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"I'm gonna KOM!". Pretty funneh, guys!

Great series, and lots of pics I hadn't seen. Thank you.

Would be good for Monica to see how much improved the environment is now, and to learn that her frog pond was in fact man made.

The pic of 1st switchback is amazing, boy how things have renaturalized since then!

Without the legacy of logging we wouldn"t have such great access to the hills as we do now. Nor would Vancouver be here for us to enjoy.

That cheered me up!

Brutally sexist, perhaps. But that doesn't undermine its accuracy!

Well I did back to back ride my existing and potential new bike, and they were so similar it was super clear I should just keep my money. New bike itch cured.  Or at least deferred, I might take my time and look into some demos as suggested.

Posted by: heckler

Posted by: ceebee

i better buy one (or decide not too) quick before a new category is created.  

Have you heard of E- yet?

Pretending I haven’t

i better buy one (or decide not too) quick before a new category is created.  

but i think i understand who i am now - solidly a "trail" guy apparently. for clarity, not a "trials" guy.

yes - that is exactly where i am at currently.  sometimes you just get the "new bike itch", but it isn't wise economically to cave to it very often.  i plan to back to back the bikes and then see.

thanks for the tip on that deal!  have been using an MEC hydration backpack for years that i never really liked, gonna give this one a try.

Thanks Syncro.  I was being more tongue-in-cheek about how the terms are thrown around with little useful definition, rather than looking for bike recommendations.   I've been riding all these trails since 94 on a range of bikes starting with steep angle fully rigid spindle-ly things.  Currently on a Slash, which I quite like - climbs pretty good I find.   I have a line on really good deal for a Remedy 9.8 (carbon frame and wheels) at the moment, so considering that.  Looks like Trek is discontinuing 27.5" options so hence the opportunity on a close-out.

The biggest choice in front of me seems to be wheel size.  Test rode a 29er Santa Cruz quite a few years ago, I didn't love the floppy feel of the big wheels and the bike seemed overly long for my tastes.  Pretty happy with 27.5 on the Slash - they already seem big after so many years on 26"

"Downcountry" was a new term I found recently which I had never heard of and annoyed me!  So I guess we have:

XC - for flatlanders

Downcountry - burly XC as you say

Trail - for, I guess, riding on trails?  Perhaps Upcountry trails with slope to them!

All Mountain - OK for sure this is for use on mountains....

Enduro - a trail bike optimized for speed

Downhill - an enduro bike you'd never want to ride up hill

Park - i dunno, pretty much a downhill bike I guess

I ride the shore. Ride up, ride down. Seymour, Cypress, Fromme. Usually have 2 wheels on the ground. Like to grunt up short steep things. Not a huge flow trail fella.

Confused by the lingo that bike makers use.  Help!

I didn't realize how useful it is to have a GP until I had a bit of a "surprise" - the Big C. Now that is well dealt with luckily but it involved a shit ton of specialists, procedures, scans of all types, and a pretty major operation. Luckily this operation was just prior to COVID becoming a thing in BC, so I am very thankful for that. But back to the GP - she knits together all the reports from all the various specialists, and connects the dots, and makes additional recommendations and referrals. Its a super-important support to have, and without it I'm not sure if some things may have fallen through the cracks. The entire system is predicated on somebody having a GP, all of the specialists expect it and expect her to do her GP thing.

She's been talking about quitting for years so I hope the new compensation scheme will help her out. We worry quite a bit about losing her.

Beyond that - staying active, eating healthy, trying to limit stress, and getting a decent amount of sleep is all I can do! I should probably quit drinking too...

I will give my fellow NSMB'ers a tip (pretty sure we are mostly middle aged dudes here, right?) though: if you feel weird, don't hesitate to go to emergency.

Posted by: mammal
So I'll be buying a second one for the bar, and ditching my China lights. It'll be great to stop relying on heavy yet crap quality brick packs. I've traditionally carried a spare with me, which ends up being 3 packs on hand at a time. Carrying a couple little spares for the Lynx is basically nothing in comparison. A pair of Lynx will also mean the Mrs will have a nice head lamp for skate skiing this year as well.

Well that's a solid endorsement, thanks for posting the review.     Any downsides you see using this on a commuter bike as well, bar mounted and pointed down to avoid blinding the world?

Posted by: tashi

So, I get why people don’t like speakers on the principal of the thing, used to bug me too. 

I doesn't bother on principal, but in practice is sure does.  If its conversation-level volume, then fine.   as that's the normal sound level that a human-powered human (!) cannot be restricted from creating.  But the original Jabroni in question here wasn't even visible to me for quite  a while before I spotted him 100 ft off and up on a different trail.  STFU, Jabroni.