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it's easy to go overboard with first aid stuff but i agree wholeheartedly with a triangle bandage, a few regular bandaids and some gauze and light tensor wrap. when i think about what could happen out there i'm often concerned about any kind of major bleed. i've also helped a few people over the years with abrasions that were not serious, but distressing to the riders. one guy looked on the verge of tears and was riding alone and just having some basics to clean him up and make him feel better, well, he seemed on the verge of tears the other way. i always want to help out if possible so i'll carry just a bit extra than some of my mates.

they are hard to contact, like most bike companies. they want you to contact their dealers. if you go to 'inside norco' you will find a help button on the lower left. type in contact and you will get a contact form to put in your email and subject line.   i've contacted them by faking applying for a job and then asking a question and had a response. or find a senior employee's name and ask them via linkedin, etc.  basically you have to think guerrilla in order to contact a company in the modern era. make it a challenge, send them a post card, mail a letter, stake out their headquarters and hit up an employee headed home from work, etc. go mission impossible on them, it can be done.

5 5, oi vey! that would be a bitch, and i would think wagon wheelers would feel weird, unless you were hella strong.

cue the many comments about weight. every bike review and new release is peppered by weight complaints and comparisons. it seems that long travel 29ers are going to come in around 33 (on the light end) to 36 pounds and there is no way around it if spending under 10k. maybe we all have to come to grips that materials and construction limitations for bikes that can be durable under hard riding are simply going to weigh more than bikes from 10 years ago.

hey Cam. curious as to how you experienced a performance let down with the Guardian jacket. i'm considering one and am hoping it's as good as i read and that it also performs during heavy rain if required on overnight backcountry trips.

where do you find these new mopo tires, i haven't seen them anywere, even online.

SG ultra soft w CC out back, aye carumba!!  if anything you'll have quads of steel come summer!

most people who like the MM seem to be allergic to the idea it could be a good rear tire. i put my SG MM on the back this winter and it's awesome. rolling resistance, who knows, but it has way more grip under all conditions, up or down than the well worn DHR i had out back. climbing grip is incredible. rim protection with the SG casing is excellent. i just may keep it on back until it dies. for max traction, short of desert rock conditions, the MM is an incredible tire.

best one yet. i love the Vanna White.

i put a Spesh power arc saddle on my mountain bike and liked it so much i put another on my road bike. apparently, my arse is similar to Sam Hill's, i love these saddles.

i was just about to pull the trigger on a brand new Slayer C50 wagon wheeler. still might if a bike sells.  it's going to be very hard to ride a 170mm coil sprung 2 niner responsibly and within reason....

as in 94 octane at Chevron?  local costo low test is now 98.9 today.

i wonder what it would have been like to be the Stones or the Who and to hear LZ in those first few years. did they go 'pffffft', we've come well before, they got nothin.  or did they go, well shit guys, what do we do now? it's like a Spartan army arrived on the scene. that's my ridiculous perception anyhow.

how's it going for you? i'm in part bored, exhausted, tired of my spouse, tired of my tiny house, tired of myself. then suddenly moments of clarity and productivity and exploration. 

everyone has their fav music. i've finally rejigged the old high fi unit after the wife moved it 3 times in the last couple years. sometimes i forget just how fucking fantastical and wildly bombastic shit like 'when the levee breaks' sounds and feels like in the gut when it's cranked to 10 and the floors are shaking.  for my money, despite the years or maybe because if it, i cannot fathom how good LZ was and how apt the term 'gods of rock' apply.

i've become highly interested in some adjustable geo for the reasons stated above and for the versatility.  i was about to pull the trigger on the new Slayer C50 based on the reviews, and conversations i've had with some others as i think it addresses many of the downsides of some of the super sleds while remaining quite trail friendly and pedalable.  the way the economy is going and my own used bike sales, it's now delayed and who knows when, but the wagon wheeled Slayer is the next bike.

went to the dam at Comox lake on friday around dinner. was packed like a long weekend party was underway. all the young OG toughs of the Valley were there having a massive truck party. couldn't park and walk the trails if i wanted to, vehicles overflowing everywhere. boys jumping off the bridge and swimming, everyone crushing lucky's.  as far as i can tell, at least amongst some subset of young people around the Comox Valley, summer is here and it's party time!!

no i'd like to buy the CD. can it be purchased online?

so the record Fear Inoculum is not even released yet or available for purchase?  i just contacted the local record store and that's what he said, i had no idea.

a local shredder buddy of mine bought one new after extensive demoing. he loved it. he did have quite a few problems with it though as he's a bigger guy and goes very hard. broke one frame and had endless issues.

it's been suggested that the pangolins are having their revenge for the Chinese driving them to the brink of extinction. this cultures obsession with eating wild animals and wet markets is barbaric and sickening.