neongreen
- Member since Jul 2, 2010
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Orange County , California - 8 Followers
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neongreen wilderness-trail-bikes's article
Apr 20, 2023 at 10:52
Apr 20, 2023
WTB's New Devo E-Bike Saddle Has a Handle
This is 100% for attaching tow ropes.
neongreen ericolsen's article
Apr 5, 2023 at 15:54
Apr 5, 2023
Bike Check: Comparing Matthew Fairbrother & Eric Olsen's 'Enduro-Packing' Setups
@elyari: This is just not true. Tribes the world over have expanded and encroached upon the territories of other tribes forever, some tribes being absorbed into the conquering tribe, and most certainly some being exterminated. This has happened nearly everywhere on the globe. The Bantu of western Africa expanded and displaced the Khoisan tribes that once lived on most of east Africa. The Romans nearly eliminated the Celts in France and Germany. The Etruscans of Italy vanished, much like the Anasazi of the southwest US. It's absurd to assume that no displacement has happened in Europe, or any place for that matter. Such a place may exist, but one can not simply assume this is the case.
neongreen mikelevy's article
Jun 3, 2022 at 0:46
Jun 3, 2022
Opinion: You Should Be Fixing Your Own Bike
A riding buddy and I re-assembled a blown up hub on the side of the trail using a rock and a tire lever. We both do our own service. It could have been a frustrating end to a ride.
neongreen mikelevy's article
Jun 3, 2022 at 0:42
Jun 3, 2022
Opinion: You Should Be Fixing Your Own Bike
@mikelevy: When you know that you can figure it out on your own (and that gives you satisfaction anyway) it's hard to spend the money to have someone else who often doesn't put as much care into the job as you do it. This is true for my bike, my car, my house... My first time doing tile, I did a far better job on a far more complex job in my bathroom than the contractor I had paid to do my other bathroom. He just wanted to get done with the job as quick as possible and move on to the next, and I wanted to make something I could really be proud of.
neongreen mikelevy's article
Jun 3, 2022 at 0:38
Jun 3, 2022
Opinion: You Should Be Fixing Your Own Bike
@VtVolk: I have a couple old bike lights, used to do the occasional late ride and keep them in the bag for when the ride lasted longer than expected. The main thing that holds me back from night rides now is that almost all my local trails are "closed" after dark. Seems kinda stupid that you can "close" the outdoors, but after the last two years we all know that everything can be closed by decree.
neongreen mikelevy's article
Jun 2, 2022 at 8:20
Jun 2, 2022
Opinion: You Should Be Fixing Your Own Bike
Indeed, my kids can't poop on their own, but I also can't really go biking after they go to bed and it's dark so I do all my own work. Also being a cheapskate engineer that has a hard time trusting other people to work on my stuff is another factor.
