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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.

Posted by: craw

Posted by: MaxRockatansky

I have used Strava as a ghetto training tool for a while. To track my efforts, climbing and distance per month etc. but the app is so inaccurate (and seems to be getting more so) getting worked up on the segments (up or down) is ridiculous. 

It is so inaccurate now I also am questioning its usefulness logging rides. It obviously uses maps to calculate distances as they seem ok but the times are way off. Gaining 18km/hr average speed from one ride to the next with no stops, mechanical's  etc.

Have you tried using the ride logger in Trailforks? It records the key stuff but ties it to actual trails (trails, elevation, distance, time moving, etc).

Trailforks app doesn't work well at all for me. Crashes. super slow. Not sure why...it seems to update weekly...

I have used Strava as a ghetto training tool for a while. To track my efforts, climbing and distance per month etc. but the app is so inaccurate (and seems to be getting more so) getting worked up on the segments (up or down) is ridiculous. 

It is so inaccurate now I also am questioning its usefulness logging rides. It obviously uses maps to calculate distances as they seem ok but the times are way off. Gaining 18km/hr average speed from one ride to the next with no stops, mechanical's  etc.

Posted by: Kenny

Yeah it's wierd you hear so much conflicting info regarding the smuggler and Sentinel. I've heard people say Sentinel is very much a trail bike and gives up nothing to the smuggler on flat trails or climbing, and then I've heard people say the Sentinel is a major DH sled and the smuggler is much more usually day to day unless your day to day is alternating laps of the bike park and cypress shuttles. 

Just goes to show d

Nothing beats beats getting down to bham and doing a demo. I wish NSBS had a couple.

Depends on what your version of Enduro is I would say. It's more Pemberton Enduro than Whistler EWS if that makes sense...

It handles everything you throw at it but Whistler EWS would have been nice to have another inch travel for sure. Crazy train, hey bud etc. on any other week end, its all you need. EWS got the trails pretty shitkicked though....

I'm a year in on my sentinel now and still love it. Climbs better than my last bike (Devinci Troy) weighs a touch more but is much more capable downhill and confidence inspiring with the wheelbase / HA. The Troy at the same travel but 27.5 was plenty capable but it was obviously maxed out 

Lots of complaints on shock set up from others but if you set it up like a 140mm bike it works great. I think the issues come from people trying to get it as plush as a 150/160mm. It suffers a bit in the bike park braking bumps as a result but for an aggressive trail bike its pretty hard to fault.

It is the type of bike that you can't be lazy on though. The shortish stays keep it pretty nimble on the shore but it does mean you need to consciously keep your weight forward the first few rides as you get used to it. It rarely bucks you OTB or gets out of shape but if you get in the back seat you push the front end pretty good.

Not really though. they only have one brand / model per size for race bikes.

BMX hey....? Where do you even buy a mid-range BMX from (Vancouver area)

Any recommendations for a longer reach pumptrack / BMX track hardtail? (i'm too old for DJ's..)

My old hardtail feels way too short now that i'm riding a long AM bike.

I had the issue but while renting. In summer i used a bike travel bag to smuggle it in but it got to be a bit much effort. wheels off / loosen the stem and roll in with the bars hanging out the zipper....destroyed the bike bag pretty quick though.

I ended up putting it in my storage locker as that was behind a couple of locked doors where as the bike room was one door straight off the parking garage. I was quite covert in my loading / unloading to keep it low key with residents but to outsiders it would have looked as though i was taking it up to the apartment. Kryptonite Chained to a garbage bin full of concrete with a ulock hanging out the top.

I agree with Brock. But a touch more travel would still be better to keep you going all day...  140/150 would be perfect. Huge selection of flowy trails with perfectly sculpted berms. It's been a few years since I've been there but I felt  they really lacked the aggressive DH trails.

Transition Sentinels are well worth a look.

Not super long travel but they ride fast and eat up the steep chunky trails on the shore. I was a touch concerned with the increased reach but after a handful of good rides I don't think I could go back to a regular reach number. My last bike was short. 460mm reach. At 500 on the sentinel everything works better. In particular hammering the pedals out of the saddle. Build kit vs. price is pretty competitive too.