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LayinWatts69

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Welcome to the forum, sweet ride!

Cool you have the kids racing XC, it’s great to teach them suffering and overcoming mental obstacles at such a young age.

I grew up racing motocross and have gotten deep into cycling/MTB in the last 15 years, Cat 2 and scared to make the jump to Cat 1 as I’m lucky to get 5 hours a week in the saddle.

I tell my wife that our kids will be racing MTB, not moto. I don’t know that I can watch my kid destroy his body like I did mine.

Make sure you dive deep into the Gen 3 forums, you can find a lot of things to look for to get fixed before your warranty is up. I had to get a number of things straightened out when I got the truck, but it’s been bulletproof ever since! Enjoy.
 

Admin.RealTruck

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Hey all - new member here from Houston. Just got a gen 3 a few months ago and absolutely love it (other than ford build quality!). I had a gen 2 Raptor as well and happy to be back. I have 3 kids and we all ride and race cross country mountain bikes so get a ton of use out of it!
Welcome to the forum!
 

ThePaintPirate

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Hopefully you got that locked up tight or in a well secured area. Keep reading reports on Raptors being stolen in the Houston area.
 
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HeightsAg

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Welcome to the forum, sweet ride!

Cool you have the kids racing XC, it’s great to teach them suffering and overcoming mental obstacles at such a young age.

I grew up racing motocross and have gotten deep into cycling/MTB in the last 15 years, Cat 2 and scared to make the jump to Cat 1 as I’m lucky to get 5 hours a week in the saddle.

I tell my wife that our kids will be racing MTB, not moto. I don’t know that I can watch my kid destroy his body like I did mine.

Make sure you dive deep into the Gen 3 forums, you can find a lot of things to look for to get fixed before your warranty is up. I had to get a number of things straightened out when I got the truck, but it’s been bulletproof ever since! Enjoy.
Awesome! Yes, love XC racing even though I'm somewhat new to it. Just like you, have raced Cat 2 but that may be my ceiling with similar training hours - can get up to 6 or 7 in a big week, but generally 4-5 hours. Kids love it and oldest is joining NICA, which should fun! I'll look further into warranty stuff for sure.
 
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