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Marzocchi Star Fork (their first one). I installed the fork, pressed down on it, and the air valve / cap ejected from the fork and hit me in the face.

Answer Manitou (the first 'post Bradbury' fork). At least this stayed on my bike but it flexed more than it went up and down. 

Flexstem - I went to bunnyhop a log, and the area behind the elastomer snapped, sending me flying over the bar.

Specialized M2 Team Ed frame. Only 500 made, made from the same stuff as bits of the Space Shuttle (with hindsight maybe not the greatest of brags....), and super strong. In around 5 months I'd cracked it behind the head tube, bent the top tube, knocked the rear triangle out of line, and all the paint fell off. 

Tioga Farm John tire. Dear God..... Proves that pros will endorse any old shit for money. That stayed on my bike for one ride.

3T alloy bar. It would ben every other ride, so I'd just remove it, turn it upside down and re-install it! I guess it deserves some credit for not snapping.....

I could probably keep typing all morning :D

I just listened to the Shatner version for the first time. It pains me to say it, but it's pretty good :D

Good to know. I hope it was a long and horrific death :D

Whoever is putting that much oil on a chain (in the photos) needs shooting! The amount of oil is way more important than what brand I'm afraid. Too much oil and it just attracts grit / dirt which prematurely wears out the drivetrain. Most of the time my chain is pretty dry, yet it stays clean and after a year it still hasn't hit .5 on the Park CC4 checker. 

The informercial above might be useful for roadies who only ride in the dry and care about moar watts, but for mountain bikers, keeping the chain clean is waaaaay more important, especially with parts shortages going on. Want to be environmentally friendly, again don't put half a bottle of lube on your chain ;)

My Ryders ones are fine for me. I didn't get fancy lenses, just normal ones that the optometrist had and they fog a bit if you stop at the top of a climb, but I just sometimes takes them off at the top, give them a quick breather and put them back on just before I 'drop in'. They have the added benefit of not looking 'enduro'.

I remembered as I think you were one of the 5 people on the planet that had one successfully delivered!

But is it better than your SICK! Bicycle?

We go slower BECAUSE we have so much grip ;) Speed isn't your friend on Squamish slabs heh heh....

Please please please lets not go back to the bad old days of endless scale shots on forum posts ;)

I run a 220mm rotor on the front of my hardtail. It was more to do with getting as much power out of my G2 RSC brakes for the steep slabs around here than anything else. It was much cheaper than replacing my brakes. In the Park, my 180mm rear rotor goes black pretty fast but the front doesn't discolour at all.

"The spiral retaining ring is used instead of a more common standard clip with an opening that's squeezed together. These are said to provide improved retention thanks to the 360 degrees of contact."

Fox had these 10+ years ago. On the same note, Fox's air bleed system and floating axles are straight out of Marzocchi forks from the turn of the millennium. Funny how old ideas keep getting re-hashed as new. Oh and yay more proprietary tools for no reason at all :D

I see Singletrackworld in the UK managed to post something (although ironically I wonder if 7Mesh checked in with Squamish Nation before using that name?):

https://singletrackworld.com/2021/10/trails-for-truth-and-reconciliation/

Meanwhile in Squamish, Pinkbike just posted the usual Remy Metailler video and 'party laps'........

I had this BITD on a DH bike (sounded like Chewbacca being given a good rogering.....). I changed rotor size (as mentioned above) and the noise went away. It was definitely a resonance issue rather than contamination. Power was good and the noise was a low vibration rather the higher pitch and loss of power from contamination.

Does anyone know when tickets will be on sale for The Dumpsters Vs Trail Slayer handbag fight?

Pinkbike Day 1: Must See! Watch some fucktard blow up volunteer built berms in order to rep some shitty pants.

Pinkbike Day 2: Watch this video which explains the 10 things that you can do to keep trail builders happy.

Pinkbike Day 3: Must See! Watch some fucktard blow up volunteer built berms in order to rep some shitty pants.

Sigh......

Props to NSMB for having more integrity and interesting / innovative content. Especially the likes of Andrew Major's musings.

Another RMB 'ambassador' logged a ride on a trail that I had closed for major work and wanted the dirt to firm up. I'd marked the trail as 'closed' on TF but of course not everyone (including me) is going to look on TF before a ride. So I piled logs along the whole of the climb into the trail and across the entrance to the actual work. Looked like him and presumably his Bros lifted their bikes over the whole logged section and still dropped into my soft trail work when they could have at least ridden around it..... These company's need to stick a bomb under their riders and start promoting responsible riding before areas get closed down.

'We' have had 26/29 mullets in the past but failed due to them being for XC applications which might as well be 29/29 for most people. But for people who like to smash drops, land whips sideways and generally hoon around, there's some logic at least in just going all out BRC. Maybe the industry is pushing the wrong trends yet again ;) 

https://www.tmz.com/photos/image_jpg_20170824_f10932d25d2d549b9502395f51b3cb6c/

I'd say geometry is the main positive change over the last few years. I'd much rather ride something like the Norco hardtail linked below over some 'Gucci' Santa Cruz from 2012 that someone will probably think is still worth $3000. You can really embrace the 'elbows out / weight low' riding position on the steep trails around here on a newer bike Vs hanging off the back of the bike like you are allergic to the front wheel. All you really need is a decent front tire and front brake and you are good to go! 

https://www.norco.com/bikes/2021/mountain/all-mountain/torrent/torrent-s2-ht/

"Travel advisory

At this time, all non-essential travel should be avoided. This includes travel into and out of B.C. and between regions of the province. "

Syncro posted this above from the Govt and I think it sums up the confusion. Everyone has their own idea of what a 'region' is! Especially 'influencer types' who have been travelling between Vedder and Pemby, Coast etc all winter without a care in the world. RideENNUF all congregated on Bowen recently which got plastered all over social media (which was deemed OK because it's in the same 'region'). If it's OK for them, it's OK for us....right? Loads of people from Vancouver travel to Squamish. Loads of people from Squamish travel to Pemberton. Everyone goes to the Sunshine Coast. And so it goes on.....

'NORBA' certainly wrecked bike geometry for a long time. My first mountain bike was in many respects garbage and in 1987 had 'outdated' geometry with long chainstays, short stem and riser bars yet I was able to ride that bike up a steep rooty climb that I could never make on any of my subsequent bikes. I guess someone decided that short stays meant good climbing, but without long top tubes, it meant having 150mm flat stems to keep the front wheel on the ground. Slow hand clap ha ha....

The local industry seems to operate inside a 'bro-bubble'. They do what people from Vancouver and the S2S think is 'cool', i.e. ripping up loamers and riding whatever new unsanctioned trail is the flavour of the day (and will be forgotten about tomorrow). When's the last time all these bro-pros filmed on Upper Oil Can, Grannies etc? They'd make great backdrops for selling pumps or whatever. It's really ironic that we have all this legendary terrain here, yet it's 'cool' to film trails that look like they could be outside Birmingham in the UK. Sick braaaah ;)

Credit to RaceFace and Wade Simmons for using sanctioned trail for their latest series.