Here's mountain biking Pigsknuckle, but to be fair both of these are from late winter where we look our worst.

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Northwest Arkansas has become absolutely epic as far as the MTB scene (we just hosted the IMBA World Summit). The Walton boys (Tom and Stueart) are sinking insane amounts of money into the trail systems here, and the community is responding. I rode a lot when I was younger. At a certain point, I decided it was crazy to raise my kids here and not raise them riding. Similar to raising kids in Colorado without them doing snow sports. Anyway, loving riding and loving the scene in this area. I'll post up some other rides we've done in our area, though there are an abundance of videos from much more impressive riders than me out there floating around.

Awesome! Nice, fast trails.

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Anything you'd recommend when I get back down there? Keep in mind I'm old and #1 priority is not getting hurt. I've seen bits and pieces of the dirt trails and some of it looks pretty intense.

Like this...wtf...looks like a trip to the ER waiting for a time to happen.

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Sounds like you need a trip to the Southwest some winter to do some biking.

Neat stuff and cool bike.

We ride in the winter up here.

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If you want a nice, long ride that has more of a XC feel with good climbs, but not too technical, Hobbs State Park is really good. Here's some video I shot from there:
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The Back 40 Loop is pretty awesome, and it has some features similar to what you posted there, but they're always optional. Here's a good sampling from a ride there:
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You probably don't want to do Coler, hah (this guy is from KC, and his channels is great. He posts some great videos of the trails around there):
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Yeah I was gonna say that I bet that's not your Ragbria bike

https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/b...?colorCode=red

I went with this one. In the proper red color I might add! Tried a DS model and a couple different 820s. One I can't remember the model but I liked the marlin 4 the best so I got one

yeah thats a good looking bike.

It fits the budget I set and gave me a good workout when I road it. The tires are wide enough it's more sturdy feeling to me. Shock was stiffer than the 820 but it could have been the wheels. The 820 had 26 and the one I got has 29" as the only option. The bigger tires felt better for some reason. Most likely due to the lead in my ass!

Here's some clips from our ride in Costa Rica. People are crazy into cycling here. It's very interesting.

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Nice looking bike booger. I got a DS 8.3. It's the nicest bike I've owned ever.

Just make sure you get the seat set right. I'd been doing it wrong all these years and it makes a giant impact on the ride.

Thanks man! I definitely got to get a seat upgrade. My ass and taint are getting sore already. Otherwise it's just a matter of having the seat level isn't that right?