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Well that gives me my shot of adrenaline for the day. Sweet!

There are options much cheaper than carbon. Dipheads Unite!

Yup! Mtn biking allows you to see the future. If you don't see yourself riding off the log cleanly, give it a pass.

It's taken me far too many crashes to learn that it's not what you can ride, it's when you can ride it.

Cold fingers? Plasti Dip on the brake levers works like a charm. Better grip too!

Avoiding nailing into live trees is recommended by most trail standards. It's bad for the health of the tree, bad for safety and bad for the image of our sport.

It's a live tree with a split crown. Not the healthiest tree, but this opens it up to infections. Plus after it falls there's the hazard to anyone taking a chainsaw to it.

I don't want to take away from Jodie and his riding anything regardless of how ridiculously short the ramp out is!

Spiking rungs directly into a live tree. (Rewriting my overly sharp first response) I sure wish he hadn't done that.

Flexible stanchion shields? Those were for slackers. Real men had rigid plastic stanchion shields 'cause we crashed... a lot!

Mountain biking is expensive? I thought one of the benefits of keeners seeking the latest and greatest technology was a health secondhand market.

I always encourage new riders to start with a secondhand bike to see if they really like the sport or not. Waiting for Sharon to upgrade = WIN!!!

Nice to see the shots of Ned's at 1:45.

There's no snow on trails below the 4th switchback!

Thanks for letting us know. It's good to have options!

I should add the usual disclaimers that the UMP is both unsanctioned and unfinished, so ride at your own risk. There will be times when there's active construction on it. Please respect the workers and heavy equipment. Hitting an excavator can ruin your whole day.

Watch for hazard tree removal and road maintenance on Fern Trail impacting This impacts Sex Girl, S.O.B. and Trunk Monkey.

Proceed with extreme caution as there may be temporary trail disruptions due to falling and grubbing until mid February.

I think the only thing you're allowed to do with that land is to pay taxes for it!

Large turnout in Whistler today. Very moving.

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Posted by: AlanB

Can anyone explain why there's a 5% threshold to get a seat and how they came up with that number?

Probably so that the "Hitler Party of BC" doesn't actually get an elected seat.

Agreed, but they never admit that's the reason.

With Faith Goldy getting 3.4% in her run for Toronto's mayor, I don't think 5% is high enough. Look how easy it was for Rick Mercer to get 3%!!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CdXjUCX6ONw

Can anyone explain why there's a 5% threshold to get a seat and how they came up with that number?

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Offer is a ~3.2% interest rate...so seems attractive since I can make more than that with mutual funds.

Remember, that's SIMPLE interest. Your investments will give compound interest. The longer you defer, the better deal you get!

Taxes should be tied to ability to pay, which Horgan's cash grabs aren't. I'd rather pay my fair share every year, but until the asset taxes are gone I'm willing to defer and wait for the government to change.

Trunk Monkey is temporarily closed due to work for the Upper Mountain Path. It will be reopened once the downed trees are removed. ETA a couple of weeks.

I always thought we should make trail names a little classier, maybe name them after UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Let's start with Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump.