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So I tried to do some "Stick 'em ups"...not a chance that I can get my elbows against the wall in the vertical (position 4). Is that the aim??

If so, I guess I gotta work on my flexibility!

Can you update the build prices to differentiate the Steel and Ti options? I presume that as the Ti frame is 3x the price of the steel, then there will be different full build prices....

A lot of what LR said is true but he/she needs to either (a) let their feelings be known or (b) find another group of people to ride with if they feel so strongly about it that they need to write a column for a popular website....

Since I started riding on the NS about 15 years ago, I've typically ridden with friends who have had dogs so just got used to the dynamic, and, in reality, a small group ride with a single dog is a lot better than a large group ride without a dog as, whichever way you look at it, the more humans or animals involved, the more opportunity for something to go wrong. 

My friends dog had a very bad herding instinct and would constantly run back and forth between riders in the group but we all laughed about it and just carried on as normal but we'd leave his dog at home when we know the ride was "more serious" (eg remote, more technical or if we were on a fast "fitness" ride). Easy!

I've now got my own trail dog and generally ride solo, at less busy times and less popular trails though that's more difficult to do in COVID times when more people are out and travel is restricted.

Even if riding solo, I don't always bring him along if I'm riding flow trails (too fast for him) or if they involve a lot of mandatory wood work (I had an interesting experience when my dog decided to run up a steep ladder on Boundary just as I was riding down it).

So, is Lord of the Squirrels open yet?

😉

Time for land-owners/managers to make trails one-way before a serious accident happens...

(Edit: that was supposed to be directed at Jerry)

You must be a Canadian and therefore too polite!! 😉

I'm curious why you think you have to pull over and let the other rider past. I wouldn't in the scenario you describe.

(I wouldn't be a dick and deliberately block them either, but I would ease off at a time and place of my choosing and call back to them to pass me)

One of my partner's co-workers has two kids at home who are now seriously bored (already). They don't normally ride much but yesterday mum and kids dug their bikes out and went for a quick spin around the neighborhood. 

Youngest daughter panics when approaching a junction and slams brakes on. Mum (at the back of the group) swerves to avoid daughter and crashes, using the side of her face as a brake (and breaking her bike as well).

Luckily, just flesh wounds and Mum is a nurse so can patch herself up without visiting ER!

True story, bro...

(I'm attempting to ride every day until told not to though I'm definitely avoiding anything too technical and being even more "car-aware" when on the road. 

I'm also toning down the aerobic side as it's still relatively cool outside and I don't want to catch a "general" chest infection that compromises my system should I end up with Covid-19, which is fairly likely as my partner is also a nurse, and therefore she's at high risk as she can't self-isolate/WFH)

Hey Cam, maybe invite the dog into your next interview. Sounds like it wanted to be included! 😉

Great podcast though!

Fail @ Q13...

No option for "I eat whatever shit food I want, whenever I want"

Maybe they won't consider insuring me if my diet isn't up to scratch...

Posted by: Lowcard

My first experience driving in Europe really opened my eyes as to how horribly selfish we North Americans are at driving.

Yup, the Europeans get it. The UK, not so much...

(Oh yeah, the Brits are not European anymore though that never mattered anyway...)

Posted by: syncro

Every time I hear that my first thought is how many of those in the ridership who think the sanctioned network isn't meeting their needs are spending serious time or effort getting involved in the process in order to try and get their needs met?

It seems plenty ARE putting in serious time and effort in....but probably not in the manner you're hoping for. i.e. they're just going out and building their own unsanctioned trail! 😉

Yeah...but...

I don't understand the DNV's tactics. Surely making "sanctioned/authorized" trail builders buy insurance is just going to drive MORE trail building/maintenance underground, because it's not gonna go away, irrespective of whether it's the right thing to do...

Posted by: Stuminator

There was a guy going pretty slow in the far left lane coming back from the shore last Saturday on the freeway. I honked multiple times while behind him, no reaction. Switched to the lane to the right / got beside him & honked, no reaction. He was busy playing with his dash mounted cellphone. Did not look around once, I guess he was in his own little world. I finally had enough, passed him & pulled back into the fast lane. As I pulled away I could see many people doing the same. Even minutes later I could see he was still there. Those people should not be allowed to drive. I wonder how people like that got their driver's licenses.

Roll on self driving cars. Take the human out of the equation...he says optimistically

So....ICBC originally determined the cyclist was 50% then, lo, a police report turns up that determines the driver is 100% at fault. WTF!

Good result either way...

Presumably, NSMBA has (or requires) this insurance so does this mean an end to independent trail builders?

Just wondering: which trails are managed by independents v NSMBA?

Posted by: heckler

Posted by: SixZeroSixOne

Now, if they somehow extended it westwards over Mosquito Creek and connect it to Edgemont Boulevard/Edgemont village, then I could see it being useful...

Baby steps, but these surveys are exactly where to supply this feedback.

I did...👍

Jeez.. is this level of red-tape and insurance bullshit just reserved for trail builders, or are any other volunteer programs which intersects (however tangentially) with DNV also afflicted??

Done!

I completed the CNV survey but, frankly, I'm not sure of the point of any of the options presented. 

Now, if they somehow extended it westwards over Mosquito Creek and connect it to Edgemont Boulevard/Edgemont village, then I could see it being useful...

(I fairly regularly ride between LVR/Tempe and the Jones overpass)