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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?

Now I am curious.

He has got superb riding skills. The way he tackles the jumps and how he distributes his weight on the rough. Amazing. 

Riding the EWS on a hardtail is bonkers. He's got some serious skills.

You guys bored? Traffic seems a bit higher than usual.

Back to those Folks from Discworld..as I am really curious.... how do they explain the phases of the moon? 

I really can not get my head around a flat earth.

Racism? Really? Oh come on.

Did someone steal your spirits? Or worse...no shiny bike parts out of the question because of whatever?

So....if I run SLX with Icetec pads (funny looking fins supposed to cool the whole braking business on those molehill downhills) can I just buy ordinary brakepads...which would be about 1/3 of the other pads.

I almost spilled my coffee.

Posted by: switch

Earth's inner core is a solid iron ball,  surrounded by molten core and then the mantle where the continent's reside.

It's the following of the molten core that creates the earth's magnetic field  protecting us from solar radiation.

According to the Flat Earthers there is no iron core, I guess.

Posted by: aShogunNamedMarcus

Posted by: Mic

You know you can drink and smoke at the same time right?

I think there used to be some odd old toy that was spherical but it was actually sliced or cut so when spun, it'd compress and fan out. It went from looking like a ball to Saturn with a ring, for lack of a better description. Maybe it was an Xmas ornament. Only problem with that is Mars and Earth are supposed to solid (in theory, not sure what the core is).

Change - I'm not sure which to follow, the gods playing dice or ice cream with double cheese. It'd have to be feta cheese for sure though.

I had a telescope as a kid for a bit. Been to different observatories. What would really make this interesting is if a square or rectangular camera lens was developed. Imagine if it all came down to round or square eyes?

I totally forgot about smoking...LOL. Have not in ages.

Re: The eyes, that would be one weird finding, I remember reading almost decades ago that we as humans do not perceive the earth as it actually is and the paper talked about the perceptions of "reality" of different animals and how the representation of the earth changes drastically.

Posted by: aShogunNamedMarcus

First why beer - other than your German? Why not hot box an aeroplane? Cant say I've done that yet.

Why would and should all planets be the same? For all we know Neptune's a giant poprock. Got some change in your pocket? Its both flat and round.. oooooooh.

ps: we've never been to Mars. So we dont know. Thats you and me I mean.

I really like a nice beer, wine would be a distant second.

Planets? Well...I always thought that the form of spinning objects in outer space looks like a ball, kind of like give an ugly heap of material a spin and enough time...voila....a ball, sort of.

Change? Yes....but that is just convenience. Since the gods do not play dice...no need for planets looking like toonies or neapolitan pizza with double cheese.

Ever been to one of those big thingys with which you can gaze into space? Like with your eyes? Saturn is round. As is our little sidekick.

Why's that?