It was not given to me: The battery, charger and the documents was everything I got together with the bike. Well but that the lockdown time; strange things happened. That LBS sell a lot of e-bikes and are respected so I cannot attribute the lack of extra parts to their negligence etc. Oh, I don't care.
Set the pressure to 30 psi in both of them. We're going to ride country dirt roads and fire-roads. I was told by a friend I need not to be afraid of sand, as it is none in that area. (I'm sick with all this packing...)
Yup... one ride the four of us went out and I was the only one that came back unscathed. One guy broke his collar bone, another wrecked his foot, and the other guy's bike was in pieces.I only actually broke a finger, but nearly broke my back, neck, shoulder, and head, over several crashes over decades of riding. I did break a shoei racing helmet!
Not a single one of my riding buddies escaped injury. Not one I can think of. One in particular is in a wheelchair. I'm done.
I quit riding with him quite sometime before his crash, got tired of rescuing him. He would split off from the group to go balls-out, then crash and either break something or his bike. One time he lead a group of noob riders I was along with, into the most difficult terrain he could find, then rode off and left them all there to try to get their bikes out.
One of my buddies was the phone and IT tech for a hospital. Over a thirty day period he brought each of his two daughters in with broken bones, and then himself. The administrator told if she didn't know better she would have to report him to child protective services.
So many of these guys would be back riding, still hurting over a previous injury. One of them was broken so bad it took 5 surgeries and a couple of years to heal. A year after his crash he called me and said he was going to the supercross races at the stadium and had to park way out on the parking lot, and he was so worn out just getting to the stands he had to turn around and go home. He had just gotten his disabled placard. Three years later he was back riding.
Offroad is very addicting. It's an adrenalin rush that is very intoxicating and addictive. Once you get a taste of it, it's very hard to walk away.
The guy that ended up in a wheelchair from crashing his bike was always the one that chided ATV riders, telling them those were 'wheelchairs'.
Another acquaintance was out over a Thanksgiving holiday, passing a group of ATV's on a desert road, and hit another rider head-on in the dust cloud. Killed him and put the other guy in a coma.
I could go on, but you get the picture. I estimate I've ridden some hundred thousand miles of road riding on various bikes over the years, and not one single get-off. Not even a parking lot lay-over. I was always afraid of getting knocked off by a driver and then run over by another, especially while cutting traffic (lane sharing). I considered myself lucky, blessed, and had better quit while I was ahead. All my crashes were offroad.
Okay, onto our regular programming...
I'm picking up my new MTB today.
I've already ordered a Minion DHR for the front, a Cateye bike computer, and a WTB saddle. LOL Wife thinks I'm nutz. "Whatever makes you happy honey."
Okay, onto our regular programming...
I'm picking up my new MTB today.
I like your recommendations here Chris. BikeTiresDirect.com do have very competitive pricing. I also was at the Schwalbe site and sometimes you can catch a sale on their line as well.I've bought a number of tires from BikeTiresDirect.com Good prices, very fast shipping, very reliable. Highly recommended.
And they price match if they're way off, so it's a can't lose proposition.
The sizing difference between 2.4 - 2.6 - 2.8 is just not that much. The overall width is also reflected in the overall tire volume. So unless you're super sensitive, a pro, or super keen eyeballs, they're REALLY hard to tell apart. For hardcore mountain bikers they can fine tune with PSI, and overall grip, by adjusting tire size. For a black and round donut to ride on, they all work.
Agree! That's what I have always believed, run 'em down, then get the ones of your choice. Makes sense. I have also done this with other components as well. Works for me.Very nice... I would stick with the stock tires and ride it like you stole it!
When they are completely worn out, replace them with the tire of your choice.
I'll admit that I would be lost without my GPS on road trips. I can easily get sidetracked if I am not careful with navigation.I learned how to navigate in all conditions imaginable in the Military pre-GPS... a now priceless skill.
I need a WT 2.5. 
