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That was awesome. That man's stoke for life, friendship and riding is an inspiration.

Meanwhile ... Fat kid in the back quietly raises his hand for testing duties ....

Hey IB. Thanks for the comments. I haven't had a chance to ride the Rocky Slayer yet. I'd love to have a go on one though!

It keeps going straight on that shelf till it peters out onto a skidder road. What you can't see it's quite a drop to said road off the riders right of that shelf. Transitioning to the shelf, without clipping to left side of the bar, or exiting stage stage right was ... exciting.

Check on both accounts James ... except the bottom isn't in the shot ... it keeps going! I'm not going to lie, I was wishing for some elbow coverage up there.

sospeedy; good questions. My issues with the 36 are with the FIT4 version. I think it's a good damper for most folks. For 80% of the riding I did, it was good. Just on that last 20% at full gas on rough trails I feel like the RC2 (or Lyrik Charger) damper offered a better High Speed Compression circuit. 

As for favourite long legged bike of this genre. I was smitten with the Transition Patrol, and said as much here. The Norco Range is very similar to the Patrol. So those two would be my personal picks. Honourable mentions; I had a really short ride on Cam's Yeti SB5.5 and really enjoyed the couple minutes on it. The Intense Tracer I rode at Bike Park Wales recently also impressed.

Agleck7; especially if racing Enduro I only drink from my bottle while moving. The bottle has my electrolytes and I ingest slowly on the transitions. The bottle and cage will get peppered with rocks and debris here. Throw in some meaty technical moves, and it's not uncommon to finish a trail with no bottle left in an under down tube bottle cage. 

So while it works for you (which is great), it doesn't work for a lot of other folks, hence the relentless airplay.

And a local manufacturing startup that is offering better quality product at a competitive price.

I'd heard that Shane was the result of a complicated Wayne Parsons love square.

On a more serious note, I've been bashing about and racing on the Agent wheels this summer. That included the infamous Crankzilla EWS in Whistler this year, and many days in the bike park. So far haven't so much as retensioned a spoke. My long term review will be dropping soon.

I'm not sure what rim Greg was on at Val di Sole, but there was a strip visible that looked like ENVE's stripper. 

Then again watching that short vid where he breaks his V10 in two you can hear the rims / tires taking a beating on the rocks in just that short section.

Top three get automatically volunteered for next race?

Come in guys! Brian and Maya are doing a killer job keeping this afloat. It can't happen without more helpers! If a quarter of the racers volunteered to help out with just one race, maybe we'd even see Brian race one of the Fivers.

Awesome Apres burgers Steed Cycles! Thanks! Love the new shop!

We're all scared to see Brian race!

Agreed that was an awesome race and loved the different course, even though I suck going up. Fantastic after party by Steed! Thanks!

And a round of applause to all those in the tight and bright outfits, well played.

40+ category you say….???

Yes it's called "Old Balls".

If somebody come to a friendly fiver and is so competitive as to want to run up the course, well wow….

Does anyone have a 22 tooth chain ring I can borrow so I don't get ridiculed for walking up Stage 1?

and nice work, Tim! 5th!

Yeah bud! Apparently I'm better at picking teams than riding bikes. Martin Whitley best watch out.

Woot! I can't wait. Thanks for putting these on Brian. Some of the most fun racing around!

Linky to Membership and Pre-reg no worky.

Side note: I've been training really hard all winter and putting out some pretty huge horsepower right now. So in fairness to all the other racers you'd best minimize the flat and uphill portions this year.

Its on biches. The Timmigrant Juggernaut has been selected:

Josh Bryceland
Stevie Smith
Markus Pekoll
Melvin Pons
Rachael Atherton

Worth every penny!

Hell yeah! I can't wait!

Anyone else got the itch for a Fiver race?

Itchin' real bad. I was riding the shore the other day and Dre called me out for being fat and slow on the climb up Good Sir Martin.

That's great news, and a great combination! Congrats to Alex and Suspension Werx.

Now if only I could get my hands on a 2016 350 NCR Ti!

A few years ago I went down with three friends to ride Galbraith. It was a 45 minute wait at the border. Canadian Border guard wouldn't allow us re-entry due to muddy bikes. They diverted us in to the line for the USA border. A lengthy wait there and the US border guard was unwilling to let us in to the USA with muddy bikes. After arguing that it was USA mud he let us back in to the USA. Washed the bikes in Blaine and re-entered Canada after another 45 minute wait. Moral of the story, always wash your bikes when heading back to Canada.