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I definitely let you know once he got it. Am waiting for the delivery myself. Sooo excited.

That book is a really great idea, ordered it a few days ago.... My son is turning 10 in two weeks, he loves riding his mountain bike...he is not a native speaker of English but reaally curious and open....and loves good stories and pictures.

Now I need to check them out. 

Oh....and I still rock a pair of Roach pants in dark blue where the knees are like in indigo. Almost look like a normal pair of pants. A bit baggy but still awesome. Bought them at the original Cove in 2001 I think. Had a few seams replaced by a professional. Can not kill them.

Riding in pants is wesome. I bought a Fox race pants two seasons ago, and it was such an eye-opener. Riding regularly in them, but am a bit worried about crashing in them. The material seems to be easy to tear, are the Royal race pants any different? Guess these are the ones that the 50 to 1 are wearing.

Happy New Year! The Boundary pics are just awesome. 

I know want to ride a 29er Hardtail with modern geo on the shore. Sweet....maybe 2021.

Done. Did not come up with a fancy name though. Albus was my choice....hopefully a grandfather to other trees one fine day. And I hope they plant Western redcedar. Such beautiful and powerful trees once fully matured.

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?

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The flag had a rod along the top to keep it outstretched.

But it is not really stretched, or do I need glasses? ;-P

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I watched the first moon landing live feed on our little 16-inch B&W TV. So there.

Also, git off mah lawn!

You know that was faked right?

But still, entertaining. I mean, I know that NASA used CGI tech 20 years before CGI was invented and all, but still pretty cool stuff.

But look, there's no stars in the sky. Fake.

Just look at that flag. Clearly fake.

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A lot of these concerns are meaningless anyway. It was bad enough that as a kid in the 80's we had to watch so many sexist cartoons from the 50's, but these days kids would look at Pepe or Yosemite as a historical documentary. Dr Suess is relevant still to young children so it is nice to see them keeping up with the times, but kids today are not interested in cartoons from post war era. It's just something to divide their parents. The free market cancelled those cartoons ages ago.

The Pepe issue came with new version of Space Jam 2 coming out and him being in it - so it is a current issue. His parts have since been cut.

Ahh, ok. I don't have cable and didn't even know there was a Space Jam 2. Commercials are awful, but I have found that they were pretty useful when it comes to knowing what the new movies are. My knowledge of pop culture is abysmal. I have to Google all the guests on talk shows now.

chup' .... maybe you are just getting old?

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Reviving this thread since my old glasses are too scratched to be worth using. 

Anyone have any current suggestions of glasses that aren't ultra nerd and won't break the bank? I like some of the stuff like the POC, Smith and 100% but I just can't drop 200 bucks on them lol

Still happy with my aliexpress POC fakes. Cheaper than a set of grips, multiple lenses and the optics seem good.

Holy! Just checked them...and I guess I just order a few for that price.

I used to work with a guy who lost his eye to a branch during a crash. He always told everyone who would listen to wear eye protection while riding.

My oakley's have a shatter proof lens. Anyone take one of the spare lenses and try to smash it to see if it would be better or worse in a crash? I figure a lens that shatters may be worse than no lens.

Hmmm...yes, that is a more than great idea - sort of how you forget certain basics because you have not had a decent crash in quite some time. Thanks for reminding me.

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Word, now let’s get that ignore user feature back!

second.

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Ice breaking and buoy tending on the CCGS Sir Wifrid Laurier! I spent the last year on the CCGS Gordon Reid doing Search and Rescue.

Sounds most awesome! 

Btw..any chance for some more pics from VanIsle Style the Adam West way?

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Posted by: thaaad

Reviving this thread since my old glasses are too scratched to be worth using. 

Anyone have any current suggestions of glasses that aren't ultra nerd and won't break the bank? I like some of the stuff like the POC, Smith and 100% but I just can't drop 200 bucks on them lol

Still happy with my aliexpress POC fakes. Cheaper than a set of grips, multiple lenses and the optics seem good.

Holy! Just checked them...and I guess I just order a few for that price.

"I must not fear.

Fear is the mind-killer.

Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.

I will face my fear.

I will permit it to pass over me and through me.

And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.

Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

One of the best fictional quotes ever, Frank Herbert "Dune".

Oh my god....thanks for sharing those amazing images.

Re: Shower beer, never have had one, give it a try the next weekend.

What makes me happy?

- Riding with my son if I have the chance, and seeing him grow to hopefully become a descent young man.

- Riding bikes in general, no matter if in a parking lot, on a fire road or on trails, as long as the wheels keep spinning and turning with the occasional air thrown in for good measure.

- Seeing paintings and sketches from Wil Freeborn, a Scottish illustrator and painter (check his IG, beautiful) and other artists - amazing talent out there.

- A beautiful sunset, a smile or compliment, the small things

The older I get, the more I appreciate the simple and basic things, being more or less in good health and not dead yet.

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^^ Why do ‘conservatives’ equate Freedom of Speech with Right To a Megaphone and Freedom from Consequences?

Because as long as the conservatives have the freedom of speech all is fine, totally fine. Quite simple, you may NOT argue against this though - then you might be the evil lefty or liberal.

Really? It seems I cant post anything non liberal or dare I say pro Trump without pages of people telling me I'm all sorts of things along with how wrong the idea of even supporting that argument is. If the left isnt allowed to argue against it, the right isnt allowed to try to explain a thing or there's no point in trying.

Could you rephrase that? I am sort of deaf from the bullshit I have to endure every day coming from woke and libtarded parents and colleagues at work in my lefty high school, Shogun.

Edit: I am tired of these silly little debates and arguments, Shogun. Or even reading these to and fro arguments. Syncro has asked you to be more specific or not use your little mind games and rhetorics more than once, without anything changing.

This forum used to be a great place to exchange ideas and share thoughts and have a meaningdul debate. But these petty arguments only drain. They are not constructive, not conducive to growth - be it on a personal or intellectual level, but divisive and not going anywhere which is sad. And silly, really silly at the same time.

You can make of this whatever you want or need or feel, I do not think that the underlying issue would change - or matters. We all have a certain perspective on life. Some change, some will not and some simply can not.

One can not explain the color red to a blind person. One just has to endure that this blind person can never understand nor grasp the color red without him or her losing sleep over that.

That may be the most eloquently written comment I have ever read on a forum Mic. Thanks for that.

NSMB has had a tremenduous impact on how I see myself as a rider and part of the local mtb community which is a bit lacking in comparison to what you guys in BC have, and I really enjoyed the forum, and for 2021 we should all post more again and share insights, thoughts and wheel love.