Chief

So E-bikes are a polarizing topic for us as riders and trail maintainers. I am of the group that believes a bicycle is bicycle and when you add a motor or device that self propels or helps to self propel it, it is no longer a bicycle but a motorized vehicle. I also feel this way about electronic shifting and that it takes away the simplistic beauty of what a bicycle is. Bicycles are considered by many to be one of the greatest inventions of mankind. I'm also the skeptical guy that will be shopping and see someone on one of the scooter shopping carts and think to myself there's no way that person needs to be on that device or "if that person would just get off their lazy ass they wouldn't need to ride around on that stupid shopping cart". With that being said we've all read and or watched interviews about the pros and cons of E-bikes. I'll be honest here that when the argument of E-bikes helping disabled people comes up I have this internal thought process that thinks "well if they're really that disabled maybe they shouldn't be on an E-bike in the middle of the woods" or "if they're that disabled what happens when that E-bike has a malfunction and leaves them stranded in the middle of the woods". Well after reading this article I think I have a different outlook on E-bikes and their benefits. Although I still loathe and look down upon anyone that uses an E-bike just because they think it's so much fun or they think it's the next cool gadget like hoverbaords. Here's the article. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/finding-freedom-with-metastic-lung-cancer.html

This one is more useful for bike work. I have one of these and it works fine. https://www.harborfreight.com/14-in-Drive-Click-Type-Torque-Wrench-61277.html

I like the idea of the trailing linkage as it causes the axle path to move rearward then up basically getting the wheel out of the way when it encounters an obstacle or ledge. In the video the guy rolls over a curb with no hands which is pretty impressive. If you tried that with a telescopic fork you'd more than likely end up on your ass. The other great thing about this type of fork is it basically eliminates brake dive because of the axle path it needs to use to get the fork moving in it's travel. Here is another fork on the market with a similar concept. Watch the part in the video @8:35 where he is braking with this fork, it has absolutely no brake dive. Personally I don't think I'd ever mount this on my bike just due to the fact of how goofy it looks but I would be interested in testing the Trust fork.

What are brakes?

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I've got one. PM me. The socket and C clamp method works but the tool is a lot easier.

Crazy Glue, cheap and effective. Stings like a bitch but works. 25 years working in body shops I've had my share of sheet metal skin flapper cuts.

I have the RWC bearings on mine. They work fine, whether they make any difference in how your suspension feels I think might be a placebo effect. They can be a bit of a bitch getting the proper size inner sleeve. I initially had an issue with mine, one of the sleeves was snug and would bind but the next smallest was just a hair to small causing a knock at the shock I contacted Chris @ RWC about it and was told to let the smaller sleeve seat in then move up to the snug one. That didn't work, posted my experience on another forum and Chris contacted me saying they had come up with an in between size which he sent me with a new roller bushing @ no charge. So if you're considering RWC I'd say go for it they stand behind their product and reducing any friction I would consider a benefit.

Rode City Park on my hardtail with no dropper. Was able to ride the features but it would have much easier with a dropper. The seat kept getting in the way of my GUNT and getting back into a seated position is a bitch with my shorts getting hung up on the back of the seat. I find a dropper really useful in trails with berms like Peddlers just by lowering your saddle an inch or so really brings your center of gravity down helping the bike track truer at speed.

Keep in mind when increasing fork travel you're also increasing BB height. My Following at 140 front is 65.5 HA with 13.25 BB height. That's in high setting.

Same here. Did some long overdue yard work instead.

I find the same myself. Sucks not riding but a lot of times when I come off a period of not riding all the features seem easier.

I use one of these with a regular tire inflator.

I've got one of these. Super quiet dual piston. Works great. Fast recharge. A little pricey but I use it for other things like painting and air tools. Had a Lowes upright that blew a piston ring, only way to fix was new piston head assembly which would have cost more than I originally paid for the compressor.

For hub flange distance it's easiest to do it this way. Divide the width of hub by 2 then stand hub on flat surface by the end cap I find the edge of a table to work best, then measure distance from table top to flange and subtract that number from half the width of the hub. This will give you flange spacing.

Roger Musson's e book is a great source for wheel building. Shows how to measure ERD and hub offset. The video posted is somewhat confusing wheel building is not that difficult just requires time and patience.

My labia only flap when it's windy😜

I ride to Suburban Ninja from my house and drop in next to Redhorn. Ride that down to Gumdrop hit Gnargasm and Snow White then onto Peddlers, Mulligan and hit Deception at the 13mile mark. Usually get 15> miles doing this ride. I've heard there's been additions to Suburban Ninja, haven't been able to check it out due to weather conditions.

Just saw somebody with a Santa Cruz with Enve's heading to the park. Gonna be a slick ride!

As far as Spidermountain, with all the ambiguity I think I'm out on this one.

Is NLand still open? Last time I went past it looked like they are no more. Place was locked up flags were down. Looked deserted. Which is odd being they had a brewery/ beer garden that could generate revenue all year.

Deception is GTG. Mulligan not so much many sloppy areas.

I agree Deception is not much fun when the rocks are slick.

Gotta be honest GG bikes never did anything for me. Although I haven't ridden one, always thought that they were kinda ugly. This bike here is a game changer though. They did a great job of engineering this bike. It looks good and seems it will a be a very versatile ride with plenty of adjustments for us GEO nerds. Job well done GG!

So it appears that baseball bats are now out as the preferred way to test carbon frame strength.