Don't get too jealous Mike if you don't have insurance from your job you aren't seeing a PT in Canada for "free" when you get beat up riding your bike. And even with insurance there are deductibles and co-pays and such stuff here as well. Seeing a doctor is "free" and going to the ER is "free" as is any acute care that flows from that. You can get some "free" PT post-surgery depending on the procedure, but that's about it.
Of course nothing is "free" we just pay for it via taxation and Government debt.
I'm not complaining. I'll take our healthcare system over the US' any day, but it's not quite what people in the US think it is.
On the gear front up here in BC we are suffering from a fairly widespread case of overbike-itis. It's cool to be rolling on the latest carbonium SUPER-enduro rig \[ya just plain enduro is so 2019!\] with DH tires/inserts even if you ride twice a month and walk the difficult features. Kind of like you don't actually need a lifted Tacoma to access most popular BC MTB trailheads...despite what a survey of the parking lot might suggest.
There are of course folks legit pushing their gear to its limit and who need aggressive bikes/parts, but you have to screen them out of the fashionistas who are mostly riding the trends not the trails.
Dec. 22, 2021, 6:27 a.m. - Vik Banerjee
Don't get too jealous Mike if you don't have insurance from your job you aren't seeing a PT in Canada for "free" when you get beat up riding your bike. And even with insurance there are deductibles and co-pays and such stuff here as well. Seeing a doctor is "free" and going to the ER is "free" as is any acute care that flows from that. You can get some "free" PT post-surgery depending on the procedure, but that's about it. Of course nothing is "free" we just pay for it via taxation and Government debt. I'm not complaining. I'll take our healthcare system over the US' any day, but it's not quite what people in the US think it is. On the gear front up here in BC we are suffering from a fairly widespread case of overbike-itis. It's cool to be rolling on the latest carbonium SUPER-enduro rig \[ya just plain enduro is so 2019!\] with DH tires/inserts even if you ride twice a month and walk the difficult features. Kind of like you don't actually need a lifted Tacoma to access most popular BC MTB trailheads...despite what a survey of the parking lot might suggest. There are of course folks legit pushing their gear to its limit and who need aggressive bikes/parts, but you have to screen them out of the fashionistas who are mostly riding the trends not the trails.