Been running the Tannus tubeless now for a couple of weeks. They work surprisingly well, you can run super low pressure without fear of dinging your rims. Climbing is so much better, difference in rolling resistance feels negligible.

The worst part of the system was getting the damn bead to seat, but thanks to Chaz @ Cove who helped me, I can confidently (with help) install again. If you are considering unless your built like a brick ***house I suggest you employee a friend to help.

Love it when people pull numbers out of their bungholes - mayors opinion?

We grovel to build trails, get funding for trails, and some hick-town in ass-truck-nowhere gets $12million. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/video-testing-out-new-zealands-new-12-million-trail.html

Steve Jones thank you, very well spoken and really brought a lot of our concerns to light.

Wow its gotten that bad to the point that it can transfer through cyberspace…:dead:

Oh my so many standards…:P

Why does it seem to be so important to mountain bikers on high end bikes for everything to be cross compatible with everything else?

Honda engineers don't sit down with Toyota engineers and discuss coming up with a standard interface between engine and transmission.

KTM and BMW don't ensure that you can swap wheels between a 1190 Adventure R and the R1200GS.

Think of the bike as a complete system and none of this is a problem.

Buy a whole bike, sell a whole bike. Just like cars and motorcycles and dishwashers and everything else. It's the new paradigm in cycling, get used to it.

Feel free to take up knitting if you don't like it.

Healing Vibes Mark!

I don't know Mark personally, but highly appreciate the amount of work he's put into supporting our trails on the North Shore. The following was taken from Mark's facebook page; it's a good message that should be shared.

Get better soon Mark!

(Would be awesome if this could be a positive thread!)

RIP Kiwi Brother.

Hard to believe Great Britain won Olympic gold in men's ice hockey in 1936.

Japan beating South Africa in rugby may be akin to Norway beating us at hockey.

More like Ireland beating us at hockey….

NSMBA is becoming the same bureaucracy we fought years ago so we could ride.

Shiitt, if this is gonna be that kind of party, I'm gonna stick my dick in the mashed potatoes…

It is true, but the real truth is, the more time you spend riding in Loader Light, the better rider you become. Riding in Loader Light has made me a faster/better rider, night rides when he says no lights until he is ready for them, you become more adept to feeling the terrain and riding instinctively.

That said, you still need to carry your lights, just maybe leave them off for an extra 10 minutes, it will improve you skills.

lovetheloader

That's what I said till I supermanned over the bars… lucky my face brought me to a stop. You could say I really felt the terrain, but hey nothing a 5hr visit to the er didn't fix.