@kurtisblo

Same thing here, I found an old DVD player power cord that just needed a small modification on the fitting with a razor blade on the female plug that connects into the charger - been working great for a few months.

@Haydenator

I use a fullface mountain bike helmet, motocycle knee/shin guards, elbox/forearm guards, wrist guards, and a shoulder pad on my lead shoulder.

The system has work tremendously. I've had a couple of big wrecks, and got right up every time with only a little road rash on my hips. I've thought about hip pads, just haven't pulled the trigger on them.

Here's what I wear:

Getting ready for my first tire change, and I've been noticing an almost perfect layer of tiny green dots of condensation all over the tire after a night on the stand with charger. The tire has 900+ miles on it. I don't seem to be losing pressure, so thought this odd - maybe I'm wearing-out the tire to perfection?

Anyone else experience this?

@Swinefeaster

How many miles did you put on the Vega before switching?

How is your Hoosier T2 going uphill on loose(ish) gravelly trails, damp/wet grass, over rocky/rooty bumps, or over wet leaves on pavement?

I've been happy overall with my Vega, but getting unwanted slippage offroad - not sure if it's my riding ability, or the tire. I'm ~6', 185lbs, coming-up on 1000 miles over 18 months of riding.

My riding conditions are about 50/50 road/trail, 5 months per year, usually damp/wet/cold weather - late fall thru early spring are usually wet and icy, so sort of a no go for me on anything during those seasons.

Was thinking about the following:

Burris 6″ Treaded (11 x 6.0-6)
Hoosier 6.5″ Treaded (11 x 6.5-6)
FlightFins Hoosier Terrain 2 (11 x 6.0-6)

https://shreddlabs.com/2019/07/17/tires/

I've only ridden the stock Vega to this point. I wasn't particularly looking for anything more squirrelly/carvy/narrower, but am willing to try. I just don't want to go with something too different, hating it, then being stuck with it for 1000 miles.

Thoughts?

@ddrake5

What kind of safety gear were you wearing when you were injured?

@samir

My came with ~5lbs of air, but I live in a rural area and bought it from a low volume skate shop. From looking-up the serial number, it looks like I bought it 6 months after the date of manufacture.

I Slimed it, used a valve stem tool to make sure the stem was snug, then filled it up, and only needed to top it off after its Winter hibernation in Spring - haven't had any trouble otherwise.

@JojoMototo

I had footpad sensor issues causing the unlisted '15 Blink' error code, and I traced it to my Flight Fenders putting pressure on the front footpad sensor by compression of the grip tape and plastic sensor sheet beneath.

Unlike the other recommendations, I DID trim with a razor knife both the tape and the clear plastic sheet underneath using the installed Flight Fenders as a guide - then removing the fenders, lifting the tape & plastic, then reinstalling the fenders.

This did solve my problem . . . not that I'm recommending it, just saying this approach worked for me.

@Glyph

Perfect solution, thank you!

@Glyph

Oh, shit, I thought those were NAILS - that you went all MadMax!

lol.

God my eyes are so bad now, zips are a great idea, thank you for solving a huge problem!

:o)