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No worries. (Not that I can really speak for the rest of Australia, but I'm pretty sure our views are pretty aligned after the recent election result.)

I wouldn't be surprised if the Dharco pants were rubbish in the rain. Ironically it's drilled into most Aussie MTB riders not to ride in the rain, as it destroys tracks. (Cue Sam Hill interview post Champery 2007: “You never ride in the rain?!”

"Nah, my bike gets muddy!”.)

I'm not sure if it's still the case, but locally Dharco have a reputation for making good gear that runs a size smaller then Fox's gear.

You wouldn't believe the fucking rain we've had in Sydney for the last 2 years... Or maybe you would coming from BC. 

It's been a La Nina for the last two years running which means we haven't had a stretch of sun longer than 3 days in God know how long. 

And when it rains it really freaking rains. We're talking over 100mm in a day. Literally having to empty out empty flower pots multiple times in one morning. 

We have friends from Sweden, London and yes even Vancouver who have seen nothing like it. Even the beaches are taking a pummeling from all the extra erosion and the non-stop storm water runoff.

I almost can't wait for the next decade long drought to begin.

Shock and fork choice can have a huge impact on how a bike 'feels'. I've got a Banshee Rune V2 (late model) and an alloy Canfield Balance. Originally the Banshee Rune had a fox 36 and Float X2, the Balance had DVO Diamond and a T3. 

I found Rune too stiff and the Balance a bit of a marshmallow. Swapping the fork and shock between the 2 bikes transformed them. The bikes still ride very differently, but now the shortcomings have been covered up, and I can enjoy their strengths without any niggling concerns.

There is a long and inglorious list of people who get paid a lot of money to do far less worthwhile jobs then dentists. This includes but is not limited to:

-Real estate agents;

-Lobbyists;

-Marketers;

-Most of the finance industry;

-Record company execs etc etc etc etc.

In other words there are much easier ways to make filthy lucre then slogging through a decade or more of study to make sure people can chew their own food in old age.

I get the same gurgling sound on my Cura 4s when really hauling to a stop. It's a by-product of running aggressive sintered pads. BTW the Cura 4s are monster brakes with sintered pads.

If you're looking for a quieter pad that is also very effective the Uberbike Racematrix pads are very very good. Better than most sintered compounds I've used and the Trickstuff Power+ pads. The trade-off is higher wear, but they do better than most organic compounds.

Meh. My 4 year old Pole Evolink has similar numbers but cost me 1/3 of the price. Has similar weight even with tyre inserts. 

I just bought a customized Nicolai G1 frame for $2,000AUD less as well. These are what I would consider modern classics, and forever bikes. 

The current pricing for SC, Pivot, Specialized, and Yeti can eat a bag of dicks.

PSA: if you're a gumby like me who often stacks, mount the computer on your top tube. It means that your top cap will crack your sternum instead of your computer. This in turn saves the computer. 

I'm not sure if Wahoo offers the option, but Garmin offers to use the glonass and Galileo as well as the traditional GPS systems. Turning all this on uses more battery but it is more accurate.

Oh I know, I know, I know! Yeti on MTBR.

Compare that group to the Transition, Turner or Banshee groups. This will tell you all you need to know about which brands to buy. Dave Turner please come back from cyclo-cross.

Yeah that looks like it. You might need a slicer program to check the distance between the screw holes and the OD of the screw holes.

From memory the Magura and Hope adapter's are interchangeable with the Formulas. One of those might work better for you. I also remember seeing an adapter on Thingiverse. If you can find it, there should be some places that 3d print sintered metal that you could get to do it for you.