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hear you loud and clear, but a couple of points which I suspect you are already aware of. 

We've been asked to be physically distant and socially responsible for maybe a month now, 6 weeks if we want to be extra generous. Nobody has talked about long term strategies, the months upon months and the years that you are referring to. Your report on the challenges in NY, speak to the need to focus on the here and now, because if we don't their/our future is bleak.

Regarding physical distancing and more careful risk management, this is something we can do right now to help and make a difference for the near and far term future. This is so we can buy time for the medical system to treat the patients who will be very sick, so hopefully nobody needs to die unnecessarily. So we can buy time to control the flow of the really sick so the researchers can develop a safe vaccine for all to use.

Generally speaking 'we' are still allowed to be out and about to enjoy ourselves so long as we keep to ourselves, and are responsible about it. Not too much to ask IMO for a few months, when the whole world has banded together to try and accomplish a common goal.

We as a species will live through this and be largely ok (social, economic considerations aside). But more importantly there is a humanitarian discussion about life preservation for those who do not, and should not, have to die.

It's really important to take the raw data with a grain of salt. The ones who aren't tested, but infected-stay at home-recover, will not show up in any numbers. At this point, testing is primarily offered to those who are sick enough to require hospital admission and healthcare workers. It's safe to assume there will be a significant number in the communities who will not be captured, both in the present and especially in the future.

Contact tracing does occur here, though I am not sure of the criteria involved to kick start this process. I will say that over the years our public health capacity and budget has been eroded to the point that I know they are doing everything within their power to manage this effectively.  Now that COVID is more widespread, known and acknowledged to be transmitted within the community (which is only a very recent revelation surprisingly), contact tracing has a much more limited capacity to help.

In our over burdened medical system, public health is always the first to feel the pinch because any benefits of health promotion are not seen realistically until decades down the road, well past the expiry of any politician in power, and hey we don't know what we need until we need it ultimately.

I think its important to make the distinction that the countries that did manage 'well' thus far, testing is a part of that, but government intervention and lock down measures were also taken much more aggressively (and seriously). The population also heard this message much more loudly with recent experience related to SARS for example. To Clark's credit, and to mine and a lot of my fellow health care providers' opinions, we could see things escalating to this point weeks ago. The daily messages we receive from the Provincial Health Minister, and even our own employing health authorities locally, is probably lagging behind by a couple weeks. Clark wanted to see more aggressive action in January, I felt like 'we' were about 3-4 weeks late in implementing whatever measure we have done.

On that note as long as Sunrace keep making the 10sp 11-46 cassettes, I'll be more than happy to stick with 10sp. I've got 10sp xt and xtr shifters stocked up until the apocalypse comes, which may only be a matter of weeks to months at this point.

"some TLC these hubs from yesteryear will easily last long enough for your axles, wheel size and headset standard to all become obsolete"

HAH! love this, sneaky jab

That's a real odd thing because the systems should be 'simple'. The bad set had a good firm bleed at the levers. Ran pads from my good set so I knew it wasn't issue with the pads. I even swapped the master cylinders around with no change so that would infer that it was a caliper issue. All pistons seemingly extended and retracted with no issues, but there was just no bite.

FWIW I was happy with my set of Slate T4s even on the stock red pads, they were better with Shimano metal pads -- think Zee like power with more linear delivery and modulation; better than Guide R and T I've tried in the past.  I had a second set of these brakes come OEM on a bike that was not good at all (especially the front), even with known 'good' pads and a full brake fluid purge and bleed.

I get and appreciate your well thought out points as always Andrew. I guess what I was trying to say with Hayes (and Manitou) is we've heard this before. 

Til then, I'll happily continue to enjoy my DVO suspension and old Shimano 985 levers paired to Deore 4 pot calipers, of which neither have never left me wanting for more.

Colour me skeptical, not to the performance, but to these pulling Hayes back into relevance. I believe the Stroker Ace from several years back reviewed and performed as well or better than its competition, and just kind of fizzled out. The segment is quite crowded, and sure there will be those who want to try something different for the sake of being different (see the Shigura bunch)  and an even smaller percentage who absolutely need these unique performance attributes.

I share the same opinion on the recent Manitou suspension product as well. That they are under the same ownership group isn't merely a coincidence IMO

Posted by: rnayel

When I was 11, CCM Ice, saved up money delivering newspapers over the winter.

I also oggled that same model in the CT catalog daily.  But I couldn't convince my parents to get it for me at the time so things escalated from that $150 CCM to my eventual $400 Norco 2 years later

I've gone bash less for the past 2-3 years, no big issues really and I will tag a rock or root on my ring/chain once in a while. 

I had planned to give these guys a try if I couldn't get my 64bcd 28t ring to clear on my Trance -- it barely works with a stack of crank axle spacers.  I still may after this Covid business eases up.

They do a 26 or 28t on 104bcd with an integrated bash guard which spaces the chainring over far enough to clear the chainring bolt. The overall effective chainline is probably better for real world use too.

https://usamadeco.com/collections/sharktooth-pro-104-bcd-integrated-guard

On the other hand,  I suspect the crank spider/ chainring would be stronger than a set of iscg mounts anyways on a big hit. With 1x rings and chains constantly on the outer (only) ring there isnt really much risk getting hung up on obstacles.  

I find I hit my pedals significantly more than my chain + ring combo.

First bike was an old stock 1994 Norco Kokanee rigid with STX group from Fraser Cycle. Obsessed over it for months and months as a grom. She was ridden, every part upgraded as I raced her XC throughout high school. I'd have to dig through my archives to try and find a pic of me xc racing her at Sunpeaks

Left the sport for a few years then my 2nd bike was a huck to falt Friday nigh turban special Voodoo Shango from Airbomb, that eventually got 1st generation Formula disc brakes -- disc brakes and horizontal drops back them sucked --- scratch that disc brakes back then in general sucked.

Posted by: syncro

Another thing that can help is putting the bolt or quick release cam on the opposite side of the split in the seat tube. This tends to not put extra force on that single point and create uneven clamping pressure.

I believe this Trance has 2 splits in the tube actually to further help even out the clamp pressure. The seat clamp area seems over engineered to me and is the least aesthetically pleasing part of the frames, and at least in this case, flipping the proprietary seat clamp would make it look real bad.

My frame is a medium, and I have it slammed as far as it will go in the frame. It leaves about 7mm on the post. The height works just well enough for me that I don't need to shim the post down to 170mm.

Initial impressions are neat on the bike. It feels like the top end of the suspension is under sprung, but mid-end stroke is way more progressive than expected.

When I had my Range 29, butt buzz was the bigger issue with 150mm travel, not a game breaker mind you. That bike was faster than I needed it to be, and I found it to monster truck over anything I would ride

The 1up's low internal length is key, the rocker pivot does limit how far down you can stick the post. I had to get the v2.1 actuator because the v2.0 wouldn't let me slam the post far enough and still allow the outer cable to move the needed amount. The Trance's ugly 2 bolt seat clamp is also key, I've found over torquing the clamp even by a bit does affect the return on the post, the 2 bolt spreads the clamping force out some.

and internet fail again

I have high hopes for this Trance 29 to finally get me off my hardtail as primary bike this year. Been off the bike 3 months due to injury, I blame the hardtail lol.

Basically moved the build over from my Chromag: DVO Diamond now at 140mm, 1x10 11-46 XTR/XT drivetrain with 28t oval ring, old XTR master cylinders paired to Deore MT520 4 pot calipers, 1up 180mm dropper

Just played around in Superstar's site... £300 for UPS shipping (only option) on a £50 headset to Canada

Works charge 20£ for FedEx shipping to Canada.  It's not too difficult to inform FedEx ahead of time that you will clear customs yourself for the package to avoid any brokerage/handling fees.