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Originally posted by wolfe 21:
I must be getting old. My first thought was why is he bothering with a helmet and gloves if he's gonna ride in shorts and flip flops.

I've never had a proper MTB or a motorcycle, so a $9k bike is lost on me. Even at ur price , that's mote than my first two cars were worth.

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Originally posted by Prefontaine:
Hey I get it stick. I’ve been on 2 wheels my whole life. 2 previous friends were big into the E bikes. I’ve ridden all flavors of them. They both have the expensive Specialized versions now. But you have to understand different strokes for different folks. I’m in the gym every week when I’m not injured. 4 day splits, every muscle. I train hard when I’m not injured and eat like a nutritionist. All so I can slide into that suit and whack that throttle open. Bicycling is done also, for cardio, as I’m not into bashing my knees into oblivion running. So the exercise part of it has no allure. I already do that on my own.

I have National Forest trails all around my rural land and have been on them extensively. I already have a CRF450X picked out as well as an ATV and SXS. Alpinestars came out with their off-road version of their airbag earlier this year and a new version for the suit that breathes 1000X times better than the past versions and I’m buying that over the winter when my funds allow. Been waiting for both to come out for years now. Outside of work, being on 2 wheels, well a big chunk of my life revolves around it because it’s my favorite thing to do. And I’ve been doing it for decades and nothing will change. The E bikes are cool. If they were less expensive I’d be game but when I’m spending that kind of coin I’m burning gasoline. It’s in the veins. Even my rural land was purchased for gearhead/motorsports reasons at the top of the list.