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I stopped off for a quick beer in the Brewers Union (Delicious British style cask bitter!!!) last week on the way home from Downieville.

The brewery isn't exactly new though...it was there when I did another roadtrip about 8 years ago. 

I'd echo what Todd said about the MRT...it's a destination trail, something different than the hard core biking we have here in BC, but enjoyable all the same. 

And for those not swanky enough to stay in the Best Western with a hot tub, nature has provided her own hot tub in the form of Macredie Hot Springs a couple of miles up the road.

Love it!

_There is no expiry date on a helmet. You can wear it until you damage it or some part of it gives up based on wear and tear. That could be 10 days after you bought it or 5yrs.

What you should do is inspect it once in a while to see what shape it’s in._

I think jdot is referring to UV damage to the shell. Probably not really a significant problem is you only ride on cloudy, tree covered North Shore trails…

It's gonna need a lot of work. Pushed/rode Expresso last weekend and there's an awful lot of trees down across the trail…

Looking at the angle of the trees in the background of the gif, I think the photos have been tilted - but they've been tilted backwards so the angle of the fall _is even steeper!

Respect_

Have you done this trail recently? What are the reports like?

I rode Elk twice many years ago. Once as an out and back straight up the the summit, out a long the ridge toward Thurston then back again.

Second time I rode it was a huge loop using a couple FSRs on the east side to get onto the ridge near Thurston. Can't remember exactly which FSR but pretty sure it wasn't Mercer.

Anyway, second time was a crap route with lots of bush-whacking!

So, I'm interested in doing it again. How rough is the Mercer FSR? I have a Subaru Forester so can't take on anything too rough!

"Room with a view" in Squamish? Several other of the slab trails in that area have good views across the estuary and to the Chief.

Rigs of Zen and Mad Hatter, also in Squamish

The start of Full Pull on Eagle.

Posted by: seanluge

On the other side of things I was climbing up Seymour this summer hugging the edge of the road and was clipped by someone's mirror so it can be fuckin scary.

Hugging the side of the road is dangerous! Seriously, you're too far right to be in the drivers line of vision so easy to miss seeing you. Also, the side of the road is usually full of debris or grates or un-even edges...

Try to ride "primary position" a couple of feet out from the right hand side. If nothing else, it makes you more visible.

...but they shouldn't be taking up the whole lane on the straights and riding single file to allow people to pass when necessary...

Have you actually ridden down Seymour on a skinny wheeled bike?

If so, you'd give those shitty drain covers at the side of the road (and all the pot holes) a verrryyy wide berth.

(In fairness, there was some resurfacing done (last year?), but there used to be some terrifying pot holes so I tend to ride the "cleanest" line, irrespective of whether there is a car behind me, as hitting a hole at 70km/h+ could be, er, "interesting".)

Posted by: Brocklanders

Sounds like a huge headache.

Not sure what model/ build you are looking to buy, but 5-6 k will get you a pretty nice bike here locally at the shops. They start blowing their 2019 stock out late fall.

Agreed! Just musing really...

There were rumours that Velofix were going to import them (like in US) and I was wondering whether Canyons price advantage would be maintained...

If anyone knows of a nice carbon road race bike with full Ultegra Di2 groupset and discs in 58 or 60 cm frame sizes going cheap, let me know! ;-)

Thanks for the info!

Posted by: Endur-Bro

^New bike or used? 

Plus CC Or PayPal ForX fee.

New bike if that makes a difference...

Good point about ForX.

Posted by: rnayel

I've imported a total of 1 bikes from the US and it went like this:

Price of bike

+ WA state sales tax

+ 5% GST at the border

Was that fairly recently? 

(Apparently it was possible to claim a refund of WA sales tax up until July...

https://dor.wa.gov/find-taxes-rates/retail-sales-tax/sales-nonresidents)

As far as I know, Canyon do not have a Canadian distributor or deliver direct from Germany but they do have a US operation.

So I can get a bike mailed to Blaine or Point Roberts ($3699 + $89 delivery) plus WA sales tax @8.5% = $4109 USD/$5454 CAD.

Any idea how much import duty and/or sales tax/anything else I'd have to pay?

I believe I can't request a refund of the WA sales tax. I think there is a 13% import tariff on complete bikes but not sure whether GST/PST is on top of that, or whether anything can be offset against WA sales tax!

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/us-secretary-of-the-interior-opens-national-park-trails-to-e-bikes.html

Cat amongst the pigeons...

The US Feds are proposing allowing e-bikes on National Park and BLM trails open to "regular" mountain bikes...