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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

Careful with what you stash in those elastic side pockets, lost a multi tool out of there. Added another Velcro strap around that part so it doesn't happen again.

I now fit ; zip ties, tire plugs +poker, quick link, multi tool, patch kit, 27.5 tube in mine.

This could be easier to operate with frozen numb hands too

I stick a retracting cable ski lock in my bag sometimes, smaller and cheaper than this

3rd choice=clip in

Part of why I've switched to clips lately is my last pair of five tens wore out

Pure fan vote, then we'd end up with a popularity contest.

Also I don't think transparency would help with anything,  would only help the angry internet mobs single out who 'robbed' their favourite rider and make being a judge even less appealing. 

Do you think the judges would change their scores if they knew they were being published? The only change they would make would to be going against their judgement and score a popular rider higher to avoid scrutiny. 

And the judging panel is fair, how can you expect the most experienced (and willing) judges for an American event to not be mostly American.  Lots of American riders get 'robbed' but fairclough gets the label of most robbed this year because his run was unique (hard to compare against the others) and he's a very popular rider so lots of out cry from fans. 

I think it works pretty well considering its a near impossible event to judge.

Never heard of doing that before, have you ever changed a flat with it? Must take forever from zero psi.

Seen 2 broken hangars in the past year, not a lot but having one would save you from having to coast wherever you are.

No derailleur hangar? Mine is zip tied and taped to my seat rail, can barely even see it but nice that it's there, and I'm never going to forget it

I think these guys instructional videos are hit or miss but this one hits everything I've worked on 

https://youtu.be/mKvNk4KZXQk

For me learning to wrap the wrist around the bar you are pulling across your body was a big step and since then I've been working on the legs and hips

Hasn't snowed in Whistler wtf

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Posted by: Ddean

Do you guys get health insurance to cover crashes in the US?

travel medical from BCAA or the like is relatively cheap. for what it costs for a year it's worth it and then you can head down at the drop of a hat and not have to worry having insurance.

Can also sign up for travel insurance online in a few minutes. I've only gone riding in the US three times so I wouldn't sign up for more than I have to.

Pretty much the 2nd one, last went in October

If you're a super nerd you can get a shockwiz that shows sag, psi, all live and see if it's changing with temperature

Rockshox digital one is sweet though. Nice to see 172psi instead of somewhere between 160-180 or whatever the dial says

I put them on my DH bike near the end of bike park season, they're good, I don't crank the tension super high but the lowest setting feels like more tension than the lowest on xt pedals, not sure if the highest setting is tighter. Haven't really settled on the pin set up yet (height and whether I remove some) tried a few different ways

I thought it was the law all mtbers must drive Tacomas

I've been wearing my ixs flow knee pads under my pants at work, if you're keen to use mtb pads they work

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Posted by: shoreboy

Water bottle compatibility has zero bearing on my decision to buy a bike or not. Nice to have, but absolutely not a concern at all to me.

Me too. I don't like strapping stuff to my bike.

Tons of good bikes that fit a bottle inside the front triangle, I wouldn't get one that doesn't (except dh or jump bike)

Posted by: KenN

Dang, this kid is good. I find myself wondering where he would be if he hadn't sat out 6 games after being attacked.

Canucks have played 33 games, Elias has scored 1.19 points per game, he'd have 39.27 points and be 7th in the NHL