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I have pro and con opinions on eBikes, but competition was not something I had even considered. Kinda makes me laugh....nothing more, nothing less.

Viewership will ultimately decide interest, sponsorship money, and therefore viability. Anyone remember point to point X Country races?

Well said, Cory.

I'll always remember her as one of the couriers during the "golden age"....when many of us would ride around on  pre-suspension rigs (often the same bikes we would race on), without helmets, without licenses,  riding on the sidewalks giving business people a scare, or riding through intersections giving bus drivers reason to honk, and jumping into crowded elevators dripping in sweat or rain water, and having a few chill moments between "Rush" deliveries on the lawn in front of the Bentall towers. Ingrid always seemed to be smiling or laughing. 

Carpe Diem.

I really miss Fat Tire Flyer and the ilk of non-conformists, non-PC, truly irreverent, typo-riddled, bargain basement, low-budget rags...often printed in black and white and handed over between riding buddies.

Progress is good too. While I tend to know what to expect when I open PB, or RedBull, it's consistently reliable, but seldom surprises. It's a bad analogy, but sometimes you just want to try that homemade meatball sandwich instead of the Cactus Club meal.

...what cyclotoine said....at least they gave him something a bit more "modern" in the brake department. I was expecting cantilevers....or maybe a chainstay mounted U-brake.

Also...shoulda thrown in some bear-claw pedals with plastic toe-clips!

You don't want to have a serious injury in Crested Butte. I was riding in Crested Butte with my wife a few years ago and we had a minor emergency. Turns out that Crested Butte only has a clinic. The nearest hospital is 45 minutes away in Gunnison.

Risse Racing just made the toaster-oven of the two-wheeled world. Personally, I believe it's just a really crappy e-moped.

Great coverage UCI! We got to see a total of 44 seconds of Loic's 3:26 run... and 43 seconds of Miranda's run 4:20 run. That's 21%  and 17% of their respective races.  

I guess the fact that the live feed wasn't available in Canada is really only a 19% let-down.

On Fromme, it would be 7th to Lepperd, up to Expresso, out on BP, up to Natural High, then Griffin Switchbacks or Imonator.

If I'm feeling extra energic I'll add Crinkum after Lepperd & head back up from 3rd to 5th SB (not so bad), and I'll add Floppy between BP & Natural High.

FYI...He's a black and white Bernadoodle (Bernese/Poodle). 

The owner put up posters last night in  Upper Lynn area....so anyone in that area can get  the contact info if anyone needs it.

Posted by: CyclistLiam

Jet Boy and Mountain Highway make a nice North Shore fitness loop. Great 2 hour work out.

...with a beer break at the top.

Posted by: PaulB

Pretty much, except the Quarry Rock trail is still closed, and some street parking on Gallant has been blocked off to give more space to pedestrians. Not sure what the time limit is for the Panorama parking lots these days. If you're going to be there awhile, best to park over at the elementary school, or Myrtle Park.

Edit: I went for a ride through the Cove this afternoon, and it was pretty much a typical sunny Sunday, except that since the line for Honeys' was spaced 6' apart, it stretched most of the block.

I believe that Panorama Park is 2 hour max.....and the district is checking the whole Deep Cove area on a regular basis. Lots of parking near the schools, though.

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Posted by: Kieran

They have a motor, let them pick the passing point. I ain't moving over for anyone who isn't putting in serious effort.

Just because a rider is on an emtb doesn’t mean they aren’t putting in serious effort. I wish we could put that myth to bed.

I doubt the guy who passed me on Mtn Hwy while riding with one hand on the bars and the other hand flipping through his Smart Phone (texts? playlist?) and disappeared at about 4x my speed was putting in much of an effort (except maybe his thumb/screen dexterity). And no....I had no problem with that...there was plenty of room....in fact I found it quite funny.

I rode Squamish over the weekend....I didn't see the mopeds and shuttlers in the numbers you described. And I covered a lot of ground.

Posted by: Bull_Dozer

Anything lift access can get overcrowded, but I've never felt overcrowded on a normal trail ride. I don't know about you guys, but on an average Fromme ride I rarely see more than like 20 riders after I leave the parking lot. Yes, on the prime weekends over the warmer months the top busy trails (bobsled, half nelson, espresso, boogie nights, lost lake, etc.) and shuttle routes might get a fair bit of traffic but it's easy to escape that just by riding different trails.

IMO the main trail networks have mostly been totally underutilized and still have a lot of room for additional capacity outside of a select few trails/routes. 

According to trailforks Squamish has 588km of trails (I assume that's overstated and counts a lot of dirt roads and multi use paths, but say the real # is 1/3 of that (approx. 200km). Mathematically, you could have 2,000 riders riding at once and they would each have 100m of trail to themselves. Obviously that's not how it works in the real world, but I think you get what I am trying to say. 

I think the issue is more around stuff like parking, where a bottleneck occurs.

I agree. I've been riding the shore for longer than I care to admit....while some recent days have seen very busy streets and limited parking, you'd expect to see the same effect on the trails. When climbing Fromme on what I would call a busy day, I'll see about 15-20 people up to Bobsled, then a steady stream (10-ish)to Expresso, then a handful after that....maybe 3 or 4 waiting at 7th Secret. More often than not, I will see no one on a descent of Oilcan, Ladies, Executioner, etc... until I get to the lower trails. 

I'm not a fan of hunting for parking and I'll gladly find an easy spot a few blocks further away....I mean, if I am planning to be out for half a day, what's an extra 10 minute climb or 20 minute commute?

Confirmed. It sounds like DNV has no current plans to move forward through to Lower Ladies. Apparently, there was some signage that warned riders of the closure ahead, but those went missing. Now the homeowners on Coleman and McNair are complaining of trespassers on their properties. Looks like Lower Skull is the last option exit for now. It just means parking on Dempsey  instead....more downhill at the end of the ride!

Posted by: DanL

So those loamers behind that house, known as 'Dirt Diggler' etc are on private DNV property, not Parks. Not sure if those are the trails you are referring to, Mudrunner, but they're all 'illegal'.

No. Different trails a bit lower and they run parallel to the slope.  Not sure how Parks got put into this...they were never mentioned. It's definitely all DNV. The DNV had done some "fire suppression" behind those houses and if you follow the lower cleared section, it leads to the bottom of Lower Ladies. I spoke with them a while back and their intent was to create a trail loop that takes riders off the BP and off of Dempsey, but back to the gravel parking lot. It is is a maze of land stewards and ownership all the way along from the bottom of Lower Expressso. Curious if they are considered "illegal" since many trees have stamped relic metal markers on them that would indicate an old road or trail (there is some flagging, but anyone can put flagging up).

So the lower trail that parallels the BP and brings you out via at that abandoned house on Coleman, now has some obstructions near the far eastern end of the trail. There's also a fence preventing passage through the abandoned property and therefore onto Coleman. There is no signage anywhere along the way, so it will come as a surprise to many wandering down that way to see it's closed.

It's not really a surprise though. One of my riding buddies happened to exit that way a couple of weeks ago and bumped into the owners of the property...not new owners....these guys have owned it since the last ice age. But in talking with him, the owners said they were concerned that someone might hurt themselves and that they (the owners) would be liable. They were wondering what to do. I guess they decided. We expected something might happen, but this was quite sudden.

So...a couple of summers ago, the district laid down some sort of trail that leads behind the homes and up to join Lower Ladies so that folks can ride back to the parking lot...but it's not really ride-able at the moment.

Does anyone know of an alternate exit (other than Lower Skull)? Or if there are any plans to finish the trail now that it's a dead end?

Posted by: Brocklanders

Too bad Metro Vancouver didn't just keep the parking at Lynn headwaters closed for the summer. What a gong show, the road is way too narrow for cars, walkers, dogs, strollers and everything else. Witnessed two guys almost in a fight over a parking spot riding thru there today. What a mess.

Those crowds were just pushed into the residential areas. I drove up Hoskins on a Saturday when the parking was closed and it was a mess of people walking on the street, driver doors wide open, etc...