Brocklanders profile

L A M E.

Iove the "don't have time, I get more laps argument." ....How selfish have we become? MTB lost its soul a long time ago.

Nice! My traildog is too old to ride with me now. He is a coonhound lab cross. Got him at a shelter in the states.... please people reconsider buying a purebred dog..

There are so many great dogs looking for a home.

When you hear first hand from an ex employee at head office how badly MEC was run. Those in the know knew this was coming for a few years. Major mismanagement of funds.

What I wear under my shorts is my business. I find this thread offensive and now will be hiding in my safe place.

Funny just installed this dropper yesterday. Easy to install, works great. Like the 10- 30mm adjustment

The thing I find offensive is the pricetag on the new yeti special edition hard tail..... Now that's offensive.

Btw I'm still gunna say Squampton so there!

The circus continues....

Nice review, looks like a fork I would be interested in buying. Looked into it and looks as though its completely sold out for the year.

Ride without a chamois? That's sorcery...

Or just cheater bike? Like that better. Oh wait I'm a nazi now.... Crap

Posted by: PaulB

Biking fitness carries over to running, but there's only one way to get your leg muscles and joints used to the impact of running.

Three years is plenty of time to work up to running a half-marathon, even just running a couple or three times a week.

For my 50th this summer, I did the Baden Powell trail from east to west, 54km. Two years ago, the longest run I'd ever done was was 15km, a handful of times.

Also very important: join a running group thru a shop like running room or whatever that has people who can coach you on proper running technique. Without that you will pound your joints into the ground. Learn how to push yourself forward and glide along instead of punishing your body needlessly.

Then also have to figure out if you are a mid strike or heel strike runner?  Do you pronate when you run? Proper shoes are key... paying the extra and getting them fit by a running shop is well worth it. Don't cheap out on your shoes, find a brand that works and stick with them.

If was going to place a bet. I would bet on Trump for the win. Just have this bad feeling he is going to take it.

Posted by: Vikb

Posted by: craw

https://ebike-mtb.com/en/gasgas-news-2021/

Needs pegs and a thumb throttle. Getting there though! ;-)

They are pegs. They just spin around pretending to be a crankset.

Gulianani , was tucking his shirt in.

This is pretty good comedy.

Posted by: Madman

This isn't the electric hummer I came for.

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Just put on brand new minions. Back tire split open at the bead yesterday Sealent was ineffective. Major bummer was just riding a fun flow trail. Hope Maxxis will warranty.

this Tree Fiddy... whatever that means

50 probably

Vik.

You can pull it apart and analyze it as much as you want. It's a very strange situation but keeping customers happy is what business is about. Nothing changes the fact that Grambo is pissed off and they should remedy the situation. Shit the amount of money I spend in my LBS annually is substantial. I'm sure they would hate to lose that revenue stream. Also you have no idea how much business I have pushed towards that shop being the in-house MTB/ cycling nut at work. They have probably sold 6 bikes to coworkers, friends of mine in the last couple years. They would be crazy not to remedy my dissatisfaction.

Posted by: TonyJ

Posted by: Brocklanders

"The shop should eat the cost, IMO. The supplier won't warranty it and that's understandable."

I 100% disagree with this. The shop is at no fault and if they did the replacement of the parts without charging labor, they have done enough.

It's like blowing a relatively new car tire, then running your car into a wall. Do you go after the car manufacturer, NO, do you go after the dealer, NO. Neither were at fault for the manufacturing defect in the tire, so how are they responsible for anything.

Grambo, I'm interested to see the damage, post up the pictures of that.

The shop sold the bike, who's fault it is should be between the supplier and the shop. They sold the faulty equipment and now are brushing it off. I know how it all works but now they have a pissed off customer who who could very easily just say the name of the shop and that will damage their reputation. Not good business practice really. 

I had a binding pull out of a new pair of skis some years ago. The ski shop gave me a brand new pair right away. Who's fault was it? The ski manufacturer or the tech who mounted them?  Didn't matter, they replaced the skis no questions asked. Where do I buy my skis from, where am I getting new boots this season? That shop. They take care of their  customers, it's good business practice. In the end they win even if they lose a little here and there.

Now Grambo probably will never set foot in there again....Their loss. They could have replaced the frame at cost, repaired it, sold it as a cosmetic repair/demo. Lost very little, and kept a customer.