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    Full Face - When do you decide to wear one?

    Re convertibles - I remove my chin piece when I have no other option. Usually halfway up heart attack hill , just before my brain explodes from hypercapnia , or just after the chest pain kicks in. I really should buy a dedicated full face so I'm forced to stop ...... Last week, we arrived in...
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    What are these?

    Nah, her husband is recovering , unfortunately 3 guests didn't survice...
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    What are these?

    I found these in the garden - apparently they were used by the traditional inhabitants of this region as an aphrodisiac. I can't imagine how that could be successful , because they smell like rotting flesh - the halitosis would be unbearable!
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    Set up - pins & needles in hands

    Much is explained -. All those blue bits were a sign - you were Subliminally aware the problem was circulation , not nerves. And the slightly higher head stem cover suggests you KNEW it was cervical outlet syndrome Easy fix - buy red bits.
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    Accidentally purchased illegal ebikes?

    Imagine walking into the shower block for the traditional " what are you in here for" session, and explaining you're THAT guy who knocked over granny on the walking trail . if only you bought from a real bike shop........
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    eMTB or gravel/hybrid

    When you say " throw a leg over" and " holding the bars in the saddle" - was that whilst riding, or just in the shop? Was the dropper post correct height for you? Seat slid forward? Bars correct height? There's only 15 mm difference in reach between the m and l , and adjusting the above would...
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    Who's got the highest mile bike & motor?

    How do you know? eg 2018 giant First motor had about 6000 when it died, but that included months with faulty speed sensors Then the bike was retired to children transport duties . The badass does interesting things to the speedo when another speed sensor is playing up! I'm thinking we...
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    Set up - pins & needles in hands

    Imagine the shopping bill if we had to buy new parts for every time we adjust something on our bikes! I wonder if this is because of the amount of psuedo scientific ergonomic "education " we are reading in the advertising " tutorials" So far, an inch higher on the seat post has resulted in...
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    Set up - pins & needles in hands

    P3eps, if fitting your stumpy bars doesn't help, can I suggest you try sliding the seat FORWARD , not back as you described earlier? Could you also think about exactly what parts of your thumb are tingling ( different nerves +/- dermatomes so it changes our possibilities) My bet - When you...
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    eMTB for my child

    Three kids, they alternate between emtb and regular depending on what we have planned. My vote is buy a great regular bike but hire an emtb for any longer rides . I find the longer rides easier when they are aboard an emtb - anything over 50 km / 1500 m elevation for my daughters - we usually...
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    WARNING Belt Drive on EMTBs

    Interesting idea - I'd wonder if some 2/3 mm dyneema could be used with an awl as an emergency repair. We used to stitch fan belts to get us home from outback trips - surely modern synthetic fibres are an option?
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    I struggle to justify the price of EMTBs when this cost less….

    Even in wife $ , an emtb is good value. The last time she question my motorbike selection I had a KTM 640 adv, KTM 400, and a moto guzzi lemans. When I was looking at adding my levo sl to the fleet, she commented on how much I was using the giant and how happy it made me.
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    I struggle to justify the price of EMTBs when this cost less….

    I'm scared to think of how much earlier I could have retired if I never discovered motorbikes. Or how crazy it is to have 2 motorbikes parked in the shed with less k's on the clock than my 2 yo specialized. In the nicest possible way, coming from someone who had a honda adv fetish before adv...
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    New Pinion integrated gearbox and motor (MGU)

    I'm amongst those who have been impatiently waiting since seeing my first zerode....BUT I'm a bit nervous about what this will do to bike shop viability. Lets be honest, there are only 2/3 mechanically magical components that the average ham fisted backyard moron pays the lbs to fix: 1 sram...
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    Selling as frame only. Viable option?

    Advertise with either option? Ie $x complete bike or $y as frame only, willing to negotiate on parts. Buyer gets to ride the bike and see nothing is wrong , then as they haggle you get the pleasure of removing the bits you like and they get the pleasure of watching the price drop. They also...
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    Kenevo SL Official 2022 Kenevo SL (KSL) Megathread!

    You have 2 options for using a shimano hg hub if you want to retain 12 sp: SRAM NX cassette - crazy heavy, but they last Garbaruk 12 sp cassette for a HG spline - much lighter / sexier Alternatively, keep the 11 sp cassette on the wheel, and swap the derailier / shifters from the other bike ?
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    Will never again buy Five 10 or any other Adidas products

    You're all missing the point - 6'2" models. cross that 5'10" line . Now the little people will have to wear she man ohhh shoes.
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    Race organizers against eMTBs

    In 2018 at the Australian interschools , one of the KIDS asked to ride their merida e160. The committee made a really good call - take the ( external) battery off , and they allowed it to race. Will Fat Rat get upset if I point out they only placed mid fleet on a bike worth 3 x what most of...
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    Following women

    What's more creepy - thinking that there are chat buts lurking around and watching us, or realising the AI is processing Garys thoughts on lycra https://www.emtbforums.com/threads/dont-be-a-d-ck-simple-emtb-riding-rules-to-follow.3459/ BTW steve, if a creepy old man sits too close to a blokes...
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    Kids pads

    Ps Brentonb - thredbo was an awesome place for a 12 yo girl. Specialized knee pads, g form elbow. Hard to believe that was 5 years ago
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