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Good lord Finn Isles' scrub was bananas.

Hahaha ... post of the day!

I certainly see your point Dave, but I don't think you can paint all reviewers with the same brush. I still pay for sportsing goods outside of mountain biking. I race cars as a hobby, pay full retail for parts, and understand the value of a dollar ... and it's an expensive hobby. I personally always take value for money in to consideration with my reviews, because it's very important for me. I think Andrew Major does an excellent job as well, and had a few posts on "min-maxing" \(essentially building the best riding bike for the money\) that I thought were great.

Here's hoping they offer the Z1 in 170 mm travel with a good damper and coil spring in the near future.

Thanks man, I really appreciate that!

Those other bikes with more progressive linkages, more rearward axles and stiffer rear ends don't have many of the other qualities that made the Foxy such a joy to ride. If I were looking for a 150 mm bike the Foxy would be towards the top of the list.

I think you're taking what I'm saying a little far. I'm likely on the more aggressive end of the riding spectrum and if I had any criticism it would be a personal desire for the Foxy to be more progressive, more rearward and stiffer. But that's because I spend a ton of time in the Whistler Bike Park on my trail bike. However I fully realise that this is far outside what most folks are looking for in a 150 mm travel bike. The Foxy is slightly shorter travel than I'm used to, and it's intended use is slightly less aggressive than my normal riding. The Foxy is an incredibly fun bike to ride, and very versatile. My overall message here is overwhelmingly positive. For anyone looking for a 150 mm do all mountain bike, I'd highly recommend throwing a leg over the Foxy.

I've always felt very comfortable on the 2017 XL Range and was interested to see if the Foxy felt too long. I can't say it ever felt too long for me. That said, while I'm 6' tall, I do have long arms with an ape index of +4 inches, and relatively short legs. I think that's the primary reason why I felt comfortable on the longer bikes. Regarding the type of trail I like the extra length on the slow technical features as well as the fast jumpy stuff.

Hard to know really. The scale at home just says; one at a time please.

We used to do that, but slowly merged away from it. But I'll give info here. I'm 6' tall. I've been racing bikes as a hobby for 14 years now. Raced Pro/Elite DH for years, but now only racing Enduro. Personal bike is an XL Norco Range. Riding / trail preference is steep, technical, raw, fast trails. For example I lead this ride down one of my favourite trails as part of a bigger group ride; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFjK_3i-NHQ&t=497s

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.