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and narrower rims if most of your flats are from sidewall cuts

You could also go much narrower rims and use a Pepi's Rokline and still be lighter than your current rims without a liner

Pepi's would give you back the sidewall support you lost for going to a narrower rim

needs a Trust linkage fork

only helmet I have wrecked (needed to replace because of a crash) was cracked at the forehead.

the other crashes I've had, have not cracked/dented/visually impacted my helmet (my nose on the other hand...;-)  )

since the vast majority of impacts are to the front rim of the helmet, why not use more foam/plastic to extend the body of the helmet visor-like above the forehead?  I've only seen this done on one type of kids helmet. 

When I buy a helmet, I always choose the one with the most foam in front of my forehead

how much chain do you need to wrap?  should  not be more than 2 links

how about an old Huret Jubilee or Campy Record using just one pulley?

"you wouldn't get a lot of use out of 'em."

^Santa Claus?

for your nietzsche quotes

try here

http://www.nietzschefamilycircus.com/

as in 3x3=9 or

Tringle 3+3=3?

for straight chainline

Shimano's front pull side swing front derailleur also shifts instantly and is pretty bomb proof

when I now look at my sarcasm meter, it's like someone slipped acid into my coffee

bottom Dreamweaver Boundary

^natural aesthetically pleasing speed bumps

Posted by: syncro

Predicition - the previous four posters will be on ebikes before I am.

just the previous four posters?

I guess you must know that I am too much of a curmudgeon to have counted earlier posters

(I will go singlespeed hardtail first)

the switchbacks on uphill trails are going to get blown out by short-cutting ebikes

Posted by: norona

Ya man, have fun, only a week, you have not even discovered the radness yet, about three weeks on it and your world will open up even more, ...

e-biking is equivalent to dumbing down technical trail features

^thanks,

I have reached my lifetime quota for memorizing acronyms, and honestly couldn't figure it out

S2oS

Shore to overnight Sensation

or

S2S

Shore to Skelu'la7 (but I don't think many know that trail)

or Shore to Squirrels

what is s2s?

Seattle to Squamish?

Posted by: grambo

... Some fit looking mid 40's dude on an S-Works Turbo Levo ($14,400CAD) comes flying up the last pitch of the climb, rides right through the middle of all the acoustic riders and immediately down the road toward Severed. Did not slow down, lift his head, make eye contact, or even say a friendly hello... No one even had time to say anything or react as the guy was moving too quickly. We all had a good laugh about this, was the guy afraid of being shit talked? Embarrassed? Feeling shame? ...

Over the past few years on Mtn Hwy, trails and bike paths, I have had the experience of e-bikers (e-tards) flying through groups of bikers, pedestrians, strollers dogs etc. with out slowing down, or even making the appearance of trying to slalom or stand in ready position for emergency braking.  I thought it was because the motor is activated to full throttle by very little pedal input, and there is a delay between stopping pedaling and slowing of the motorbike; whereas, for human powered bikes there is 100% feedback in human input to the speed of the bike

yesterday, above St. Marys was good

portions of No 1/4 and Executioner seemed easier than normal (although, slower because you have to follow the packed line precisely)

If it was white it was good

Old Buck is 80% bare and dry

Severed still has snow, but is not ice, so rideable

what ever you do, AVOID HYANNIS area, it's a skating rink (probably Fishermens too)