Go the other way? Pick yourself up a less capable bike, and ride that on rides with your girl. 

I've done this quite a bit, worked out really well.

This is the greatest idea in the history of mtb.

9, taping rocks. ★★★★★

Wow, stoked to see the "One Dolla" guy from Hawaii in Matt's Murrica video! I wonder how they connected?

For as many years as I've been riding I've irrationally lusted after what ever model of bike Wade Simmons is on…and here we go again. The smoothness just goes right into my brain!

New season, time to replace clapped out pads. What are you guys on that make you happy?

I don't give a crap if I can pedal with them as long as they stay put and offer robust protection. I want my knees to feel like a swaddled newborn, while I'm recklessly plunging rock gardens.

For heavy pads currently using Ion K-Pact Zips. Stay up and fit tight, but take about 5 sweaty minutes to wrestle on while the zipper breaks open continuously. Btw I recommend sizing up if you go with these, they're inherently ardurous to put on and medium is too small even for my skeleton knees.

Thinking maybe Race Face Ambush to replace them. Size L? Or Fox Launch D30? Scott Grenade? Or something else easy to put on and mega protective? Size?

Posted by: Endur-Bro

Why you renting?

Are you towing, hauling or carrying many peoples? How many seats do you need? What is your current vehicle and how isn’t it suiting your needs? Which trucks have you rented? Cab configuration and bed size?

Without answering the above and similar questions you’re vaguebooking imo.

Pickup truck owners are highly brand loyal; so pick a brand and be a dick about it.

Hauling crap in the bed of the truck for my yard at present. Rented an F250. Last few loads have been topsoil, cinder, mulch, bags of various yard crap and lumber.

Lots of interior/exterior renevation material hauling at my house for the next few years likely. Bad tendency to do overly ambitious projects myself and am fairly inept so it'll take forever.

Don't need to haul full sheets of ply (8' bed) if that's what you're getting at. But big enough bed and stout enough suspension to haul a full yard of soil at a shot would be nice.

Enough room in cab for 2 young kids.

Have no brand loyalty, but my Pops always had Ford.

At present I have an econo-box which I quite like, suspension can't even handle a small hitch mounted rack though.

Full size truck opinions anyone? Rented a truck for 3rd weekend in a row, thinking might have to face reality. 

Hauling capacity is important, but would also need to like drive the thing daily.

It would be neat if they gave Digger the reigns on a couple of natural trails eh. The trails he built that year Cypress opened to mtb were such a blast.

I did some unscientific biased field research on this a couple years back with different sized bikes on Whistler laps.

My experience was that there's a definite limit to how much reach feels good descending (contrary to what you sometimes hear). Too long and finding the balance point front to back in turns became vague. You want your Captain's chair to be in one spot.

Mind you the longer the reach got up to that tipping point the more stable and awesomer everything got. Go too far though and it's like commanding the Starship Enterprise by yourself.

Ascending is a different story IME, long and forward is infinitely wonderful.

Now that the seat tube angles have jumped forward about a mile I'll need a new round of research when I buy a new bike. I have no idea how my established ideal reach numbers will play with new school ett numbers. That seems like a tricky balance.

Side note to avoid confusion: Reach is distance to bars out of saddle, ett is distance seated.

Posted by: Brocklanders

Just don't wanna lose trail access due to conflict, from electric motorbikes riding trails not built for them.

That's all

Undoubtedly someone will chime in with feigned confusion to that message, but well said Brock. It's what we're all worried about.

Posted by: halfton

can I space my pedal or crank arm   a little further out   seems my left leg since injury has my foot at an angle and I hit the crank arm or chain stay  and this sucks .I have tried to repostion my foot but it creeps back and hits again

Had the same problem after breaking my left knee. Left heel tracks way in now, rubs the crank down to bare aluminum.

I switched to clips (Mallets for  the float), & lo-pro smooth surface cranks. Some bikes just don't work for heel in riders though I found, if you're on a bike with mega rear tire clearance the stays might just be too far out for you now.

Posted by: tashi

No, you must wrong. Dude was pedaling, you just didn’t see it because you were blinded by prejudice. 

E-bikes are pedal ASSIST only, remember?

Not sure if serious...🧐 

Does bring up a point though. E-mopeds are such different animals from mtb's it's a bit difficult to tell what exactly's going on with them while climbing. Sitting upright, resting easy and motoring uphill at 20mph looks..odd.

Whereas mountain bikers on steep climbs are clawing away with everything they've got, head down, making embarrassing animal sounds at about-to-fall-over speeds.

Anyhow, dude I watched didn't seem to be pedalling at all. Maybe I was wrong. I'm hoping not to see him up there again to verify.

Posted by: Timer

Given her size, I would never consider a long travel 29er without her trying one in steep terrain first.

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Demo'd a Hightower LT from Steed last summer, spent an enlightening day on Cypress. Well worth the $100.

And yup, buy the bike and they'll credit you for the demo.

Personally, if I were 5'7" I would only demo the Bronson.

Done.

Saw another e-moped on my local trail the other day. Ripping uphill on single track around blind corners. Buddy did 3 laps, each time up the downhill trail at mach speed.

Very loud motorized whirring noise, and no pedalling whatsoever that I saw.

Actually had a chance to talk to the guy afterwards at trail head, lights were on but definitely nobody home. Haibike, vomit in your mouth ugly. Paid 8k for it and fucking STOKED.