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  • in reply to: gear cleaning #216274

    Cleaning armor/gear is a cinch. Spray it off with the water hose and be done. Shoes get the soapy rag and sprayed off. The inside of my shoes get sprayed with antifungal spray and once they are older they get submerged in a antimicrobial bath solution and then oiled and left in the sun to dry. If your shoes are not leather do not oil them. My knee braces are scrubbed with soapy warm water using a brush then layed out to dry inside by a window or heating unit if it is winter time. My shorts and shirts are washed after every ride in the wash machine (not recommended with chamois but I am lazy) as are my socks. I replace chamois every 3-6 months. I ride every day usually for around an hour or so.

    in reply to: How often do you wash your mountain bike? #216273

    I took steps when I first got my bike from the LBS to make life a little easier, I gave it a generous bath in silicone spray. It makes a big difference in what accumulates on the bike and it facilitates in removing all the dirt, mud, sand and gunk when sparaying it off at the water hose. I do spray it off after every ride. I clean it with soap, brush water and q-tips when I do the chain which is once a month. Q-tips can go where my pudgy fingers can’t.

    Great question!

    THE Gaia GPS that I use to get out on the singletrack. Lol. It changed everything for me. Oh and um, I love the suspension on the front of my hardtail but… Gaia, gets me to the places that are hidden away and untouched by the masses. I guess any GPS mapping is okay, but I like what Gaia has done for my experience on my MTB. Access to all the trails is the game changer for me. It is truly endless.

    in reply to: The Rise of the YouTube Celebrity #214267

    Truthfully, if it were not for the videos I saw on youtube from Nate and Brian I may have never got bit by the mountain bike bug. I can’t wait to see the new videos that they put out and I love my Patreon access for BKXC! After watching the videos and realizing that I was not getting in shape riding my KTM dirt bike, I got online and ordered a Trek. Since that day I have gotten in awesome shape and can now ride for over 2 hours on the forrest service roads, through the mountains here in Washington State. I loathe the TV programming that Hollywood “thinks” we want to see! It’s garbage! But Nate and Brian, Alex and others keep me focussed on activity, not a Krapdashian!! Thats it for me, I love the videos they produce because they are real, they let me see visually what is possible on a mountain bike AND, I have lost over 150 lbs since I found the videos and bought a bike. I get up every morning and search for videos, have my coffee, eat some breakfast and hit the trail. Rain or shine, I am in the woods on my mountain bike. Thanks to youtube. Oh and when my day is done, it’s back to mountain bike or dirt bike videos. It takes enormous amounts of effort to do what they do and I respect that far more than some fake reality show or a Jerry springer knock off. I rarely watch the news anymore aside from the weather. I even bought a toy hauler and a Dodge Ram 2500 to pull it so I can go ride! Keep the videos coming! It’s all good.

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