Ask Uncle Dave

"Do we think that a hardtail requires more attention to detail than something made of patents and carbon?"

"I have nearly a dozen full suspension designs sitting in a folder on my computer that I have very nearly pulled the trigger..."

If you know that trails on land being closed for 'environmental reasons' are destined to be turned into little boxes on the hillside - should you be a scofflaw...

"We’ve all spent a large chunk of our lives pouring over the rantings of a bunch of schlubs that just happen to be pretty good at pretending to know what the hell they are talking about..."

"Do all bike shops have that one guy who's always in a bad mood? Is there such a thing as a super chill, small, local bike shop?"

" Are we guiding the sport? Or are we just another arm that can be used to sell people shit that they don't really need..."

"I'm back out on the trails but I've found my confidence is shot - so much so that biking doesn't hold the same magic..."

"I'm not suggesting that every online interaction with a hate spewing white supremacist is a chance to obtain a new worldview..."

Sell the bike and quit riding? Downgrade to a hardtail? Swap components for cheaper ones?

"Each day, a new "greatest bike ever" is invented but we're so far up our own asses that we don't know what to do with it..."

"I can assure you, he is this obsessed with his t-shirt and he did, in fact, think about using a second rate vibrator on his bicycle..."

"Is it possible that wearing my flat-rimmed hat while driving the family mini-van will scare the shit out of a hipster as I drive by..."

Figuring out a rooftop tent set-up makes building up a mid-90's DH bike look tame by comparison...

Is your FOMO out of Control?

"It's like jamming a cucumber down the urethra of a flaccid penis. I would imagine. No fun. No fun at all..."

"I’m a little bit saddened that Specialized Gravity thought that this was the fourth most important piece of information..."

Uncle Dave is here to cheer you up - by making you feel better about your 2016 - but at least he's still keen on sharing music...

"If we all start riding like that, we’re not going to have any trails left due to all the damage we will cause and people we will piss off..."

"Maybe some cop saying you can’t drink a beer on the beach. Or some old guy with a moustache lecturing you trailside about your mountain bike..."

"I crashed 10 years ago and my tooth turned blue. Should I get it fixed and give up my bluetooth joke or keep it..."

"I waded through pictures of myself peppered with insane hashtags and dog whistles**, and I actually started to feel a bit sad..."

"At night, between mouthfuls of food, we'd discuss how... the skill set of BC riders is light years ahead of us..."

"Some scoundrel, maybe even the Industry, had taken that rock and skinny filled monstrosity and replaced it with a baby-bottomed smooth “flow trail” that required zero skill to navigate...'

"The last thing I want is to travel 4hrs by kangaroo to the nearest town, only to be scrwed over by the bike shop charging double what it costs online..."