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My pads, helmet with liners, gloves if they get really bad after washing - get sprayed with water+white vinegar+ teatree oil then with luck, laid out for the UV rays from the sun to kill the remaining colony.

When it's carpet bombing time, put 'em all in a ziplock bag and fill with Isopropyl Alcohol. And then in the freezer. The colour of the IPA afterwards from my gloves was revolting

I always thought packing a Co2 canister would be to reseat a bead if it burped off- is this pointless ? Or are there better/less wasteful ways to do this like pop in a tube and reseat when you get home

I combined the wheel MFG press with a custom set or presses and pullers from Bearing Pro Tools. Bearing Pro use a standard threaded rod for their press, but after some unfortunate mechanical hamfistery, I found that the the larger thread pitch on the MFG press is a much smoother, more foolproof method.

Excellent, between those and the disturbing Bead Dropper I'll be ready!

What's a good set of tire levers then? I just broke the edges off of my park tool plastic ones, so I'm not 100% impressed with those

Quick report back, but unfortunately I moved several goalposts.

Cut bars by 10mm either side so the OSX fubars are down to 760mm, but also increased the stack under my 50mm stem by 55mm and then put on a 170mm crank instead of 165s, haha.

Oh and replaced the Sunrace 11-50 11spd with Sunrace 11-46 10spd but keeping a 28t. That 50 was dead weight I think.

The noticeable change - handlebars first to keep it on message - was a better feeling of tracking through corners especially on the tight sections of Kirkford without having to pin my chin to the stem.

Climbing was easier in some places as I was more upright but I'd put that down to the stack under the stem - the Front wheel a little light on steep uphills requiring a little more hanging over the bars.

As for the lever, I'm really thinking of bar-centric for ergonomics, my main thumb joints are getting old and bent and this feels like less leverage on it. From what I remember of the OEM KS Lev lever I had. PNW do one as well as do WolfTooth.

/edit -> just ordered the PNW puget lever

I've watched bumper to bumper "fuck you I don't care if you can get your bike back into your rack" parking all week. When one block back there's space for everyone everywhere. Astounding.

Check out what's going down in the South Bay :

https://easyreadernews.com/manhattan-beach-surfer-issued-1000-citation-for-violating-beach-closure-order-disrespecting-lifeguard/

https://www.theinertia.com/surf/sup-surfer-handcuffed-by-sheriffs-after-surfing-empty-malibu/

or even worse :

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rodrigo-duterte-philippines-president-coronavirus-lockdown-shoot-people-dead/

Two easy ways to figure out if what you're thinking about is ok for the population fighting covid-19...

1 : Ask your self if what you're doing is a good idea when 100 people do it as well, followed by 500 etc (William Forster Lloyd and The Tragedy of the Commons - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons)

2 : Go and watch 'Contagion' then ask yourself if any of your actions could be framed within that film as an example of "I can't believe they just did that" with the associated dramatic music and Soderbergh style camera work.

If you're still looking for outlets but are happy with a mild risk that can be mitigated with proper hygiene, then spend those risk points on your community instead. See who needs help, see what opportunities are out there to move BC past this point in time faster. Keeping it within the booze-sphere, Sons of Vancouver,Deep Cove distillers and Black Kettle are now making isopropyl alcohol (the other great IPA) but need bottles and Aloe Vera. Call your local hospital and see what they need. And tune your bike or something to keep this on point for an nsmb article.

Want to expand skill sets or just learn new things? Khan academy and Harvard online are two great examples. Comor is offering a free Altus AST-1 prerequisite course for the AST1 course.

Then I'll be cutting too - 153 with 780mm OSX fubars, low stack and 50mm hifi stem. My grips definitely sit outside of a shoulder - pushup width by about 10mm either side so let's see!

PSA I'm also one of those weirdos that's considering getting the vertical wolftooth bar-centric dropper lever too

This was the result of war-gaming pandemic simulation run in 2019. It also assumed that there was also a centralized office that could co-ordinate the response :

http://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/scenario.html

‘ That a biomedical powerhouse like the U.S. should so thoroughly fail to create a very simple diagnostic test was, quite literally, unimaginable. “I’m not aware of any simulations that I or others have run where we [considered] a failure of testing,” says Alexandra Phelan of Georgetown University, who works on legal and policy issues related to infectious diseases. ‘

Texas is already talking about letting people sacrifice themselves in order to let others live. And most of the thrust of this is to get the economy back on track not to save lives. There is a seductive idea that the 'healthy' can go back to work next week

Yeah, me too but I'm not holding my breath as the logistics are huge on just the usual operations, never mind the high capacity crowd events

There are so many variables to think about....I guess no gondola rides? 2 people per chairlift and lines would need to be spaced 2m per person and couldn't snake with out a 2m gap.

A lot of lines everywhere basically, guest services, rentals etc

Then patio dining might be open and lines to Zogs etc might work but trying to keep any crowds spaced out without any buildups could be a massive organisational nightmare - notwithstanding any legal liabilities present if someone does decide to claim against WBP for catching covid-19

I use a lightweight pair of Bliz glasses that I can change the lenses out on. I really decided it was a 'good idea' after a small piece of fast moving mud hit my eye and caused untold pain and loss of depth perception for the ride.  If it's really horrible out then I'll use goggles but I'm still on the hunt for a pair of goggles that don't pinch my nose forcing me to mouth breathe constantly.

I don't put either on for climbing as I create negligible airflow and a lot of heat rendering them useless.

Hahaha. I'm such a kook.

Maybe full robocop gear will be mandatory now

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Those pedals like they are next to go...

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Yep, they're some bog standard XT pedals that did the job in a pinch. I used to have a set of straightlines which I loved but then trying to rebuild them just pissed me off too much. I'm thinking about some Wah-wahs as the bike is a paen to Min-Maxing and the pinkbike classifieds sections haha

And everyone is going to be wearing helmets and gloves which will be more sanitary ?

Another day, another process with a DHF in the rear...the Shorty / DHF combo is working really well for for what it is.

This has been a slow burn on a 2015 frame with a lot of the final parts happening this last year. I'm on a tight budget so it's been a slow flow of bits and pieces. Some by chance and some by necessity.

A Vivid R2C and a Pike with Debonair spring were the first changes followed by Hope Pro4 Hubs with Arch front and Flow rear ( I destroyed my rear rim last year and that's what was available)

A mutant of 11 spd shimano shifter/der on a 10spd Sunrace 11-46 - much easier to live with than the 11spd sunrace 11-50 I had. I'm really interested in that Box drivetrain and would love to hear how it works out. I like the idea of a wide range with fewer cogs.

I'm evaluating an MT7 front brake I got right now for cheap which is why there's that in the front and a Code in the back. But the Magura is really working well for what I want so another one is on it's way. The first test out was on greasy Boundary and Lower Crippler a few days ago and the control I could get was phenomenal. It's such a mismatched bike right now, haha.

It's not the best climber. The front does get easily light on climbs like D'Yer Maker and Wardens and I find myself right on the end of my saddle and  getting my chin onto the stem to make some sections. Newer frames with a slightly steeper seat angle and reach combo might be a game changer but that's some ways off.

But the bike rips on the downs and never fails to leave me grinning. I couldn't help but put a Stinky Deluxe sticker on though. My first 'proper' bike and a nod to the heritage.

The other point which I think is getting lost is about ESSENTIAL travel to and within communities.

Both sides of my families are in other countries and subject to far more draconian restrictions on their travel.

Can people here honestly tell me that for the last 8 weeks thattraveling into Lynn Valley, which is at the epicentre of BC's Covid-19 pandemic, to ride a bicycle can in any way be classified as essential travel.

It's not and let's be honest with ourselves here, it's an inconvenience of not getting to do a past-time for a small window of time that doesn't even compare to the big picture, real life shit that has hit everyone here.

This is a community that has locked itself down to protect hospitals, the vulnerable and the people on the front line and they/we get to watch out of their windows shuttle rigs dump 6 riders at a time off in their streets at the height of this reckless assholism. Of course people are spitting feathers.

To turn around and start talking about things getting all NIMBY or unfair comes off as little short sighted and insensitive. It's temporary and it's also incredible that we are actually moving forwards hopefully out of this.

I live near the Fromme parking lot area and have no problem with riders/hikers/dog walkers parking on residential streets - it's a public place and I know where I live in regards to the moutnains and trailheads. Pretty much everyone has been very cool. I even had a guy walk up to apologise for his coarse language (his words, haha) when he saw my kids were outside playing.

I used to live in Los Angeles and have seen appalling behaviour as far as attitudes to street use and parking. Surfers and runners were/are massive entitled dicks. Look up the history of Manhattan Beach Sand Dune park issues - total shit show.

For some reason, this last 6 weeks have really brought the assclowns out.

I'm not sure what it is - it's not a side effect of me being inside and not riding -  but there has been an increase in shitty, inconsiderate parking, total disregard for people and residents and a LOT of shuttles in the first 4 weeks until the enormous electronic sign went up. To a degree I've not seen.

There's a lot of residents who are tired of trucks driving completely into their driveways to turn around and of course, they're going to complain to the DNV about this. And it's 98% mountain bikers not hikers or walkers so the demographics are clear unfortunately and it kills me to see this as I know where this is going to head once the dust settles.

Loads of riders clumping when everyone in the area is taking so much care to distance or stay inside. Lynn Valley was an epicenter of the covid-19 BC outbreak here and everyone here has been connected to that to a large degree; so I agree that it's NIMBYism in a form but a NIMBY attitude during covid-19 seems to be a reasonable request considering what the Province has asked everyone to do.

I agree that the signage is completely inconsistent and the messaging is not thought out but I can also tell you that the signs are going up as a result of resident complaints not an overarching policy from the DNV - they are purely reacting. The infuriating thing is that it's going to be impossible to talk to the 'bad eggs' as they either don't use the same media outlets or just don't give a crap and just want to get theirs.

An example is a minivan that blasted through the no-shuttling sign 2 weeks ago, to park up by the Fromme gate and began to unload. I went to talk to them after a resident had come down to shout 'no unloading zone' at them. It was a family who wanted to ride and didn't want their kids to have to climb up part of Mountain Highway and decided that the signs didn't apply to them. It wasn't a lifted truck full of bros thumbing their noses at the man blasting tunes and drinking redbull (to use the worst of stereotypes that is generally thrown around). But all residents saw was a minivan loaded with MTBs who decided that they could do as they wished an that's all I'm seeing in terms of 'optics'. If you see assholes doing asshole stuff, it's down to you to regulate as well and call them out.

yup, a Knolly or a GG Mega Trail or an Instinct would all pick up my components from my unrecognisable-to-it's-former-self Process153 - I'd really just have to know I was going to have to pony up for a new rear shock and redish or swap out a non-boost rear hub

DNV ziptied no-parking signs last night up Coleman Street on Mtn Hwy