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Having ridden with Cam on two greasy wet days I will say it was like he was riding dry trails with his Tannus inserts. Us regulars tire guys were pinballing off roots, sliding out on rocks and mud while he was cleaning everything while singing Willie Nelson riffs. Just when I got a new bike and started to keep up to him he took off again. Cold war starts now - my Tannus order is in.

I like that line - pants intrigued.

True - the only problem is we have different guys on all the pants. That makes it tough to control for proper comparisons. I know from riding with Cam he loves all of his NFs and he will be doing a 7Mesh review this fall.  Pete raves about his Enduras and he will be doing a Fox review this fall. Andrew, well he is just super sweaty so he won't be getting to pants til Christmas.

Ya I totally agree - I'm just being lazy about spending the time to learn it with gloves on when I am not hot and bothered. That's a scary story - was his helmet a snap on buckle?

As the friendliest non-sequiterist biker on the shore once wrote:

https://nsmb.com/articles/just-say-hi/

What have you settled on as the best tires for PNW Ryan?

Thinking back now I remember the buddy was you. Ya Cam is a friend, you're just a buddy.

How progressive? Other than saying that the 2017 Enduro is slightly less progressive than the 2018 I'm not sure I can quantify that. I agree that bottom out control would be great but this test was simply a comparison of Ohlins STX22 vs TTX22 matched with RFX36 EVO air vs RFX36 EVO coil.

I would love to do the test you with progressive springs. I was riding with a friend today who has an Ext coil in back $1200 CAD, Vorsprung Smashpot up front ($420 CAD) and his bike feels great; other than the 40 lb weight (he does have tire inserts too). I definitely wouldn't want that much weight even if it meant a super buttery feel.

Gradually our vision changes as our skills improve, but this change isn't static. It responds to the bike we are riding, the suspension, the tires and brakes, and to our mental and physical states

I remember riding Grannies with Cam and a buddy in the nineties. We came to the rock roll at the end of the trail, got off our bikes and analyzed it like golfers scoping their putting greens. We looked at it from different angles, discussed it and after 5 minutes we were standing to the side of it and a group of riders came through. 3 guys hit it clean, then the last rider, a female, rolled it. We looked at each other and without a word grabbed our bikes and hiked up and we all hit it. So add sexism to the responses to vision change.

Whenever I talk to rangers I introduce myself as one of three names: Cooper, Jerry or Eamonn.

I am guessing it fell off a truck while shuttling. Lemme know if it's yours.

March 23-snow starts at Grannies, hard to ride after Air Supply. Expresso and Grannies all dirt all good.

March 20-Road is clear to Ladies (which is dry and great), top 100ish m of Expresso snow then clear from there.

No Quarter climber is clear to final switchbacks before road - a few hikes on corners but mostly rideable. Nothing to ride above though still a lot of snow on Executioner. Oil Can down is good to go

I rode from Hyannis on Mar 13. All clear of snow for Bridle up climbers to power lines down Severed- Cbuster and John Deer. Wet, slippery and great.

Fire road clear to fourth switch - not sure about higher we ducked in there and rode Ladies which was all clear except a tree down before concreted roller near the teeter.

Fire road slushy but mostly rideable to third.
Kirkford sucked- boot holes and snow pack from before gets punctured too easily. Bobsled super fun but it might ice up at night

I rode up mtn. view from Hoskins, KOS both super icy but no problem on the fat Wozo- regular bikes would def. be a problem. Fire road is an easy climb but the one foot trench will be a problem when it thaws. So cold I rode down 38DD picking any line that worked as the bike stayed on top of the hard snow - super fun and a lot like tree boarding. Bobsled was great as I did the same thing choosing any line through the woods. The actual trail was icy and a bit sketch.

I started at Hyannis- all the climbers were hard pack and totally rideable. Adonis and JD quite grippy and fast.