Cannondaleriders

'900
I think Hope will qualify
how long before you post pictures of her on this thread?

LOL, Duner's might have cleaner bikes but that don't mean they don't work hard. Getting a bike muddy only means you can play in the mud, and then have to wash it. I don't have to wash mud off my bikes but after a few dune trips I do have to polish the powdercoat. I can't think of any environment where a motor has to work harder then in the dunes?
I have a few more lose ends to do with Hope then I'll post some pics.

Some guys run paddles in the "silt" around me, there are large fields of basically fine black sand(coal dust/small rocks discarded in mining) that really kill the engine, and also large piles of this that form mini mountains of rock and silt, it is really fun! but it kills your quad to, coal dust is very fine and corrosive, The mud it creates can be very sticky.

Ya, another place that is harder on a machine than sand is the Cinders near Flagstaff AZ. You've got to run paddle tires if you want a chance of making it up some of the big cones, I've only been there once ran the Banshee up chickenshit hill, that machine has never run so hard. Think of the volcanic rock that you put in yor gas grill, size is from dust to golf ball but mostly pea gravel, thing is you can stack it much steeper than sand!
If you can make it to the top you have accomplished something, coming down is the real adventure, the more you try to slow down the more control you lose

Both places sound like a lot of fun. We don't have anything like that around here.

Here's some for the ppl who like there bikes dirty LOL

The new Dale....

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