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A pair of Race Face Agent pants. Really impressed so far and I’ve been out of some deluges.

Cool - definitely post up!

Is it a 29" or 27" setup?

Along with a Troy Lee ‘Hazmat rated’ pyjama suit?

Those Lyriks have good clearance for a 2.8” now? The super light Ass Savers fenders definitely need the arch shape for structure. 

No problem with Boosted 34 or 36, but I’d guess it doesn’t fit well in the Durolux or the boost DVO forks either (not a big deal as the Suntour and DVO comes with a fender).

I wear glasses a fair bit. Ryders clear anti-fog at night and on really dark days and a pair of their lightest adaptive anti-fog  lenses on brighter days.

In my experience glasses don’t work when it’s raining any kind of volume and when the humidity is high (I’m sweaty). If in doubt I’ll pack them up and wear them down until they’re useless but I can usually tell from the forecast if a given is good for glasses or not.

I’ve done the same with Marsh Guard and Mucky Nutz and my rigid fork (no arch) with good results. 

I’ve never seen the RRP in person so can’t comment on that one.

I used to run the regular Mucky Nutz / Marsh Guard all year round but prefer to take the longer fenders off outside of rainy season for no reason I can justify without sounding like a goof.

Gold!

This. Temporary blindness at a reasonable clip was the muse here for sure.

Gentlepeople,

The entrance to 7th Secret smells like the un-serviced port-a-pisser at a week long asparagus growers convention in August. 

In other words, its f*cking disgusting. 

Obviously there’s a need to answer nature’s calling in nature but let’s spread it out it a bit please. 

It is not hard to jump in the bushes at the 6th or ride up around the 7th and as an added benefit to a piss-smell-free trailhead you won’t flash unsuspecting fellow trail users your sweaty junk. 

Please ask your friends to urinate sociably when urinating socially.

Thanks,

Lots of service only shops open(ing).

Bicyclehub (Dave) and Wheelthing (Jeff) are both service only bike shops in North Van. There’s also Essential (Jaclyn and Jessica) which does repair and rentals but doesn’t sell bikes. There’s also Inside Line in Calgary and I know of a few other service only and service primary shops starting up in BC and Alberta.

Actually, I should include Darren at Dream Cycle on that list. He sells custom builds but it’s a service primary shop and he’s been on Commercial for more than a decade.

Here's another one: Bootleg Bikes in Kimberly BC. Jody has a great reputation as a tech (and for customer service) coming out of Winnipeg and Canmore.

Lots of service only shops open(ing).

Bicyclehub (Dave) and Wheelthing (Jeff) are both service only bike shops in North Van. There’s also Essential (Jaclyn and Jessica) which does repair and rentals but doesn’t sell bikes. There’s also Inside Line in Calgary and I know of a few other service only and service primary shops starting up in BC and Alberta.

Actually, I should include Darren at Dream Cycle on that list. He sells custom builds but it’s a service primary shop and he’s been on Commercial for more than a decade.

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That said, online (and previously mail order) bikes have been a reality forever. I’ve never worked in a shop that wasn’t happy to charge a fair price to build a bike out of a box or install a part bought elsewhere and I’ve been around a while.

It’s a problem when folks show up with incompatible parts and expect a shop to trade them, and it takes longer (and therefore costs more) than most people expect to do a pro job building (or rebuilding) a bike out of a box. There’s also a queue for service from April-ish through early September.

Aside from being realistic about those factors I can’t fathom where the issues being brought up derive from. In my experiences - and again I’ve worked for a few shops and with a lot of them - that’s good paying work anywhere people are charging money to turn wrenches on bikes.

Sherry @ Sateen. 20th & Lonsdale.

http://sateenalterations.com

Posted by: JBV

why not interested in Sram drivetrain? i have xt 11-42 plus 47 oneup on the 29er. it's excellent, but a PITA and $$ to upgrade a cassette. the small wheeler uses a Shimano xtr 10 speed shifter with 11-42 Sunrace cassette. sometimes i'd prefer more range but rarely and the xtr shifter is awesome.

On my wife’s bike we’re running a 10-Spd XTR shifter, 11-Spd XT rear derailleur (no faffing about shifting bigger cogs), and a Sunrace 11-46t 10-Spd cassette with a 28t Wolf Tooth narrow wide oval ring (64BCD w/ 104BCD Blackspire Granny God).

I opened the clutch and detuned it probably 25% which makes for much nicer shifting and still has notably more resistance than SRAM.

It shifts as well as any Eagle drivetrain I’ve ridden with the added benefits of Shadow and tuneable clutch resistance.

Posted by: FlipFantasia

Fresh warranty frame and a new XT 1x drivetrain that cost about what 1 SRAM 11/12spd cassette would be.

That's weird, there's a mount on the seat tube for something... just above the single front chainring.

Posted by: Mic

It seems I can not edit the above post. The only thing I can do is mentioning why I wanted to edit a post but unable to write.

Just a note re. Editing: the main page comments on articles can't be edited after the fact either...

...so if for example you make a sarcastic volley (say about cheese plates and porno music vs. Gary Fisher and E~Bikes) you can't take a mulligan if it misses the mark. 

I don't mind it personally. Have to really sit back and think before hitting Submit. May help with forum congeniality too?