powell.


Here is the photograph from the one bike ride I took. More of a reconnaissance of the marina since it had been years since I had last been there. The one big negative to Lake Powell is do to its National Park status you are only allowed to ride a bicycle on roads. This really caps the opportunities for riding.


Instead we played in the canyons and took adventures with our friends boat.


Hot hot hot, we spent a lot of time cooling off in the water.


One day we made the trip out to Rainbow Bridge. I enjoyed this trip which is only accessible by boat or a 16 mile hike.



Distance 3.9 miles
Elevation 184 feet
Moving Average 8.2 mph

[Gear]

This morning Dave and I did our Sunday morning bike ride. We took off down by the Carlsbad Fire Station and then up and over La Costa Preserve via the Switchback Trail.


Heading for the tunnel that leads under Rancho Santa Fe Road.


At the top by the Boy Scout Kiosk.


Did the trip counter clockwise which is opposite of how it is usually ridden.

Distance 8.3 miles
Elevation 1093 feet
Moving Average 7.2 mph

[globalsunset]

Very lovely bicycle mate, love to see it put to good use. Would love to add one to my stable but other members of the household are less convinced that the bicycle room needs one more

[NotAMog]

Just a quick hi-jack of Gear's thread.

I took the Moonlander to Mammoth last week and spent a day at the mountain bike park.

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It definitely isn't a replacement for a full suspension free ride bike with 6+" of travel but it does really well on the moderate trails. The performance in the deep pumice gravel prevalent at Mammoth more than met my expectations. I kept expecting the front tire to wash out but it never did. It just floated over everything. 10psi in both tires yielded the best performance and ride comfort.

The big tires fit in the special red 29" trays of one of the bike trailers for the trip up to the main lodge but the other trailer had equal size trays that didn't fit well but Moonlander could be secured to the trailer with a few rubber straps.

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The dirt proves it is a real mountain bike

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Moonlander meets (Surly) Ogre at the Mammoth Brewing Company. There was at least one other fully ridged mountain bike in Mammoth.

[Gear]

Just a quick hi-jack of Gear's thread.

I took the Moonlander to Mammoth last week and spent a day at the mountain bike park.

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Awesome Post Bruce. Thanks for sharing. It's helping me get motivated to get back on my bike. Busy summer with the family!