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Finally what we've all been saying for years, their "Brain" was rubbish. I remember my first time riding a friend's SWORKS Epic as a loaner with the brain, I legit thought the rear wheel or suspension was broken. hahaha.

I must be honest, especially this time of year, even as a cyclist there are certain groups (and some individuals) you really just wish you could drive over. Scant regard for anyone else, rolling reds and then giving people middle fingers if they dare hoot etc. Roadies are their own worst enemies (small minority ruining it for everyone else) and really want their bread buttered on both sides. By the time drivers get to the good / well behaved, rule abiding ones, they've passed a dozen assholes and are over it. Now for the Hubbers with zero, fokkol, and no sense of humour, I am not condoning driving over roadies in my first paragraph. So sit down, calm down and stay in the yellow lane.

I dont think he was calling them out, he simply (and politely) asked for alternatives to Ciovita for custom kit. No long posts etc, just a simple question. And also no need to drag out anything more than the original post to appease people wondering why.

There's a lot, but also look at Enjoy and Vye for example. There's some others like Anatomic and Velotex, but both of them look / feel like they're stuck in the early 90's.

I have a huge complaint too. Every time I go there I spend money. They always have the tyres I want (size / casing / model) and also do great work on the suspension and wheel build etc. It's just plain bad for my wallet. And I'm always late for my next appointment or meeting because they're great blokes to chat to as well. That's about it. And looking back at the above, damn those are positives. So suppose I dont have a complaint, but this is the internet so I'll just post anyway as it beats working on a Friday afternoon.

CSA appears to be ANC in applying service, value and logic.

Only ever EXCELLENT service and going the extra mile. I have ordered crap loads from them and both Naas and Janos been great every time, even going out of their way to order a shimano dropper lever I wanted as part of an order.

Seems a bit whingey. Share what you do want, and share what you dont want to share. And she can Strava a ride, share it, and still go slow and see the scenery? Even adding crossfit (she did tell us afterall) etc.. share it or dont. Use the metrics or not. Or just stop using the platform altogether? I can only imagine her crying on a TikTok when Donald Trump becomes president next year. 🤣

Maybe I'm just too slow? 🤣 Maybe late 90's DH I dinged a Mvic D321 or something, but cannot remember a ding in the past 20 years. But you touched on bad susp on the original poster's bike. This is a good point too. But even lately with Fox Factory suspension on my bikes - I've found tyre pressures to make the biggest "feel good" difference (assuming we also have suspension properly set up or as close to as). Someone recommended these: https://www.takealot.com/sks-tyre-pressure-sensor-for-bicycles-airspy-sv-set-of-2/PLID70964465 (cheaper than Tyre Wiz) and if they didn't look so ugly, I'd probably give them a bash.

A pie would be nice right now to be honest. Not had a good pepper steak pie in months. 😍 I went to Morzine with a EXO rear DHRII on my DH bike and rode a lot of off piste stuff without issue. I've also never dinged a rim or cracked a carbon rim. Line choice and not being a plow rider. Also no inserts. No issues (even with an EXO not EXO+ on Eeeb) with Maxxis or the brief flirt with Schwalbe, but one every ride on Bontrager, and similar in group of friends? Gonna def stick with "Bontrager tyres are rubbish". Now to source a pie..... 🤑

LOL The BikeHubbers keyboard warriors return. I dont give a f*ck about Bontrager casings. The dude at Gear Change sold it to me as a replacement for the DHRII I couldnt get. Raved about it and told me it was amazing. Like every Trek fanboi does too, it's kaaak. Simple. That's all I've said. And it's enough consistent feedback for me from friends who've bought Rails or Slash with Bontrager tyres too. Changed within a few rides. You're welcome to your Chingchong tyres, I'll stick to what works. I'm not a Maxxis fan, but they appear to be the best and most consistent offering with a variety of options (Assegai/DHRII on eeb and enduro bike, DHRII and Minion SS on Trail bike etc).

Not at all, just not come across such a POS product in modern mountain biking. There is no reason to have such **** products sold to us in this day and age. Reminded me of the "DH Casing" Tioga tyres from 1999. More flats than Table View.

I forgot to add, the minute I could get a Maxxis (R900 which was almost half) I put it on and magically all the issues went away and I threw that Bontrager in the bin.

I'd rather give up cycling than use Bontrager tyres again on an Ebike. I've never had to plug tyres as much as those absolute piece of **** *** tyres. Was recommended by Gear Change in Tokai (needed a 27,5 x 2.6) when I couldn't just get the usual Maxxis DHRII Exo+. Not a SINGLE issue on multiple DHRII tyres, yet every single ride without failure that rubbish Bontrager needed to be plugged or the like. And it was R1650 fitted. Trek can shove those rubbish tyres up their bum.

Holidays are about sleeping in. 😛

I thought you said you were on holiday Chris.

RE: connectivity. I've never enabled the SIM on the phone, I dont want to take calls on my wrist and look like a knob doing it. It's handy every now again though (was on roof recently and phoned my wife to throw me a hat 🤣). But I've disabled all notifications unless from "VIP" in my phone book, and all WhatsCrap notifications. My smart house (all running Apple Homekit) has certain things come up like the front doorbell intercom (can see video feed and reply / talk off watch) and control lights / alarm etc... I no longer take remote when riding and use watch when close to home to open gate / garage. It's the 90% of my life that it just does better in every single respect than the "sports" watches that makes the difference. And to be honest, there's not a single feature (maybe if I was doing an Ironman I'd be worried about battery life) in sport that I found the Garmin better at. Especially since Apple has drastically improved the built in cycling app. BUT DO NOTE: if you use ANT sensors, you may need a Wahoo or similar heart rate monitor strap to bridge them to the watch. I just use the watch these days and leave the strap at home. Because everyone knows, only Garmin boys love strap ons.

Do you use an iPhone? I'd go Ultra. For the 90% of your life you're not excercising it's just such a better proposition it's laughable. The Garmin fanboi's on this site are laughable though, so they'll basically praise anything Garmin. I tried, I couldn't. Also dropping a watch onto a wireless charger every two or three days barely registers (I dont sleep with a watch on, I'm not a serial killer). The built in cycling app syncs immediately with Strava and has all the screens you could want, or run the (admittedly shitty) Strava one. But what you can do is put on very specific apps and tailor them to your use. But the off-bike or not excercising usage is so much better. Takes a while to get notifications to your liking, but the fact that I can do a few other things when wearing the watch, I'm happy. I cant think how I ever tolerated a Garmin on my arm, looking back it's like a 1980's casio. EDIT: I managed to scratch up all previous watches pretty badly, but despite building and other things this one still looks mint new. Even hitting rocks in Morzine crashing (that broke the same wrist it's on) - nothing.

You told me he was a clever boy!

Commencal Meta AM

EVOC. Use for my road bike, DH bike and enduro bike.

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doesn't mean you cant still bang her. 😛

Strangely I would have thought they'd have their cooler designs? I see their stuff regularly on Instagram (the concepts too) and then they do this? Could be a Rapid Sport kit. Give us the cool stuff!! And the male "model"... y so srs?

No wonder you want to change that, it's uglier than a bag of dicks.