A, E and I are back. While the film is being developed (ha!), here's a picture I didn't snap.
The top-shelf MTB rentals out there are set up big and fat and moto-style. 2.35" tires, 5+" suspension, huge forks and softly sprung for a really slack head tube angle. I think the locals ride the dry creek beds, bare stone and small boulders and small waterfalls all worn smooth by the occasional deluge. We stayed on the trails, so these rigs were a bit beyond my needs.
Anyway, perched atop a pickup I saw a bike too cool to be rentable. The extra-beefy frame had been steel-wool rubbed free of any decals, and the tall dual-crown fork was painted white. The only logo I saw was a bling gold King headset, I think 1.5". This thing was a motorcycle without the engine. The owner wrote a custom top-tube banner (using a Sharpie, I'd guess): Royale with Cheese. Oh yeah.
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