Here’s a very low miles (9k) earthcruiser fx for half off the $600k price: https://expeditionportal.com/2021-earthcruiser-fx-featured-classified/

The seller info is sad. Couple invests a big...

Thx. I’m mostly interested in how the old 3.7 compares to the new 3.5 pfdi, since I believe the pfdi has a torque curve that kicks in at a lower rpm.

Current transit has the 3.2 turbo diesel...

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/apr/27/jeremy-clarkson-interview-global-warming-fury-farming

The class action lawsuit will presumably involve testimony from Ford that the contract with the converter (who installed the leaking ceiling fans, tested & installed the upsized wheels etc) included...

Tauler jack >> hilift. https://brennans-garage.com/products/tauler-jack-kit

byates, your Tranny have the 3.5 PFDI engine? How’s it do on 8,000 + ft passes?

The Transit Trail recall ‘fix’ is downright amusing: https://www.thedrive.com/news/fords-transit-trail-recall-fix-for-tire-rub-is-just-installing-smaller-ones. Lawsuits incoming?

Realizing my...

Per my post, the earth cruiser you’re thinking of climbed up to $600k.

But yes, very different than the near useless earthroamer.

Unless you don’t have a garage (and the car spends most of its time in the sun), this physical chemist sees no issue with ignoring the so called expiration date (which has zero testing behind it). ...

Earthcruiser calls it quits. https://expeditionportal.com/earthcruiser-usa-shuts-down-after-16-years-in-overlanding-industry/

Let’s pour one out for the impending demise of the $500k overlander...

https://uk.motor1.com/news/715871/im-l6-ev-solid-state-battery-sale/

Not truly solid state but still…

Just learned Fezzari rebranded as Ari. For their entire existence, every time a site (eg pinkbike) posted a review, the comments would avalanche with ‘name sounds cheap, like a fake Ferrari’...

I thought putting out heat was the function of a heater.

Rescue in Coke chute: https://fb.watch/rE_AEFYxS3/

Meter man, I was getting updates on instagram last year on the caltransd9 instagram account

Bwahaha

Every night you can simulate being locked in a container being shipped across the Pacific.



Their understanding of Off Grid Use is different than mine

$4300 USD for the frame w/ shock is not cheap at all. GG was affordable.

Gotta decide whether I respond with ‘nice troll’ or ‘username checks out’

Condolences.

definitely not the only one. the theme of the dedicated Ridge thread was that most found the instep volume quite low.

It’s been a while since I tried on the original Skorpius, maybe the ridge...

Definitely remember his death. I’d recently moved from Seattle to San Diego. It was a tough move to make, the PNW seemed like the center of the cultural universe and I somehow had fallen in to the...

The nominal width at the ball of foot area (and base of metatarsals) didn’t feel particularly wide; it was the width at the tips of your toes (phalanx I think?) that felt much more squared off (ie...

Good chance the Kona brand will live on once the industry pendulum swings yet again. Whether or not the new owners will ‘get’ the brand is a different question.

I agree with the mtb journalist...

Whoa, all buttons are back! As y’all know, I’m iOS/Safari/tgr white.

Can’t post images directly still…hope they get that fixed.

Yes. Did you read the rest of the thread?

I’ve skied a reasonable number of touring skis in the 90-105 category & generally agree with this summary: https://www.outdoorgearlab.com/topics/snow-sports/best-backcountry-skis

The camox...

Well shit…we had a week of the quote and pic / video buttons appearing in the reply box (with no ability to post unhosted pics of course) BUT as of today literally all buttons are gone except Font...

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5tJIPWiJFh/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

It amuses me that so many lack any concept of physics.

This ^.

Tried on a pair of Ridges this week. Pretty impressed. 28.5 felt like the right fit (that’s the size I take in damn near every brand) although with an unmolded stock liner the pressure on my instep...

Something I wish Dostie had included in his informative review video is a discussion of what bindings he tried & what activity level(s).

My TX comps always felt soft to me (my resort boots are...

Continuing the spirit of this thread…since I am considering a 160ish frame to go with a 170 fork.

Trying to be open minded about a high pivot (Claymore maybe). For a lot of the same reasons...

Posting a Doug Demuro vid is a violation of TRG Guidelines. Surprised the advanced forum software didn’t remove it immediately. It’s worse than child pr0n.

Not ready for prime time: robo taxis in SF

https://www.curbed.com/article/waymo-cruise-driverless-cars-robotaxi-san-francisco.html

https://news.yahoo.com/us-end-gun-show-loophole-152908621.html

Re: the Reddit option…I posted an article recently about the impending enshittification when Reddit’s IPO forces more direct monetization of forums.

I can imagine that police strategy working in the 90s. Now with aftermarket bulbs, lifted trucks etc there’s so many high brightness drivers I can’t imagine cops pulling ‘em all over. :shrug:

False binaries are the recourse of smooth brained pundits. The point that keeps getting made in this thread is sanctions as a strategy impact Putin’s military and political strength in ways that...

Shit sucks. Sorry GL you had to deal with that.

Really? Where is this paradise you speak of?

I haven’t found a boot directly comparable to my Skorp IIs. I’m not sure why mfgers hadn’t taken the basic recipe of the F1 years ago and made it stiffer—in nearly all respects my skorpius is...

^ thx came here to post exactly that.

Cheap vodka?

xyz, did you read the article? The point of the article was that “they have adjusted and their economy seems to be doing quite well overall” is a short sighted take in this war of attrition.
...

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/us-sanctions-hamper-russian-efforts-repair-refineries-sources-say-2024-04-04/

It’s pretty simplistic to think that Russia is magically unaffected by...

Thx for the review.

I liked the way the Lynx skied but never bought a pair & got on the ‘ok here’s the latest fix from 22D, THIS time we’ve nailed it’ train.

Btw I pointed out several months ago that I couldn’t log in using the log in button on the main forum page. My workaround for months has been to pretend to reply to a post, which gives me a log in...

Ok first the good news: the full row of action buttons (quotation, pics, video embed etc) now appears. And typing this now it’s using the normal font again. No weird symbols instead of apostrophes. ...

Agree, and that was covered in the article IMO.

Interesting observations in there about ketamine at high doses.

That sucks.

KQ, I agree with OG’s perspective.

What in the actual fuck.

Side note—belongs in that POS Human Beings thread.