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Where are you guys buying your seals, foam rings, parts and fork oil? Seems to be hard to find parts locally (GVR) and many of the on line options won't ship SRAM to Canada. Can't find Slick Honey either.

Used to buy my Sram bits (cassettes, chains, bb) from Chain Reaction or BD. Both no longer ship Sram to Canada. Any suggestions for either on-line or Metro Vancouver shops where you can buy Sram parts at a reasonable price.

Buy this head https://www.mec.ca/en/product/5014-150/Floor-Pump-Clever-Head and turn your Beto into a pretty decent pump.  Best $10 you will spend on bike tools.

$80

…Where?

Anyone know of a Specialized dealer in lower mainland who has one of these on a demo program? I'm looking for my first new bike in a long time. I want something that does a decent job on the climbs and puts a smile on my face on the descents. I mostly ride Seymour [HTML_REMOVED] Fromme with a few days in the park each year. I've read good things about this platform but I really would like to do a proper ride on one before I put my money down.

Thanks!

Tru-View Optical on Hastings in Burnaby. See Elaine. Not a fancy place but they have all the brand names at much lower prices than I have found elsewhere. I can usually get two sets of designer frames and lenses for ~$400.

I've seen people doing this and looks fun… is there a place to rent tubes/inflatable boats or do you have to buy your own? Do you take a bus out to Green Lake first or just walk?

We just buy the cheap Explorer boats. Lock a cheap bike at the rec centre then drive vehicle with boats to Rainbow Park. Inflate, float down then draw straws for who rides the bike back to pick up the vehicle while the others deflate the boats.

You can also rent canoes through some of the local companies … not worth it and not as much fun as floating down.

Float down the River of Golden Dreams from Alta lake to Green lake.

You can't drive right to the lake but it's a pretty short hike in depending on how far you can make it up the logging road. It's been a while since I have been up there and I can't remember if there are any good places to camp off the road.

+1 for Tricouni. Really nice up there and pretty easy access.