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As someone who has another decade on you and only gets to ride intermittently at best, I have to say that I am still enjoying this sport as much as I did when I first started "back in the day". Thank you for a wonderful look at the place in life many of us are inhabiting.

Keep rolling.

The Britek promo was all in a mostly straight line, riding on mostly level terrain. Nothing at speed, no significant corners, nothing to stress their system.

I will need to see more varied terrain before being convinced.

Ski shops. Beer was always the preferred inducement when I was working in a local ski shop.

There needs to be a means of differentiating between the truth and the shots at irony in the article. For those not familiar with the process of buying a bike at their LBS, what is the problem with visiting a bike shop on a sunny Saturday in May. Everyone else is there. Must be a good time to shop.

This is an issue in any seasonal sport. Trying buying a pair of skis when the local mountains have had a huge early season dump and the mountains are opening TODAY...

Personally I am all for it. At 193 cm tall I have rarely found a bike that comes close to being long enough. An old Ritchey had a 170 mm stem which was just about right for that frame. And I felt comfortably balanced on it. My current HT has a 70mm stem on it and it could stand to be another cm or two longer IMO. I am chomping at the bit to demo the beast. It sounds perfect for me.

Any analogue gauge prefers to be used in the centre of its range. That is where it is most accurate.

That being said, as long as you are not working at the edge of its range the accuracy will be very good. Particularly for this application.

I live in downtown Vancouver and despise driving over the bridges unless absolutely necessary. So I often ride the Seabus across and catch the #228 from Lonsdale Quay. That leaves me facing the daunting climb up Mountain Highway (which honestly looks worse than it is).

Alternatively I can also catch the #210 from town. This option get me further up Mountain Highway but leaves me sitting in a vehicle on a bridge again. A situation I despise. 

Or finally, I can just ride the whole thing. This is the longest option in terms of time. It is also the most satisfying. I am exhausted by the end of the ride. Starving. And looking for an energy drink with the code IPA emblazoned somewhere on the label.

I tend to use an auto only when I head out of town. Driving in town gives me an appreciation for how road rage starts.

While not the usual MTB helmet, I have used a Nutcase helmet for winter riding for years. As the temperature drops into single digits I appreciate the lack of ventilation. My only complaint is the lack of a visor as at times the rain or trail detritus comes over the top of my riding glasses.

Once I need to replace the Nutcase, I will gladly look at a helmet like the Kali Viva.

Dickies. And check out squidbikes.com. They take Dickies and add a chamois. Shorts are near indestructible. And long. Love my Dickies.

If the sizing that RF puts on their charts is accurate, these will be too short for pants and too long for knickers. The chart says the XL has a 83cm inseam and my legs are 92cm. Mind you this is nothing new. I am accustomed to clothing being aimed at the XL wearing crowd as being short and more rotund. I will continue to search for something with a more appropriate inseam length.

<div>Brooks Cambium. Based on the old B-17. Most comfortable for my butt for all day riding of any sort that I have used recently.
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<div>I had a Cinelli saddle back in the day. It was the best I had found, but then the rails collapsed under my 100kg one day riding down the road. I have not seen them in the local shops, but the GF is going to Italy in the autumn and I might have her pick one up while she is there. I loved that saddle</div>