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My 10 yr old is enjoying the Deity compounds - they happened to be in the shop when we were looking for pedals so I went for them without having wah wahs etc to compare but they were a good price for kids pedals. Not sure about rebuildablenessitude though. These look like a great deal for most riders.

Great to see. I always wore Dainese when motorcycling and their products and body armour were/are rock solid and led the pack - having Rossi as a sponsored rider helped as well. I was really hoping that they would be able to apply their years of R&D to bikes instead of just paying lip service. 

(Short of going through a motorcycle store, are there any Dainese suppliers around?)

Has anyone tried the scarabeo kids/youth armor? I'm intrigued by the extendability idea.

If you want to go the whole hog and have to pull and replace bearings, I ordered a custom set of bearing pullers/presses from here : https://www.bearingprotools.com/

Granted, it's a tool for a specific frame, but if you're finding you replace your bearings more often then it amortizes after one replacement cycle compared to LBS prices - I also don't have anything else I need a bearing tool for so a custom one suits me fine.

I used to dream about those Ohlin UD forks....and Eddie Lawson's up there? Amazing.

Thanks for throwing this article up here again.

That's uncannily similar to the Backcountry Research strap I have. The additional side pockets are a good move though.

Being daKine, I can expect them to be easier to get hold of though.

Great article/writing.

I enjoy facing down the mind games brought on by woodwork - the sudden horizon before a drop that in reality isn't too crazy and you feel a little silly about balking. Then again, some others are getting the combination of guts and technique working correctly - some of the natural ones on ladies for example - and then the payoff is huge for me.

I was discussing with a friend the way to stop the plateaus and going-through-the-motions feeling brought on by constant riding and how to make it always feel like the first time. There are many ways to approach trails and riding them, but it does take a little mindfulness to figure out why and what to do about it instead of just smashing down and feeling a little unfulfilled.

I love the Santa/Judge Dredd analogy

I'd love to see the inter river get a full asphalt pump track to replace the terrible mini asphalt one that got built

I was sort of hoping you were going to min-max the helmet itself by some kind of MacGyvering

Thanks Cam for getting into this again - disinformation/obfuscation at any level of govt isn't acceptable

Everyone else? Make sure you all still get stuck into emailing the DNV council about this. Hell got raised, so to speak, over the Grannies closure, so go and register your indignation and rabble rabble rabble via the email tubes

Well I guess this is the right time to get the pitchforks out? Oh, too late..

I'm looking forwards to seeing what can be created from the North Shore Gnar playbook...mutate and survive I suppose

A friend lost a race face elbow pad - might have dropped out up at the top of Perth Drive - Is there a community lost+found around the area?

Oh it gets love, but it's subtle love.

Crippler, oilcan, bookwus should be on your list too for Fromme...there's a lot out there on the other two as well...

Same for Braemar section of Fromme - lower Expresso area is being used

Yep, ditto, that's the reply from DNV I received and the reply Cooper received. Glad you emailed, it's important.

Good to see that riders can get their pitchfork sharpening practice done, but the "substantiated rumours" on the nsmb facebook page created a bit of a storm in a teacup. 

The best thing to come from this ? It's everyone appreciating what a great and diverse trail system we have in our backyard. Grannies/Oilcan/Crippler/Digger/Boundary/Bookwus etc etc co-exist perfectly with the newer style trails. It's great to see everyone remembering what great things we have!

Thanks Cooper. 

Rabble rabble rabble!

Agreed - all of my most memorable hikes on Fromme have been old skidder roads, finding old paths buried alongside massive rock slabs and generally bushwhacking, not a manicured pathway. 

Grannies is tough ride but if you've got the skill level to appreciate it, it's great. It's also a 'heritage' trail for mtb if ever I heard of one. 

Just because it's not used often in no way means it should be reclassified. I've already asked the DNV why this is happening, but please reach out as well to add voices to the storm.

from NSMB.com facebook page

We’ve heard substantiated rumours that the District of North Van is considering making Grannies a hiking only trail. It’s one of the purest and oldest mountain bike trails left on the Shore and it’s in great shape. Get out and ride it! #savegranniestrail #digger #nsmba

Make a vocal stand and write to council@dnv.org to make your voice heard

Will you be using machine learning to process the interpolation between each 360 photo ?