BuddhaDharma

I have Deore and it’s not bad.... I was surprised after coming off of XX1 eagle stuff. I also have GX eagle and am really impressed.... With this being said, C’mon! Why no cage lock on the Deore? IMHO this should be a minimum requirement.. WTF! It’s so minor but for someone who travels constantly with my bike I really miss the SRAM cage lock.

Mental health and physical health have a symbiotic relationship! Look at “ the Body keeps score” This is a global traumatic event... Not sure taking away people’s outlets who may have lost relatives, their job, their business is a particularly great idea. Oh! And everyone had lost their social engagement system as well.. I’m not advocating for stupidity and not following physical distancing.. I’m all for that. But maybe in moderation .. Oh wait! People can watch CNN for 12 hours, eat completely shitty food, not exercise and get traumatized and that’s totally fine! No problem fighting off a dangerous virus with a tapped out nervous system!

Oh man! Poor guy. He’s not parked next to anyone and the trails aren’t full enduro. Lol Firstly, this should be called physical distancing not social distancing. I’ve waved to people from a more than safe distance and people turn their heads and have a panic attack. We’re humans we need human contact! If we become paranoid of one another and decompressing we will have lost ourselves! So.. take away some people’s retirement savings ( market crash), their jobs and social engagement system and then outdoor recreation / ways of decompressing... I think we have conditions rife for PTSD/ CPTSD and other serious mental illnesses. This guy WAS setting a good example. Mental health and physical health ( mind and body) are connected. How the fack can one fight off this virus if their nervous system is already jacked up and running at 100% capacity? This is a traumatic event and part of trauma involves decompressing and releasing. So, people watch CNN for 12 hours a day, eat trash and have generally terrible heath which is TOTALLY fine. But try to bolster your immune system and maintain mental health .. no don’t do that!!! In Alberta Canada parks are closed for social distancing ( and because of littering). Don’t we want people spread out? I’ve been laid off.and I could be looking at a career change... the loss of these trails was definitely hard on me. - as hard as the career. #bikesaren’tcancelled

With this being said, it’s positive to see people wanting to drop 1200 on a shock..

As cool as this is .. buying new equipment for our bikes may be the least of our concerns in the coming year.

Was curious to give this a whirl. The sizing on my HD4 has felt a bit small at 5’11 ( I ride a large) I tested a pivot firebird/ a ripmo and tie sizing is way better. I do agree it’s not much of a change when considering the old Hd4 is marketed to run a 160 or 170 mm fork which will net a similar HTA ( at 170) as the current Hd4.

These might be ok for winter! I 150 CAD is way better than the price of some of the winter bike- stuff. Combine these with some gaiters and gore Tex socks and it might work ok.