E-BIKES AREN'T MOTORBIKES
Riding Motorbikes in the Alps: Part 2
Hold on to your butts: Uncle Dave Rides the New Giant Reign E+ Pro 0
Uncle Dave Burns Fossils
Riding Motorbikes in the Alps: Part 1
"You're going to go broke pretty fast if you start paying for your own junkets..."
Dave Goes Gucci
Ibis Ripley: First Impressions
It scoots in and out of corners so quickly, and it handles steeps so well that you forget you're on a bike with only 120mm...
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Dear Uncle Dave: My OEM tires tried to kill me.
Uncle Dave tackles OEM tires and digs into the decision making product managers face when they spec your bike...
A run for the 5.10 money?
Reviewed - Northwave Clan Flat Pedal Shoes
“What the hell?” I thought. “As long as they don’t send those hideous blue ones.”
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Dear Uncle Dave: What's with all this reach and stack nonsense?
Uncle Dave goes down a nerdy rabbit hole and tackles bike geometry head on. Not so simple, is it?
4 Random Events
Dear Uncle Dave: Getting old and other nonsense
Uncle Dave finds the world conspiring to unsettle his tenuous grip on reality, time and space...
How to Buy a Mountain Bicycle*
"You could take the crappiest, city bike gruppo off a WalMart bike, and it will most likely out-perform the top of the line stuff..."
Editorial
Uncle Dave - Poorly Fitting Helmets and Junk Science
Should we believe companies trying to convince us their helmets protect better than the rest?
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Dear Uncle Dave: What is the best bike for the Apocalypse?
Does the presence of zombies change your requirements? Maybe a chainsaw holder...
EDITORIAL
Dear Uncle Dave: What happened to "ride don't slide"?
"As our sport has grown and our influence has gained, our attitude has changed. Somewhere along the line we've moved from a place of privilege to a place of entitlement..."
Product Review
PNW Rainier Dropper Post and Loam Lever - Reviewed
Uncle Dave has a few gripes to share about droppers in his review of this post from Pacific Northwest Components...
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My Girl Rides like Crap and Wants to Come on Every Ride...
The joys of having a signficant other who wants to learn to ride with you isn't always fun for all…
Dear Santa: Uncle Dave's 2018 Christmas List
Uncle Dave ""haaaates" writing these sorts of things - but it turns out he wants some shiny crap just like the rest of us...
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Uncle Dave - Should I complain about the MTB Coach?
"Eventually, I took my son and left because I didn’t want him to learn such awful technique..."
Product Review
Random Things People Gave Uncle Dave Recently - Part 2
Our grumpiest tester gets hold of some Gore clothing for all sorts of weather as well as some custom items from NWT3K in Seattle...
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Uncle Dave Thinks You Should Vote
"And somehow, within all of that word salad of saving the world, you have to find some kind of balance ..."
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Dear Uncle Dave: My Roadtrips have become Petty Arguments Disguised as Vacations
"It all comes apart six hours into your roadtrip when you can't agree on which shitty restaurant to eat at..."
Uncle Dave went to Croatia and you're really not going to like it - Part 2
Uncle Dave and the (gasp!) 2019 Turbo Levo
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 went to Croatia and you're absolutely going to hate the conclusions he formed while there - Part 3
Uncle Dave E-Explains Himself
"My impulse is to drag myself into the backyard so I can repeatedly punch myself in the face for talking about this again..."
Uncle Dave went to Croatia, and you're not going to like it - Part 1
Drunk on Press Junket Lemonade
Uncle Dave gets wined, dined and thrown into the Adriatic - is it all so he'll say nice things about new products from Specialized?
Helmets, shoes and gloves edition (Reviews - sort of)
Random MTB Gear Given to Uncle Dave
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...
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Plugs of 3? Let it be...
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!"
Faking it as a real journalist in Grand Targhee
Uncle Dave's trip to Wyoming
"It's like a Michelin starred chef decided to whet your appetite with scraps from his compost bucket..."