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Congrats and well deserved! Celebrating 8 years of booze free life this month! Guess I need a new bike!

I am not sure if this will catch on but I thought 29ers were silly. I am large human being that is on a 515mm reach bike that is too small. Have to run 75mm rise bars to get the handlebars to a reasonable height for me. So maybe this makes sense for someone like me? At least a mullet option with a 29” rear. Maxxis is producing tires and rim manufacturers are making rims. Apparently 4 World Cup XC teams are testing this season according to Pinkbike.

Nice! I went down to 170mm cranks from 175 and honestly can tell the difference on pedal strikes. Not sure I would go any shorter though, my seat is already so high up, don’t want to slacken the seat angle any more.

How was it with all the damage and closed trails?

Good luck with that! Helped my father in law recover from a total knee replacement. He had a great outcome by working really hard in PT.

Definitely make sure your sag is in a good spot. Also what length cranks are you running?

Also this is a great ad for that bike!

Was not a fan of e-bikes at first but was also not a fan of 29ers when they came out. Wrong on both fronts. Haven’t had any issues with ahole ebikers on the trails (not saying they’re not out there) and when I rode one I had a blast! Sweet rig!

They are super camouflaged and come out at nightfall, never seen one myself! Very cool!

Sounds about right, we both look back on the Forester as one of the worst cars we owned, mechanically speaking, but also strangely one our favorites. Just made us want to get outdoors. Maybe it was the marketing, lol.

Wife had a 2004 Forester and we loved it. It was underpowered for sure and stuff just fell apart (literally parts of the interior and exterior plastic would just fall off while driving), but dang was it a great car for us. I have to say the automatic transmission felt better in that car than the current Foresters.

Test drove the Forester 2 more times and I agree it is a weak engine and don’t like the CVT transmission. Struggles a bit on hills and gets really loud trying to get up to highways speeds. Also they input fake gear changes in the CVT, just feels weird. Talked to a mechanic and he said the current Subie CVT is fine just not good for towing (I plant to tow a small camper). Like you said the mpg is not great considering how weak this thing is. Getting back in my Passport was a huge difference and the purr of that j35y6 v-tec V6 is awesome! Forester is solid car, but really slow and okay gas mileage. Parallel parking and gas mileage is gonna take a hit with this Passport but damn is it comfortable!

Yep it does, looking at the Subaru it’s 1,500 lbs except for a wilderness model that gets worse mileage. Would be looking for a bigger mpg difference if I am downsizing. Looking at popups and teardrops that are getting close to 1,500 lbs. Might just have to get used to city driving in the Passport

Will that is a great sell for the car. One of the things I like about the Passport is the perceived feeling of safety while driving on highways with all the bro-dozers. Feel less safe in the Forester but obviously it is safe.