Posts tagged with 'ask-uncle-dave'

The joys of having a signficant other who wants to learn to ride with you isn't always fun for all…

Uncle Dave ""haaaates" writing these sorts of things - but it turns out he wants some shiny crap just like the rest of us...

"Eventually, I took my son and left because I didn’t want him to learn such awful technique..."

Our grumpiest tester gets hold of some Gore clothing for all sorts of weather as well as some custom items from NWT3K in Seattle...

"It all comes apart six hours into your roadtrip when you can't agree on which shitty restaurant to eat at..."

Uncle Dave gets wined, dined and thrown into the Adriatic - is it all so he'll say nice things about new products from Specialized?

"I seemed to have no answers to their questions and no real ideas as to what I was looking for, and just kept saying 'you know...a bike?'"

Uncle Dave offers his "semi-coherent advice" for the gear a new mountain biker should consider…

"How on earth can you talk about value when you have no experience paying money for the thing that you are talking about..."

"A thought I have often had when reading fresh reviews is, just how good is this guy at riding the bike..."

"It seems like we’re doing something wrong if we don’t drop a bucket of cash on the latest and greatest..."

"Not like a major gun shot. But a minor gunshot. Like a really large pellet gun, or a really small cannon."

Stop worrying about what others are doing and hold yourself accountable for your own actions…

"Studies have found that while some choice is necessary for happiness, too much choice can lead to increased stress and anxiety..."

Uncle Dave wasn't grouchy, he just hadn't torn anyone a new one in a while.

Uncle Dave really didn't want to make a Christmas list - but it turns out he already bought a bunch of new stuff and he actually likes all of it...

"Have you ever worked with a guy who continually told the same joke over and over and over again..."

"Am Mr Chainsaw Guy. I would like to place an order of(chainsaw bar oil)from your company to Haiti, kindly email me with the types you have..."

"Am I fooling myself by believing that in the age of Amazon I can be the outlier and make it long term with a brick and mortar bike shop?"

"Do we think that a hardtail requires more attention to detail than something made of patents and carbon?"

"I have nearly a dozen full suspension designs sitting in a folder on my computer that I have very nearly pulled the trigger..."

If you know that trails on land being closed for 'environmental reasons' are destined to be turned into little boxes on the hillside - should you be a scofflaw...

"Do all bike shops have that one guy who's always in a bad mood? Is there such a thing as a super chill, small, local bike shop?"

" Are we guiding the sport? Or are we just another arm that can be used to sell people shit that they don't really need..."