Ask Uncle Dave

The joys of having a signficant other who wants to learn to ride with you isn't always fun for all…

"Eventually, I took my son and left because I didn’t want him to learn such awful technique..."

"And somehow, within all of that word salad of saving the world, you have to find some kind of balance ..."

"It all comes apart six hours into your roadtrip when you can't agree on which shitty restaurant to eat at..."

A trip to Croatia was too much to pass up - and so Dave had fun with electricity - and this is your cue to start yelling....

Uncle Dave gets wined, dined and thrown into the Adriatic - is it all so he'll say nice things about new products from Specialized?

Dave has been stockpiling gear just so he could write about it for his faithful audience - Shoes from 5:10 and Specialized, gloves from Gore and Specialized and a helmet from...

Like a bright red, poisonous tree frog covered in spines, these crazy, complicated, expensive bike parts scream, "do not touch and get the hell out of my jungle!"

"I seemed to have no answers to their questions and no real ideas as to what I was looking for, and just kept saying 'you know...a bike?'"

Uncle Dave offers his "semi-coherent advice" for the gear a new mountain biker should consider…

"How on earth can you talk about value when you have no experience paying money for the thing that you are talking about..."

"A thought I have often had when reading fresh reviews is, just how good is this guy at riding the bike..."

"It seems like we’re doing something wrong if we don’t drop a bucket of cash on the latest and greatest..."

"Not like a major gun shot. But a minor gunshot. Like a really large pellet gun, or a really small cannon."

"f you want to buy dozens of guns to play with in the bath while you splash around and make 'bang bang!' noises, that’s fine..."

This could be the last time that the "right" kid wins Gold at a flippy-spinny event in the Olympics…

Dear Uncle Dave: My Riding Buddy is a Total A-Hole

"Studies have found that while some choice is necessary for happiness, too much choice can lead to increased stress and anxiety..."

Uncle Dave wasn't grouchy, he just hadn't torn anyone a new one in a while.

Uncle Dave really didn't want to make a Christmas list - but it turns out he already bought a bunch of new stuff and he actually likes all of it...

"Have you ever worked with a guy who continually told the same joke over and over and over again..."

"Am Mr Chainsaw Guy. I would like to place an order of(chainsaw bar oil)from your company to Haiti, kindly email me with the types you have..."

"You’ve fondled the right balls and wined the right people…and then all some jackass reviewer has to say..."

"Am I fooling myself by believing that in the age of Amazon I can be the outlier and make it long term with a brick and mortar bike shop?"