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Posted by: Bull_Dozer

Posted by: TheWasp

I can only think of the No Quarter climb trails on Fromme and Boogie Nights on Seymour as totally new. 

Even Boogie Nights is like 4+ years old by now, right?

TF says opened 2016. I feel like that was a minor miracle that it got approved but I'm not in the know, just an assumption given how few trails are new. Also the trailbuilder really managed to make the absolute most of what they could work with, double win!

https://www.trailforks.com/trails/boogie-nights/

Sapphire ? 😉

BBC News - Climate change: China aims for 'carbon neutrality by 2060'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54256826

China - discuss

Yeah interesting point re Squamish. Would be great to get a take from someone on the inside. I can only think of the No Quarter climb trails on Fromme and Boogie Nights on Seymour as totally new. Oh plus the little Dickie on Severed. 

Asian, GSM, Penny Lane etc were also brand new but were from a little while ago during the old CMHC wild west days.

Posted by: Hepcat

Nice, inspirational stuff!

My secret goal that I started cracking on in January was to get on the top ten board for some Strava segment climbs. Been at it pretty hard, but holy fuck am I bad at it.

Actually eeked onto the list on a few, even if only temporarily. Holy hell is it an effort though. Way harder and scarier for me to commit to those levels of pain then to try for downhill times.

I'm addicted now though.

The trick is to ride an XC bike basically. Some of those KOM's on climbs were done of fucking CX bikes!

Fitness goals went way out the window this year. A million miles off.

Increasing the fine won't make any difference at all as a deterrent but the act of increasing it will work as a reminder to the public. Which is worth doing but it will only be effective for a short period. So the solution - quadruple the fine every 6 months! 😁

Could the Greens end up increasing their number? Could an emphasis on mail-in voting bring out more first-time voters who might vote green - ie "These are serious times but the environment is an even bigger threat than covid". Plus another year of smoke from wildfire in the populated areas. Or are they just too much of a shit show?

Also Deep Cove > than Lynn Valley ? Fuck off !

Obviously, a lot depends on where you work and if you'd be driving to/for work. If you're working downtown riding to work is a good option from the shore and e-bike commuting from the shore is exploding.

If you want nightlife go for East Van. You can get to places by transit/cab/pub-bike reasonably and driving to the shore post work is reasonable via second narrows. If that's not a consideration then live on the shore

Great shout to add in Bottletop. It's a great trail to finish on and on warmer days you can finish with a dip in the river.

Was FA changed from a blue to a black recently? I guess it makes sense because, as has been noted, there are a few tricky moves on FA which don't have ride arounds. I feel Dales is a good step up from FA.

Shout out for Boogie Nights, you'll love it. You can get to it from Pangor. The Boogie to Pangor connector is shown incorrectly on Trailforks, it just flows into it.

https://www.trailforks.com/trails/boogie-to-pangor-connector/