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Back to bike news, I wanna give a huge shoutout to JensonUSA. Called them Tuesday after OnTrac royally botched a package delivery last Sunday, and about 10 mins later, a replacement order was in the system and shipped this morning no charge to me. 2 tires and a seat clamp aren't exactly cheap either.

 

Can’t believe I’m still riding dirt in Minnesota in mid-December.

 

They probably have some level of contract and were able to take it up with them. Or they say "Anything less than $200, just do it" or something like that. Cool beans!




With my new bike:
- Need to replace some bolts. They're New England, sitting around, might have a bit of rust on them. So, I need to either pull them and clean them, OR replace them.
- Need tires. That was one of the big gripes on the reviews of that bike was the tires were junk compared to everything else on there
- Will do tubeless when I get the new tires on there. Probably just going to keep everything stock, though. Don't like the silver spokes but oh well.
- Need a dropper post
- MIGHT get a new brake lever. Brakes are okay, but has a two finger brake lever.

 

For sure, It was very clearly an OnTrac issue so it was pretty black and white. But to just cut a replacement before having to wait for an investigation to pan out and find nothing is nice. Surely they have some customer retention reship policy, but as someone who for a time was out $180, it was a big win.

 

what kind of brakes? broke a lever on my sram codes earlier this year. ended up getting a new lever assembly to replace it. i still have the old assembly and a new lever, but am missing some bearings for it. spent a week looking around online, but couldnt find the specific part i needed. so there are parts lying around now.

 

Shimano (good) M355 (meh)

Sorry, correction: Most of the "negative" to any reviewers were: tires, and brakes. Otherwise, for the price, awesome. With those, for the price, still good but could be better.

 

ayyy Minnesota and a Norco! Whereabouts in MN? I'm in Saint Louis Park right now, haven't been taking advantage of 'winter' riding yet.

 

Weird, I am also in SLP. This was taken at Theo.

 

Alright, so got most of this covered now.
How big of a backpack are you riding with though?

 

He’s been having issues posting, but I know on our trip he wore a hip pack. Obviously we were in a group though

 

Small world.. I'm in SLP off 394/169 and just picked up a Norco Optic. Usually ride theo in the mornings when it was nice out, haven't been back in a month or two. I miss it!

 

For sure! you ever drive on Minnetonka Blvd? I've seen a QS long bed that road multiple times. Might have had a tailgate pad too. I'm by 100/minnetonka blvd

 

Not too often. We'll have to rip around some trails sometime! So many fun trails around the metro.

 

Also decided to try the padded undies out. Ordered these using the "company christmas gift"

$41 Ally Mens MTB Mountain Bike Shorts 4D Padded Baggy Bicycle Cycling Biking Bike Shorts Lightweight Loose-fit (Green, Large)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08736SRCN/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Absolutely. I ride a lot of theo, battle creek, and sometimes elm

 

Same here with Utah. Gotten a lot more limited in the last week, but until then it was an odd experience.

 

I bought these same shorts. I really like the shorts but the gooch pad is a little too much for me. The pad that came in my fox shorts is just about perfect.

 

can you share an example of the fox pads?

 

Fox Racing mens Mountain Biking TECBASE LINER SHORT, Black, Medium US

https://www.amazon.com/Fox-Racing-T...ld=1&keywords=fox+liner&qid=1608232237&sr=8-5

This looks like the newer version of what I have. The liner is made mostly of a mesh material and the pad itself is foam and not gel.

 

I see, those should be nice for the moola. That's why I went with those shorts was cost and with extra removable pad.
I was going to just go with cheap padded undies, but decided to try biking without walmart russel specials for a change.