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Yeah, I've pulled rear wheel back and the chainstays are a conservative 17 1/4″. I've always been a short chainstay person but I couldn't make up my mind with my custom build so went to Paragon sliders. Reminds me of my early years (circa 1924….) and a really steep rooty climb that I could get up on my cheap high tensile steel Peugeot with 18+" chainstays but never manage to get up on any of my subsequent bikes. 70 degree seat angles and 19″ chainstays for 2019 😉

Man-panties?

I think you've just accidentally named one of Cove's bikes for 2018.

"Just be brave!" ha ha

I'm almost embarrassed to say that I'd already seen that exact Sprag video ha ha…. I hadn't noticed the roller clutch one though, so it was great to see how the two systems compare. As a hater of loud hubs I'd love a set of these some day.

Ha yeah the other way around might have to be whiskey shots. And to you Andrew!

I've installed a couple of HL posts with no issues. The price is 'good' (or at last not stupid like some others I can think of…), and if something does ever goes wrong with it, it's super easy to pull out the cartridge and replace it.

Weird choice of video. It'd have been more interesting to see how the bikes perform uphill, i.e. power up some slabs, nail some techy uphill lines etc. As impressive as the riding was, it didn't show any benefits of the bikes at all. They could have done all that on an old Bullit.

Yep, in a pinch I've done similar with seized bearings and an easy-out. One can at least get the bearings spinning so they can be flushed out and re- greased in the same way as above. It's not pretty, but if the correct bearing can't be sourced or the person doesn't want to spend the money, having a freely spinning bearing is better than a seized one.

As I started reading Andrew's input I thought of Giant's daft steerer immediately. Which in turn reminded me of Cannondale having a slightly different 1.5″ steerer to everyone else. Although in fairness to Cannondale they may have been first?

I agree re. tires, but it always surprises me what people throw away. I've got three perfectly good tires grabbed from the recycling pile that will get me through winter at least. Thanks!

I'd say a demo bike is a bike that is meant to be in pristine condition, not used all that often and is an advertisement for that bike / brand, lent out with the hope that a bike will be bought as a result. A rental bike is something that will be shitkicked all season ("don't be gentle it's only a rental" etc…) with the aim being to make money from the rental, not from subsequent purchases. A significant difference.

Seems somewhat unfortunate that half of BC are choosing to ride lower Seymour at the moment….the one area where no trail maintenance is currently allowed. I think I'll stick to walking my dog for a while.

It doesn't mention it in the above article, but certainly around here you'll be wanting to grease un-threaded parts of bolts / axles unless for some reason the official guidelines say no. We strip our higher end frames down and do this from new, and of course medium threadlocker on the threads. Such fun trying to remove axles that have seized themselves on to bearings / frame etc that haven't been greased….. Some bushings themselves are designed to be run dry, others not. You'd need to look that one up depending what frame you have.

if you owned a property for 20 or 30 years in Point grey that you bought for what is now chicken feed or maybe you inherited it ?

the lot can now be easily worth 3 or 4 million

I think the people dying on the streets in the DTES should organize a rally in sympathy for these people getting free houses. Won't anyone think of the rich!

best bike in the thread so far. i'm surprised you found a non-cracked example.

Ha thanks. Yeah it all seems good. I think the main pivot axle might be there for life but I'll cross that bridge if the bearings fail before the head tube falls off… It's a surprisingly fun and competent bike still. Just need to find a way of adding 2" to the top tube.

entitled sounding douchebags? i saw people frustrated with the disorganization of the whole process.

Because they couldn't get something for free? Because they didn't clear their driveways / sidewalks outside their houses when they should? I've had some interesting / painful / cold commutes by bike in Squamish when my car has either been frozen shut or the conditions have been to shitty to drive but I'm not going to blame anyone else, or appear on national media moaning that I can't feel my feet (how cold has it been in Van? -3?).

I watched the video in the original link the other day, and it auto-played another video covering the same subject. Pretty well all the entitled sounding douchebags whining about not getting free salt were white men. Maybe daddy never told them how to use a shovel when they were kids.

So pretty much everyone rides a super nice carbon bike w carbon wheels and next sl ctanks?

Well….not quite :D

Hell, it doesn't even have a rear disc brake!
It does have two carbon headset spacers which help keep the weight to around 35lb.

He was building that bike when I worked at John Henry back in around 2001. I remember him try to source parts.

I wonder if he's put the front rotor on the right way around yet?

Air shock, adjustable travel, wide gear range, water bottle, fenders, hideous colour…. to be fair that's pretty Enduro.

https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/nvn/bik/5941305613.html