Recent content by Harry Johnson

Ashland Super D and Gromduro last weekend. Snowing at the top for the start of the super d, sunny at the bottom, rain in the middle. 8 miles of (mostly) DH. Footdown competition Saturday night. I got eliminated in the first round. Coaster brakes are hard. Little dudes ripped it Sunday...

If I ride my ebike too much, I find that I blow myself up trying to make my regular bike climb as fast as I'm used to on an ebike.

I've got a gen4 pro on loan from specialized at the moment. It's really really good. That said, if you've never ridden one, the Gen3 levo is pretty good too. Just dont ride a 4 first. The genie shock makes the 150 mm feel like it's a bit more than that. The geometry feels like you're more...

Is it the gen3 or gen4? Gen4 in turbo would almost be too much in tight technical stuff.

Heh, "the worst of both worlds" comes to mind. Slow rolling tires and suspension absorbing your pump, but also really small. Our local pump track has one... ONE lippy table jump on it. You have to be PINNED on a dirt jumper to clear the stupid thing just because of the setup into it. It's been...

100% hell yes. One day I was out mountain biking and one thing led to another and I ended up on a ride with a guy named Cody Webb (yes, we were on bicycles not motorcycles): Anyway, most fast dudes on a mountain bike will take off at the start of a downhill, shred the crap out of everything...

For me spotting is just like taking the strap or winch cable to get out. I'll do it if things aren't going right, but I'd rather work it out myself. Not offended by peanut gallery standing around talking chit tho. The group I wheel with (when I actually get my act together and go wheeling)...

Transport truck from LA to Utah had all the bikes stolen from it in Santa Clarita.

That doesn't look like me. at. all. ...my bike isn't red.

Wait a few weeks. New stuff coming out, and the old good stuff is going on sale. I'd keep my eye on what sort of sales they're having on Gen 3 Specialized Levos in the coming weeks. Norco just announced their new bikes too, so their older stuff will be going on sale. I'm sure there are more...

I've seen on ebike specific forums that some people are getting like 20% more range(or range back?) by just servicing the shimano motors. I've got all the fancy lube and gasket maker you're supposed to use, I just need to suck it up and pull the thing and get to work to see if it's true.

It's steep AF around here and so it kills the battery pretty quick. The 16 mile ride I posted is the best I've gotten out of that thing in a while.(battery is a few years old, motor has gone over 2k miles with no maintenance). I was pretty much in eco the entire time. On the fitness side I...

I feel that. I'll always keep a regular pedal bike around. Even if it's just to do bigger rides than a battery can manage.

We got some guys around here that are rocking 750wh and 800wh Orbea and Crestline ebikes. They're banging out stuff like this: This was me on my tiny 540wh battery trying to keep up as long as I could before I had to bail out a different trail: Compare that to similar trails ridden by a...

Wow, they look super similar. I need to bust a lost coast trip. There's not much dirt to drive on the big sur side of things.