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very nice. post a youtube link if you make one!! i’ll be doing something similar this fall i think!

i didn’t need a puller to pull mine. you didn’t screw anything up with regards to that.

got word from my landcruiser shop that my 1hdt is reinstalled from a rebuild and running well,h55 also rebuilt and shifting quietly and smoothly!!🎉🎊🎉🎊 he just has some clean up and a few more shake down runs to do to make sure everything is...

i’m canadian so that’s km/hr. there’s no chance i could do that miles per hour speed!! i’m a 45 year old slightly over weight out of shape male on a gravel bike. i’m not near touching pro status at all!! but thanks for temporarily propping me...

felt like going for it tonight. conditions were perfect to try. previous pb on this ride was 48.03. i feel like throwing up right now 🤮

one fun one of while i was replacing the cassette good place to rest the wheel while i prepped the chain 🤣

they are awesome. i really like them. they are really tuneable and i can tell the difference most on the low speed compression/ rebound. very smooth! even more so than the fox on my wife’s bike

my chain is quite worn and here’s the cassette. missing teeth and pretty beat up. it got me through the summer but now its time to replace. i got an xx1 for the price of xo so went with some bling!!

thankfully no but when i did take it off to put the spare on my bumper i had to cut it off with a grinder. if i had needed it i would have been screwed!!

Is this one of those "don't ask how i know" scenarios? Cuz i feel your pain.

We’re (sort of!) right in your backyard and stock many non-US 3F specific parts, AND we work on them in-house regularly so we know the difference, what’s the same, what fits, etc Happy to help you get what you need and provide tech support for...

Cruiser Outfitters is another great vendor and they are on the forums. There are also some overseas parts houses - Partsouq, Amayana and others which offer OEM parts at usually a pretty good discount compared to US dealers. They have lots of...

i swap winter to summer every year so they get rotated frequently so i have all the same size. i also have a bumper with a tire carrier. if you’re running the spare under the truck then exercising the drop mechanism with each rotation might be a...

Nice, I had planned a dip into the Canadian Rockies for a week this summer and ran short on time. Can’t wait to get up and check it out.

OK, for reference I’ve been good using an 80watt panel on my 80-series and a 200watt panel on my trailer with proper charge controllers all sourced from Renogy. The trailers charge controller his hard wired on the main electronics board. With my...

sorry that might have been confusing. i mean im not totally new to solar as ive used it as an off grid power source along with a generator for power as the cabin/batteries would freeze until we’d warm it up for a weeks use mid winder...

in my short researching i saw the renogy panels. have you liked it (other than not being as big as you’d like?). i have a lot of leaning to do about what ill want as a power set up. i understand the basics of solar from a permanent set up ive had...

It sounds like your experience with the fridge is an outlier. I know this doesn't help, but I've had mine living in my truck full time powered for just over a year and it's been flawless. As to your power solution, I've been very happy with my...

picked up the national luna 90 on route for a three week road trip. it worked awesome for 9 days then the compressor died. that made me sad as i had to go back to using ice to keep things cool. touched base with the distributor and after him...

Rode 15.5 miles today. Rode one of my normal loops, but tacked on a couple old trails, too. A couple I probably hadn’t been on since 2019. A good, hard ride, all in. Tired legs from the ride and yesterday’s spin. Worth it!

just got back from a road trip through the canadian rockies. i got to do some excellent trials and got to do some fishing too rode some trails in bragg creek (which i posted earlier) and then some on revelstoke BC and one ride on rock creek BC...

back to the mountains to ride some more. we started off in the alberta badlands at a family reunion. my brother in law wanted to warm up by climbing some of the badlands hills. my 16 year old has become a very strong climber so my wife placed a...

Nah that was me bleeding the brakes without a tube attached before I put the tube on, Sprayed brake clean on after.

you’ve got something leaking on your tires. i’d be more worried about a brake leak than a bad shock. or was it the shock oil on the tire?

better get your destination right if you’re going to enjoy your trip!! 🤣