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And on the other side, I love the sound of buzzy hubs.  Any other creak or noise from my bike annoys me, but a hub buzzing along is music to my ears.

To each their own I guess!

This helmet looks interesting to me.  I like Leatt products, so I will have to check it out.  I'm currently running a Fox Proframe, but I am not a fan.  Doesn't fit right and an hour into a ride I start to develop weird pressure points.  The brow pad disintegrated pretty quickly (replaced it with a Sweat Buster, which works so much better).  

The trail+ idea I like, seeing as how I knocked out some teeth earlier this year in crash.  I don't need a full on DH helmet for most of the trails I ride, just a little extra insurance.  

BTW Andrew, I love the sticker on the back of your helmet!

I run a 34T oval ring on the front of my Yeti, with a 11-50T Sunrace out back.  But I ride to the trails as often as I can out here and I typically run out of gears on the road pretty quickly.  

30T?  I would be spinning out everywhere.  I typically run one down from my 50T when climbing (so, 42 I think?) and that is usually good enough for the majority of my climbing, using the 50T as a bailout gear.

I forgot, have 2 sets of the 636 pedals! I still use them all the time, love them.

Agreed.  I have an old XTR group from a Mountain Cycle Moho I am rebuilding.  The chainrings are shot, can't find replacements.  But man, something about that finish just speaks to the kid in me that used to drool over XTR in the old bike magazines.

Hoo boy, too many to count!  

I have a Manitou Sherman slider I am in the process of rebuilding, that's going on my Xtracycle if I can get it to stop leaking.  It has been pretty bombproof otherwise.

An old '08 66 that has been on too many bikes to count.  Pretty sure the bushings are kaput so it needs to be retired.

I love bringing old parts back to life, it can be fun.  And boy is it a wakeup call when I get on my newer bikes and realize just how terrible some of those old parts were.

We have been seeing this cropping up on our local trails here in AZ recently.  Shortcuts to bypass the original technical bits.  I even had to call out a guy who rode over the brush and deadfall we had used to block a shortcut.  

In regards to the article, I love tech trails as much as anyone, but why mess with an established trail?  Just leave it alone, aside from maintenance/cleanup.  If the trail isn't hard enough for you, go find something else to ride.

Pretty sure that A2 version is going to be my next bike. Ticks all of the boxes for me!

I guess I fit into that category?  Young-ish and relatively fit.  

I dig difficult climbs on my regular bike, I ride a Yeti SB5c most days and love logging big miles on it.  But I also love my eBike.  Not sure what my point is.  I just like bikes.  And I feel that eBikes fit into that world.  

Like I said before, I can see why people are concerned that they could open a lot of previous unaccessible trails to more riders.  I'm not really sure what can be done about it.  It is kind of like the side by sides (Razrs) that are now dominating OHV trails.  As long as people are willing to spend the money, they will be out there.  I guess the industry should have tried to be a bit more proactive about this whole thing, but they weren't.  Not sure how to put the cork back in the bottle now.  

Just like on my regular bike, I just try to be a good ambassador and try to have positive trail interactions.  And I don't ride my eBike where I know it is not allowed (Sedona for example).

"Do more" for means I can ride from home to the trailhead (10 miles), do a decent sized loop with lots of climbing and then ride home. No need to load up the truck. I have done this on my regular bike but it takes me a lot longer. I simply don't have the time now. 

I like my ebike but I also love my regular bikes.  I totally get the arguments against them and I could blather on about how I try my hardest to be a good ambassador on the trails, but I am just one rider. 

Btw I live in the States in AZ. And I'm riding a Haibike Xduro Nduro (yup). 56 lbs I believe but I don't really notice it on the trail.

Agreed, great buy used. The fact that they are completely rebuildable is a huge selling point for me.

No plastic is great as well. Here in AZ, the plastic gets cooked in the sun and eventually will shatter on you. No issues with the 1Up.

Another yes vote for the 1Up.  Love mine, have been using it for 2 years now.  Easiest rack to use and fits any bike I have put on it.  

One of the best features to me is that I can unbolt one of the trays and just use a single.  Very low profile when it is folded up as well.

Posted by: Vikb

I would have been fine continuing to ride my 9 year old SC Nomad Mk2, but when I got a modern geo [for the time] bike it was very hard to switch between them so I sold the Nomad to a buddy.  That's also the reason I don't demo bikes when I am not looking to buy something new.

Yeah it is hard to go back!

It really is amazing how far bikes have come.

I am currently rebuilding an old Cannondale Claymore. Jumping between that and my SB165 is wild, the Claymore feels so short and steep.  

I guess it depends, 3 year spread, I can't really tell the difference. 5+ years, I feel that enough has changed to warrant an upgrade.  

I feel that I am getting close to a stable of bikes that I will be keeping for a while, but we will see. I never buy new anyway, always used (can't afford the new shiny!)

Syncro is correct.

It doesn't help when you see Pros/youtube stars taking alternate lines or even just making up a new line on a trail in one of their videos.  All for the social media likes.  That bleeds over into real life and I constantly see new trail braids/lines on old trails.  

New bikes are ridiculously fast and make things easy now.  That Wade Simmons/RM ad about his bike dumbing down the trails is dead on.  My new Yeti almost feels like I'm hitting a cheat button most of the time.  I'm hitting stuff I wouldn't have dreamed of on my mid 2000 freeride bike.  I have had to reign myself in, remembering I am on public multiuse trails (thank goodness for Timberbells).  **I always stop or slow down to a crawl for hikers/walkers/equestrians just to be clear** 

I don't know what the answer is really.  Marketing wants to sell stuff and ripping corners and blazing down trails sells.

Don't want to hi-jack this thread, but picked this up last night. Lots of OT, saving, and eBaying all of my other bike stuff, but worth it! Hoping to get the first ride in this weekend.

Added my fork and a few other bits.

Putting the Xtracycle to work!

Posted by: Mic

Now...did something impulsive yesterday. At times decisions like that can happen. 

After I got a used 2018 Process 165, size S, for my little one (turned 10 and is already 150cm tall) from a trusted bikepark, I asked if they had another one in L or XL. 

They did...and I got some images, and agreed. Soon-ish I am going to be the happy owner of a bike with a little too much travel but quite a sturdy one, given that I am on the heavier side.

Congrats! Pics when you get it!

I just built up a hardtail from spare parts and a cheap frame and I have been having a blast on it.  Likely going to replace the frame with a Chromag Stylus (27.5) as soon as they are back in stock.

I always thought hardtails were perfect 2nd bikes, low maintenance but still capable.  I don't find mine holding me back any.

I like on bike storage because it allows me to downsize to a waist pack or no pack at all.

Where it falls short for me is when I switch between different bikes.  Pack makes it easier to just grab and go.  I could spring for a repair kit for multiple bikes, but that gets pricey.  

I was running the Wolftooth B-Rad bag, but it doesn't seem to play nice with any of my frames.  It is now seeing time as a saddle bag for my road bike.  

On my HT, just running a tube taped to the down tube and a multitool, Wolftooth pliers, pump, lever and a plug kit in a Dakine waist pack.  

I do dig those frame bags, might have to invest in one of those.  I have a small Blackburn one that I run on my eBike, perfect size for everything I listed above.