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How do they compare to the Shimano ME7?

Yeah I came across the Indy recently and they looked like the perfect knee pads for North Shore pedally rides - light but still with real knee protection. The charge seemed more like beefed up leg warmers to me (not saying that in a bad way, just serve a different purpose…much more on the XC side of things).

For someone who isnt a weight weenie - are these an obvious choice over the more expensive XT & XTR versions, or are there other things to consider as well (someone mentioned durability above)?

I never park there anyways... it's just funny to me driving by there and seeing the closed sign because you know it's just one of those Covid related things that they did way back at the beginning of the pandemic to be extra cautious and then just conveniently never took it down despite the fact that there is no basis for it. So I can take a flight to Hawaii now but I can't go to Indian River Dr? Maybe I am being a bit of a d--k but this NIMBY type stuff just really grinds my gears.

Posted by: MaxRockatansky

nimby's

That was my assumption. Who makes the call on stuff like that? Can the local residents just decide that they want to close their street or is it just that the residents would be pressuring (whoever is responsible for this stuff) to keep it closed?

Why is Indian River Rd. still closed...? One of those initial Covid closure related things that they just conveniently forgot to take down...?

Posted by: gearwhore

Posted by: bokinator

So I was working as a consultant 2 years ago and a bit and was solo for my incorporation. I have been a full-time employee for the last year

I paid my accountant 1500$ to do my taxes last year, and with barely any revenue generated this year, my accountant is still charging me $900.

I'm shamefully a complete idiot when it comes to taxes, but I do know math at least… With that said, has anyone used U-File, Turbo Tax, or alike to do their own corporate taxes of similar incorporation scale? Is it easy enough for me to do it myself and/or is it worth paying an accountant this much???

$900 is a steal for corporate taxes - $3000 for a non active one and over $10k for businesses with lots of income and expenses is "normal"

shit , i should have said OVER 9000 instead of over $10k - you're an  idiot gearwhore

$3k for a tax return for an inactive company is a rip-off - you literally just input the name and address of the company and tick a few boxes and that's it. $10k is pretty pricey unless you talking about a legit big operating company with at least 8 figures of revenue. Although I assume we're talking about only preparing the tax return. If you are also getting the accountant to prepare financial statements from scratch then that's a different story.

New Frontier was unveiled yesterday - looks pretty awesome (and also similar to a Tacoma)!

The only time I feel the need to get a new bike is when there is a big change in the industry. I've only had 3 mountain bikes ever and my first upgrade was to go from 26 to 29 and the second upgrade was to get carbon + "modern geometry" (slack HTA, steep STA, longer, etc.). The first upgrade (26 to 29) felt more substantial than the second upgrade, although I am still definitely happy I bought my current bike as it was still a noticeable improvement. 

Until another major advancement comes along I won't be buying a new bike. Also, pretty sure my next new bike will end up being an e-bike but then I would also keep my current bike too since I think both options have pros and cons.

This is something I think about a lot, but still don't know the answer to. Vancouver is obviously a very nice place and I understand why the prime areas are expensive - for example, the West Side only has so many houses, so it doesn't take much to significantly impact prices. There's obviously enough demand by international wealthy people to keep price levels high. House prices are obviously not driven at all by local incomes. You can have a $300k salary and still not come close to living in a lot of neighborhoods without already having substantial wealth otherwise (through existing home equity, inheritance, etc.).

What I don't understand is how everything is still so damn expensive even once you get far out of the city. I lived in Toronto previous to moving here... and while Toronto itself has always been expensive, there are tons of way more affordable areas around the GTA (a lot of which can easily access downtown via the Go Train, and public transit in general). In the GVA that doesn't really exist - Coquitlam/Richmond/Port Moody a nice house still costs $1.5M, and even further out in Maple Ridge, Abbotsford, etc. you're still looking at over $1M for anything half decent. There's tons of vacant land out there and also takes forever to get downtown from those places (the WCE is an option, but that only runs like twice a day I think?).

We're at the point in our lives where it's time for us to buy a bigger place... but prices here are so volatile that it scares me to lock in at a certain price when it could easily drop by 20% in a very short amount of time.

My big question is - what changed in the last 10 or so years that caused house prices to rise so dramatically vs. history price changes? Yes, interest rates are lower, but that alone only accounts for a relatively small amount of the price increase. I think the answer is foreign capital flowing into Vancouver (and Canada in general), although not sure to what extent that has driven the prices increases.

I had the same question, and pretty recently I actually saw a truck exactly like this - tailgate pad and a tonneau cover that looked like it was securely closed on top of it. I don't have any info as to how it works... but looks like it's possible.

Posted by: WeTYC...

50:50 weight distribution AWD > 50:50 4WD > 70:30 FWD > 70:30 4WD (like a pickup) > 70:30 RWD

(I rank AWD over 4WD for the no-need to shift based on suface grip that Andy mentioned, but if you're in snow 100% of the time, 4WD will actually handle more predictably)

My regular-cab short-box 4x4 Toyota Pickup handles like a chocolate lab puppy in the snow even though it's on 235/85R16 Tri-Peak Toyo M55s  due to little weight in the back, a Chinese Detroit Locker knock-off, and some suspect alignment numbers.

My Subaru on 205/55R16 Bridgestone All-Seasons will literally run rings around the Toyota until it gets high centered.  If I put some 155 winters on it I might almost get away with driving it like the Yaris above.  

Thanks for this info - that's what I was looking to confirm since I've read similar things on the internet previously. For your Toyota pickup, do you think simply putting some additional weight in the back would drastically improve the snow performance? I'm still confused as to whether 4wd trucks are good snow vehicles or not. Some people say they are awesome but then lots of others seem to say the opposite.

Posted by: Kevin26

If you want a similar trail but with jumps head over to mikis magic and slippery salmon, super fun

I actually rode both of those recently - really good additions to the Squamish trail network. I need to practice slippery salmon more though... found it hard to maintain speed/flow.