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My Wellington impression of arseholes is more about time as a rider than age - folks of any age who are recent to the mountain bicycle are more likely to be arseholes.

The middle aged man crew who have recently swapped golf for bikes are probably the worst, they've got the money, the gear, and the entitlement.

I guess the smashpot costs more for a reason.

I put an old Octalink XT crankset on a bike for a placeholder ride a while ago. I'm sure the internal BB was a big part of the experience, but man, what a noodle.

Yup, Elliot is on Peak Flow. As you found, the natural surface up there is chunky. PF is groomed with machine and commercial gravel, flow trails are fine in places where the soil suits, but that's not one.

I look forward to the article.

This. My limited experience of overbiking made the usual trails boring, until I got over my personal speed limit.

Why were you riding Peak Flow? It's the worst option down from the summit of Makara Peak (IMHO of course). I hope you finished the lap with Live Wires, and perhaps a jaunt across the valley to Deliverance.

Glad you enjoyed Wellington, it's nice to have validation from a credible source that it's a good riding hood. I thought it might be just having a trailhead 100m from the house, and other options within easy pedalling distance... It would be terrible to hear it's actually full of boring trails.

I'm intrigued by the stiff master headset, I wonder if it would make any difference compared to a slammed stem?

Parenting.

Nice infographic Cooper.

A combination of righteous glow and guilt, as usual. Too late to have one fewer child, but we have no cars, and seldom fly.

PR has it's downsides for sure. We have a joke about everyone putting their ballots in the box, then throwing them in the sea and letting Winston Peters choose the government.

On the other hand, we do have Green ministers in the house.

Lezyne high volume. Fits in the fanny.

Man, that thing is ugly.

No idea how the industry is doing, sorry.

I do like to watch all the flailing to be second to market with the new trend (first being the one that gets pilloried), but I'm still happy on my 26" aluminium, coil sprung, too short to be rideable, no space for a bottle relic. 

Won't be buying a new bike this year.

My bike lives on a park pcs-10.

Not the primary reason I bought it, but it's nice to have.

Posted by: T-mack

They are doing one. If it's a DJ/Slope or Trail/Enduro I do not know though.

Which of those categories has the bigger market?

Posted by: thaaad

Maybe I'm just missing the point. Why don't you want to service your products? Money? You very clearly know that service is recommended on bikes and suspension, you're just willfully being ignorant of it and denying it in this thread. When you buy expensive products it is a given that the labour is very likely costly as well. You must know that.

You brush your teeth don't you? Or do you just wait twenty years and then get root canals and replace them with gold caps? The cost of toothpaste / floss and brushes adds up you know.

Take care of things and they don't degrade / degrade far less. Simple.

I will never understand people that want nice things but don't want to take care of them...

This. 

My partner bought a used bike from someone like the OP when her frame cracked, we planned to offset the cost by selling the flash parts on it. 

Worn stanchions, seized wheel bearings, rough condition everything made that frame much more expensive than planned...

Ibex is more like a HR2 than a DHF IMHO.

Posted by: RAHrider

Posted by: Angu58

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/maxxis-minion-dhf-mtb-wt-tyre-3c-exo-tr/rp-prod183904

found the dhf exo in maxxgrip.

Thanks for that headsup - picked up two of them. I love chain reaction for tyres. I have a bin full of spare tires at home. I know bike shops would love to sell me them for $129 but how can I not get a bunch of these when I can often get two with CRC for the price of one in my LBS? I have a bunch on Onza tires in the mail I figured I would give a go at $35 a pop.

I've been enjoying the Onza Ibex, it's basically a HR2 with a bigger carcass (one day, Maxxis...) and slightly wider knob spacing.

Wow, you north New Zanadians have some different things to think about riding solo than us down south.

I've been hearing the kiwoose shrieking on my night rides recently, but there's no need to spray it.

I'm sure it's awesome. But. Way outside my price range.