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Yeah. I’m 65 now. Yeah. That injury thing is real. We old guys do not recover the same as young riders. I can’t even to two big rides a week lest I become "overtrained". My friend used to joke about injuries. In our twenties you’d crash and hurt your shoulder. I hope I can ride tomorrow. Drink a bunch of Molsons and ride hard next day. At 30, it was craft beer and the shoulder hurt but we rode. At 40, scotch and we took time off and considered physio. At 50 we’d quit drinking and needed physio for a month and no riding then. Now in my 60s I get injured in my sleep dreaming about riding. What the serious suck is that all about?

Actually Karin, I would suggest we need seat posts that don’t need this "fix" at all. Fortunately my Reverb is in its 5th or 6th season. I forget. I bled the remote after a week because the shop didn’t do it well and again this year when I finally got around to shortening the hose. The Oneup on my other bike has not needed much other than a simple service a couple times a season. 

My I9 101 rear hub has not been stellar either. The pawls skip maybe once every three or four rides. I’ve serviced the mechanism more than once and I see no damage or problem but it still does it. The Torch hubs on my other bike have been without issue for many seasons. 

My next new full suspension bike will probably be along the lines of this bike you reviewed. Thanks for the review.

This thing. Cheap. The shop gave it to me free but I think it was about a dollar. https://r2-bike.com/SHIMANO-Spacer-for-XTR-CS-M9101-Cassette-12-speed-Y1X401500

Oh. XTR cassettes come with a very thin plastic shim that goes over the driver first. I learned that not using it results in a creak under harder pedaling forces. I made one from a plastic berry container. It worked. I have the official one now too thanks to my LBS but I have not needed to install it yet. The shop checked their new XT cassettes and they did not come with a shim.

Good point about bikes being pretty settled now. I think we are seeing "features" that exist primarily to make a bike different in appearance more than performance. I think my next bike will be along the lines of mid travel bike. Good review. And well, since you asked for it. Did I tell you about the time I chased a creaking sound on my road bike in the 70s? After checking every component one at a time over about two weeks it turned out it was the metal watch band rubbing against the metal watch case every time I hit bumps. I discovered it one evening at supper time when I shook the salad dressing with my left hand.

People often say such things about shocks. But what about forks? There are a lot of back and forth forces on forks. Maybe the flex there is less concentrated than for a "fixed in place" shock. Don’t know. Same said about trunnions too. Lots of things are worse in principle but fine in practice.

That’s been my experience with ENVE M60 which were said to be super harsh. Reserves feel the same to me as do my WAO Union  wheels. But I only weigh 140 and a bit. I can run EXO 2.5 tires at 15-17 psi. I would think for heavier riders that might be different. 

These new rims look good. The design makes sense. But I am skeptical of strength claims. Got zero issues with my rims so I don’t need nothing stronger. Stronger than strong enough. Stiffer than it doesn’t flex now. I’m sure some riders need more strength than I do. I’m not that hard on stuff. 

I can’t tell the difference between so called compliant or stiff handlebars either. All the same to me. Again, I’m light, I have soft tires, lots of fork travel and 740 width bars. I like big soft grips so compliant bars seem silly to me. People claiming more compliant rims give them better traction I think have convinced themselves of this. Not many people that spend big bucks on something will claim it wasn’t worth it.

Yes they would. The We Are One bikes are super boost 157 with a boost chainring/crank. You get a better chain line in the lower gear. I use a non boost ring on my Chameleon with a boost rear end. Works well. Zero issues.

What articles like this do for me is cause me to think of my own experiences, think about what other people have said and compare and contrast these experiences. I become less rigid in my thinking and more open to other ideas. And that’s a good thing.

I need a Silky for spring when I hike and cut out winter deadfall’s.

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Posted by: Adam-West

My mom and borther are the exact same way. my mom never gave a rats ass about politics and now its the same story as above. I really dont get it. I saw this thing where a baby was having a heart operation or something and the parents canceled it cause of the possibility of donor blood having come from a vaccinated person.

this one

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/30/new-zealand-parents-refuse-use-of-vaccinated-blood-in-life-saving-surgery-on-baby

fucking morons.

How fucked do you have to be to risk your baby's life over a vaccine?  Don't they wonder how so many of us have received several boosters and manage to survive?

I'm pretty sure there is a party of religious fanatics maybe the JW's who don't allow blood transfusions

Yeah. JWs don’t allow blood transfusions. An uncle of mine needed heart surgery but wouldn’t have it done because of that. Made my father angry that his brother died in his mid 60s when he didn’t have to. Prince too. He needed hip replacements badly but wouldn’t do it for those same religious reasons. Ended up hooked on pain killers as a result and died from that instead. Stupid.

I’ve seen a few of the full suspension Chromag adult bikes on the trail. There was one outside their shop last time I was there too. Coming soon?

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Losing a dog is hard. Dogs are so consistent in their "love" for us, that constant companion. I miss my boy. He died Monday presumably from heart failure at age 7. I had to find him back on the trail and carry him out. I imagine Big Willie will leave a big hole in many hearts.

really sorry to hear that Andy, always enjoyed seeing you and the dogs on the trail...which I also miss since moving to Squamish

Yeah me too. We always shared a laugh or two. My mother in law is in Squamish now at the end of Mamquam Rd. Maybe we’ll be lucky and run into each other.

we're on the golf course end of mamquam, nice to have the river trails/dike to walk Dakota on, and the golf course now that it's closed for the winter!

I thought so. I saw what I think was your company truck up there. MIL is in the older townhouse development.

When did these come out? https://chromagbikes.com/collections/pedals/products/pilot

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Losing a dog is hard. Dogs are so consistent in their "love" for us, that constant companion. I miss my boy. He died Monday presumably from heart failure at age 7. I had to find him back on the trail and carry him out. I imagine Big Willie will leave a big hole in many hearts.

really sorry to hear that Andy, always enjoyed seeing you and the dogs on the trail...which I also miss since moving to Squamish

Yeah me too. We always shared a laugh or two. My mother in law is in Squamish now at the end of Mamquam Rd. Maybe we’ll be lucky and run into each other.

Losing a dog is hard. Dogs are so consistent in their "love" for us, that constant companion. I miss my boy. He died Monday presumably from heart failure at age 7. I had to find him back on the trail and carry him out. I imagine Big Willie will leave a big hole in many hearts.

Ordered today. I’m thinking because most helmets these days allow a goggle to mount under a visor that the strap on this light will mount like a goggle too. I tried my current dim headlamps and it seems to work ok. Might be too giggly though but we’ll see.

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We had the perfect moment to abandon this bullshit 2 years ago yet we pushed it off. Why cant we do anything ourselves?

It’s coming I think within a year. BC is waiting for Washington, Oregon and California to make the change. Those states are in the process of getting their federal government to enact the laws (or whatever) to do so. I looked it up yesterday because I was curious.

So many good suggestions in this thread. No one is wrong either. But you need to experiment to find out what works best for you. I sweat heavily unless it’s really cold or I ride slow. Many climbs don’t really allow going easy around here so it’s about sweat management for me. Going up "be bold, start cold" works for me. If you feel comfortable walking around the trail head, you wore too much. Remove a layer and carry it up. Wind vests and jackets are great. Many are very light weight and packable. I like merino for really cold weather where I’m not going to go so hard that the sweat faucets are full open. Cross country skiing sees me in Lifa polypropylene under layer as it dries faster than merino. It may not completely dry out on a longer descent but I find it has a better chance of that than merino. Dry polypropylene is warmer than wet wool.

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Read an article about SouthWestern BC and the current drought at The Guardian. That was interesting.

Picked a blackberry and ate it.  It was not very tasty, but it was October 20th so I felt I had to.  This is the craziest and driest October I can remember.  Not just dry, but warm.  Today feels like the first day of fall.  It will probably be nothing but 4 months of atmospheric rivers now.

You know you have to pick blackberries that are located higher than a dog’s waist eh..