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I've only had my hightower a little over a year but I have replaced the bearings twice and have an extra set at the house. After you put the request in it takes about a week to receive the bearings. Sent from my moto g(6) using Tapatalk

It took me a few times rolling up to that one before I finally went for it. It’s not as bad as it looks but it took me a few times before I could really match the landing angle. Landing rear wheel first will really snap you forward. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

With our last remodel I had a ton of network cables run throughout the house and then had them pulled to various locations, with an On-Q panel put in my office so that I could tie them all together easily. What I got was a shitty electrician that ran the cables and just popped jacks on the end. Half of the runs were not done properly meaning I could only get 100Mb/s, not gigabit. I fixed those, but never really took the time to do the cabling right in the panel, which is how I ended up with this: This is data, phone (POTS, not VoIP) and even cable TV/cable modem - don't ask me, I think they screwed up in putting that in there. Anyway, I got a punchdown block and actually did it right. Everything is organized and there is about 20' of cable length that was cut off. The 4 cables on the right are actually for runs with nothing connected right now, just left enough length that if I needed to pull it to a punchdown I'd have plenty of room. The handy tip for anyone attempting this is measure twice, cut once. Also, put a piece of tape over the electrical outlet so that if you clip off some cable ends you won't end up with a spare bit landing in your electrical outlet. Also, Power over Ethernet is a very cool feature. I love running a switch without a wall wart.

Full carbon with Enve carbon wheels. At $4300 that is a steal https://www.cambriabike.com/pages/search-results-page?q=5010+demo&utm_source=Vert_510demos&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=031120Vertical_Response Not sure what the warranty is, but they do say 365 day return...

I don't want to overstate it, the trails are very ridable. They just don't see the volume of use that a Walnut or Brushy sees, so that means more face-slappers and sticks on the ground. I assume the regulars who live nearby are doing whatever maintenance gets done.

Yeah, the trails on the heatmap are pretty okay. I'd say there kind of like a not-very-much ridden Peddler's Pass before all the berm work started, or maybe like some of the SATN trals, but more overgrown. If I lived real close, I'd probably ride them a bit. I've been twice now as part of a much larger ride and for that purpose, they're pretty okay.

Honestly I almost always buy the cheap ones (Deore level) so I couldn't speak to that from personal experience, and I feel like most info you'll get on the subject will be so subjective it'll be mostly useless. I've done it many times with sockets, PVC fittings or pipe, c-clamps, and other various "tools" one might have at home. It's really not that hard of a job for someone who is mechanically inclined or experience. That being said, if you fudge it up it might cost you a lot.

Everything west of Mulligan is gtg.

I had the pleasure of demoing a Specialized Turbo Levo SL this weekend. It was awesome. I couldn't stop smiling. My only complaint was that I wanted to keep riding it, but it was time to go home. That is really the only reason I wouldn't consider owning one as my only or primary bike. If I was in a situation that I wanted to ride longer or couldn't keep up with the pace and distance of the people I regularly ride with, I'd strongly consider it, but for my average allotted window of time I get to ride, I like the exercise the traditional bike gives me. We rode in a group of 2 e-bikes and 3 regular bikes. There were a few sections of tight, twisty, or technical that the regular bikes were faster. The e-bikes were definitely faster on the extended climbs. Overall, the group still stayed together just as well as any group of 5 average riders of varying fitness. It takes the same level of bike handling, if not more, to keep the wheels moving in the right direction with the extra weight. Technical sections were still challenging. The bike I rode was around 40lbs., so not too bad really compared to some 35+ lb pedal bikes on the market. Compared to other e-bikes discussed in this thread, it's about 10 lbs lighter. (And this was the lowest spec'd Comp version.) I could definitely feel the added weight on jumps and techy stuff when I was trying to unweight the rear end, but it wasn't anything that I couldn't deal with. I rode it some with the assist turned off. It wasn't "fun", but if there was a motor failure, it would be completely doable to pedal it out. Even though it was the SL, thus smaller motor - less power, it had three levels of assist. The strongest "turbo" was too much for normal riding. I was fun zooming uphill on the road or a stretch of double track. Most of the time, Eco mode was all that was needed, but the middle setting was nice at times too. It really is not a set it and go. You still need to shift gears and plan for a climb. Also while we were out there, we ran into a group of 5 or 6 riders, all probably mid-20's, all riding eMTBs.

It's the first drop traveling eastward on what is upper picnic, picnicX right next to the H&B. The bigger one that's about 5'.

It's big enough to make a fun indoor park.