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I'm glad it provided a bit of amusement! 😊

A year and a half later now, and I'm about to order me a new rim this week. 🤣

Yeah, I was really upset with myself until he recovered in the truck. The kid is a trooper.

They have a new model out which is probably better. Looks like it has a better zipper design. Also consider evergreen threadworks. He can custom make you a bag and the prices are responsible.

He's just fine and was back on the back after a week. He's riding a Rocky Mountain Growler Jr. I'm planning on doing a video on it soon. The geo on the bike is the closed thing I found to a scaled down adult enduro-ish bike (in a hardtail). The front suspension isn't awesome, but it does absorb bigger hits. Honestly, you don't want anything sophisticated when they're that young; you won't be able to dial in suspension for them as they are still learning, plus the rougher ride only makes them a better rider. The biggest thing I looked for was a slacker headtube angle and something long that provided stability at high speeds, which this thing has. This crash was the closed he's come to going OTB, but it still didn't happen. He basically didn't have the upper body strength to stay on the bike.

Saving for his next bike now. 24" wheels is going to blow his mind. :)

I literally have the upgrade kit on my dining room table. 😉

Yeah, some workers offered to call them out, but we were right at the bottom. The medics at the clinic were awesome.

Kids recover so quickly! His new elbow pads came in this week and he's ready to get back out. 😀

We put kids in car seats because we send them down double black highways going 75 mph. Also, kids are made of rubber. Be sure to like and subscribe!

Yeah, we'll probably do a few green runs before we hit the blues next time.😅

Ha, "this guy." My son has been riding trails with me since the age of 2, and he likes it. He wants to go back. I'm going to take him. He'll look back on his life and remember the biking, camping, fishing, and skateboarding adventures I took him on with fondness. Yeah, I call that great parenting. I'll take your words as a compliment. Cheers.

This kid rides these trails faster than most adult tourists that “clog the trails”. The trails aren’t just for fast riders!

1. There was no " Black" trail in this video, I get around 500-600 miles in at trestle every summer, and the whole time in the video they were on blue or lower trails, not that it would be a problem for them to ride a black. 2. That bottom section of long trail where he crashed has multiple lines. That rock drop has a way around it, and the dad probably just blanked on it, thats ok. Also, the kids only going to learn by riding and picking his own lines. The dad was not "setting him up" to get hurt at all, he was letting his son experience and learn the sport the way we all do, by trial and error. 3. In no way were they "clogging up" the trails. Trestle has a comp team, and bike school for riders as young as 4-5 and they ride those trails all day, and the only trails with "no stopping" designations are black and double black trails. They're allowed to go at whatever pace they are comfortable with, and as long as they are following basic trail etiquette, (which they were) they're allowed, and should be on the trails just as much as anyone else. Grow up and stop picking on a kid on the internet because he rides better than you. And to the little man himself, you were ripping out there! Keep it up, you have an awesome dad. Soon enough he'll be racing to keep up with you.

@@noahmac3247 very well said. It’s always satisfying to see when someone who actually knows or has researched correctly rebuts a Karen comment.

He is an awesome kid alright. Mom does a great job sorting and filtering all the nonsense I throw at him. 😊

Not a bad idea! Didn't think of it. I mean, I didn't think he was going to crash in the first place so there's that.

They took your bike away! That's hardcore. I got into MTBing late in life but I love it. Glad I can introduce it to my son at an early age.

The scream is a sound of horror. You have no idea if it's a small scrape or if there are broken bones. But they bounce back so quickly!

Yeah, I try teaching him "do this", "don't do that", but in the end he just has to experience it. ...It's not like he listens to me anyway. :)

@TheSaucyMTBr as a father of a 6 year old boy and a 3 year old daughter, I can 100% relate to “it’s not like he listens to me anyway”.

Yeah, he's excited to get back out there (after his new elbow pads come in). The joys of riding definitely over shadow these rare crashes.

Oh he's already excited to go back! He's got the mountain bike bug for sure.

I had him riding local trails on a strider bike when he was 2. He' s going to be out-biking me before I know it.

I was pretty upset with myself to be honest, then the told me he was having a blast and wants to go back! Maybe next month.

Don't worry, he's fine. I got his permission to post this video and he 100% approved. :)

@@TheSaucyMTBr ok thank god He’s okay 🙏❤️

It is. You just have to replace the top headset cup with the appropriate offset. The frame comes with a 0, -1, and +1 degree options.

@@TheSaucyMTBr I just got a brand new one from a shop already built up. It didn't come with an extra headset cup. If it comes with the frame, I should ask for it right?

@@JPannel I would! most definitely.

@@TheSaucyMTBr thank you!

Just plain ol Simple Green. Left it overnight then a quick wash with dish soap to get the residue off.

@@TheSaucyMTBr that works pretty well?

Worked great. After a few hours I gave the tray a little jiggle for about a minute. I suppose you could use a spray degreaser, but I wanted to get all of it off, even between the links. That grease is a dirt magnet.

Hahaha. Yeah, I can't say my wife was pleased, but she got over it.

Yes, but it’s not very well suited to one because of its kinematics. Given the nature of the bike, air suits it perfectly. If your going extra hard, get an enduro

Thelostco made a couple vids covering coil shocks on stumpy evo

This is the 1L (or medium) size. Looks like it's been replaced with a weather-proof version, which looks better all around. This one gets soaked if you rinse it off with a water hose, as does the contents. The new one looks to have a nicer zipper as well, in the sense that it doesn't wrap all the way around the unit. While nice on paper, the zipper continues to be an annoyance for me, as it gets hard to use when it gets dirty and the corners don't help. As a workaround, a quick squirt with my water bottle after my ride loosens it up immediately. In any event, the new bag looks to solve both of those issues.

It's been going strong for over a year now. I was actually looking at new rims today. I'll get around to fixing it for real eventually. :)

I have to admit, this is my favorite video. We put a lot of miles on that bike. Great times. :)

@@TheSaucyMTBr good to hear. Good job dad

I was actually saving my money to buy my kid a new bike. He's had his bike for a year now, I still run that janky rim. 😆

Hey, thanks for the kind words. The Trail Pistol was a great bike. I broke my stays and GG warrantied them with a Smash kit, which is what I'm on now and I love it. I've also tried the Gnarvana, awesome bike, but it's a bit too much travel for the Colorado front range, IMO. Canfield Bikes is selling spare GG parts, though I'm not sure how long they will have inventory. But you're right, GG bikes are inexpensive on the used market now and I plan on just buying spare frames as I need parts. Gonna keep this thing going for as long as I can! (Also, never personally tried Pivot or Ibis, but I had been eyeing down a Ripmo before I went with GG). Cheers!

Been meaning to try this! If it starts sticking because it's dirty, I just squirt it with my water bottle and it opens up. Wax would definitely help.

Ugh, you and all my friends, and even that high schooler from Pizza Hut, suck!

You know thats a complement, right?

...I never considered it like that. This changes everything. 😉 Seriously, I've been hearing that for like 15 years. Maybe there's some truth to it. 😆 Also, my comments are typically filled with sarcasm. seriously, no offense was taken.

They say mountain biking can be dangerous, but we don't listen to them do we? 😉 Honestly, at the time I repaired this rim, I was being cheap because I was saving up to buy my kid a new bike. That said, I'm still riding it and it's been almost a year. ... I might be more apprehensive if it was my front tire.

Years ago I normally rode my daughter with me on the bike and I had done a repair by re-welding the fork but it ended up breaking and it was not in the mountains but doing some errands and we both fell but I think I put my daughter at risk, fortunately Nothing happened to us, just the scare in a congested place, I had to walk at least three kilometers to get home and I understood that safety comes first, but thank to share your experience. @@TheSaucyMTBr

Literally the most uplifting comment ever. Thank you for your kind words. 🙂

Who said it was safe? 😉 it's actually held up great and I don't baby it at all.

New rim is about $100, but at the time I was saving to buy my kid a new bike. The kid now has his bike and the rim is still holding up, so why waste money? Besides, the satisfaction in spending 10+hours at 2am each night to save a buck is totally worth it. 😉

Hmmm.... Did you forget to add air to the damper? I'm assuming it's holding air in the air can...

Thanks for your help . It was the o-ring between neg. And pos. Chamber, it had the smallest nick in it.@@TheSaucyMTBr

@@rg8707 Good fine! Sounds like a tricky one to debug, given the defect in the oring was so small.

I hope that what you actually found was magical to your eyes. 😆

That is totally genius, and I will definitely try that! Thanks for the tip.