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Falcon Added a reply to 32-inch Wheels and Mountain Bikes
8/19/2025 10:58am I just moved up to an XL 29er from a L 27.5; I was slightly cramped on the old one and LOVE the new ergos. Obviously, some of the change is from geometry, but the wheels rolling all over everything in my path are a huge plus for me. I'd be 100% interested in trying a 32er. When are they...
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owl-x Liked a reply to forum topic Dumb Bike Problems
8/14/2025 11:48am
A guy I know was on his first solo mountain bike ride when he started cramping up. Had that first bike / new hobby stoke and was trying out the route we’d shown him the week prior. He hadn’t done a ton of long cardio activities in a while, and ended up getting roasted on a hot day. Mega cramps had him walking the final trail back, with some sit downs and some groaning. Those really gnarly leg cramps that just debilitate you. Not particularly funny. Until a rider came by and helped by offering water and an energy packet...
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metadave Liked a reply to forum topic Mini Van set ups
8/14/2025 11:46am
I'm still waiting for this Ford Maverick based van that's been touted the last few years. A modern mid-size van I can throw bigger tires on with AWD in N/A? Possibly under 50k? Take my money.
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Falcon Added a reply to Dumb Bike Problems
8/12/2025 2:38pm It took me way too long to realize how that was even possible, but now I'm LMAO. With you, of course. That's 100% something I would have done with the bike upside-down!!!
RaggedEdge Liked a reply to forum topic Dumb Bike Problems
8/12/2025 2:37pm
I had a 3 - 4 beer single speed build one night after work years ago. At this time I didn't have a stand so I turned it upside down to install the cranks, pedals, wheel, chain and chain tensioner in my garage. Satisfied with my chain tension I flipped it over and hopped on. It would only go backwards, I had installed the drive on the wrong side....
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Falcon Added a reply to What features do you look for in a MTB hip pack
8/6/2025 3:43pm I have never considered a hip pack, so I'm not really your customer. However, if I was looking at one, I'd be greatly swayed by innovative features that competitors may not offer. A quick-access phone sleeve would be cool. If you could make the tool pouch side divisible with partitions, that's interesting too: I don't know if I'd need a...
Falcon Added a reply to What's the best 10-14 liter hydration pack for long days?
8/6/2025 3:15pm I luuuuuuv my USWE pack. It's the one called "Epic 8," which I assume means it's an 8-liter pack. It holds a 3L bladder, so more than enough water (for me, anyway.) USWE claims that their packs are meant to not hop around on your back, which was an important feature for me; I can't detect any movement or sloshing...
Falcon Added a reply to Dumb Bike Problems
7/25/2025 3:32pm It's awesome for rolling stoppies.
Falcon Added a reply to Dumb Bike Problems
7/25/2025 2:26pm I listened to the podcast and heard that my comment made people laugh. Thanks for the shout out.
DontWorryImAPilot Liked a reply to forum topic Dumb Bike Problems
7/23/2025 1:03pm
I'd forget everything if I could. I'm very capable of thinking about X so focusedly that my feet take me right past Y to go to Z even if Y is leaning up against the door. Which is also why I don't have batteries on my bike. They'll be forgotten immediately. My focus walks me right past my lunch and out the front door, there's no way I'm going to remember a little black cuboid hidden away in another room. Plus I'm more practical than I am smart. So ALL of my bike ride stuff lives in a box. All...
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Falcon Added a reply to Dumb Bike Problems
7/23/2025 1:02pm I have a great one about those quill stems: Not my bike, but my friend from way back in Jr. High had one of the first full-sized, 24" or 26" BMX bikes I had seen. (This was in the mid '80s.) It was just a regular store-bought kind, with nice graphics but cheapo parts, probably a Huffy. Anyway, we had...
Falcon Added a reply to FOX Podium Inverted MTB Fork - Questions, Answers, Reviews
6/24/2025 10:12am It looks cool and by the review it sounds like you really like the action. Now to wait long enough for some competition so the pricing can level out.
Falcon Added a reply to E-MTBs That Are Also E-Motos - What's Going to Happen?
6/13/2025 8:31am Well yeah, there's always a jerk who can ruin anything - legal or not. From my (motorcycle guy's) perspective, it sure seems like there are a lot more nice people out on the trails than jerks, though. Maybe we should be addressing trail etiquette more than regulating the bikes?
Falcon Added a reply to Dumb Bike Problems
6/12/2025 2:10pm TEAMROBOTSHUTLLSYOURBIKE
TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic Dumb Bike Problems
6/12/2025 1:59pm
Great question. This might be the best thread on Vital. I have so many to share, but a great one is showing up to a shuttle day with all my riding gear, a change of clothes, lunch, electrolyte drink mix, etc, but I forgot my bike. For everyone else that meant they got a designated full-time shuttle driver that day.
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Falcon Added a reply to Dumb Bike Problems
6/12/2025 1:58pm How long do you guys think it would take to do that again if you tried? What are the odds that the perfect-sized rock gets kicked up at the perfect angle and velocity to come down in such a way that it gets trapped right there?
Falcon Added a reply to Dumb Bike Problems
6/12/2025 1:53pm 😆😆😆 I don't know if I'd have quit the sport, but I sure would have invented a new one - garage door hole punching using high-velocity Pedros levers.
schwaaa31 Liked a reply to forum topic Dumb Bike Problems
6/12/2025 1:51pm
A few years ago, I had a DH tire that was impossible to get on the rim. I busted out 3 metal Pedros levers. Got the son of a bitch on. Could only find 2 levers. Oh well, the garage owns it now. Added some sealant through the valve stem, gave the wheel a spin to spread the sealant, found the lever. Somehow made it into my tire when the bead popped on. Almost gave up biking when I realized I had to take the tire off and re-mount it again.
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Falcon Added a reply to Dumb Bike Problems
6/12/2025 2:08pm I was trying the cone-shaped ones and I think that was the problem. They were Stan's but I had zero luck with them. Switched to the Orange Seal valve and chose the square block instead of the cone-shaped ones (both are options) and the tires jumped onto the bead almost before I put the compressor on them. Fixed, just like...
Falcon Added a reply to E-MTBs That Are Also E-Motos - What's Going to Happen?
6/11/2025 9:50am I don't understand the hate for e-bikes (pedal assist,) but I can totally get behind a ban on throttle-controlled e-motorcycles on bicycle trails. And this is coming from a motocross dude who also rides MTB. If it will go fast, spin the tire and uses a throttle, it's a motorcycle; It really doesn't matter if there are cranks and pedals...