solamanda

Charging mid ride makes no sense. I've been using two batteries for 10,000ft + days since 2020. No way I'm buying a bike and a charger battery, when I could just battery swap instantly, it's madness.

I thought long and hard about buying the helmet that probably saved me breaking my neck. I wanted a more robust enduro style helmet for a 10 day trip to Whistler. I didn't want a full dh lid as I suffer from the heat. I settled on Poc as it seemed the most robust vented helmet. I had a massive head first slam into rock, no concussion or issues. I believe the way it dissipated the massive impact, probably saved my neck. A stronger helmet might have caused more injuries. I was back to riding two weeks later. Take a look at the helmet and make up your own mind: https://share.google/28CNMw8bckIOnHd6D

First 32" casualty

I purchased Bertschat heated gloves last winter. They work perfectly and let you select different heating levels for the palm or back of your hands. Plus I can use them on any bike or for other uses and they're less bulky than the winter gloves I used to use.

Temu version landing in 10, 9, 8, 7....

32" will probably kill a brand or so (I see you Trek). I used to work in the industry and have seen companies try to take the approach of investing in community cycling projects, but they always think small. If I were a big brand, I'd focus on heavily diversifying and investing in cycling facilities, how about Whistler - Specialized with only Specialized hire bikes? This would build long term brand loyalty I would focus on consumable items, people might not be buying bikes but they still need clothes/parts or even coaching! I used to get 2 new bikes a year, these days I buy/build a good £5-7k bike and keep it. My bikes are 4 - 7 years old. I care more about maintaining them and paying for experiences to ride in different locations. That might be days off work or paying for trips. I don't care about bike industry fashion!

For making mudguard swapping easier, I have a length of about 3cm threaded bar in the bolt mounts in each fork permanently and threaded thumb screws to tighten down the mudguard. I can swap a mudguard or remove for car loading in seconds with no risk of cross threading a fork

@kyytaM: like 5 people? And how many with a regular job and family responsibilities? Back to real world.

Makes no difference :-D