Spring is in full swing and Tahoe trails are opening for business quickly. In Episode 86, as the snow vaporizes, the boys chat about a bunch of trail tales, some funny, others concerning. After an extended Rumspringa on the ebike, Pow Bot returns to the traditional “Amish” mountain bike, but will he be Sin Bot for still occasionally riding his ebike? The boys share four-wheeling stories with their in-laws, talk about new trails being built, trails north of Truckee being closed for the season and some trails in burn zones being sprayed by the Tahoe and Lassen National Forest with glyphosate, aka Roundup, known to cause cancer. Trail Whisperer asks is it dope or derp to go on a road trip when gas is $6/gallon, jokes about Breckenridge opening local trails to ebikes (only with a medical condition) and a Core Lord calls in with a rant that South Lake Tahoe doesn’t have any cool, progressive mountain bike trails.
2:40 – Everything in Tahoe is a month early – riding hero dirt and Pow Bot hanging up his snowboard.
3:45 – A recap on Winter 2025-26 – Ended up at average snowfall for the season.
6:15 – Pow Bot comes off the ebike Rumspringa and returns to the Amish bike community.
11:20 – Early season Tahoe trail conditions – Riding the Tahoe Rim Trail and Flume Trail.
12:40 – Trail Whisperer building new trail on Verdi Ridge.
16:15 – Tahoe National Forest has closed trails in and around Emigrant Trail, Prosser, Boca.
20:00 – Shout out to Tahoe Mountain Sports – helping TW out with a ski binding issue.
20:50 – The Truckee Follies – Rated X fundraiser for Downtown Merchants Association.
23:15 – Truckee Dirt Union Loam Masters Rally happening May 29-30.
24:08 – Sugar Bowl is selling off all their vintage 1950s gondolas for $10k a piece.
28:40 – Randy Robbins thinks snowboard beaver tail slapping is DOPE.
29:45 – Parkhill has some thoughts about hallowed vs hollowed ground and gatekeeping.
31:02 – Reno Tahoe tourism blowing up a sensitive hot spring on social media.
33:00 – Gatekeeping – don’t blow up the spot when its firing.
34:10 – Chris has a rant about public versus private property.
40:30 – Jacob really enjoyed VCGP episode – big divide between motorized and non-motorized communities.
44:00 – Breckenridge is finally legalizing ebikes…but you have to have a doctor’s note.
45:40 – Moab allows ebikes on some trail but not all, but Jeeps and side-by-sides are all over.
47:55 – Pow Bot’s story of four wheeling in Telluride in a rental Chevy Blazer with his in-laws.
50:40 – Trail Whisperer’s 4x4 story of getting stuck in a Land Cruiser and spending the night in it with his ex father-in-law.
58:15 – DOPE or DERP – going on a road trip when gas is $6/gallon.
1:00:54 – Tahoe National Forest and Lassen National Forest spraying toxic Roundup weed killer on public lands.
1:10:18 – Big Sally calls in with a trip report from Lost Cannon Loop MTB and Sonora Pass ski.
1:13:20 – Chad wants to know why there aren’t more progressive MTB trails in South Lake Tahoe.
1:27:20 – If you get baptized for coming back to the Amish bike, then you ride the ebike, are you a sinner?