Ask Uncle Dave

"I’m convinced that none of these bicycle companies actually know what they’re doing, and I’m having flashbacks to the bad old days of mountain bikes."

"There’s a lot more to this rebound damping thing than we’ve been told..."

A trifecta of excellence on the Sunshine Coast.

Dave Weagle may not have anticipated you adding 70 pounds of weight and a giant freaking lever to the axle of your DW-linked bike.

"If the primary selling point is a 10mm change in reach and a half degree change in head angle, you can wait until next year to upgrade."

"Really, these pedals are just another chance to argue about something bicycle related."

Uncle Dave presents a counterpoint to Mike Ferrentino's Compromise Trap.

RockShox's wonder cups have faced some skepticism around here by more than one writer. Can Uncle Dave feel the difference in a blind test?

Riding ski bikes in Utah with Uncle Dave (cameos by Boggs and Rogatkin).

"The character flaw that gets me into the most trouble is my inability to keep my mouth shut when I witness a flaw in a plan..."

"I don’t know if this department actually exists, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it does."

Uncle Dave takes the GG Gnarvana and massages it into a Smash - and finds it's "a surprisingly different beast"

"If you’ve been following along on this inconsistent bikepacking series, you’ll know that this is as much about figuring myself out as it is about the gear."

I just rode and rode and rode, and on my last ride, I decided that this rear end might actually be kind of magical.

"Find the fastest, the fittest, the strongest, and then line yourself up beside them and come to the conclusion that they’re better than you."

A long-assed time on the same bike

Uncle Dave has discovered the joys of buggering off into the woods, even if it's just for a few days - and not an EPIC(!) multi-day singletrack adventure...

Uncle Dave dives deep to uncover what to do with your used bike stuff.

Does it matter if your life-partner laughs at you when you are dressed for a wet-weather mountain bike ride?

Short of your butler hot-swapping bikes for you at the top of the climb, there might not be one perfect tool for the whole ride.

Does the familiarity of a repeated injury make it any easier to bear?

Dave is testing TRP's Slate and Trail EVO brakes. First up, the Slates, and it's a good first impression.

Before we go assigning blame for the death of 27+ tires, Uncle Dave wants to remind us that context is everything.

"I could spend 5 minutes with nothing more than a mini tool and some imagination and make any full suspension bike ride like shit..."