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Good info, thanks Sacki!

Nice review. I've ridden the GRIP Sweep damper in a 34 Rhythm and was surprised how good it is for a 'budget' fork. I found setting it up harder than I'm used to as it seems to have a pretty narrow window where it works well, but once I found that sweet spot I really liked it.

Haha, yes, I wonder how many of those Fox actually sells!

"new 26" forks are a rare bird, and forget trying to find a halfways decent straight 1.125" steerer fork outside the used market"

You can buy a brand new Fox 36 GRIP2 in 26" with 1.125 steerer. See for example https://www.jensonusa.com/Fox-36-Float-Factory-GRIP2-26-2019

The queue at the Fromme parking lot this morning:

I rode up Lower Griffen and King of the Shore and saw exactly 0 other riders.

Idling in your car vs. extra riding time, people are strange...

You are right. Misread that, sorry.

That's the "DT 360 internals" mentioned in the article, it's DT's 3-pawl hub.

Last week I spent a couple of hours rebuilding my mangled GX derailleur with parts harvested from another broken one that the bike shop had in their parts bin and gave to me for free. It's like new again! Felt like a small triumph.

There are actually some very fast EWS guys who run bikes with conservative reach numbers for their heights, most notably Richie Rude and Sam Hill.

That raw aluminum frame looks great. Who needs paint?

You may have a credit card that includes short term travel insurance (read the fine print to see if mountain biking is not excluded).

It's been slow for me too. I had a gift voucher from b-c.de and ordered on Jan 13th, they shipped on the 14th and it only showed up as arrived in Ville St-Laurent/Montreal on CP tracking on the 28th. Just cleared customs this morning so should arrive this week. For some reason there seems to be a slow route via Montreal (also always goes to customs there) and a fast direct route via Richmond (never goes to customs).

This is going to be my 5th season on the Reign. Only change compared to last year is a Bikeyoke Revive 160 dropper (review coming soon!).

Photo taken last November at Rude Rock trailhead in Queenstown NZ because riding the same bike for 5 years means money left over for travel ;-)

It's a bug. It detects the timezone then saves it in a cookie. When daylight saving time starts/ends or when travelling to a different time zone, the cookie is not updated.

The workaround is to log out and log back in, that should reset the timezone.

I can help you revive your old account, send me an email.

Nice, I've been intrigued by the Raaw Madonna. Spotted one in the flesh last month in the gondola queue at Queenstown bike park of all places. Didn't get to talk to the guy as he was too far ahead in the queue and I never saw him afterwards.

I only feel the difference in rolling resistance when commuting to the trail on flat(tish) pavement when rolling resistance is the main 'enemy'. When climbing on dirt, I don't notice much difference, it's mostly gravity your are fighting uphill (and maybe roots and rocks on e.g. No Quarter) and the difference in rolling resistance between different tires is totally insignificant compared to that. Even if you think you do feel the difference, I'd say the benefits of the softer compound on the way down are still way more significant. Just my 2 cents.

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The forum software forgot about me when it had that hiccup a while back so I can't post pictures yet. Mods help me out? (I used to be TracerTong, or was it Tracer_Tong? Doesn't matter)

You can post images 24h after creating an account, so you should be good now.

Shoot me a message if you want to revive your old account (Tracer-Tong), it's still there (needs a password reset but may be linked to email you no longer have).

We spent the long weekend hiking near Mt Baker again. Chain Lakes loop on Sunday (by far the best 'value for money' hike in the area) and Lake Ann trail on Monday. Camped at Douglas Fir near Glacier. Ptarmigan Ridge (our favourite) looked like it still had a lot of snow on it. Quite a few people hiking in from Artist Point with skis/snowboards! The store in Glacier no longer sells ice cream :-( have to drive 10 mins further to Maple Falls now.

Chain Lakes:

Lake Ann trail:

Maybe run the numbers on a couple of scenarios? Like buying a 4wd truck vs buying a subi vs buying a small economical fwd car and renting a 4wd truck x times per year?

I have an older Subi wagon which is great for our camping trips where we bring a lot of gear but the rest of the year it's basically just a car with pretty bad fuel economy.