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  1. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Front Range, San Gabes
    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
    Current Bike:
    YT Izzo
    The alien ship arrived over Los Angeles last night at midnight. It has been reported that other ships have arrived over large cities around the world. Beware. Stay safe. God bless you all.

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  2. Voodoo Tom

    Voodoo Tom MTB Addict

    Location:
    Castaic
    Name:
    Tom Kokkinakis
    Current Bike:
    Mango one, black one, Ti one
    Yep they are coming for us, run for your life...:eek:
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  3. Danimal

    Danimal iMTB Addict

    Location:
    Mission Viejo
    Name:
    Dan
    Current Bike:
    Epic Evo
    Running is futile....they are the praying mantis and we are the fly....
     
  4. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Front Range, San Gabes
    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
    Current Bike:
    YT Izzo
    Yes, Grasshopper
     
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  5. tick

    tick Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Orange
    Name:
    Tick
    Current Bike:
    Process 111
    Just a friendly reminder to not support your LBS, as they obviously don’t give a $@?! about the long term health of the sport. Making a quick buck until the hammer drops is all that matters. (I know they’ll say that they need the ebikes to stay profitable. But the tobacco companies say the same thing about e-cigs.) Until I find a shop that’s willing to be vocally different, it’s mail order for me, thank you.
     
  6. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Front Range, San Gabes
    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
    Current Bike:
    YT Izzo
    Shoulda said "ride for your life!" :D
     
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  7. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Front Range, San Gabes
    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
    Current Bike:
    YT Izzo
  8. MTBZen

    MTBZen Member

    Location:
    Socal and NY
    Name:
    Gary
    Current Bike:
    2017 Trek Pro-Caliber 9.6
    Not criticizing or judging...just trying to wrap my mind around thought process....the mail order companies also sell e-bikes. Are you trying to "boycott" businesses that offer/support/encourage/hawk e-bikes? At this point, isn't that just becoming industry standard with most bike companies both on the retail and manufacturing side? I could be dead wrong.....just wondering how best to "not support" e-bikes. I get not supporting a local business that you do not agree with philosophically, but aren't you in the same boat via online purchases and mail order? Somewhere they are profiting from e-bikes as well I think...Thanks!
     
  9. mtnbikej

    mtnbikej J-Zilla

    Location:
    Orange
    Name:
    J
    Current Bike:
    SC Chameleon SS, SC Hightower

    When I see LBS employees and owners riding Ebikes in our local parks and trails where they absolutely know they are not allowed/legal....yeah, I have no problem not buying from them.

    Online vendors.....the laws may not be the same where they are located.
     
  10. tick

    tick Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Orange
    Name:
    Tick
    Current Bike:
    Process 111
    What J said...

    Electric bicycles are a legitimate mode of transportation in many cases, just as gasoline powered bicycles are, and quadricycles for that matter. Buy one and ride at Santa’s Village or Mammoth if that’s your bag. Don’t ride Whiting. Especially if you’d like me to shop at your store.
     
  11. buggravy

    buggravy iMTB Addict

    Location:
    Calabasas
    Name:
    Matt
    Current Bike:
    Transition Sentinel
    Yikes. This video is from just up the street in my neighborhood. A neighbor also had a mountain lion kill a couple llamas just a few months ago as well. I don't worry about ever getting attacked, but it makes me wonder what kind of proximity I've been in when I take Rusty out for his nightly pee around 9pm.

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  12. MTBZen

    MTBZen Member

    Location:
    Socal and NY
    Name:
    Gary
    Current Bike:
    2017 Trek Pro-Caliber 9.6
    Got it...e-bikes are not the enemy...people riding them where they should not be are. Whether those folks are LBS owners or you and I.....that's where our energy should be focused. I think often times people just hear "e-bike" and think "bad guy" but as you said, they are just another mode of transportation. Human nature to take a mile when given an inch sometimes I think.....
     
  13. Faust29

    Faust29 Moderator

    Location:
    irgendwo
    Name:
    B. Bunny
    Current Bike:
    I gots some bikes.
    This bugs me to no end. And the ever present attitude that goes with it. I'm almost to the point that I wish they'd just go ahead and make them legal everywhere. With no enforcement, they may as well be...
     
  14. herzalot

    herzalot iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Laguna Beach
    Name:
    Chris
    Current Bike:
    2020 Revel Rail,Yeti SB 130 LR
    Mt biking isn't about transportation. I have no problem with e-bikes for transportation. Mt. Biking is a sport. E-mt. biking is a different sport. Dirt-biking (high-powered motorcycles) is another different sport. Despite being two-wheeled sports, they don't blend well.
     
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  15. UPSed

    UPSed iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Simi Valley
    Name:
    Ed
    Current Bike:
    Niner Jet 9 RDO
    Sorry Santa Cruz loyalists. They released a photo of their ebike this morning.

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  16. mtnbikej

    mtnbikej J-Zilla

    Location:
    Orange
    Name:
    J
    Current Bike:
    SC Chameleon SS, SC Hightower
  17. mountaingirl sara

    mountaingirl sara iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    So Cal
    Name:
    Sara
    Current Bike:
    Ibis Ripley
    Wait a minute, my aunt, Andrea(my uncle’s wife) lives out by you and owns some llamas. Do you know this neighbor?
     
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  18. buggravy

    buggravy iMTB Addict

    Location:
    Calabasas
    Name:
    Matt
    Current Bike:
    Transition Sentinel
    No, they kind of keep to themselves, so I don't know their names. I actually don't recall ever seeing a guy come or go from the house, though I'm several houses down. Do you know if she drives either a blue Ford Flex or a white Toyota Venza?
     
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  19. mountaingirl sara

    mountaingirl sara iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    So Cal
    Name:
    Sara
    Current Bike:
    Ibis Ripley
    I don’t know what she drives right now. But he doesn’t live there..my uncle is a first rate a$$, he lives in Pacific Palisades and mooches off of her healthy income while she raises the kids(tmi, sorryo_O). I think she’s on 20 acres or so
     
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  20. buggravy

    buggravy iMTB Addict

    Location:
    Calabasas
    Name:
    Matt
    Current Bike:
    Transition Sentinel
    Ahh, different folks then. No one with that kind of acreage in our hood. The fact that these neighbors have llamas is kind of oddball in and of itself. Our neighborhood is zoned light agricultural, just by virtue of ancient zoning regs that were never updated. It's pretty eclectic in a Calabasas meets Topanga kind of way, but they are definitely the only house in the neighborhood with livestock, much to the chagrin of their immediate neighbors.
     
  21. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Front Range, San Gabes
    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
    Current Bike:
    YT Izzo
    A bit a shaking going on near my area last night at around 11:41. Did you feel it?
     
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  22. UPSed

    UPSed iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Simi Valley
    Name:
    Ed
    Current Bike:
    Niner Jet 9 RDO
    No but....

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  23. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Front Range, San Gabes
    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
    Current Bike:
    YT Izzo
    Our building did a weird settling sound and then the shaking started. Scared the crap out of our bird. We had to turn the lights on to settle him down.
     
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  24. Cyclotourist

    Cyclotourist iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Redlands
    Name:
    David
    Current Bike:
    Don't fence me in!
  25. rossage

    rossage iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    East Sacramento
    Name:
    Ross Lawson
    Current Bike:
    Highball
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  26. herzalot

    herzalot iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Laguna Beach
    Name:
    Chris
    Current Bike:
    2020 Revel Rail,Yeti SB 130 LR
    Message for you sir...

    RIP Terry. "You need not have died in vain..." Timeless genius.
     
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  27. mountaingirl sara

    mountaingirl sara iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    So Cal
    Name:
    Sara
    Current Bike:
    Ibis Ripley
    Were used to having this Ladybug phenomenon every year, but this season the numbers are off the charts, there are millions of them! There were so many they were landing all over my daughter and me and even dogs!

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  28. Faust29

    Faust29 Moderator

    Location:
    irgendwo
    Name:
    B. Bunny
    Current Bike:
    I gots some bikes.
    Crazy! We're getting them in the Santa Anas also... During the Joplin trail work last week, it was raining lady bugs. Kinda creepy. :cautious: :p
     
  29. mountaingirl sara

    mountaingirl sara iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    So Cal
    Name:
    Sara
    Current Bike:
    Ibis Ripley
    That’s so cool! This may be a big year for critters and insects.
    We started to get a little creeped out too, sometimes they would bite so we hightailed it outta there:Roflmao ..once at the car we realized we had several hitchhikers!
     
  30. mtnbikej

    mtnbikej J-Zilla

    Location:
    Orange
    Name:
    J
    Current Bike:
    SC Chameleon SS, SC Hightower
    That's the problem.....they might not all be ladybugs....don't need any ticks slipping in there.
     
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