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I think a huge part of this case involved the cutting down of some trees which the enforcers can then ascribe monetary value to. Once that is cataloged the accused can be held responsible for destruction of property and prosecution becomes much easier. So if you do happen to stray onto some unknown property, don't build anything outa wood, and go around the trees, don't cut em down. There was a similar situation around here in the San Juans not long ago with some national forest people coming down very hard on some riders thought to be responsible for building...

My property is about 6 acres but is completely surrounded by a 400+ acre county park. The part of the park that surrounds my property is like “no man’s land”, there’s no county trails, infrastructure, or even a perceptible border between my property and the park. So it makes it feel as if I have 50+ nicely wooded acres surrounding my house. I have trails all over my property and a good bit that snake into the park property. I purposely build all my wooden and big features on my actual property and keep the trails on park land as...

Illegal trails are the life blood of mountain biking. Unfortunately, there is less land in the Northeast than other places so the viable spots are a) more tightly patrolled and b) not on logging land c) home to legal networks often controlled by older riders less down with cool features. There is also an outbreak of Sierra Club Stickuptheasseosis in the region who don't like trails that aren't for walking.

Silver lining? That was the most even-handed news report on illegal trail building that I've ever seen. A conspicuous absence of pearl clutching and hyperbole. Maybe there's hope for the future yet.

I've now seen multiple videos where people could reproduce a rattle sound without a chain so idk. I prefer to not believe the fanboys and girls on this. I've seen to many 'this motor doesn't rattle's claims over the years in reviews and posts to believe that when there is smoke there is no fire (in this case of motor rattle). It's always the most silent motor in the early reviews but strangely only uphill noise is talked about.

Assuming it's a high pivot idler setup, you won't see a massive difference as the idler mitigates a lot of the pedal kickback already. If it is without an idler you'll see a big improvement as it will negate the very high pedal kickback high pivot bikes have. One thing to consider is that on certain bikes the pedal kickback during compression is actually beneficial as it aids pumping to generate speed. A bike with no chain does not pump as nicely as a bike with a chain where the chain growth will stiffen the suspension during the compression making...

I've more than once wondered who is underwriting his insurance or is it Red Bull with "we got you bro" My impression is that he's the sort of person who would be doing this stuff irrespective of money but that's just my opinion.

The chainless comparison is for provoking the noise without the influences of the frame, kinematics and the focus on having to ride a difficult trail plus other stuff that can rattle. Just simulate what chain slap will do to the chainring by rocking it back and forth in quick succession and you'll hear if the motor theoretically can rattle in some models and how loud it is. So far from recent full power motors only the Bosch Gen 5 and Brose S-Mag really have no rattle. The Sram motor is an S-Mag aswell as Specialized 2.1/2.2 motors (they don't rattle...

It would be better if you tested it specifically also with the chain off to discount for kinematics and resonances from the frame and isolate noise. There is also a psychoacoustic component: many people claim the bike is silent when just riding it because they focus on riding. And it's not really true that every motor brand or model has complaints about rattle. It's very different for certain models and some truly have none while others will rattle continuously on a fireroad. So far M1/M2 seem to rattle and for MS2 it's unclear if only some units rattle due to...

both the PR and PX bikes that we've had were exceptionally quiet. it seems like every motor brand has both complaints of motor noise or praises of of them being quiet. i was lucky to have the PR, a bosch and a specialized at the same time. the PR was the quietest riding the same trail back to back to back.

The Amflow and Teewing bikes look like a good value. Can you actually buy one and have it within a week? Seems like there are a lot of people waiting around for Avinox equipped bikes that were ordered and in some cases paid for a while (months) ago. Considering how fast new bikes are coming out, I would not want to wait around.

Just published our Amflow PX Carbon Pro review - https://www.vitalmtb.com/product/guide/e-bikes/amflow/px-77641#comment-… TLDR: I would buy the cheaper PX Carbon and buy better suspension second-hand on marketplace, and romp it for a long time. The bike was super capable and fun to ride, it's light, the motor/range/tunability/interface is great, and all the geo adjustments make it quite adaptable.

I never tried cocaine but you make it sound pretty fun.

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