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I use about 1 ounce of Dawn per gallon of warm water to wash my bike or moto. Sometimes I use a similar ratio of Simple Green and both work well. Keep a spray bottle of 1:1 Simple Green around for tougher cleaning jobs. Always rinse with water and dry afterwards. Soaps and degreasers will pull grease from bearings and chains. The more often you wash, the more maintenance you should do. Parts that are going to have grease or loctite applied, I wipe down with isopropyl alcohol.

Santa Cruz County sucks. Don't bother!

@Geochemistry: Like I said, multiple laps compared to one.

Ebikes have some good merits and I'm sure they are a blast to ride. The problem is the overuse of trails. Trails that used to be technical now have wide fast lines beat into them. Places that only fit, dedicated riders ride now have people doing multiple laps on heavy bikes. This has happened when only a small portion of riders are on ebikes. Most the trails in my area are illegal for all bikes and if not for respect of the trails I would buy a dual sport before a $6000 ebike. I would love to see trails for specific bikes but I don't see the support (money and infrastructure) for it.

I'm so bummed. This is absolutely nothing like Review Bazooka. How could we know if this shoe is even decent without any mention of a banana! I still click on anything with Matt in it.

fix my flat in minutes and back to the ride

totally feel like I just gave my soul away to some marketing company

Way to go Greg Watts. An innovator back in the day. Past Crankworks winner. Still a podium threat. Amazing how far loving riding bikes and hard work can take you.

@taletotell: We pay $1,200.00 a month (my wife's employer pays rest) for a plan that comes with one annual check-up per year. We pay for first $5,000.00 of medical expenses and then insurance starts paying percentages. That is not tiered, its our plan. Other plans are available for different amounts, this is what we could afford. I get hurt and hobble around on advil because I would have to pay to get medical attention. I think this is a dis-incentive to take proper medical care of yourself. I appreciate that we have help with major medical but I have a painful elbow and a knee that pops in and out. I'm lucky. People that wait months or years to have a major problem diagnosed (cancer) because they didn't feel that bad are very unlucky. Yes I would like to see single payer healthcare but think it will be very hard to balance the system. Thousands die every year (worldwide) from not getting treatment for flu.

@el-nombre: Yes. The headline is Finals Highlights. Big difference between practicing one section and what you do in your finals run. Title it Weekend Highlights. I love all the content but to me there is a difference.