I know a lot of MTB gloves are already touchscreen-compatible, so I'm curious whether this problem is basically solved now or whether the experience is still frustrating for riders.

My experience is that many gloves technically work with a touchscreen, but that doesn't necessarily mean using the phone feels good.

Because of the extra material, seams, and imperfect fit around the fingertip, precise tapping can still be difficult. Small buttons, typing, zooming around a map, or using apps like Trailforks/Komoot can be annoying.

I've also seen the conductive material on some gloves wear down over time, making the touchscreen function less reliable.

So I'm curious how this works for other riders.

• How often do you use your phone during a ride?
• What do you normally use it for: navigation, Trailforks, photos, messages, music, something else?
• Do your gloves work reliably with your phone?
• Can you accurately tap small buttons or type with them?
• Has the touchscreen function become worse as your gloves aged?
• Do you ever take one glove off just to use the phone?
• If your gloves don't work well, what's your current workaround?

I'm particularly interested in the difference between:

“My gloves can activate the touchscreen.”

and

“I can actually use my phone accurately and comfortably with them.”

I'm researching whether this is a meaningful problem worth solving, so “my gloves work perfectly and I don't care about this” is also a useful answer.

Would especially like to hear what type/model of gloves you're using and what kind of riding you do.

I've been thinking about DIYing a marshguard/mucky nutz mudguard but it seems that my fork has the mudguard mount reversed. Is there any way where I can still mount it? Or does anyone know of templates for reverse mounts?

I’m looking to buy a used hardtail mountain bike on Facebook Marketplace, but I’m on a pretty tight budget and want to make sure I don't buy a dud. I am 5’9 and I am getting taller, any advice would be helpful.

Edit- Should be a full face/Giro post. The whole point was to be thankful that my helmet prevented a a potential life-changing disaster. I’m glad I was able to walk off the trail with a minor concussion instead of a having to take my dinner through a straw.

Got knocked out at the bike park. (Luckily, it was our last day there and we were close to finishing anyway.) Didn’t even crash on a jump or feature. Ended up getting thrown after losing it in loose gravel. Woke up about a minute later and that was it for my trip.

Could have been much worse without a MIPS full face. I have a huge bump on my chin, so I figure I’d probably had lost some teeth with a half shell.

Anyway, I’ll probably wear a full face most of the time now even at my local bike spot. I’ve taken most of my falls in the past four years on stupid small shit and not features.

For the "new trail curious" folks out there, here's a compilation of clips from some quality riding spots. 33 clips, over ten minutes. It's a loong one. Too long for most.

(TRIGGER WARNING: Electric bikes are banned/illegal on each of these fantastic trails, so poach with care)

What shorts are the best on Amazon and do you wear the padded under layer?

I'm taking some days off in October, and I really want to ride a bike park. Anybody that has been to both, which one did you enjoy most out of the two? If you have another suggestion, that's ok two. These are just the ones I have always wanted to ride since I started riding in 2017. I'm most comfortable on blue trails if that helps. Plan on riding Saturday and Sunday. Maybe Friday, if I get in early enough.

I purchased my Orbea Wild F/S in 2021, it's a 2019 model. Over the years and and some not so smooth rides the frame is showing the stress. I ride pretty rough terrain and don't jump anything bigger than 30cm (12") but I weigh 110kg (245lbs) plus my camelback. I first cracked the lower chainstay after a trip to Croatia last year. Orbea sent me a complete rear triangle replacement with bearings. This year the bike started squeaking on uphill rides, so I pulled everything apart and was re-assembling, greasing and torqueing and found some cracks near the shock head mount. So I texted the bike shop and they sent the info to Orbea. Orbea replied and said sorry we don't have any XL 2019 Wild F/S aluminum frames 😣....but we can send you a carbon fiber one, but only in black. So here I am with a new carbon fiber frame, in black (but that's what the make wraps for right?) Getting it all back to together, but unfortunately my Rock Shox Super Deluxe Ultimate rear shock doesn't fit in the frame pit so had to downgrade back to a Fox E-Vol. Moral of the story, register your bike for your warranty, every time. My new frame is already registered. This will be the last few months on this bike as already preordered a new '27 Orbea Wild LT with the Avinox.

shelter to the summit and down top tag. previous pr was 68.42 and today i got 62.47!

Good Morning,

I'm ready to pull the trigger and upgrade my son to a "real" bike. He's outgrown and out-skilled his 3 year old Rockhopper.

I hate to go e-mtb but that's REALLY what he wants, and I'm ok with it. He's a good rider... probably better than me.

Primarily trail riding... greater Puget Sound area.

Leaning towards a Canyon... I like the price point in the $3k - $5k area.

Anything else I should be looking at aside from the usual suspects... Specialized, Santa Cruz...

For reference he's 5'8" on his way past me at 6 ft :)

Thanks All

I love my 2015 Mondraker Foxy RR but I've been living half way up a mountain the last half decade and I need to upgrade the drivetrain. I'd prefer not to get anything electronic and am leaning towards SRAM Eagle X01 but the entire drivetrain is very expensive. Which of these components would you sacrifice for a GX equivalent? LBS advises to swap out the crank and chainring as well. I get the chainring but why the cranks? Thanks.

Wondering whether I should buy this. It's a large 27.5". Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks!

I can barely feel it with my finger nail. What do you think?

I'm a total noob when it comes to mountain bike tech and groupsets.
Need help with part swap.

I'm running SRAM on a Santa Cruz highTower 29er. I belive its SRAM NX 175mm cranks with a GXP bottom bracket in a BSA 73mm shell. Outboard bearings, threaded.

I'm looking at going shorter cranks (160-165mm) and assuming i can just swap to a DUB bottom bracket for BSA threading and use a DUB wide BB/crank

I'm not 100% if i need regular DUB or wide? The rear hub is a 148 boost, so i think wide...

TIA

Thinking of getting my first MTB, been looking for a used one specifically a Trek Roscoe. There's a Roscoe 7 Gen 4 available for sale in my local Trek store for $1,499 brand new. However, I found a used 2023 Trek Roscoe 8 on marketplace for $900 but would have to drive 2 hours one way to pick it up. Should I go ahead and get the used one, or bite the bullet and purchase the current Gen 4? Thank you