Max-Rockatansky... profile

Does Sacred Rides provide insurance coverage?

I have DT Swiss hubs that came on a spline wheel set which are more or less silent and have been reliable for 2 seasons / zero maintenance. the Rims sucked though.

I am still on the fence about silent hubs…. I'm not a fan of the angry bees buzz but a small buzz hides all the other noises your bike makes….

Every clunk, creak and chain slap is that much more obvious.

Past the third switchback the snow patches get longer and more regular. Kirkford was a waste of time also. Sketchy snow ruts all the way down to the skid road at the bottom.

Or go skiing because its been years since the conditions have been this good.

Probably the wrong thread for this but in my opinion Skiing whistler / the locals is hugely overpriced in comparison to bikes.

Line up to park. line up to ski. Whistler is a $200 day at best. The locals are still expensive for the terrain unless you risk it on a season pass that is pointless except for the 1 in 10 years they have reliable snow.

Backcountry skiing is a better comparison I suppose and would likely catch my attention but then time and avi knowledge / safety is an issue. As is finding someone that is willing to take a rookie out.

I live pretty close to the Seymour lot. The snow at my place is not melting very quickly at all. Will see what it looks like tonight but it was right around zero when I was shoveling the snow bank last night and it was pretty crusty again.

I think tomorrow would be quite optimistic.

4 plants could yield a lot so the black (soon to be grey??) market is not going to be going away any time soon…

I wonder why they limit it though. Is there a limit to the volume of home brew you can make in a year.

Super happy that Nico got the title. He is not my favourite driver but much more deserving of the title in my view and also (I believe) had the most race wins ever without having won a title. So it was overdue.

Again Verstappen showed how good he is by managing to keep the pace up double the distance anyone else could on the super soft tires.

I did not have a huge issue with Hamilton's tactics but his ignoring the team and BS in the press conf / subsequent interviews are what really highlight what a knob he is.

He kept referring to reliability being the reason that he wasn't champion… Well sunshine, if you had showed up to the first 4 races, and actually bothered to learn what the knobs on the steering wheel do (in Azerbaijan) you may have had enough points to win, even with the reliability issues.

Previously it has been Nico with the reliability issues and while he had a pretty good run this year he also beat Lewis fair and square early in the season and dealt with his own engine mode issue much more quickly.

Lewis won 10, but was very, very lucky to take the win in Monaco. With out that it would have been 9 wins each.

Verstappen has not been at the top of my list because of his blocking etc. but that was pretty epic on Sunday…

He destroyed everyone and would have challenged the leaders for sure if not for the tire gamble they had early on. The way he drove around Ricciardo, Vettel and Perez was pretty impressive.

The FIA has got to get these rules straight. Why punish one driver but not the other? There were a few places where a driver should have/ could have been penalized in the Mexican GP. First lap alone had Hamilton [HTML_REMOVED] Rosberg both going off [HTML_REMOVED] not suffering. Verstappen should have been made to give that place back to Vettel. That would have avoided Seb's coming together with Ricciardo. I don't think Seb should have been penalized for that incident. There has been much worse happen so far this year that has went unpenalized. Massa's second to last race coming up at home. They should do something special for him.

They changed the rules before Austin due to all the BS Verstappen and a few others were pulling with the crazy blocking. Seb was one of the most vocal to get the rules defined and the penalties defined. He was caught napping, or swearing at Charlie, and tried to cover it very , very late. He deserved it for sure. If he had not blocked, Ricciado may have gone deep anyway and he could have cut back inside on exit.

Yes, Verstappen should have been made to give the place back straight away but you could look back every year to a couple of situations where that type of thing has happened and they all got a penalty after the race. Seb should have kept his cool and held off Ricciardo.

Hamilton's was less challenged so not entirely surprised he got away with that.

If the 15% slows down the industry it would indicate there was a problem with foreign buyers and the tax is working

OR more likely the 15 % fucked with presold deals that were already in the process

or maybe its just the natural bursting of the overinflated bubble?

my sister tells me the market is still strong to dump our condo

It hasn't done anything yet but create un-certainty. Which is affecting the entire market. I doubt there are many locals lining up to urgently buy real-estate right now.

That in itself will be enough for some people but the fact that the tax was implemented on public opinion vs. hard facts and numbers is an issue in my eyes.

While I don't believe the 5% numbers the govt. released; If that, or even double that was the extent of the problem they should have been looking at domestic measures to sort out the affordability issue. But that doesn't win votes.

Crashing the market is bad for everyone in Vancouver. Unless you have a bunch of cash and don't need to work for 5+ years.

If the market drops 20% but you live in China and don't give a toss about the economy for while. Do you think a 15% tax will slow any foreign investment?