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I have the new Process 134 and its similarly speced with the 51mm fork. I was really tempted when upgrading from the stock Pike select fork to get the short offset. The bike rides so well as is so I just kept it that way. Cool story huh.

Cycling is full of these dorping allegations these days. Who is at falt?

Must be an American institution,  some of our finest public self-servants are alumni.

I have heard that due to atmospheric pressure none of the membranes work well under 1000ft/300m of elevation. 

Is this clown college info? 

The guy who said this was a bit of a clown.

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.

92 Brigestone mb-3 that I bought a size too big because I might "grow into it". I never did. My next bike was GT Avalance LE and it fit great!

Find a shop with some non-alcoholic people with gray hairs that still ride. I know that is a high bar in the bike industry. Also a shop that has been around for a long time in a market with competition. 

And once you do find it dont go in and complain about the price because "we are building a vacation home" or "our kids are in college".  The list goes on of insulting rich guy excuses I have heard for paying the pittance we charge for primo work on the $10000 toys these guys can barely ride. Also a big fat $$ tip goes way farther than the sixer if PBR some people think is a good tip. 

"If money talks then I'm the ventriloquist" -lil Wayne

Ps I work at a shop if you did not guess already.

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!