All Things Bikes and Tacos! (...and every vehicle imaginable)

Ya'll rock. I think we're sticking to gooseberry/wire mesa for a couple of days

 

yeah. what @Gunshot-6A said. love the wire mesa trail. definitely one of my go to's.

 

New rock shox has a bolt on fender too. I'm surprised Fox isn't suing them over that too!

 

yey, I’m a new owner of an old bike. Paid $550 for the 2012 Specialized camber comp.

First FS bike. Has full LO front and back which was a must for me.

Have swapped the brakes left to right (I’m English and drive on the other side), adjusted the saddle, brakes and bars. In the process of airing the suspension and getting ready to have some fun

 

Teaching my little guy at the local bike park how to drop into the pump track bowl.

 

Congrats! We bought a Transit 2 years ago and we are using it for all overnight or longer trips with the bikes. Just got back from a month in the PNW and Canada (Okanagan and Rockies). The Tacoma is relegated to local stuff or rougher trails with buddies; my wife doesn’t care for that stuff much and would rather do technical trails on two wheels and have a shower (outdoor) after the ride and sleep in a steel tent. Our kids are grown. 28K miles on our Transit in 24 months, 129 nights, 15 states and 2 provinces. Zero issues. A heck of a lot more power than my 3rd gen. Four more gears and two turbo’s make a difference.

 

Man, you made out like a bandit on a good pair of bikes. Looks like you do a bit of caravaning as well.

 

Doing it right!!!

 

The business end of our Transit. In the age-old tradition of a messy garage full of toys.

 

Can you share your floor plan? Currently have a dinette in the rear and it's dumb. I need ideas how to convert to the garage bed but still have interior seating

 

I don’t actually have any drawings but here’s some more pictures and video.
https://levityvans.com/pretzel-gallery/
Strictly a two seater with swivel seats that we use for hanging out, dining, and a bit of work, and optimized for two bikes. However I have shuttled on forest roads with 3 people and 3 bikes, with the third person sitting on the little bench above the toilet, no seat belt. 148” AWD high roof, non extended, 3.5 EcoBoost and VanCompass 2” lift with 245/70-16 Cooper AT3’s. FYI it was 99.9% not DIY and I highly recommend the builder whose site is linked above. The layout was mostly ours to meet our bike storage and interior goals but heavily based on examples of the shops work that we saw.

 

I’m super stoked, the bike fits me really well apart from the previous owner cut the seat post short and I need an extra inch for myself and an extra few for safety (depth) so I need to pick one up… and so the accessory buying begins

Yeah, we’ve been in this tin can since TG last year trying to find our next home, currently in Bend OR and loving it, staying for a while… maybe forever!

 

Lol, just realised what you said mate

 

Checkout the storyteller layout for interior seating with room for a garage. It's a little tight on hangout space, but you could seat and sleep four and have a garage.

 

Is that referring to Storyteller Overland? I think I want to get a van, but we have one kid now so need room to seat and sleep two adults and two kids potentially. I would very much like a garage that can hold bikes even if it's potentially partly lost for additional sleeping when needed.

 

Yes, Storyteller Overland. We rented one and it would fit all those requirements, thought it's quite expensive. We went with Axis Vehicle Outfitters for ours. We had to give up the bike garage and stick with a rack, but I think it's a much better layout for a family of four.

 

Looks like new Ibis is coming out swinging with a whole new e-bike: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/first-look-2023-ibis-oso-not-an-electric-ripmo.html

It reminds me of the Marin Wolf Ridge...not sure if that's a good thing haha

 

thats what i thought when i saw it too. even matt jones has only done 1 video on the wolf ridge, must have been forced since hes sponsored. he did more videos on their gravel bikes.


for those looking for a van and feeling lucky, you could always try an omaze raffle. im 6 van raffles dry.... maybe this next one will be my lucky one
https://www.omaze.com/products/sprinter-van-8

 

Yeah..I saw it. It's got wolf ridge + orange vibes to it. It's almost hard to tell if they even have a dw-link in there. but it says they got it. lol.

 

According to pinkbike it does have DW Link. It's super hard to tell because the upper link is probably an inch long haha.