33 Bikes of Whistler Bike Park Opening Day 2022

 Tribute to one of the sweetest F1 liveries.

 Looks sweet but ironic that the Privateer is carrying all the advertising

 A fine day for the parish! @peteristaken on IG if anyone wants to see more of it.

 clearly a fan of Gerhard Berger

 Hilariously rad indeed. Go Marlboro!

 @HeManHunter: Or his much slower team mate /s

 I think there must be a Showa and Mario Boss advertising to make it perfect.

 I love the Privateer. It’s always been a perverse fantasy to kit out in ‘Marlboro Adventure Team’ gear, and hit the lifts.

 @Alexanderskh: Yes, you've got it right! I was thinking the same, a classic Mclaren livery. RIP Senna!

 Everyone scrolling back up to "notice it"

 Thank you! I did it with rattle cans and it turned out pretty good! More pics on my instagram page @PeterTistaken

 It was nice of Ricky Gervais to show up with that sweet bike and let a few punters take pics.

 @PeterT: Dam, went and checked out your profile for more Marlboro pics and stumbled on the video of the train gap. That is insane! Doesn't get any more committing than that!!

 That Glory in Snowbirds colors was sweet too.

 Video incoming.

 @powderhoundbrr: haha yeh that was a fun day! I debate doing it again every time I drive past, maybe !

 @Alexanderskh: Schumacher's Jordan Racing livery, the FujiFilm comes in a close second

 @PeterT: dude, that’s insanely well done for a rattle-can job! That just makes it even better in my opinion. Well done!

 So at first I thought this was one of Marlboro's "raffles" they used to do for skiing. Basically Marlb reps would go in and out of bars all over the country and raffle off and all expense paid trip to ski Bridger in MT. Then come the trip, they'd all fly to MT, load up on a bus and come into our shop to get outfitted with skis and boots.

Marlb provided them with ski gear. Every last one of them (50/day) kitted out in a Marlboro ski jacket and pants. It was hilarious. Most of them had never had been skiing let alone seen a mountain. About 5 smoke breaks later they'd finally crammed themselves into their boots and were off for the first outdoor adventure they'd had in the last 20 years except to get the mail.

1-2 hours later, 75% of them would be back down to give us back our equipment, either pissed off or broken. They'd head straight to the bar for the rest of the day. Man there are some fun stories from those crews.

I thought this bike was something like that ski package and I was thinking to myself "oh HELL no...".
Hats off to the paint job, absolutely had me convinced.

 @lehott: my personal top always includes black and gold Lotus, Senna's or Raikkonen's

 @krashDH85: My old man was a big time Speed Skier in the 80's he has lots of cool swag from Camel, Marlboro, etc. Stories of Camel Girls walking around with free packs for everyone. Different times.

 @lehott: hells yeh, dude I was close on doing this too (as I’m Irish, and I’d get to stick the shamrock and IRELAND on my top tube haha but I thought nobody would get it

 @ChopperCat11:
It's fun until that split second you forget you don't have a chain, you go to pedal and there's no resistance so you almost bin it over the bars.

 Whahahaha

 And she switched from Marzocchi to SRAM? New 2023 rear shock as well

 At what point is a DH bike set up 'Park Style' just a big scooter?

 @christiaan: They offered her $5008.99 to switch.

 @mr-moose: When they look like this:

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 100% I am going to show up to either opening or closing day at Whistler on my 01 Intense M1 someday.

 It was actually pretty quiet up there, not a ton of riders or anything too old and beat up.

 Genuinely would love a 'workhorses' thread where people post average bikes that have given them a lot of joy. Bikes must have been owned and ridden by owners for at least 5 years. Bonus points for mismatched parts, outrageous mileage and elevation done on them, and stories of good times had.

 @mattg95: Checkout NSMB's minmaxed series they're running right now

 The contents of this post is very accurate to what an "average dude bike" looks like in Whistler, theres not many old bikes. You see a lot more at the other bike parks e.g. Silverstar

 At least we got a few single speeds

 @mi-bike: and zero speeds

 Lyrik feels plenty stiff on my Warden.

 i thought he has a fox fork in the front

 I think he got sponsored by ext and thats why he has ext suspension.

 those people are on a budget and won't go to there when 70% of trails are closed

 It's like 0.00000000061% of the cost of a condo anywhere near Whistler. Parents can afford it.

 Lol it’s whistler , a 1 bed condo costs a million bucks now ,their parents aren’t short for cash

 turtley.

 It really is! more photos on ig @robperry__

 Can't kill'em. 26 is dope.

 They are called e-bikes

 @Flexpipes: G-bikes

 thanks! more photos on ig @robperry__

 Got an Xprezo Ad-hoc this bike is a beast, super light and jesus you can shred with it. Way better than a brand new Norco Shight that crack on crank it up lol.

 @Ba1rog: Good to hear it! They look so nice. I have been trying to find one for a while. I still have a few old Balfa 2 steps that come out from time to time. And all 3 of my old BB7s are still in action. They made some great bikes up in the East. I supported the boys from day 1. The Dsastr titanium fs bike is a sweet looking rig too.. I have been afraid to reach out and ask about it..

 They honestly aren't that big in BC in the last 5 years. I feel like I see more Transition bikes than Specialized on the trails.

 Barely anything is open cause of all the snow.

 @schili: Ahh touche, were still sledding in the rockies right now

 Oh man I want that!

 yes

 i think he got new suspension

 Just checked my garage, there's 3 of them in there.