Recent content by steve mercier

I spent the month of November in Encinitas a while ago. Nice spot. We Went to the Del Mar racetrack for Thanksgiving dinner on the patio. Torrey Pines park was cool.

New owners? What is that about? What happened to Court?

Yeah exactly ! I carry enuff bad weather gear to make it easy to balance the load between the panniers

I have found that carrying it lower is more important than dead center.

I carry a Powertube spare in an Ortlieb pannier with the commuter insert for extra padding. I have no issues but I do suggest using a few zip ties securing the bottom corners of the panniers to the chainstays to avoid the clip jumping out of position on rough trails, This week I hit a washed...

If you want to go fast and far and carry a lot of gear you still need two batteries. The price seems very fair for a bike with those quality bits.

I must agree with your estimation of those Super Moto - X . I am a big Schwalbe fan but I tossed those tires that came new with one bike.

Looking ahead to the next pandemic.... will the Bird Flu vaccine get a 100,000 % Tariff ?

Nice Ebike! My personal favorites are Raceface Chester pedals (on 3 bikes) , Ergon GS1 grips ( on my FS bike ), Serfas RX saddle (on all 4 bikes).

I saw that wolf for sale in a Costco. It is huge! Where do you keep it the rest of the year ? I guess next to your enormous Easter Bunny and gigantic Minion Snowman...

Ouch! That is a nice looking bike you have there and it looks like new. But I thought Haibike had pulled out of North America years ago?

Question: If the back wheel goes sideways in an emergency stop ,which brake am I pulling too hard? I have been told different things by different people. Some say 50/50 braking pressure and some say 60/40 front /back and some say 60/40 back /front ?

It took me a long time to convince my wife to get rid of the handlebar mirror and switch to the Take a Look " compact " eyeglass mirror but now she would never go back. The field of vision is exponentially greater and you can easily pan behind you with a slight turn of the head.

Take a look compact on your glasses.

Very sad waste of peeps...