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If you are hit by a car and unable to adjust those settings, life will become interesting. Have a good read of the small print if you buy this product, you will notice you are acknowledging it is only legal for off road use on private land. A verbal discussion with the retailer isn't going to...

I assume you are asking about bosch for the wild? ( rise uses yamaha) Bosch have a great reputation locally for reliability, I have mates with 20,000 km of hard core emtb riding on multiple bosch powered treks, the bikes wear out before the motor does. BUT that's dry conditions. Over on the...

I think the laws vary between states for anything with a throttle , it sounds like you are in NSW and the dealer is setting it up as a power assisted electric bike? https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/bicycle-riders/ebikes If you cross the border into vic , that bike is considered an...

Stupid strava - we don't have miles in Australia :)

Guilty - today was too cold and wet to ride. In Australia ! Definitely NOT complaining - rain heading into summer helps delay the bush fire risk.

The XT cassette is also easier to install, and less likely to chew out your freehub. But realistically, you'll be unlikely get get more than 3 cassettes out of the giant freehub. It's possibly placebo, but I think the xt has a crisper action ? Or perhaps I'm just super critical after...

So how far east are you coming? We used to have fantastic stargazing from home, but about 5 years ago started getting a bit of light pollution to the south - semi rural houses being built on 5-10 acre blocks between us and town. I can still get reasonable viewing with our telescope , but can't...

Just around the corner is the mawson trail, you can read a recent ride report here https://www.advrider.com/f/threads/so-you-ride-a-pushie-hey-the-aus-bicycling-thread.536781/page-314 How long are you on our side of the world?

About 25 years ago, the ONLY reliable maps of the mountains around here were the Country Fire Authority maps - books with contours and 4x4 tracks etc. Too big to be usefull for day trips, but great for route planning. Then magellan put those maps onto their explorist xl gps unity - it was...

With global star in mountains, it's important to onow where the sat is - similar to when looking for normal mobile coverage and trying to work out where you will get reception. Ie the telecommunications maps are meaningless

Chris, see if you can find out the location of the low orbit sats near you - ghey are geostationary, so you should be able to get an insight into the chances of an iphone 14 having sat sms capability where you ride. As an example, in my south east corner of Australia there is only 1 - so manyof...

By iridium sat, yes I'm talking about the big brick sat phones that use the iridium satellites - like my trusty old motorolla 9505a . I bought it in 2007 and it's been on some amazing adventures over the years, cost a lot less than a modern " smart" phone, and so far has saved several lives. I...

The sos on your iphone 12 only indicates you have another mobile carriers signal and you can make calls to emergency services. The iphone 12 DOES NOT have sat capability . Ie when you are truly out of mobile reception, it can't send messages. Sat sms first became available with the iphone 14 ...

Most mtb gloves are touch screen compatible now - you just have to vigure out which digit they put the filaments into ( me pearl gloves ise the thumbs....like the kids texting...) You should be able to load the trailforks regional maps onto your phone ( I have all of Australia on mysd card) -...

Don't bother training the dingo - roos beat them in fights. It'd be much more useful to train a kookaburra - they catch snakes . Apart from the obvious safety benefits, you can cook snakes on a barbie AND listen to the kookaburra laugh at your riding skills.

Stephan is right, and you may benefit from talking to an experienced wheel builder about your needs. I have an athletic friend who is very much a clydsdale - similar numbers but all muscle. He snaps spokes / destroys hubs at an alarming rate , but rarely has issues with rims. The torque he...

Chris, if you are concerned about being out there solo, it might be worth considering a sat tracking device? Unfortunately the garmin inreach uses different mapping software to the rest of the garmin range, so I guess you have to decide if you prefer the little inreach mini as just a tracker...

Thanks blackhand, that worked on my ipad

Sorry, no idea - I'd never looked before you mentioned it and can't seem to find a way. It's also interesting that " about" shows people following but not ignoring . I think it'd be helpful to new members if we had an ignore score .

Wes, if we click on your Name, then click AGAIN on your ame, then click on " about" we finally see your bike Which was really educational - apparently I was following 3 members I didn't even know existed!