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Wonder if there's a way to do a hidden pump. Topeak does one that hides in a (non dropper) seat post. But then again anything that tiny would be probably be a terrible pump.

Pants are high on my list too, heard good things about the race face agent, and the fox options look good too, they're all expensive though :(

Honestly the showers pass waterproof socks would make a good gift. I put off getting waterproof socks forever thinking spending that much on socks is silly but they're the only 'wet feet' solution I've used that works, and will probably last longer than my shoes.

There's a full 24 minute episode on red bull tv and it (and the whole series) is really good!

I was using one daily at work, similar black diamond model, and just found it a pain dealing with batteries over time and switched last winter and will never go back. Frequent use, USB is the way to go for me!

USB rechargeable head lamps can be had for similar or less than that one, much more convenient if you use it a lot

Ha, my favourite part is both of them together  cost less what 1 bike in this article would cost

I'm sure everyone's frothing over my cheap,  stock, black, Toyota matrix and my cheap (ok- mid range aluminum),  stock, black trek remedy

My package didn't work for me, Lululemon athletic does though

My new move for winter has been wearing a pack, which these days seems like the least cool thing to do. But when I pull out a puffy, spare gloves, toque, lights, etc... Makes me glad I'm not going minimalist like in summer!

Then all the friends that would rather freeze or wear too much then have nowhere to put things because they wouldn't be caught wearing a pack are jealous lol

Edit, also doubling up with nitrile or latex gloves from your first aid kit or whatever is a good way to beef up your gloves in a pinch, I've been putting them on the outside of regular bike gloves in downpours, lose a little grip but dry hands are nice, seen people putting them as the first layer too but haven't tried myself

I got hooked on mtbing on a crap huffy full suspension bike that barely worked, rode it way harder than it was ever intended and wrecked myself a couple times in the process. 

Then I got a 2003 Norco sasquatch (from Russ hays same as a couple others) for my 13th birthday I think? Last bike parents got me and I rode that thing a ton until I bought a second hand specialized sx trail off someone on here in like 2009.

Posted by: thaaad

I remember back when I used to skateboard a lot, and I mean a fucking TON, I would practice the same trick for hours, like I'm talking try the exact same trick on the exact same rail at the exact same speed in the exact same way for 2-3+ hours trying to get it perfect.

Funny how I never do that with my bike. Occasionally I'll session a cool jump or drop 2-3 times in a row but that's what, 15 minutes max?

I wonder what kind of progress you could make if you hiked up the same 30 second section of 3-4 berms or jumps for 20 minutes straight and focused only on foot position, then another 20 on hand position, then another 20 on fore / aft weight distribution, then 20 on high / low weight distribution, and on and on...

Yeah when I was a kid I was pretty much just riding a couple of jump spots over and over, and not trail riding like I (and probably most of us) do now, I think it plays a part especially people that get into mtb as adults and only go for normal trail rides without much time 'playing around'. 

I now work the summers coaching at WBP,  love doing cornering drills hiking the same few flatish corners for an hour, tweaking technique and sometimes do it with a race timing kit where we try to get a 20 second section down to 16 seconds or whatever, then going straight to the trails feels awesome.

Posted by: Bull_Dozer

Aside from season ticket holders...are you guys, or people you know skiing Whistler this year with these insane prices? Who the heck can justify $189+tax for a lift ticket... especially when the conditions are mediocre and the lines are huge. Even if you are fortunate enough to have the $$, is the experience you get really good enough to justify the expense? For a family of 4 to drive up for the day, buy lift tickets and get a bit of food you are probably looking at $1,200 all-in, which is insane.

Is it just all the "Epic Pass" holders from the States consistently coming up here for vacations? Doesn't make sense to me...

If I ask the people around me on the lifts where they're from only a tiny fraction are Canadian, I barely ever ski weekends though but midweek all us/uk/Australia/Mexico

Posted by: Sethimus

1 free day every 10 days? sounds like modern slavery

I read that as 1 extra day off every ten, ie long weekend every other weekend

I've skied soul 7 for a couple seasons, sir Francis bacon for a day, and qst 99 (not 106) for a couple seasons, those would all work well for what you described. Qst 99 has been a nice '1 ski quiver' for me (although I have more skis) I've just been using them as a default ski to grab for majority of days on the hill. Light easy to ski, I find them good for tight tricky spots, does struggle when going faster/charging stuff than a bigger ski but that doesn't sound like a priority to you. I'm about to head up with them right now actually.

What's the next place I should tick off my list?

I've ridden;

Up and down the sea to sky (north shore to chilcotins) 

Sumas (not anywhere else in 'the valley' though) 

Basically every spot on the island and lower sunshine coast

Penticton, Rossland, Revelstoke, 

Silverstar and Sun Peaks

Little bit in Edmonton Hinton and Jasper

Bellingham, 

Sandy ridge and Raven's ridge in mOregon. 

Moab and hurricane/Virgin in Utah

Austria (just one day at a bike park though) 

Ecuador (which was rad) 

What should I do next? Think there's still tons of BC I need to see. Being a whistler bum means October/November is the best time for a bigger trip though

Thought parasite was good, surprised it got best picture as a somewhat obscure foreign film. Watched Whiplash the other day also thought it was good. Have been trying to knock off classics I haven't seen over the last few years, latest was citizen Kane.

Yeah heard something similar, 'best new thing since dropper posts'...

Never really interested in inserts as flat protection as the amount of flats I get is negligible, but I like the sounds of improving tire feel, ill get it for the new bike in the spring!

Posted by: ackshunW

Thanks everyone for the responses, I’ve got some research to do on Fitz trail, Sprockids Park, and Roberts Creek. 

I know it’s kind of a BC mecca, but I didn’t imagine hitting whistler, I’m not much of a downhiller. That said LOTS and top of the world look like exactly my thing. 

Thanks again,

Eric

Might not be a downhiller but whistler bike park is pretty great and has a big range of trails (all the footage you see is basically from like 3 jump trails out of 70 trails). And fitz Trail isn't anything special just a flat path through the woods along a river by the village but I figure early rider is some kind of run bike?

To get a mix of all that maybe a combo of Vancouver, whistler, Victoria, Tofino.

If you wanted to not travel around so much just whistler and maybe a day or two in Vancouver.

Whistler definitely the #1 choice though, good for non riders because there's lots going on and don't need to drive to most things, so not dealing with who gets the car to go do whatever. There's 5 year olds ripping up the fitz trail and flow park by the village all the time. Tons of rental shops, medium difficulty trails outside of the bike park are a little lacking, lost lake trails and a couple others enough for a ride or two for sure though. The bike park has some good laps to check out for 'medium' difficulty too. Also easy to get to whistler.