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* a two by four hammer gently tapping works just as well

mine was the same!  here's a catalog to nostalgia - it already had "Ideal Sizing, where contact points are fit to the riders anatomy"!

https://www.bikes.com/sites/default/files/1991%20Mountain%20%26%20Pavement%20Catalogue%20-%20English.pdf

1991 Purple Rocky Mountain Fusion.  It had SIS shifting, where the shifter pods clicked into each gear!

Would make a perfect brewery bike now.

Lol, I didn't build that teeter for DH racerheads.   #trailsforall?

Hmm do tell...   are you talking bikes included in the home policy without paying extra insurance riders?

Have you seen the black sparkly rainbow coloured Liv Hail? I’m jealous.

So what happens to resin only rotors when you put on metal pads?

I totally agree a lock is needed anywhere...  Abus Mini or Kryptonite Evolution Lite for short term, visible locations. Can't be cut with tinsnips but can be defeated in a much more visible manner.    Seeing those tinships slice through it makes ottolock a no-go for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B_G3w_iAsc 

My Kryptonite Evolution Lite weighs 2.6 lbs, small enough for a pack.  We have taken these touring in small town Austria with no issues  (not likely a thief hotspot).

https://www.abus.com/eng/Mobile-Security/Bike-Safety-and-Security/Locks/U-locks/U-Mini-40

https://www.kryptonitelock.com/en/products/product-information/current-key/000983.html

“Mountain biking” in the corner of Austria that I’m currently in consists of pedalling on logging roads, gravel paths or poaching hiking trails through cow pastures.   There’s also a bike park that has one long flow trail witha ski lift where the DH crowd hangs thier Leatt braces. 

However, the top of the mountain here is +1300 m vertical from our house and has a patio restaurant (read beer on tap) and 100+ km of Alpine (capital Alps) views on top from 1800 m elevation  

I have a new appreciation for e-bikes. The conventional pedal up would not have left the energy to complete the 38 km ride that climbed the equivalent of Lions Gate Bridge to Brockton Peak on Seymour, then bombing down Mushroom trail or Incline.

In terms of mountain bike specific trails, sea to sky region is heaven on earth.

None of these do-hickies stop my tires from losing air when they sit in the basement.  That's what I'd like to improve on tubeless.

She asks why you're still trolling nsmb. lol

Posted by: syncro

lol - you need to go back and read this thread from the beginning, it's a shitshow of disinformation.

Troll.

Posted by: -Alex2-

Posted by: heckler

I’m terrified of what the oil smells like so refuse to open it  

Any idea what changed in the last 20 years so forks need constant service now?

Sarcasm is not your forte, eh?  

My old Bomber is stiff yet bouncy (in a bad kind if way) and relegated to the the 94 Rockhopper that hangs in the shed, only coming out of seclusion now that there’s a new pumptrack next door. That fork needed a servicing 15 years ago and it still desperately needs one but I won’t pull it apart for fear of what I might find and not be able to replace. 

I suspect your answer is that damping technology has improved so much but at a price of being far more noticeable now when a fork looses performance.

Posted by: Vikb

I'm the grouchy old guy yelling at other cyclists on the bikepath to let them know their high power LED fast strobes are not making me happy.  ;-)

I just fired up my high beam and helmet strobe.  He got the point, we both turned down our lights and I said thanks. 

Its the fucking ebikes who insist on blowing past uphill on doing 60 without any indication they’re coming up behind me.  They're called bells people, use them or slow down!

Ill take two of that T-shirt please.

My ‘99 Bomber Z1 BAM has never been serviced and still feels as good as when I got it in ‘02.

For realz.   I’m terrified of what the oil smells like so refuse to open it  

The rest of my forks get cleaned and lube oil changed at home every few months.   So easy, so cheap,  so worth it.

And from NSMBA 101:

Please remember that we are all ambassadors for mountain biking​. The behaviour of a single mountain biker reflects on the mountain biking community as a whole.

Multi Use Trails

Trails designated as multi use are to be enjoyed by all (mountain bikes, runners, and hikers) – the symbols clearly depict this. The dog paw represents trails which are suitable for commercial dog walkers.

Each user group must share the trail – courtesy has the right of way!

Just be glad we dont need the half metre square metal warning sign they do in Italy!  I’ve seen this contraption bungy strapped to bikes doing 130 kph on the autostrada.  Scary  

https://youtu.be/71Whq9qgb-k

Posted by: niels@nsmb.com

I've never really understood why hitch-mounted bike racks in North America don't have their own plate and duplicated lights like they do in Europe.

Right?!   Although they are a bit overboard IMO. 

https://youtu.be/ZDk7QK4brpI

Skip to 1:20 unless you like machining factory action.

sick riding Dave.

Bagless FTW. But if you already have two, why ask about a third?