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I was going to say the opposite Pete. With less folks on the road, I've been seeing more and more reckless driving (speeding, crossing lanes without signaling, charging orange/red lights). Rumor has it that the RCMP have reduced their staffing in half to allow for sickness...so patrols are potentially down.

I agree that we need to be responsible in the MTB world, and for those riding on the road, I'd be extra vigilant (and visible) because there are some crazies out there.

I like this format of review, short, sweet and clear. "Here is all the stuff I'm trying out at the moment".

I've got a few bars at 755 or so that I could easily part with (31.8 diameter). PM me if interested.

Yeah #4 gets my vote

I've always wondered if you could generate some power from the stationary trainer.

"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, did you see that!!!"

I'll echo all of the comments above. I have done a cornering session with Endless and it was a game-changer for me. We sessioned Bobsled 5 times and did some video analysis where I could see what I was actually doing vs. what I thought I was doing. I'd like to book them again for one focused on "finding the flow on tech trails". 

A bike-park day always improves my riding. Flow trails on repetition (i.e. Crank it up, etc.) will let you tune your jumping as long as you are willing to try a few things (more weight forward, more/less pre-load, suspension tuning, try a whip...). After a few hours, you should see an improvement with either jumping itself and/or your willingness to carry speed. When you come back to the shore, you will have a new confidence level with speed and air. 

Riding with friends or hitting up a race (NSMBA/Sorca Fiver/Cinco). There are some fast folks around, and following one (and getting passed by one) will push you a bit which can be a good thing.

Alternate options is group rides: NSRIDE or Vancouver Trail Shredders (facebook group) are good spots to start.

Ending up going with Waterline - significant cost savings and they are located just down the street. Plan to ruin my front yard early next week.

Unintended consequence of this - house renovations (or demo and build a new one) have surfaced again...

I've got a quote from Milani ($$$, but they would be quite quick) and I have another coming from Waterline. Many other places on the shore don't do outside plumbing, so that was a bit of a surprise. Neither are concerned with it failing suddenly, nor concerned with undermining - so the rush isn't as bad as I thought.  New information - Trenchless works maybe 50/50 for metal lines as they tend to not be strong enough to handle the "pull" - if the line was PEX or Poly, then it is usually the way to go.  In our case, 1970s vintage means we are trenchin.

More to come.

Posted by: syncro

it shouldn’t be an issue to reroute the line like XXX_er say but you do need to be aware of where any other services are located. I wouldn’t worry too much about the cracked line, you’ll have to shut off the water at some point anyway. If you do it yourself plan the new line and dig that trench first to leave the old line in place till you’re ready to switch it over.  

I’m working up in Berkley over the next few days, if you’re close I can come by for a look and give you some free advice. I’m too busy to offer any help with actually doing the work tho. 

Get a couple of quotes from say Milani, North Shore Plumbing and Daryl Evans Mechanical (mtb’er I think) as a place to start to see if it’s worth trying to save any money by doing some of it yourself.

Sent you a PM -thanks.

I'm not allergic to the work, just don't necessarily have the time at the moment. Thanks everyone for the comments!! I appreciate this community!

Posted by: syncro

Imo your decision will be based on time vs cost. If you have the time to dig up the old pipe yourself which will be the bulk of the work then you may only need a plumber to actually do the connection. You can do it yourself tho as it will just be a compression fitting at the street side and at your pressure regulator inside the house. Finding the line should be easy, as it should basically be a straight line from the shut off to the house. As you already know where the shut off is just dig back from there. You could just replace the broken section of pipe, but it’s probably worth doing the whole thing. It ultimately depends on the condition of the pipe and where/why it broke.

Thanks, the issue is that the routing is not just straight and likely goes under a giant tree/rhododendron before taking a turn and heading into the house.

The District folks said that they could tell that the sound was getting louder, which indicates that there is likely a crack...which makes me nervous to go digging around with a spade given the 1970s vintage of this line.

Their "trenchless" installation looks interesting.

yeah, I don't see this as being "cheap"

Water started spurting out of our standpipe on Friday. The District of NV came by to look at it today and sure enough, the leak is on our side of the shut-off valve.

Has anyone dealt with this kind of thing before? I'm guessing I need to call a plumber to replace the source line which means digging up my front yard to trace the line. Any recommendations on a plumber? What do I need to do vs. the plumber?

Thanks,

Gord

Posted by: Brocklanders

Dave if you are reading this... we miss you

Yes, yes we do

Posted by: Hepcat

BTW snowline has dropped about a million feet from a couple of days ago, not missing anything.

How far down on Seymour/Fromme?

ME7s were way to narrow for me last year - I got AM9s and don't see me looking back.