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To be clear, I don't think anything has changed. The ratchet-rings still drop in, but the hub side ratchet ring slides into a steel drive ring that threads into the hub body. Under load, this drive ring tightens into the hub body. Add in a bearing's lifetime of riding, moisture, use etc, and inevitably the drive ring is seized into the hub. It needs to be removed when changing the bearings since the ID of the ring is smaller than the OD of the hub bearing. It's an awful design, and single-handedly why DT hubs are massively over-rated in my opinion.

I'd add to the comments below that the thread-in DT drive ring that has to be removed to change out the drive-side hub bearing is simply a terrible design. When other hub manufacturers can make a hub that can be fully rebuilt without specialist tools for reasonable money, there's no way I'm paying out the money DT ask for for a hub that needs a blow torch & a (actually several depending on how many you break getting the seized drive ring out) specialist tool to replace the bearings in.

Third guy has to go home, but has just enough time to drive you to the top for one more lap.

Posted by: blackfly

The deal I heard was that in order for Cypress to get some events for the 2010 Olympics they had to forgo wanting a bike park in sharing with Whistler. Short term gain for long term pain. Sad too as I went to the Cypress park and had fun and was looking forward to seeing it grow (to say nothing of the travel).

What surprises me is the fact that Whistler Bike Park (or Whistler itself) felt threatened enough to make this a clause in the deal. If WBP was that good it shouldn't care about competition as how CAN you compete with WBP.

Typical corporate mentality I suppose.

Interesting if true. And the timing makes sense. To be fair, wasn't the new Cypress lodge funded by the Olympics? So even if it was a shitty backroom deal, it wasn't exactly short-term gain for Cypress, as I imagine their food and drinks sales in the new lodge aren't insignificant.

Couple of folks at work have various JBL versions & seem to like them.

Not to hijack the thread, but what's out there for over or on-ear versions? I wear an in-ear hearing aid that makes the usual style a no-go.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/dan-fumano-ndp-campaign-promise-to-address-soaring-condo-insurance-rates

This is not nearly as big of an issue as it should be IMO. Not sure bringing condo insurance into the public domain is the right solution, but something needs to change.

Posted by: craw

Am I the only one that wants them less powerful? Every ebike I've ridden the sound is super annoying, as if to remind you that the machine is doing all the work, when the assist just kicks in and then you're a passenger. It turns a level 2 fun activity into level 1, which is the kind of person the industry is intent on recruiting. 

Propose me an ebike that has half as much power, twice the burn time and a much smaller battery and I'd throw In. Ebikes that seemed happy to be bicycles rather than leaning towards being e-motos would really help with our trail user conflicts.

Isn't that pretty much the concept behind the Specialized Levo SL or whatever it's called? I definitely see them dividing into two categories. Lighter, lower-powered bikes which really are 'pedal assist,' and those more like the current majority of e-peds where anything other than the lowest possible level of assist allows the user to tear around trails with little effort, but appeal to a whole new market segment.

Couple in into the Mystic/LOTS two weekends ago. Couple more seen riding up Seventh during the Fromme fondo last weekend. No real gripe with them, but the case of riding up seventh is exactly an example of how the design of current trail networks, human stupidity, and e-bikes can and will combine to create conflict and accidents involving other trail users.

Posted by: aShogunNamedMarcus

I said this year's ago on here but let's limit the amount of horsepower a new driver can have. No 16 yr old needs a shiny new m4, lambo or heaven forbid a McLaren p1.

Racist!

/jk

Posted by: ReductiMat

Holy shit.  Good for them.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/new-zealand-foreigners-buy-property-ban-coalition-talks-prime-minister-jacinda-arden-a8017261.html

Meanwhile the Canadian government is thinking about, maybe, possibly creating  a registry of new build condos so they can later possibly decide if they want to take action against people flipping on assignment sales.

Posted by: Endur-Bro

Maxxis has been quietly releasing new tires in 26" for the past few years.

Annoyingly, the Canadian distributor refuses to bring in new models in 26". Notably the Aggressor.

Posted by: cam@nsmb.com

I've been riding and loving the Yeti 5.5 lately. Very capable without much penalty.

I'm sorely tempted but

1) It's eye-wateringly expensive, and...

2) For that money, I want a better way to carry a water bottle out of the muck thrown up by the front wheel.

However, I'm still sorely tempted...

A and 7.