# Trail Tales and Sin Bot | E86

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Podcast: [Mind the Track](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-the-track-6307658)
Published: 2026-05-13T16:38:17+00:00
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## Resource

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 snowboar…

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