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"Expensive. Very expensive." Well gee...$109? o_O They ought to bring back the old style early MX gloves with the ribs on top...for $30. [shrug] Funny...I never blinked once spending $140 for quality riding gloves for my $20K adventure bike. Or $500 for a jacket. 😁 These Abel Brown's...

Gear Lab reviewed all the popular ones last year here: https://www.outdoorgearlab.com/topics/biking/best-tailgate-pad The problem with an eMTB is weight. So if you have an Levo SL or something that's under 40lbs it might be do-able, or if you're a young buck and strong as an ox, it might be no...

Out of my estimated 100K miles of road, and another 100K miles of offroad, roadbikes adventure bikes and dirtbikes, 8 back injuries from crashing off road, I have only ever actually broken one bone and that is my little finger on my left had. The tendon won't lift it all the way up. My front...

Yeah, I get it...fifty years on motorbikes you get a different take on protection. When you go down the FIRST thing that hits the ground is generally your hands. For cooler weather I got a pair of goat-leather driving gloves. They're really soft and comfy, good protection, lightweight, but tough...

On gloves....worth a read... https://www.singletracks.com/mtb-gear/2021-mens-mountain-bike-gloves-review/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=2021-08-26

Radpower bikes FTW. The City is an excellent entry-level bike. 👍 Good price too.

Just wait till you try to buy an extra battery pack...cost nearly as much as mom and dad's first house. 🤣

^^Dead link. Curt has a bunch of hitches for the civic, all with a 200lb tongue weight rating: https://www.etrailer.com/hitch-2011_Honda_Civic.htm A rack and a couple of bikes comes right in about there. My Sparky surely isn't any more heavy duty than a civic - both have a stamped sheet metal...

ddangerous ddave...if only I could (still) ride like this. Well, maybe a bazillion years ago...on a dirtbike. 🤣

"Safety investment...". Dayum...I'll have to run that one by the wife...to justify spending another ten grand on a bike. 🤣 Lighter is always more maneuverable, confidence-inducing. Just take a look at what an observed trials bike can do as a 'motorcycle'.

If it's not too much bother, I would drop it back to the dealer and have them service the forks, replace the shock fluid and fill to spec. There is a remote possibility it didn't get filled properly. Seems like you drove a long way, so potentially you could do it yourself. Surely there are some...

All my bikes get a WTB saddle. Cheap and good. You just have to find the one that fits you. My current fave is the ROCKET. The Giant brand dropper is just okay. It has internal plastic guides that will shear the corners off on hard impact, allowing the seat to rotate. Then it will be...

Officially jelly...super nice trail to ride on!

Fox boingers are a leg up. Usually there are other upgraded gears or brakes on the 1-version as well - I didn't look close. Usually the parts cost alone is more than the up-model added MSRP. If'n you want more spread out dimensions, that's the Reign downhiller. Trance is an all-arounder...

Found something going on at the Olympics worth watching... :p Here's a nice recap on the XC bikes that went - some pretty cool bikes... https://www.singletracks.com/mtb-gear/the-mountain-bikes-heading-to-the-tokyo-olympics/ Wife and I were watching and she exclaims "That looks hard" as they...

I was REALLY interested in the Rail5, having owned a couple of sets of Trek bikes - they make a very nice product. I could not get my local dealers to bring one in to see and test ride, which I thought was rather unfortunate. Trek dealers seem to still be catching on to the whole ebike thing...

Our Trance and Stance are all-terrain! I put Schwalbe Hurricanes on the Stance and they're fantastic. The biggest surprise is how well they work on dirt trails. The Trance got Smart-Sam's on my 'road wheels', and on dirt, for the way I ride, they're nearly indiscernible from the Minions on my...

Nice countryside...where is that?

Time for some new pedals... LOL I sure like Giant bikes - that's a great looking example, and I'm sure it rides like a dream. If this thing sees mostly pavement, look at those Schwalbe Hurricanes. I put a set on the wife's Stance and they're just killer. Even more surprising is how well they...

I may have posted this previously...but it came up in my feed and it's worth a watch if you're in the market for an eMTB.