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Can you provide your height details etc. and maybe the reach of the bikes you have come from? Interested to hear your take and how much longer this is than your daily rig.

I am curious but not convinced on the massive reaches on some of these bikes.

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Posted by: taprider

Also  they intend to make middle/lower Dales more like Upper Dales, which makes me sad...

That would be far beyond sad, in fact, down right tragic. That section of trail is my hardtail jank-happy place.

This is very concerning. The revised upper section is by far the worst section of trail on the north shore. 

Dales should have legacy / heritage style protection to keep the way it has been since the birth of the shore - along with c-buster and severed. I can see dumbing down those types of staples on the shore will backfire in spectacular fashion.

Posted by: Bull_Dozer

The Indian River road closure is complete BS...

This. I can only presume someone that lives out at woodlands is on council.... 

I live on the suburbia end of IR rd and I will tell you what is more dangerous than a few people hiking / biking in the forest; It's the speed at which entitled woodlands residents drive through our neighbourhood....

Covid has brought out all sorts with a bike in the garage. No helmet & ebike, makes me think Seawall poser more than mountain biker.

I ran into a group of two families on K-mart bikes. 2 dads & 4 kids on 24" junk bikes walking down the mid-section of Severed on the weekend. (about where the new roll down woodwork is between the switchbacks) 

Even if they were aiming for John Deere and missed the turn they would have been in over their heads, but severed  was straight up irresponsible....

Educate me then. 

All I can see is all levels of the govt half ass-ing things and letting it drag out. Last week it's don't travel at all, then a few days later its Vancouver coastal health and Fraser are one and can travel freely.... ok so the same as before for people being sensible. 

I am not planning on going to Whistler for non essential travel, and I didn't when the hill was open, even though I had an edge card and it was ok with the Whistler community at that point.  But I could have, and still could without any issues by the last order I heard.

If it wasn't before Covid, it should be abundantly clear to everyone now that the government(s) only make decisions based on money; They chose not to do an enforced quarantine a year ago as it the cost to industry is too high. Don't go to Whistler now that the mountain is closed. Don't ride loamers but the clear cut for the development is environmentally sound.....

It is clear that we need use our own moral compass within the black and white of the law. Where there is grey expect a variety of responses.

Until they get serious about international travel and enforce a supervised quarantine, they cant expect locals to not drive across a bridge or xyz km this way or that.

Lock the f'n border down properly in November and we don't have P1 / B117. It has worked elsewhere. I'd be open to a few week stay at home order if they actually grew a set and did it properly. 

If the other provinces don't play ball. They get the same 2 week quarantine in a supervised hotel as the internationals. Otherwise we just creep along and hope the vaccines drag us out of the shitehole.

the girls at buffalo bills in whistler look young...

There sure is some self entitled, holier than thou driving behaviour coming from the end of the road I've witnessed while heading out for rides. I heard the neighborhood right as you enter the forest has started sending details of serial offenders to the RCMP.

nimby's

It is possible to choose environmentally responsible meats from local producers. Unless we are being completely lied to our meat comes from two small family owned farms (Abby and Cache creek) So can be sure that the feedlot / battery hen factory etc. is out of the equation. Also the supply chain side is about as straightforward as it gets.... A trip out to Abby twice a year... 

The moral concerns remain tho, although the life they lead seems somewhat natural at least. In particular the chooks would always be living under the threat of something eating them......

We definitely eat a lot less meat than we used to. And barely any red meat, mostly due to the price of decent quality these days.

Does it ever get easier to make vegan meals though? I have a couple that are in low rotation but the dairy / sauce substitutes seem a real pain in the ass. Taste is great so no issue there but it is substantially more of a chore than just vegetarian which we do a lot.