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So the spline and pinch bolt interface is the same?
Been doing it and it's "meh", loads the rear end of my bike more weight-wise, extremely limited water supply that works for short rides, but sometimes just barely. Unfortunately Evoc put a strap system on there that is impossible to adjust mid-ride, so you can't tighten as you take water out and it loosens, so you have to set it up extra-tight. Not super impressed.
Ignore the haters. They probably spend plenty of time chasing creaks during a ride instead of having fun.
what's that? I can't hear you over the sound of your VPP's 19 pivots all creaking in perfect harmony.
Osprey should do.what's that? I can't hear you over the sound of your VPP's 19 pivots all creaking in perfect harmony.
I’ll choose a fanny pack over a backpack for any activity where it gets the job done.
Unfortunately rides can get very hot here during summer, so 3 or more liters may be needed on a trail ride. But for the last 7 months I’ve used the fanny 3-4 times a week and the backpack maybe 6 times total.
Don’t think I’d ever use any pack for lift access runs.
Funny story: I didn’t grow up skiing or snowboarding, so the first time I’d ever been on a ski lift was 15 years ago at Mountain Creek. Yes, I had a camelbak, and yes I dropped it off the chair on my first ride up.
Unfortunately rides can get very hot here during summer, so 3 or more liters may be needed on a trail ride. But for the last 7 months I’ve used the fanny 3-4 times a week and the backpack maybe 6 times total.
Don’t think I’d ever use any pack for lift access runs.
Funny story: I didn’t grow up skiing or snowboarding, so the first time I’d ever been on a ski lift was 15 years ago at Mountain Creek. Yes, I had a camelbak, and yes I dropped it off the chair on my first ride up.
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I don't see how anyone can stay hydrated enough to ride hard, unless there's water at the top and bottom of each lift.
Same at Keystone & Trestle.
Last time I had a camelback on for a DH run, I slipped over the top of a high-speed berm, went sub-orbital into a stylish yard-sale. When the little birds went home and I took assessment whilst lying in the scrub looking up, I felt a creeping wetness on my lower back and for a minute thought I might be leaking. Guess when I hit I blew out the bladder seam and the remaining water.
The thing about this incident, was that the bladder quite likely saved me some bruising and pain at the least, but I could never get on with a backpack on the big bike, so the experiment ended and I have never ran one since. Now I just leave water at the car at the upper lot and deke in every couple of runs for a 5 minute sit in the shade and a gulp of some H20.
Trail rides are either nothing or the camelback, although for this season I did pick up one of the R-Monkey approved fanny-packs.
The thing about this incident, was that the bladder quite likely saved me some bruising and pain at the least, but I could never get on with a backpack on the big bike, so the experiment ended and I have never ran one since. Now I just leave water at the car at the upper lot and deke in every couple of runs for a 5 minute sit in the shade and a gulp of some H20.
Trail rides are either nothing or the camelback, although for this season I did pick up one of the R-Monkey approved fanny-packs.
Appears so, don't have another set to compare them to, but they look the same as my last pair of XTs, if nothing else they're functionally the same.
I keep a bottle of pee at the bottom and write "Water jug" on it. Sharing is caring.
I get the fanny pack, especially for short rides. That being said, I'll still make fun of you for it.
I get the fanny pack, especially for short rides. That being said, I'll still make fun of you for it.
American Airlines just dropped the $150 fee for bikes, they just have to meet the normal luggage weight of < 50lb otherwise they're overweight and back to $150.
Which is good as I know my trail bike in Evoc Pro bag is < 50lb and this gives an alternate to Southwest on the reasonable to fly with bike airlines list.
Which is good as I know my trail bike in Evoc Pro bag is < 50lb and this gives an alternate to Southwest on the reasonable to fly with bike airlines list.
i'm decidedly in the pro-fanny pack segment, however i got a one up EDC, stuck a bottle cage on my trail bike, and stopping using a pack altogether. it has yet to hit the hottest months of the summer, so we'll see how long that lasts.
11 times out of 10, a fanny pack on a trail beats a fancy camelback hanging in a garage.
If you have hulu:
https://www.hulu.com/watch/6b9aebcd-4efc-4f51-8af3-de986cc8c7f5
A segment of How It's Made has how MRP forks are made
https://www.hulu.com/watch/6b9aebcd-4efc-4f51-8af3-de986cc8c7f5
A segment of How It's Made has how MRP forks are made
Ironically, that episode also contains a segment on surgical sutures. I used to design packaging for those.
barelli and his attitude are what's right: https://m.pinkbike.com/news/interview-yoann-barelli-on-his-first-major-injury.html
Several times I've felt that cold wetness after tumbling into the abyss. Maybe that's because I'm a squid
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/completing-the-30-mile-fernie-brewing-company-trail-to-ale-challenge.html
Free beer for completing a trail ride challenge?! I'm sold. This needs to be a universal thing.
Free beer for completing a trail ride challenge?! I'm sold. This needs to be a universal thing.
In America, we just grip harder.
Thought I had to buy a new spanner to fit the BB Tool. Turns out this old one also fits. Yeeesss!
I am not going to need a new gravel or road bike for a long time, but this is intriguing.
https://bikerumor.com/2019/07/18/thyssenkrupp-steelworks-to-revolutionize-bike-manufacture-in-lightweight-steel/?fbclid=IwAR0anuifZKutolKpFoNXta9_WqtKe_z5npgEAy_TrKoHJ52SYPoMbZjHxSE
https://bikerumor.com/2019/07/18/thyssenkrupp-steelworks-to-revolutionize-bike-manufacture-in-lightweight-steel/?fbclid=IwAR0anuifZKutolKpFoNXta9_WqtKe_z5npgEAy_TrKoHJ52SYPoMbZjHxSE
Strange that they aren't building airplanes using that if it's so good...
Bad ass, someone finally made a place to put your joint while mountain biking, or a place to keep your PED needle for road biking...
i have my mod + cartridge in my pocket, smoking a joint is so last century...