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I remember a certain person saying that they'd turn around the sign on the tree a few feet down from the trail head so people couldn't see it 10 plus years ago. Weird behavior if he didn't build it. I'm assuming they wouldn't be sad enough to mess with the current work though. Its a shame that the sign by the steep skinny mentioned went missing. Hopefully its in Digger's living room!

I just looked at that, but I can't see how what would stop side-loading on shocks. It's just aligning the rear wheel into the frame (which isn't a bad thing of course). It's doing nothing to align the frame itself.

It's a grey area but based on other areas I'd say the likes of the trails on Cheema Lands are legal in that the landowner is aware of the trails and allows people to use and maintain them (currently). I don't know who owns the other lands though. Some background to this can be given by Lee Lau on this old thread (posting under MTB Trails) below. Maybe not ideal publicizing them though at a time we are being told not to take risks, and some of those moves are waaaay more sketchy in real life than they look on a video. 

https://nsmb.com/forum/forum/the-shore-3/topic/west-vancouver-upper-lands-review-future-of-cypress-trails-merged-4743/?post=96578

It's weird because when you look at the article they come across as a great company (and I'm sure they are), but their marketing / on-line presence makes them seem 'super-bro'. A long list of athletes / ambassadors and not a single woman, and product names seemingly aimed at teenagers who might not be the ones spending well over $200 on a pair of pants. The clothing equivalent of a lifted F150 ;) In reality, everything about the company seems awesome so maybe lose the 'sausage-fest' image just a little? :D

Yes, Fork Cork was the one!

A while back a company was selling a pipe bung style......bung for the bottom of ones fork, and you could then stuff what you wanted (African Elephant, Ford F350 etc.....) inside the steerer. I'm blanking on who the company was though.

Maybe SRAM are quietly admitting that most people are terrible at keeping to scheduled service intervals and are playing a bit safe? I think Shimano should have clear bladders and reservoir caps so that riders can bleed their brakes before the fluid goes jet black and blocks the lever ;) 

I can't help think that the whole 'having less oil in the lowers to keep weight down' is a bit of an old wives / husbands / common-law partners tale. The correct amount in all RS 35mm forks is 10ml in each leg (maybe there's an exception) which weighs pretty well nothing. More likely to be a installation / QC error if that happens IMHO.

For 35mm seals, SRAM now say to use the DSG instead of Slickoleum, and around 3ml of 0-30 on top of the air spring piston. The reason being that while the DSG might not feel quite as good straight after the service, it will stay in place much better. The 0-30 will slowly migrate past the air piston which is why they only recommend 3ml. More, and if you don't keep up with scheduled lower leg services, you might end up will too much oil in the lower. This info was from a presentation at Crankworx :)

I wonder where the Bookwus picture near the steep skinny went? Probably on someone's wall!

Looks like something you'd wear when you have a broken ankle.

The full suspension bikes that I were thinking of buying aren't available until later this year or even into next year. So I have a freeride bike on order which will probably not go further than three feet off the ground ha ha..... And this thread has reminded me that I'll need to get some spares for that as well as the hardtail (which I've already bought a spare chain, derailleur, pads etc for....).

I don't think shops will be having a record year as like consumers, they will be having big issues getting product in.

No anti-seize and the BB spacer on the wrong side? Tut tut!

Not so low risk if you are following along behind someone else and sucking up their snot particles.....

Anyway, this is the sickest trail in Squamish at the moment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_JOzA18Crk&t=2s

Most of the new trails in Squamish are unsanctioned. It's just that many of the land owners don't object to trails being built. But for sure it's more 'mountain bike positive' when it comes to getting trails on Crown Land authorized. It helps that it's a M0n!ca free zone! (Is she still around?)

Germany has over twice the population of Canada and is part of a trading group that currently has 445 million people. Plus companies have huge economies of scale. It stands to reason that they can ship product faster and cheaper than Canadian set-ups.

I bought a car battery charger yesterday. I spent approx five minutes on the task. I walked into Canadian Tire. Looked at the chargers. Bought one. I could have gone on-line, spend an hour figuring out the best deal and then waited for it to arrive. I'm sure that I could have bought one for half what I paid for it. But to me, time and a simple life is more important than deals. I live in a small rented suite and have a shitty minivan. I don't buy much 'stuff' so when I do, I like to support local jobs. I think society as a whole would benefit from this outlook, but people want deals. Which results in money going out of the community, never to return....

Edit - I agree on availability of parts though. Shops can't sell product if distributors don't stock enough of it (cough Sram DUB extractor caps /cough)

"Are Canadian distributors pricing too high to be competitive or other terms too restrictive? Too small a market or too short a season?"

Yes ;) Plus we live in a society where people would prefer to give money to whatever.de, or Ali Baba or (whatever it's called) in order to save a few bucks. Since I moved to Canada I pretty well gave up on on-line ordering. It's ironically too much of a pain in the ass (shit expensive slow postage, no shipping to one's doorstep, pissing about trying to avoid extra fees etc etc....). It's amazing how convenient just walking into a store and buying something can be! And I'm talking about everything, not just bike stuff.

Thanks! Yeah it's certainly different to current paint jobs out there ha. I wasn't prepared for all the positive comments out on the trail. Maybe there needs to be a flouro revival!

Vikb, funnily enough my 'emergency' bike while waiting for my Chromag was (and still is....) a first generation Cotic BFe (I've also owned an early Soul BITD). It's amazing just how different the two bikes are. I could get the BFe down reasonable stuff but had to be soooo precise. On the flipside, it ripped on flat twisty singletrack.

^Thanks! I lusted over the Klein 'Backfire' paintjob circa 1989 and 30+ years later I have it ha ha. Welding by Mike Truelove and paint by Chris Dekerf. I'm used to riding hardtails but I'm still really surprised how well this rides downhill. There's nothing that I've ridden on my last 'enduro' type full suspension bike that I've not been able to ride on this. 3" 29er tires and F&R Cushcore help the 'plough' factor but it handles really well too.

I've given up figuring how to show photos on here, or even how to show a link, so you'll have to go 'old school' ;) 

https://nsmb.com/photos/view/20033/

If griz doesn't work out, RideHub in Squamish rent Sights. Maybe they'd do some sort of package deal where you could try both sizes? 

I'd definitely try both sizes. I was on the cusp of going XL at 6' tall and people were saying that I should have gone that way. It's huuuuuuge though and I'm glad stuck with L. Fox has better bottom out resistance compared to RS. I had RS.... Also I chose 29 but it's what everyone is riding, but I preferred the  27.5 when riding around the car park. It doesn't have the 'floppy' low speed steering that the 29 has. Anyway, great bikes but quite different feeling dependent on sizing, spec and wheel sizes so I'd take the time to figure out what works for you rather than blindly going with what other people say.