I set up bait bikes around town, the cops know it i let them know what model color & where, so that way they don't send the city workers to remove them, the bait bikes are set up with elastic cables in the frame just like a pop tent, once the bike is stolen & the thief starts ridding it with in a few minutes it falls apart & the thief get a mouth full of road asphalt. 😂. It seems to be working because the police have told me that there are less bike theft reports since i started doing this.

Schilling is the man!

In 07 the Riding the Spine crew posted a youtube vid with them riding in canyon. Federal Marshals posing as reporters busted them at the 24 hrs of the Old Pueblo. At that point only 3 people had done the portage so there wasn't a lot of info out there I am not sure how they came up with the idea of adding the Grand Canyon Challenge as they described it. As they were on the Divide route in NM already the canyon and the Colorado river were not in their way, they had to cross the river at Lee's Ferry and then recross it in the canyon. So they went out of the way, riding bikes with extra cycle attachments for all of the gear for months on the road. As I recall maybe only one guy rode inside the canyon and also only one of the three had to make two trips to get everything up. Being one of the first 3 I was a bit pissed that these guys might be risking future access for all riders. Luckily the NPS did not see fit to change policy.

Loved how you're not scared to cover the "sensitive" topics! Nice to meet you in the Canyon, keep up the good work!

Does the stalker mode work with off brand air tags ? Basically tags that aren’t by Apple

Can it support up to 256 GB?

Another thing that seems to get glossed over is the work and dedication that is taken to put on the AZTR every year. Thank you, John Schilling. I know you don’t get paid for any of the headaches for the GD and the ITTs that happen throughout the year. The trails are updated, the wilderness bypasses change. There are fires, flooding and other impacts to the planned route that have to be scouted, verified and updated. Simply stating that the Arizona Trail is a public trail and no one person has the right to impose on another overlooks and obscures the depth of efforts to put on the AZTR. If you don’t like the rules don’t sign up for it. ITT included. Once you sign in and reg for trackleaders under the AZTR banner you must honor the rules.

As always a great conversation. Thanks for all that you do!

If someone stole my $13,000 and I know where it is, I’m getting it back with or without a warrant.

Just because a security device isn’t perfect doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use it. AirTags complement other security measures.

Why is that such a deal breaker? So what if the law knows where I am. They know where I live anyway. 8:10

I bought a generic brand and it has no speaker

I removed the speaker in 2 minutes. Any 14 year can easily do it.

what is he talking about?????

Great chat. I'll repeat my sentiments that some miles of the EscapeLA route are as tough as any route out there!!! But I too really love the contrast of solitude for hours, and then a midnight stroll through urban sprawl. Add me to the list of those with Rockshox issues... Brand new Sid Ultimate w/ Race Day Damper took a crap somewhere between my AirBnB and Waterton Canyon on the way to the start of CTR. Knowing Jefe had some wrenching experience, I even asked him for any ideas to solve a free spinning damper lockout. Turns out the internal valve shaft sheared off, and Rockshox warrantied it and upgraded it to the new Raceday 2 damper, but that didn't help with riding the entire CTR with about 80mm of mushy-firm travel...

Size fit reccomendation: never look at the top tube length and reach length without looking at seat tube angle. ST Angle determines the reach. Steeper the angle, longer the reach. That said, modern MTB and Gravel bikes usually have steeper ST angles which leads to reach figures...

Can you put music on it from a computer off itunes.

One wrap velcro 🥰👍🏻

I had SRAM Transmission on a few bikes and on my gravel bike I have the XPLR, but I went back to Shimano XTR this month because I miss the mech feel. Also, I had a lot of issues with my batteries dying, also a few times on trail the entire system failed and said I needed to connect to the internet to update but I was in Moab with no signal.

WHAT ARE AIRTAGS OMG ALL YOU FUCKING SHITTASS KZbinRS GET THE FUCK OUT OF RECOMMENDED ;

Don’t tell me what I’ll regret.

The story about mountain lion in selfie in Canyon was my wife. And interestingly, my wife and I passed the Rothwells while they were hiking up the North Rim with bikes on their bikes.

When I got my bike 2nd hand I notice that even tho it had a heavy duty U-Lock there could be another deterrent for opportunist thieves on foot, the seat was easily removed and it not easy to ride a bike without a seat. 😂 Although, it is possible. Just a possibility for a certain situation I could be in.

I put an AirTag on my bike so that when I fly with it I have peace of mind that the airline hasn’t lost it.

That canyon grizl looks aggressive to be a bikepacking rig or is it just me?

Thanks! Excellent interview.

Talked with them at kentucky camp. So glad they made it.

Amazing. That's all I can say.

Thanks!

Just buy the knog bike alarm with 85db alarm and apple find my support, price around 50,- can ve mounted underneath your bidon.

For problem 1: Cut the speaker wire For problem 2: get some muscular friends for some "search and seizure"

I’m not aware of the same stalker laws here in Norway. Afaik we’re totally allowed to track our property and retrieve it. But it’s best left to law enforcement to take care of that, for safety

if you're doing a quicky grocery stop... just get a super lightweight zip lock/combo. works great for grab and go.

Another interesting great podcast

Why Airtags don't work as anti-theft device? Because mmurica. All the thief needs to do is to have an iPhone with them. It will alert them about an unknown airtag following them, so they will simply spend a few minutes looking for it, throw it away and. leave with your bike. As simple as that.

I beat the shit out of a Merlin XLM in the 90’s and never had any frame failures. A friend had a Lightspeed and no failures either. Both our bikes were American made. Guess ti quality has gone down.😢

Last year I noticed a couple of guys hanging around outside the front of our house looking at their iPhones. They were clearly looking for something and I asked them what they were up to. They said that they’d had some bikes stolen from their business and an AirTag was saying they were within 20 metres of the AirTag. The police turned up about two minutes later and they narrowed it down to my neighbour’s shed. Turned out he had five stolen bikes in there. I don’t know what they did differently to you, but it definitely worked, at least on this occasion in the UK.

thanks god we don‘t have the 4th amendment here. The same amendment that does not protect LEGAL immigrant for being searched by the ICE police even though they should be entitled to that very same protection. But the bottom line here is simple: ad against apple and pro tiles.

its easy to ask coders online to figure out how to put an airtag into antitheft mode like with these tiles. Tiles don't wok well, for there are 1 in am entire 1 million apple airtag and iphone users who would have the tiles app downloaded on their iphones or androids, and only that TILES app would connect to tiles-tags ones. so tiles is out of the game right from the bat. but apple airtags will connect to all and any iphone existing on the planet. again asking coders to overwrite the apple air-tag firmware with a little fix in it, is 100% legal. this way a thief would not make the tag beep, nor the apple air tag would show up as an "unknown tag nearby". another option is to check out air-tags sold in other countries where the laws might be the opposite.... the EU often has different laws than the USA, and APPLE has to follow them to be allowed to sell them in the EU...and so on with other countries. it will take some research...but i bet you anything there are countries that fit such criterias you wish for.... then just buy these apple airtags in that foreign country via amazon of that country, and have it shipped to your USA location...and if needed via Drop-shipping companies, if amazon spain, just as an example, will not ship to the USA.... use drop shipping companies

Real starte right at 3:51 , before that empty content talk to stretch the video ....

I get the point of stalker mode….but what if you are tracking a child that has been kidnapped? Dumb idea Apple!!!!

apple is stupid to let people know that i have an airtag on my bike. screw apple. I am not worried about a stalker. A stalker will just use another brand. Stupid to make everyone that wants to use a tracker suffer for a minority

Jeez get to the point

What about samsung's trackers?

Use a decent lock, the lockpicking lawyer has some good recommendations.

I also have a 2023 Epic Evo and been debating whether to get a new epic 8 or epic 8 evo, there pros and cons to that. However, because I love my bike I decided to start purchasing pretty much same stuff you have. Have you thought about the new epic 8 or epic 8 evo?

Another option, if you’re alone: ask someone to watch your bike for 5 minutes. Chances are ultra low that they’ll run off with your bike.

Just get a D lock holster

By far the simplest anti-theft strategy is to simply bring your bike into the store with you. I do it all the time, and it's never a problem.