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You don't need Tecnu for dealing with poison oak, Dawn dish soap works fine. I react strongly to PO, and shower with Dawn after digging. Moderate water temp (don't want hot as it causes pores to open up and let the urisol oil in), lather up starting with hands and wrists first, then working to any other possibly exposed areas (arms, lower legs/knees, waist, neckline, face). Wash all clothes separate from normal clothes on sanitary cycle with extra rinse. I've been digging a new trail that goes right down a ridgeline that is a literal poison oak forest, and as...

I think Brian Cahal did a Cannibal review. I didn't pay much attention since I won't spend any money at Specialized, but I sort of recall he said it needed to be driven and leaned aggressively. Jason at Vital just did an HR3 review like a month ago, testing in SoCal. So plenty dry and loose conditions like I imagine you get in CO, and he really liked it. It's my current favorite front tire in NorCal also (my local trails look more like the SoCal ones, rather than Santa Cruz loamers). There's a much more engaged feeling when you...

If they did make it 130 up front and kept most of the geo, i wouldn't hate it. 34sl does go up to 130. But I am kinda between their L and XL sizes, so i would love to see XL pulled back to 495 at the very least. Or maybe a bit taller stack. Luckily there are better higher rise bars now, but could look a bit silly on the downcountry rig. I would def pay to rent one from them to test out.

Figured I'd share my new Levo SL since I got it built up in time for my up coming trips. Longggg back story: I rode an alloy Stumpjumper 15 the past year that weighed between 37.5-40.5 lbs depending on parts. It definitely made me stronger haha but overall I loved how hard I could ride the bike and still pedal it without blowing myself up. This fall, I kept showing up to group rides being the only one not on an e-bike. It was exhausting to keep up, and I realized I really needed an e-bike. But I love the...

Morzine is good but busy! I've heard a lot of the off piste stuff was getting shut down not sure if that is true or not. I honestly thought the actual bike park trails were bad. Les Gets feels like every trail is the same and is a blueish flow trail. Most of the bike park trails in Portes du Soleil area felt like the same style of trail. I am not saying all the trails are shit just the bike park ones everything right next to the bike park is good. The town of Morzine is easy to operate...

I travelled there for a riding trip with a couple of friends last year over the second half of August. We flew from Calgary to Paris, rented a van so we could haul our bikes around and stayed in Scionzier (about 30-40 minutes from Morzine, but about the same distance we have to drive to our local trails, so not a big deal at all). It ended up saving us around $1000 (give or take a bit) in accommodations over a couple of weeks. It also meant we were about 30-40 minutes from Chamonix or Geneva if we wanted to...

Yea, not a Pivot.