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Yeah, even in 2010s there were more brands locally doing things. I find myself spending  on boutique products (wolftooth, cane creek etc.) manufactured in the US or UK, and I can't help but wonder why those parts aren't made here. Where I can, I'm happy to pay a premium for Canadian made (Chromag stem, various chain rings...). Id pay a few bucks more for a made in Canada one-up guide. It would be nice to have more middle grounds, where you don't need to buy titanium to buy local.

Someone take my money. Those are by far the most beautiful bikes I have seen in a long time... and made in Canada too. I was a little disappointed on how few made-in-Canada parts there are for bikes these days. I'd love a pair of Canadian made hubs and cranks. And a steel + aluminum trail bike speaks to me... I want.

I recently got bored and went down this rabbit hole.... I'm now the proud owner of 6 kinds of lube including the 3 mentioned here. The other 3 I already owned. I usually buy the cheapest wet lube available... My drive train certainly looks better with WT1 so... I guess we'll see. Im generally of the belief that a dry-vetrain is better than a dirt laden one. But with the 10 minutes to properly apply lube when Im doing monthly teardowns seems like good value to use the fancy stuff anyways.

I'd also love an SOS button. Something I can affix to my bag and press in an emergency. I know that's a different purpose since you're already sending GPS data over a cell network...

More thoughts:
1) A One-Up combo would be awesome.
2) I'm always some what wary of tech from new brands. I don't usually buy it (this is for my MTB security so it's a different spending category, in the home insurance group more than the gadget group) One thing that would really help my "faith" in the product is ensuring that the back-end map is hostable by a 3rd party. So, for example, if you (god forbid) shut down shop or deprecated the device I can host your service on my local machine to track my bikes.

I would buy one per bike for sure.

Has anyone found a good spot? 

I carry mine in my pocket. OtterBox cases, modern guerrilla glass screens, and ipx rated phones are wonderful (knock on wood). 

That said, there is basically no where on my body which i could reliably access in a fall. Closest I've come is my shorts zip pocket. But even then I've fucked up my hands enough to not be able to operate a zipper in a fall.

I quite like the folding handle pumps as splints. The ability to brace someone's palm or foot with the 90deg bend lets you really fix the wrist or ankle in place quite easily.

Someone (us?) needs to invent a better version of the Sam-Splint for riding. My ideas:

1) Fender shaped Sam Splint. Shit. Don't steal that idea. Andrew, it would be a perfect fender on the back of a Titan....

2) Nested Telescopic pump (like triple action or whatever it's cold) and a folding handle. All aluminum. That isn't shit. i've splinted a handful of injuries with those and it works awesome, but have yet to find one that can reliably inflate a tire. 

3) I carry plenty of Gorrilla tape as well. Great call

4) Abdominal pads are a must for me. 

5) I carry aquatabs or iodine purification religiously. not only to prevent dehydration, but to flush larger wounds if they pop up.

I know it's not the best practice, but I typically don't carry a jacket when I ride. I'm always eying up a super light shell but at the end of the day if it's cool I ride with my fancy Gore one and if it's hot I dont and I just commit to it for the ride. If I'm far enough into the woods that I need an optional rain jacket, I want my fancy one anyways and will upsize the pack, as I probably need some other things.

Awesome!

This looks like total #squadgoals for me

FYI, as of last night Fromme Snow was right just above Lower Oilcan.

Costco wool shirts is back!