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...or just lock 'em up and whip skid! :cool:

I hadn't ridden for a couple of weeks until yesterday and my ride was in barely sprinkling mist, so it wasn't like I had ridden through a downpour to fully drench the rotors. I guess I just need to keep working on my braking technique.

Thanks for all your thoughts! You're right, it's a real attention getter!

Hi Folks, I'm riding an HT1000, which I love. It's strictly a commuter and a car replacer in my book. We've solidly entered the Seattle rainy season and have a question about wet rotor brake noise. When riding in the rain, my stock Magura MT5e brakes make an ungodly howl if I grab onto them...

That was hilarious!

Totally sucks. You'd think that they'd have gotten a clue when they didn't have enough room to paint the friggin' bike symbol. I've always loved the term "asshat"! So many opportunities to use it.

What actually happened to me was that the pavement on the right side of the seam had settled more than the pavement on the left, so there was a tall barrier edge that my tire struck at an extremely shallow angle. I didn't have a chance.

Yikes. That's such a helpless feeling when you feel yourself going over and are powerless to stop it. I've tipped over a couple of times at intersections when I forgot to drop my seatpost and couldn't reach the ground with my toe. Super embarassing, but it goes with the territory of learning...

What’s your story Rich?

Really nice looking bike!

Thanks! How did your tires save you? Can you elaborate?

Wow. So basically, you were making sure that you had full body coverage with injuries, just to stay balanced, huh? Kidding. So sorry for your injuries, too! It's been a long time since I've taken a trip over the bars. That's pretty frightening since you have a little more time to see what's...

Oh yeah, the bike is fine. It's got some nice new "badges of courage" on it, but it definitely came out better than I did! ~Steve

Whelp. First crash on the HT was a doozy! I've got a little over 150 miles on my HT, commuting into downtown Seattle on a daily basis and I love my bike! I had switched out the stock 29x2.25" Maxxis knobbies for 700c x 2.00 Schwalbe Marathon's. I love how smooth and quiet they are as well...

Well, dropper posts were originally for off roaders that do a lot of technical terrain where they don't want their saddle to interfere with the control of the bike when it's bumping all around. Where it helps me is whenever I have to stop - at intersections, stop lights, traffic, etc. At my...

I agree about handlebar width and used a pipe cutter to take off about 2 1/2” or so off of each end. They’re much more comfortable now. I'm planning to replace the bars anyway with a no-rise straight bar, to improve ride position and wind drag. I gotta say, though, that the dropper post has...

There's an amazing difference in height between your two bikes too. I still haven't gotten comfortable laying it over on fast turns because I feel so high and the knobby tread on my Maxxis Ikon tires feel like they're on the edge of letting go on pavement. I hope to switch them out with...

Nice set up! I like your fenders, what kind do you have? I have a set of Planet Bike Cascadia fenders that were a little problematic to install, mainly due to clearance under the front suspension arch. I like the "soft" frame ties that you fenders have. How do you like the HT compared to...

Listen to the motors in these two vids of some Frey Ex's ...or any other vid you find when you search for Frey EX (there are more than on HT1000). You can hear a good representation of what the motor sounds like. It's definitely a whine, but not objectionable, IMO. I'm curious about how...

I went with the 48V 21Ah which gives better range but less power than 52V as I understand it.