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Or just cheater bike? Like that better. Oh wait I'm a nazi now.... Crap

I think the same guy passed me on an ebike the other day on NQ. Came flying up behind me, said nothing as I pulled aside to let him pass. I have something to say to people like that now... Fuck you. If you can't be polite that's the new thing you are going to hear from me. So sick of the gapers on these things. ....Btw I have no problem with ebikes, just have a problem with the douches who seem to ride them lately. Look straight ahead, never say thanks or hello. Must be some kind of burning shame riding them to be so antisocial and rude.

Lol the ebike camp started it with the acoustic bikes thing...

Kidding aside...I liked your write up. Thought it is honest and insightful. I'm just curious and don't take this the wrong way. You didn't hammer home how great these ebikes are  the greatest thing ever. Like all the sponsored shills do on social media and other bike sites. Wouldn't Santa Cruz be kinda pissed about that? I mean it's all about sales. Or did you just borrow it for a month off someone and decide to do your own writeup?

Sure, fair argument but the newer bikes don't climb twice as fast. I don't hate them, they have a place. From what I have seen locally the emtbs  haven't been selling like the industry had hoped. Don't know what it's like everywhere else. Those I know that have had them have sold them due to various reasons I won't get into. None of these owners were that impressed. Also most people can only really afford one MTB , would you wanna only have an ebike? Not currently.

It makes no sense please explain

Food for thought. Isn't the whole I get more laps in on a ride on my emtb kinda selfish? My time is more valuable than yours? I guess for some it's all about how many laps they get. For others like myself I'm just happy to be out there, enjoying the experience.

How many MTB companies are there now? Another company I have never heard of but nice bike.

People are stressed and I am finding although not many cars on the road the drivers are not paying attention. Riding low risk trails is way safer than riding the roads. Closing the trails will not get the injury count down. Doesn't matter anyways a big rain cycle is on its way here in Vancouver. That will keep most inside

Stuff looks good, will check it out at some point.

Hope it all works out for you guys, keep on trucking.

GX build $5,759.20. CAD on sale right now.

That's a steal

Once the active cases in province are pretty much nil I'm sure things will get going again. Sunpeaks bike park is opening in July tentatively. 

One has to think, is someone going to wipe down each chair on the lift after each use? With the numbers Whistler gets is this doable? Think only once the restrictions are loosened will WBP open.

How about this....On a ride with friends last week there is a hike a bike section so during this time we have a good chat. For some reason we started talking about suspension on old dirt bikes that transitioned to Evil kenivel's jump over Ceasars palace fountain in Vegas and how the suspension he had couldn't handle the jump although he stuck it. Super random convo, talked about the toys form the 70/80's etc.

Then get home, scrolling thru instagram an ad for a guy selling Evil Kenivel toys pops up in my feed. I hadn't googled him whatsoever in the last 10 years. So pretty convinced my phone is listening to my convos. 

Change my mind.

I have yet to find a pair of glasses that don't fog up living here on the wet coast. Was riding up fisherman's this morning at a pretty good clip, my glasses still had to come off because they were fogging. The Shimano ones I have aren't cheap, but I'm apprehensive spending $250+ dollars on a pair of super expensive eyewear if they are going to fog up.

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I don't use strava plainly because I am way too competitive and I will either end up hurting myself or hating myself.

I can see how it would be a great tool to push yourself and work on timings (so long as it's reasonably accurate) but it is just simply not for me.

If you really wanna geek out you can keep track of how many KMs you get out of your drivetrain. Hard to be competitive on Strava with all the GPS wander going on.

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It's not unreasonable to charge a small fee for a service people want. I personally don't care enough to pay since I mostly use Strava for tracking my distance and elevation. I didn't love the competitive aspect since it makes people ride "weird". So it's actually a positive change to my mind.

This.

Posted by: Hepcat

Guess they've done the bridge & Beetle trick 3 times since that first time in '81. Back then every year the UBC prank was a spectacular arrestable offense, dangerous and disruptive was just kids having fun.

Hard to imagine this city that irresponsible and carefree now. Ah the good old days, when parents could still snort cocaine. And vast BMX gangs of grade school kids roamed the city daily, completely unchecked and miles from home.

Haha, remember my mom freaking on me because someone reported seeing my 12 year old self and some friends riding our BMXs from the Cove over the Ironworkers to go to MacDonald's on Hastings. She freaked because back then it was just a sidewalk with no barrier, super sketchy ... Lionsgate was even worse before they replaced the deck, had gnarly uneven sidewalk panels with metal edges sticking up. 

In regard to the engineers beetle prank, I think they made up for it engineering the deck replacement. What a job that must have been.

Posted by: Bull_Dozer

It's funny/disappointing how restaurants are being opened before outdoor activities.

Shopping malls open today. I'm sure that won't be a shit show. I don't even use the Fromme lot but have to say how the local govt cherry picks which lots can and can't be open is laughable.

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Oh ya, the question I came here for, I  guess the fromme parking lot ISNT open yet?

District website still says "Unknown" beside the anticipated opening date.

So weird.. rode over Cleveland dam on Sunday aft. Whole lot was jammed full of cars and people galore.

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I had a friend that drank out of a stream (total wilderness) and got Giardiasis. He was puking out of both ends for about a week and took him 3 weeks to get back to normal........he never did that again!

That sucks, but mostly really bad luck. What are odds?

I don't know what the odds are, but after seeing the dude suffer, it was enough for me not wanting to risk it! It was brutal!!!

Heard a couple stories of MTB trips into the Chilcotins where someone drank out of stream with a poor end result. Been up there, running low on water and have to say the fast moving streams look tempting but with the horses and livestock around...

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There's is a natural spring on the road to Lynn Headwaters about 2 mins in from the gate. It's handy if you're in the area. Been drinking out of it for 20 years.

So um about that. People line up to fill containers of water from that spring, especially on weekends. I don't know if anybody realizes that the majority of houses up above that you can see on upper Hoskins were built in the 70s. I would think that their sewage pipes probably leak somewhat and shit does in fact flow downhill, or in this case seep... Just saying....

Agreed. Plus various lawn fertilizers and weed killers, dog poop run off. I like tap water just fine. Or filtered water when I’m out there. Way out there where there are no people I don’t have much problem. But around people and livestock no way.

Whatever. I have been getting water there for 20 years like I said. Never heard about anyone ever getting sick from it. There are always people parked filling up car loads of containers.  If it were actually contaminated do you think Metro would allow it? I don't think so. If you don't want to drink it, don't.

I saw someone giving their dog a bath in that spring last summer. Just sayin.

You serious? That's so hilarious and sad at the same time.