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It appears that most people railing on about pedal assist ebikes have never ridden one.  For those who say that you don't get exercise riding one, I call BS.  I am 69.  I ride with a heart rate monitor.  When I compare a ride with my ebike or gravel bike, I see similar heart rates over the same period of time.  I live on Sumas mountain.  My local loop is 5k it has 300m of climbing.  If I ride it with my regular mountain bike  heart rate goes to 170 or more.  Same ride with ebike is 160 and it saves my knees. 

I have a tandem as well that has a mid drive motor.  I use it because my disabled son does not have the strength to help get up hills.  Without it we would be much more limited as to where we can ride.  I can also ride that out my door with him, which there was no way we could before.

defined benefits pension - so basically i'm guaranteed a pension that pays me about 70% of my wages averaged over my working career.

the beauty of a well managed DB pension plan is that your effective return on "investment" is about 300%. the municipal pension plan is very well mananged and it's inputs and growth exceed what the required payouts are so there is no concern for the future of the plan going bust.

Most government municipal pension plans are transferrable so if you can find a similar job with a different city, you could you could probably transfer your pension benefits. Check to see how transferrable your pension plan is and look for job openings.

Interesting; no rant regarding horseback riders who have a much more significant impact on the environment than do mountain bikers….

You can also file the chain so it has a smaller angle, then take the rippers down a bit more than a normal chain. that is what I did when I milled the beams for my house.

To quote Calvin in Calvin and Hobbes; "Why waste time learning when ignorance is instantaneous.

I think there is an underlying issue here I don't believe that the management of Metro Parks recognizes mountain biking as a legitimate activity. This is the beginning and I think you will see that mountain biking will be restricted to existing roads in all parks managed by Metro Parks.

Who is on Death Row? Do you see any mobsters? any lawyers who killed their wives? All you see is people who are black, mentally ill, or poor. It isn't particularly equitable is it. Do you think Colin Thatcher would have been on death row had he committed his crime in the US?

There is the odd company that ships to Canada free from the US. B[HTML_REMOVED]H offers free shipping for most products over $99. They do charge taxes on the purchase though.

Mike Duffy's trial starts tomorrow; will be interesting to see how that plays out and who knew what. Some more people under the bus.

Depends on the material you are handling. Safety footwear doesn't help that much if a forklift drives over your foot; so it would depend on the material. Handling stuff in a warehouse would have a different requirement than if you were working in a manufacturing facility.