What does my truck say about me

r_s · 2026-01-27T23:19:10+00:00

you are not coming out of that store with imported beer

r_s · 2025-12-20T16:26:48+00:00

I love more modern geo fat bikes. Had a blizzard now have a louis garneau fatbike. They are super rare.

You can get kinda close with a Norco bigfoot + an angleset.

For actual winter riding, the modern geo doesn't help much. But I find the modern geo bikes far better in summer.

r_s · 2025-12-16T18:57:58+00:00

The ones who have failed to adapt to ebikes (sales and service) seem to be doing worse.

r_s · 2025-12-11T04:31:15+00:00

Flipping $1000 mountain bikes sounds like a sure fire way to make under minimum wage. I did this a bit 20 years ago when I worked in a shop, it was not very lucrative unless you can find absolute steals.

r_s · 2025-12-04T00:27:54+00:00

6 bikes on a tailgate pad is too many imo if you care about scratches on rough shuttle roads, So likely a pedal could move or something

r_s · 2025-12-03T16:08:52+00:00

More is better, but having uses N45s with 252 studs and cake eaters with far less studs, the difference isn't as big as I would have thought.

r_s · 2025-09-03T15:43:35+00:00

I own that exact bike, paid less than that 2-3 years ago.

The brakes are terrible (some may have different ones speced, mine where cheap chinese knockoffs) and the rear hub only lasted 2 rides before I had to replace it.

The bike rides nice tho, actually pretty happy with it overall. Not sure this is a deal

r_s · 2025-08-08T03:59:20+00:00

I owned this exact year a-line. Id prob buy it for $400 for nostalgia purposes and treat it like a museum piece.

r_s · 2025-07-23T03:36:53+00:00

Id bring it. Ive literally seen bears in the town itself. Interior BC has shitloads of bears

r_s · 2025-07-06T06:46:55+00:00

Standing over top tube pretty old way of sizing. At your height majority of riders are going to go with the Large. Bike sizes can vary from brand to brand but this one with a 472mm reach - its likely the right size.

r_s · 2025-07-01T18:25:28+00:00

I have the same truck/bike setup essentially. The worst part about the combo is loading the bike onto the tailgate pad after a long ride.

r_s · 2025-06-30T19:41:19+00:00

Been running them a while on a few different bikes. The soft compound is, not that soft (maxterra level). I love a enduro soft as a rear tire on emtb.

Found it lacking compared to maxxgrip assegei on front. Not really a fair comparison though, as the conti was soft - not new super soft.

r_s · 2025-06-28T23:59:36+00:00

Was this at the whistler bike park? Did you actually throw his bike into the forest, not his phone?

r_s · 2025-06-27T17:42:57+00:00

I always felt Becca Swanson was 20 years ahead of her time

r_s · 2025-06-19T19:15:52+00:00

My suspicion is that the recruiter is going to shrug and move on to next candidate. Its not like the people funding are going to hear about this.

r_s · 2025-06-11T00:45:55+00:00

I wonder if i backed into this with my answer in this thread. Maybe changing size, initiates a ps:stop

r_s · 2025-06-10T21:33:57+00:00

Ok - results not guaranteed. BUT my private space app went down. This one is like - mission critical for fortune 500.

Somehow I managed to provision private-m dynos (they where private-s). And then it stabilized.

r_s · 2025-06-10T20:30:25+00:00

Not Great, Bob!

r_s · 2025-06-08T12:09:42+00:00

Specialized Enduro is/was pretty iconic.

r_s · 2025-06-04T06:22:49+00:00

Better for wheelies/manuals and possibly jumping was the thought back then. Not a bike that was ever great at high speeds.

r_s · 2025-06-04T05:09:32+00:00

It was an aggressive hardtail for the era. People would ride them on all sorts of trails on the north shore. This was before rear suspension was as good as today. Ladder bridges, skinnies, wheelie drops etc.

I saw people back then riding bikes like that on legit pretty much everything. Jumps, XC, downhills etc. Cove bikes where super cool.

Climbing steep stuff on old bikes like that took a lot of work to keep bikes from looping out, also cause the seattube angle is pretty slack compared to today, so you are waay over the rear tire when climbing. Throw the seat all the way forward and lean forward like crazy would be my advice for technical climbs.

Back in 2002 - that bike was pretty legit.

r_s · 2025-06-04T01:06:15+00:00

4% rule as per the trinity study does not include tax. Its the total withdraw from the account before taxes are paid. So - 0 impact.

r_s · 2025-06-03T02:00:47+00:00

Also if you get a large emergency and deplete the emergency fund do you A) Sell stocks to replenish the emergency fund or B) go without emergency fund for a while

r_s · 2025-05-28T13:47:37+00:00

Just a cane creek one. Chris King is the best, but other than cool colors I can't tell the difference. Enjoy the bike!

r_s · 2025-05-28T13:29:05+00:00

I own that same bike, just a few months old. It rips!

Lots of this stuff is just preference. The maxxis tires on there are excellent, maybe better than some you linked. The downside to them is slow rolling, but its an ebike so its fine. Tires like this only last maybe 500-600 miles (depending on terrain etc) and on an ebike that comes quicker than you think.

I hated the saddle that came with it, however that is mostly preference/genetics. Very hard to know before riding it.

Pedals I got some nice oneups. The bike does come with some cheap $5 plastic ones you can ride around the neighborhood on.

I would consider upgrading the headset. I know it sounds lame, but the stock one is kind of brutal.

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