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Rode the "pro" inserts last year for a bit. I liked the super damp feel in the rocky rough stuff but there just is not enough super gnar here in Oregon to justify adding half a pound to each wheel. It does improve cornering but so did more air! Cool idea but I am not fast enough or have the trails to need it really. Gotta look in the mirror sometimes and realize that you are just a middle aged chuffer! After that go ride and realize your bike is super fun as is.

Try some T9 with a ripe banana taped to the bill of a hat. That should get the smell right for ya.

Ok here is my crazy idea. 

So we pull a bunch of petroleum out of the earth all of the time. We are also buried under ever increasing piles of plastic products that are breaking down and causing all sorts of unforseen issues. 

Plastic is petroleum. We burn petroleum as an energy source and are going to continue for quite a while. Why not burn the plastics? 

Yes there will be engineering hurdles to make sure its not more of an environmental disaster and the owners of the petroleum complex will hate it. 

But really why not use an essentially free fuel source. Its kind of a twofer energy wise almost like energy recycling.

I remember WTB used to discourage the use of their tires with stans rims for this exact issue.

Interesting on the harder vs softer rubber and stiff sole vs soft sole. I rode freerider contact (terrible)and freeriders as my first flat pedal shoe and loved the grip at first but felt locked in if my foot was on the pedal weird and I needed to reposition. After the sole broke down to where my feet were getting tired I switched and tried the shimano gr9. Harder rubber and a stiffer sole made it easy to move my foot and after 2 rides the less grip thing wasn't one anymore.

Its true on the size I used to have an industrial machine and made a few bum bags that I wanted to ride with. My design was a bit large and as a pack rat type with a bike with no cage (process 111) it was always too floppy. It is great for the bike commute.

I have ridden e13 tires for about 4 years now and went for the dual ply "enduro" casing with a mopo front and the race in the rear. I have to say I kinda miss the edgy character of the previous design. I think since I have ridden the square shape tires for so long I am super used to them and these just miss some of the corner bite. I had a couple of near death front wheel drift moments with the new tire yesterday that gave me some pause as to weather I want to keep riding these puppies. Wild Enduros now carrying the square tire torch?

Now imagine those idiots armed to the teeth. Thats amerika my Canadian friends. 

Displaying a gun or threatening to get yr gun is playing the facist rednecks favorite game here in the states. 

I ride all over rural Oregon (aka Trumpistan) and have never felt a gun would make me safer in fact probs would be the opposite. A big smile a a "howdy yall" does wonders.

Its all about maintenance and massage in my opinion. Most of the surgeries limit your range of motion so I quickly ruled those out. Find a really good massage therapist and get a massage ball and foam roller to hit the hot spots. My experience is that the structure around the injury is causing the pain due to guarding. Strength and range of motion are your best bets imho. The first 2 years suck but them its manageable.    Good luck!