Cannon River Valley Exploring on F800 GS & Kicking Off the Minnesota Mountain Bike Race Season / St. Croix Woolly MTB Race

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 Exploring the Cannon River valley is a favorite destination for a lunch off the Beemer box.

 A Bit of Mountain Bicycle Testing with The Boss

 Jeff Hall breaking in the new "LAMERER Cycles" race bike. Group ride with JP LaMere along the Minnesota River.

Jeff's mountain race bike is a new idea... Running 27.5 wheels. 3" tire on the front and 2.25 tire on rear. Running a rigid front fork along with a suspended rear shock setup. The reason being that Jeff raises the front wheel over most obstacles and the rear suspension soaks up the bump.

Racing at St. Croix Falls / 1st Race of Minnesota Mountain Bike Race Series

 Grandson enjoying the mountain biking lifestyle, and the medal adds to the good times!

 Rocking the #1 Plate in Minnesota Mountain Biking... Jeff Hall winning on his newly designed LAMERE Cycles MTB.

 Top step on the podium at "St. Croix Woolly MTB Race for Jeff Hall. Running the string of victories in Minnesota Mountain Bike Racing to 9, caring over from 2016. Large number of racers this day, nearly 600 riders.

Last road trip for the trusty US Cargo 6x12 trailer...new trailer coming up.

Ride on in 2017...

Adventure Motorcycle Tires / BMW GS

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I have ridden over 26,000 miles in the past 3 years on BMW GS Adventure Motos with knobbies.  Some of my thoughts on 50/50 tires. I also rode another 12,000 miles over the same time period on standard 20 off-road / 80 on-road tires. It gave me a good feeling for the differences...

# Continental TKC 80. They are the best in my mind, Knobs. I have used these tires on my 2012 1200 GSA, on my rental 1200 GS & on my 2015 F800 GS. I have ridden thousands of miles in the rain, muddy gravel roads, dry gravel and once a week on muddy ATV trails up at the cabin where I live in the summer... Then I can jump on the pavement and 65-100 MPH, full confidence.

# Continental TKC 70. No go. Ran them on a rental 1200 GS, good when they were new. They cupped on the front tire and didn't last as long as the TKC 80 Knobby.

# Metzler Karoo 3. Good. Don't know alot about them, have. used Metezler knobbies on my DRZ400, I liked them.

# Michelin Anakee Wild. No go. I know a guy who owns a Moto Dealer and ran the Anakee Wild on a KTM 1290, he didn't like them.

# Kenda Big Block. No go. Look like TKC 80, not nearly as good.

# Mitas E 10. Maybe. Have seen a few riders use them, don't know that much, but seem to work well.

# Heidenau K60 Scout. No go. slippery in rain they don't have much of a shoulder, will wash out on gravel. Me, "I don't like to fall down"... 

 I had 3 1200 GS motos in my rental fleet, I rode thousands of miles on Metzeler Tourances and Michelin Anakee 3 standard tires. they are a blast on the pavement, but I had some close calls offroad on them... I talked to riders and researched tires before I mounted new tires on the F800 this Spring to see if there was a better tire out there... Stayed with the Continental TKC 80 again.

This is what can happen when one is out in a cow pasture at midnight...haha. Discovered that I can pick up a BMW 1200 GSA all by my self.

 Intermission..

 

 Ride On Knobby...

Burton Backcountry Snowboard Pack / Mountain Bike Pack / Off-Road Moto Pack

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