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Here's a local source for bearings. 

https://reciprocators.ca

I agree completely and it certainly wasn't my intention. I was just a little sloppy with the removal. I may be able to make it serviceable again and I'll do my best to make that happen, particularly considering the shortage that exists currently.

Happy to pull it apart and see what I can find but my understanding was they were using proprietary bearings. We now know this is a common size rather than something unusual however. I'll see what I can dig up.

It seems unanimous. I’d love to ride with those three rippers!

It'll be worth the effort. The one I've ridden a few times is apparently doomed, and I'm gutted about it. And the skiing comparison is a good one; it's like a good powder day every day.

I still have a copy and I tried to watch it a few years ago. It wasn’t much better than the copies you can find online. I had one still bubble wrapped copy of RTTH that I eventually gave to an industry friend who has a huge collection of movies in both formats. it sat on a shelf with a similarly sealed copy of the Penthouse magazine that printed photos of Anna Kournikova - that were actually photos of some other woman. I bought the magazine because PH sent a writer up to do a story on the North Shore that we were involved in and it happened to be in that issue which was eventually taken off shelves. I’ll start the bidding at $100...

That’s a valid point for sure but there’s a middle ground as well.

I've been using Motorex silicone recently, as well as their bike shine product which has quite different ingredients, and both are great.

A little known magazine hack is to subscribe with a US address, preferably someone you know, and then change the address to your CDN abode after a few issues arrive at the US address. They just keep on coming.

Time zones...

Insurance for a kid as primary driver is fucking absurd.

LOL. Nothing too dramatic POZ but a couple of scrapes for sure. We might have hit a stone wall with me riding shotgun. Luckily the sidewalk wasn't littered with babies and we didn't hit too hard. 

Thanks Andy. Mike is a friend of a friend so I'll get in touch with him. A good start.

Just bolted a 170 mm Fox 36 to the front of the Honzo ESD for the final chapter of the test. Looking forward to trying it but I wish more of my buddies rode hard tails. That would make it more fun, and less punishing trying to keep up. It’s pretty rewarding when I do though.

Does anybody know a keen mountain biker who owns or works at an auto body shop and is interested in contra? I currently have a lot of great stuff to trade, and a daughter who is learning to drive!

I cut grooves in a couple of regular valves and they worked just fine. But if you buy a set of Cushcore valves are included.

If you look at how easy trials motos are on trails the answer may be no Mark. Improved grip means less sliding as well.

Had my second ride on these yesterday and I’ve been blown away. I think there is a lot more going on than the Tannus PR indicates. It seems the insert acts like suspension and when there is an impact to the tire it increases pressure so air that is within the insert stays put until it is slowly released by the 4 slits. It acts a little like Procore st first and it allows outrageously low pressures to provide ample support.

I’ll have to check but I think I was under 14 psi front and rear on a top to bottom that included TNT and Cambodia yesterday. Sidewall support and grip are ridiculous. And this was with DHR2s with exo casings.

All this for 160 grams. I was on Rimpacts before this and they are very good aside from the sidewall support, but they don’t come close to the new Tannus.

I'm late to this thread but this may not have been mentioned. Tips from pro rider etc. about how to deal with a slump. 

https://nsmb.com/articles/15-tips-dump-slump/

I just did a rebuild with Jeff at Bikeroom on a set of XTR 9100 hubs and before I publish my article I wanted to hear some opinions from the big brains in here. And the small ones actually. 

Do cup and cone hubs scare you? Do you love cartridge bearings? Do you run Chris King to get the best of both worlds? 

Personally I'm a bit of a traditionalist so I appreciate them from that perspective and I like the user serviceability without special tools, aside from 22mm cone wrenches. I also like never worrying about my hubs getting destroyed because of a lack of maintenance which tilts me toward cartridge bearings. 

I'll add a poll question.

I just wanted to say thanks to those of you on the Gear board for keeping things moving so nicely. I always learn new things when I'm lurking and I appreciate the excellent group think that goes on here.

About that request...

If those of you who haven't yet filled out our survey could please give it a look we'd be eternally grateful. This not only gives us valuable info, it helps keeps the lights on around here. It only takes a few minutes.

https://nsmb.com/articles/yftc-nsmb-reader-survey/

Hope to see some of you on the trails in 2020!

Cam

I finally had a response from DNV but it was not definitive. This completely contradicts what the District has told other stakeholders - and this is firsthand. We'll see if I get a reply after I pointed that out. I don't think District employees are authorized to lie to the public or 'journalists.'