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Stumpy Evo is 328mm.  Should come with 165mm cranks.

It's not the video.

Why not support your local shop?  With online you have to spend a certain amount for free shipping, sizes/casing not available.

Maxxis are great tires but super pricey. The new Michelin Wild Enduros are worth looking at.... $80 retail.

and you used to like Nevegals...

The more people I meet, the more i like my cats.

backflipping or spinning a 50 ft drop is going to score more than going down a steep cliff.  Judges did a great job imo.

manicured landings and lips are making it safer for the riders...  the whole is event was anti-climatic though.  The Helicopter pov's made everything look tame.  I would think drones would be better visually.

Easier to throw some water between the pads and knee.

instead of Live Valve or whatever it's called, Fox should have invested in their CSU's durability.

Posted by: blackfly

Posted by: LoamtoHome

Metro just cares about the watershed, and not the trails. The liability angle is hogwash as parties are covered by the BC Liabilities Act.

I wouldn't go to court on that assumption.  If you are right, then explain why ALL man made features on Neds, as aforementioned even the smallest ones, were removed.  Natural features carry no implied liability since there is no way to show negligence, incompetence of construction or design etc...One thing to remember about liability:  it assumes a REASONABLY likely risk of injury, so on popular trails, Seventh say, if a feature is ridden ad infinitum and only one person is hurt, you could reasonably argue that it is indeed an accident, not from any other factor.   Have many accidents on a hard trail that is stunt laden such a defence would not hold up.  Lastly, I don't think DWV was going to use the Liabilities Act as a pillow in 1999 when all features were axed on Cypress due to one incident, albeit serious.  Since the injured party had a father that was a lawyer.....action/reaction.  In fact, the biggest reason for the "new flow" mantra is exactly litigious.  Very little reasonable risk is involved with smooth, flow trails (Upper Dales, Expresso) although encouraging high speeds as a factor would be an interesting angle.  

I wonder how it all works with surfing?

the wood work on Neds got taken down because it was old and rotten.  Stunts are still up on Salvation, Corkscrew, Boogieman, etc.

Posted by: blackfly

Brocklanders:  the perfect place you allude to is Princess Park.  Easy parking, easy access, gentle grades (if any, really).  How do I know?  Born and raised next to it 30 years, and when I was 8 it was my introduction to riding in the woods.  It is a little groomed now relative to back then, and the power line trail was more open, but there you are.  And as you progress there are some grades/downhill/tech (in fact, in the first NSX video some of the footage is actually shot in Princess Park).  Check it out.  I hear Monica goes there sometimes to yell at dog owners taking Rover out for a walk.

Princess Park got paved....  gravel mess now.  Wander how much that cost.

Metro just cares about the watershed, and not the trails. The liability angle is hogwash as parties are covered by the BC Liabilities Act.

CBC... Janky mess since day 1.

NEDS... All down to hardpan and a total river when raining. It would need serious rerouting. 

Rumor has it that Metro wants Cambodia as a hiking only trail and shutdown of the rogue trails come spring time.

The 6 billion is only for a couple hundred miles. Trump and his followers are idiots.

RF Turbines... strong, light and not that pricey.

If the landowners don't give the riders what they want, rogue trails will happen.  Unfortunately anything new is built to IMBA standards and most of the legit trails are below....    Look to Whistler and Bellingham for on the ball organizations for working with land manager to make/legitimize the gnar.

I'm having great luck with the new Michelin Wild Enduro's.  Same ones that Sam Hill uses and are only $80 CDN retail.  Lambert just started distributing them.  Maxxis are great tires but $115 is robbery.

best hubs on the market by a long shot.

you can put shorter cranks and/or use the flip chip to increase BB height.  My Enduro (165mm) has 335mm BB height and I use 175mm cranks on the shore and don't have problems.  You learn technique and lines.