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I am really intrigued by the beast...I love hardtail riding so much, apart from bikepark shredding. Still, I think I would love to test ride one but live on the wrong continent, and my plan is to buy a new ht in two years, and I think I would go with a Stylus again, this time with 27.5 wheels. I like it playful and nimble.

Still...awesome way to go for Chromag.

And does it hold a water bottle and spares?

Thank you for that feature, I really enjoyed it. I can still remember an interview with Jared in the old Dirt Mag when it was still paper, this interview literally made me taking up hot/cold showers after a practise or training session. Really inspirational.

Thanks for that tale, the name Pulp Traction kind of always floated there in the back of the English-speaking mtb world, now I know why.

Any chance The Moment will be available on dvd/blu-ray?

I might have. I rememer having read it, and since I have not thrown away any copy of Bike I bought or subscribed to, chances are good. I check this weekend.

I am a dad myself, and yes, when we lived together before the break it was at times challenging. 

But in this day and age of easy-to-access info and training and coaching your argument is not really all that valid in the long run. 

Dads and moms need time to get used to the new vircumstances but sooner or later it all comes down to the facts that 

• every single one of us gas 24 hours. How and with what we spend them depends on each one of us.

• if a rider wants to improve and stay healthy long term he/she does not come around input/training from other areas/pursuits, be it yoga or lifting.

• being a good dad entails being a positive, life-affirming role model. And for that Little Toddler should understand that health and happiness can be connected to training and goals. 

But....I can remember that time of "I just want to go gor a ride NOW!" time pretty well, after the birth and the first time.

That is a great piece with some really solid advice, Cam. 

I am currently in hospital after a stupid training related movement gave me a prolapsed disc L5 S1 with sciatica.

All more or less good now, and the best part without surgery. Rest and rehab now, got a good physiotherapist. 

What I am once again checking as a personal upgrade is a new trail helmet with maximum coverage. What good is a fit and strong body if your head is not as protected as it could be? 

And yes, the most simple way to improve performance is fine tuning the engine and skills associated with it. But that is not as easy as buying that set of cranks or wheels. 

Anyways, enough of a middle-age rant, thanks for the article.

That was really sick! Sick rider, sick bike, sick trailriding, sick picnic table manual, wall ride, roof drop, stairgaps. Awesome. True style never gets old. 

And that T-shirt. Sweet.

Oh the optimism of youth? Seriously? Because of the weather? 

Perfect winter conditions.....after a certain age time is precious and that is a bigger issue than cold temps and a but of mud.

Re: Seond hand/used bike issues mentioned

I think that this is not really a legit issue if a person wants to start riding. It would make for a great Satruday late afternoon with a drink or two while pulling apart that used bike and get some skills in being self sufficient.

And a bike rider does need a few tools anyways, and fixing a bike at home can be done with a mini/multi tool, might be no fun - but can be done.

This issue might be different for people who do not care at all about how a bike is working or who only ride because of the hype, true.

The question at the beginning of the editorial is purely rhetoric, though. Who gives a shit about what anyone is riding?

I can get a new green Aurum A7 frame incl a Kage for below 1000€..sold by a shop, size XL ... my question is.....is it any good?

Can not find any info/reviews of that model online.

Idea....buy the frame, buy used parts and be happy with it as my park bike. I love jumping and riding the occasional DH track.

Does anyone have any experience....info on that frame, maybe even ridden that one?

The only review I found online said that the older models were apparently really firm and not very subtle.

Edit.....I plan on riding it for a few years. I want to upgrade my whole fleet the next few years so no resources for upgrading it every season or second season.

Posted by: JBV

but da name.  dat be ghey.

To be fair....they did not call it StiffR. Remember Cove Bikes?

Now I keep having a tune in my head....sigh...and should be reading assignments. 

Mary Jane - Blackstone Cherry

But yeah...squeezed in a 40 min ride.

Posted by: xy9ine

social media killed the internet forum.

Until that abysmallly communicated New Forum the old forum did quite well I think.

Posted by: chupacabra

That is pretty strange.  It almost has half the amount of views that the Trump thread has after 2 years of Trump.  Probably Russians coming to infiltrate us, but we should check with Tungsten to make sure.

Paging Shogun....to the breach, to the rescue....NSMB needs you.

Two weeks ago I was in London for five days....and the comments even by tour guides on Extinction Rebellion made me really question the sanity of thos guides. 

ER is really big in London. And I think absolutely necessary. The level of ignorance by the public when I was there was amazing, kind of. 

I honestly think most people have no idea what is going to happen sooner or later. And still are seriously ignorant.

Posted by: Hepcat

Yeah, the new software was an unpolished turd from above. Most pinched their noses and left.

So, about those stiff joints. CBD ointment recommendations?

That was just....one day it was good...the next it was just gone. Without any communication at all. And quite a few have never bothered posting again. 

Man...even I am still having a hard time sometimes...and I consider myself a forum fan since almost the beginning. Almost twenty years of posting.

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Posted by: 0_o

say, are you guys in normclub still referring to that one member of the mtb community as the lesbian who married for the money?

doesn't ring a bell.

maybe some names would help you recall.

if anyone feels they were the target of the cancer that happens here feel free to DM on my social media and I would be happy to forward an archived link. i wont be posting it here.

Or just don't bother bringing it up at all if it is that bad. If there was cancer here, It must have been removed during the Great Purge. Now we just argue about politics, share vacuum cleaner recommendations and home remedies for our stiff joints.

If your joints are too stiff...just practise your rolling skills then.

Aloha and Grüezi.

I am speechless.

Me and my son met him at this year's Loose Fest. All those years he has been inspiring and open, and at Loose Fest he was approachable despite his pretty gnarly appearance.

My condolences to his partner and family, as well as his friends.

#longlivejordie