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Unfortunately yes.

Revel just dropped their prices after new acquisition of founder buying company back. Revel almost closed doors only a couple of years after being bought buy a private equity group, just shows how greed and mismanagement kills everything. Their new e-bike is what I probably would have bought if it had come out sooner and wasn't $12k. The less expensive model of the Rerun is $7k which is more in line with other brands e-bikes. Chris canfield posted on MTBR that the CBF and a motor make a great combination which is what I had assumed before even hearing about the Rerun. 45lbs is what I consider reasonable for an e-mtb. They are also doing a frame only option of their bikes for bike shops which I think is a great idea for both the shops and riders. Hopefully they do a frame only for the Rerun I would definitely consider one and just swap all my parts over. https://revelbikes.com/product/rerun/

Yeah he's a pretty amazing drummer.

This guy is insane

Weight of an e-bike is somewhat of a moot point aside from lifting it onto a rack or bike stand. Another thing many people don't realize is that an e-bike doesn't mean less work when pedaling aside from climbing which is where you want the assist but on flat trails you need to keep pedaling or the bike becomes an anchor. You can actually feel it slowing down when you stop pedaling so you always need to keep pressure on the pedals for the assist to work which actually is more of a workout than you would think because you can't really coast like on a regular bike.

Crossed over to the dark side myself. Moved to the El Paso/New Mexico area in August. For many of the trails here an e-bike is almost a necessity even the more fit riders here are riding e-bikes. Lots of loose rock and steep climbs with lots of elevation in short distances. At 63 trying to do some of these trails was not enjoyable the e-bike makes it much easier to get more miles in and enjoy it. Bought a Polygon T7E nice bike with a good spec at the price I got it for the only thing I changed was the suspension the Suntour fork was abysmal I probably could have torn it down to see what may be the issue but decided to replace along with a rear shock to match.

Three bikes needing homes also. Girls electra townie. Needs a bath. 2004 Cinelli Unica with Campy Drivetrain and wheel set. Size medium 53.5 top tube. Wilier Pontvecchio single speed with flip flop rear hub. Size medium. Gone

Elite fluid trainer and front wheel block needing a home. Gone

You need one of these!

@14:49 is the real reason our government wants us in EV's. Lord Elon himself explaining that totally solar cars are not possible. The whole green movement is just another grift being propped up by lobbyists to extract our money. Is climate change real? absolutely. Do we have an impact on climate change? yes. The real question is how big of an impact? how is it measured? All we see are people crying we need to do something about climate change right now! The earth has been around for 4.5 billion years the Industrial Revolution began 260 years ago, to believe we've had a significant enough impact to cause significant climate change in that amount of time seams ridiculous and most likely is. Currently the earth is greener than it has been and even greener than it was 20 years ago which is a good thing more trees more O2, trees are the natural air scrubbers of the planet yet we continually cut trees down for the sake of progress and money. Like @ATXZJ mentioned the earth has gone through many ice ages and many warm periods and will continue to so totally disregarding us. Every so often the earth turns into a blender resetting itself and eliminating most of the life on the planet in the process, we have no power or control over any of it. And if we did we would f**k that up as well.

My thoughts exactly. Nice bike for the price either way.

When I first saw this thread Costco had the Shimano version listed. GRX 2x.

As far as the gravel bike is concerned I personally would opt for the Shimano. I have a gravel bike with Sram Rival which is a step up from Apex and the function is just OK. I have another gravel bike with Shimano GRX and everything about how it operates is much better/smoother than Sram.

Nice to see you acting your age😆

That's awesome!

I think TV coverage will be the least of MTB racings problems. There's no need for coverage if there's no teams. So many sponsors have pulled the plug. Many riders with no future rides. When a rider like Danny Hart can't secure a ride things look pretty bleak. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/racing-rumours-a-complete-timeline-of-2024-team-moves.html

I think you'll really like that bike for the local trails. I love mine.

I don't think we need to worry about Discovery killing the sport it looks like the economy is doing it quicker. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/mondraker-steps-away-from-the-ms-racing-team.html Another sponsor bites the dust.

Hopefully. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/red-bull-unveils-2024-racing-calendar-and-coverage-plans.html

Another for good measure.

Super talented group of people here.

Amazing voice on the tall dude. Never expected to hear that from him.

So they're hiking on the trail and get upset when trail work is being done not understanding if it wasn't for the mountain bikers there would be no trails to hike. Typical.

Rode yesterday and trails were great.

It's very odd to ride there now and be able to see just open land. You don't realize how much vegetation was there until now. It's sad but it will grow back and probably thicker when it does.