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i think me and glade playboy have a 25% success rate for our sunday morning man date rides, but it's great when it happens!

good article, i can totally relate

i haven't ridden there in a couple months aside form the last few days, so maybe not recent, but people are doing work on the trails. gearjammer and lower snake have buffing since last i rode. conditions are pretty good.

also, that awkward bridge/a-frame thing on naheeno is broken on the down-side. there were two branches sticking out the up-bridge to warn people, otherwise you wouldn't see it until too late.

^^^ i just heard on the radio today (john williams from 91.3 victoria) that lane staley had an audition setup for audioslave, but didn't show. that not only reminded me of how great lane staley was in general, but how long audioslave has been/was around

on another note, isn't it awesome to just randomly google a band you were into years ago and shit, they have a song that just came out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAiawJMIsrM

It's not just the snow that's different, -5 in PG is shorts weather, -5 in Vancouver is crippling. That type of cold goes straight to the bone. I was down there for a meeting in November and froze my ass off. Not prepared.

for sure, this is my 2nd burnaby winter, and this one actually has snow and (had) a bite in the air. i used to cycle commute in calgary in shorts -5 no problem. never would do that here.

there have been enough warm days lately that people could slowly chip away at the sidewalk/street ice as it lifts up easily. lots of people around my hood seem to be planning on waiting it out until the rain just does it for them

with the honzo you'd likely only need a new head set. though i have not looked too closely at the new honzo. it is different enough from the surface to warrant giving it a look.

yeah, from what i can see, all 2017 honzos are boost, but the older ones are not. but then, i don't know if they've changed the geo as well, or if they differ between models, etc. lots to look into

I needed a new rear hub. the chromag guys handed me a mystery un-branded hub which they had laying around. so far so good. I had procrastinated building up a new set of hoops for the surface so that all worked out in the end. I also needed a new head set and BB. also my XT 3X crank arms did not have the clearance on the chain stay to run the 104 30tooth ring due to the offset tabs needed to make that ring work, so I pulled the X1 crank arms off my process 111. standard 1x10 drive train. I need a new fork. this bike is ok with the 140mm fork off my surface but the front end and BB are a bit low. this bike is built for a 160mm fork. I am not sure I need that much travel but it would correct the geo. subtle things like a little too much weight on the bars when seated and the bb being so far below the hubs that its a bit slow to get the front wheel off the ground when descending. I am just comparing these traits to my 111 which has a very similar reach and over all number.

thanks; i would be in the same boat with the cranks so that's lots of parts. i was looking for something different this year to easily swap and come back to the surface if i wanted, but maybe i'll look for some type of kona honzo that isn't boost

^^^ what did it take (in parts) to go from the old surface to this? assuming you swapped parts over.

yeah when living in cowtown I always thought it was weird when people drove around their luxury vehicles in the winter. they get destroyed there. keep a beater around

http://www.northshorebmx.com for the win. Ridge is great. Squamish and Whistler have nice tracks too.

back when he was new-ish at bmx (last spring) and before we got him the race bike, we tried north shore…it was too steep for him. i'm going to try again this year though as a lot changes in a year.

lots of little towns are trying for tracks too, like cranbrook and fernie. i assume due to the olympics. either way, yeah it is a great sport for kids.

so far our kid is liking bmx as he has a great time with the other kids, plus the theory is he'll learn some good techniques. one at ridge meadows, and one in the hood.

sorry for semi-big pics.

the apa always has good info on tires

http://www.apa.ca/wintertire_reviews.asp

we'll be heading back to the east koots, and making frequent trips over to alberta, so ice is a factor for sure. ordered some studded toyo observe which should make the roads around the crowsnest less sketchy as hell