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Thanks, buddy. More to come!

What does that even mean?

Yes. This is the firmware for higher speeds that came out a few weeks back. I’m finding that it works even better for this application with Direction Track instead of Follow, too.

Thank you, my friend! More to come. I’m working on learning Spanish better, but I’m still not very conversational. Haha. Appreciate the subscription.

Interesting. I think I saw a review where they compared the two, but I researched this and bought this quite some time ago. At least a few months and my memory is foggy. The bump on it makes it look like it might work better than the tire monkey, but man, the tire monkey just works. I was pretty impressed with this little $10 tool.

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This video was clincher for me, did bit more research then and found out was on market way before tire monkey, looks like were ‘inspired’ by this tool 😂

Boy, that guy’s experience was not mine at all. I got the tire off in seconds, put the CushCore on the rim and then got the tire back on solid within a couple minutes and that was my first use of it.

Thanks, bud. Appreciate the encouragement.

Interesting. I mean, South Mountain, Piestewa etc etc. are all preserves and you can ride there at night. Kind of a head scratcher. So, you call this department with city of Scottsdale and talk to Ruth Johnson. 480-312-4444 She’ll ask you some questions and send you an application. You fill that out and email it back with pics of your bike. You can send a pic of a disability placard or a doctor’s note, but they legally can’t actually ask you for any of that and have to trust you. I sent video of a news story about my transplant.

Oh, and I used to run the timber bell at all times. You drown it out, but it’s kind of nice without it. I got some of those cheapo Rock Brothers bells, (and have a few others lying around), now instead.

@@ButlerDoesIt76 awesome thank you for the info . I'm not sure why it's different from other locations. My best guess is maybe they have endangered species. I used to run a bear bell and I couldn't turn it off as easy. However I was thanked many times for having it. That alone was worth it. I just turn it on if I have a corner or peak coming and am concerned about blasting into someone.

@jaydub308 yeah. The always on bear bell would be rough and not many bears here. I like the sound of the timber bell. But yeah, I can sing this going into blind corners and stuff.

Pretty hardcore.

@@ButlerDoesIt76 Yep, he is indeed. He's so hard he uses his legs to propel the bike to get around, instead of his thumb

Haha!

@ButlerDoesIt76 happy thanksgiving bud. Thanks for the vid

Same to you!

Yeah! It’s wild, man. Coming down black diamonds like that. I would never ride without a helmet and risk TBI and I smash my toes into rocks all the time and need that protection, so I’m not sure how he’s doing this unscathed. I literally fell and smashed my helmet and broke my ribs on one of the trails he was on this summer. But it’s up to him, in the long run. Pretty impressive.

@@ButlerDoesIt76 My theory on this: Since he has no protection he pays a lot more attention to his riding and line choice. I will bet pennies-to-dollars that he is not going full-till down the line. I can tell you that the more protection I use the more reckless and more chances I take. I like going fast so I wear lots of protection just in case. When I only wear my helmet and no pads, I slow down a lot since I do not want to go OTB.

@INABCinema yeah. He was going at a decent clip, but I didn’t see him riding downhill. He was definitely older, too. I’m knee pads and helmet at all times. I’m old and my knees are destroyed enough. Haha.

@@ButlerDoesIt76 Yeah, my knees, my shoulders, and one elbow is also destroyed from 40+ years of riding. That's why I wear a full face helmet, full pads and just got myself a full chest/back/shoulder protector. I just can't slow down. LOL

@INABCinema I feel you. I’ve got a back protector in my hydration bag and I’ve had to switch to eMTB because I’ve had a liver transplant and can’t get up the hill like I used to.

So fun. Can’t wait to do it again. Maybe Bean Peaks around Xmas.

Thanks! I don’t take much stock in trolls. It was just more to laugh about how fast it happened, as my channel has only been around like a month or two and then the people at this park not being kind correlated well with it. I’m not worried about them.

Mine does and it’s the only way I’ve been able to mountain bike since my liver transplant.

Oh yeah! I find it amusing. This was in an urban park and people are not nearly as kind in those areas as outlying trail systems. Rode Hawes today and everyone waved, nodded or said hello.

It’s called “trail etiquette”. Common courtesy on a trail is to check on people and say hello or even “thanks” when people stop and let you through.

They could hear me.

Hahaha. Well, there will be plenty of more trolls. I was just surprised that it happened with like 60 subscribers, but anything political is polarizing now, even though I mentioned nothing extreme or even many real view points, beyond being on the left. Yeah, the GLP-1 drugs have really helped me. Diuretics just weren’t doing the job, but they think that the GLP-1 put them into hyperspeed. It’s nice to know that these videos appeal to more than just mountain bikers. I wasn’t really sure if that would be the case, even though I’m doing something different and kind of telling stories while I ride. I’m still trying to find my footing with getting some talking head videos together.

@ Keep doing what you’re doing & other ideas will come up as you continue, guaranteed!!! I am one of the chosen people, ACCEPT MY WORDS BUTLERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

For sure. Most places here, people will at least respond, if not say hello first, but it seems to be an epidemic at South Mountain.

Harm reduction is the name of the game. Unfortunately, most Americans don’t believe in that.

It’s definitely chilly. I just did a day ride in 63 degrees and my nips are hard. Not sure what Bachman-Turner Overdrive has to do with it.

You rule. Keep up the good work.

Hahaha. I figured out whose tag this was real quick. I still have the Mesa Boogie I bought!

I felt it was important to say my piece. I’m going to promote it this morning. I keep forgetting to tell you I mentioned you near the end of my last video, too. Haha.

Damn. We probably got 50. Maybe more. Seems this neighborhood is fairly busy.

Thanks, brother! I needed a creative outlet and being in a band full time is slightly out of my reach right now.

Thanks, bud!! Much appreciated. I’m glad they crossed, too! It was one of the most formative times in my life.

Thanks! It was a ton of fun. I miss it, too.

Love you, El.

I love me some EL AND Butler!

@tomyount8142 Mmmmmmmm

@@ButlerDoesIt76luh yew back gurrrl

A ton of great stuff out there all built by mountain bikers. Worth the drive!

@@ButlerDoesIt76 I'll check out. Want to go on a week day (when there's less people). I'm more of a blue/green guy.

@jaydub308 there is a great blue/green loop that I do often. Start at the Wild Horse parking lot. Take Wild Horse to Scorpion to Bush Lite back to the car. Also, the Twisted Sister/Big Sister loop is really fun. Big Sister is a dedicated Blue downhill trail and can be accessed from the Wild Horse lot, as well.

@@ButlerDoesIt76 you're awesome thank you!

@jaydub308 my pleasure!

Hopefully, I can get better at it at some point. At was pretty hard for me right now.

@@ButlerDoesIt76it is a black rated trail so it's not beginner. But it's indeed one of the funnest! Top section is a bit techy but bottom section is more flowy.

@MTBWIKO for sure. I’ve been riding off and on for 35ish years, but I’m recovering from a liver transplant that set me back a LOT and I’m trying to get back to where I was and get better at the same time. Takes a lot of practice for me right now.

@@ButlerDoesIt76 glad to see you're out riding. I just started about 6 months ago and I love it. Just working on being better and faster. Getting used to different terrain.

@MTBWIKO that’s awesome. Especially if you’re already doing black diamonds on a hardtail. I’ve mostly ridden hardtails, but grew up very XC oriented. Trying to take advantage of all the travel on these big e-bikes I’m relegated to, though.

Yeti 160e

Ewwwww

What’s wrong with that? Let me guess, anti-ebiker. Well, if you looked at my channel at all, I’m a recent liver transplant patient. I’ve been riding 35 plus years and had to switch after my transplant, due to my uphill cardio disappearing and being disabled.

​@@ButlerDoesIt76 Don't even waist your time man. Glad an e-bike allows you to still take part in the sport we all love!

I’m sure I’ll get the e-bike haters, but I had to sell my titanium and steel hardtails to get up the hill again. I just want to get up that hill.

Oh no! I’m assuming you didn’t get bit, which is very lucky. Usually the main cause of getting bit is stepping on them. This place is filled with snakes all summer. It popped up and hit my foot with its head. I don’t believe it was a rattler, though.

Amen!

Thanks! I’ll get some more sections up of this trail eventually and hopefully it won’t be 117 much longer.