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I did a bike packing trip there a few years ago. Absolutely amazing. Georgians are fantastic. As one Georgian said to me "We Georgians love God and Wine, but not necessarily that order". I camped mostly but did stay in one guest house and each meal came with as much wine as I wanted. They would open a bottle of wine and give it to you with the meal and expect you to drink all of it and more. The Chacha was vicious. I really want to go do a whole crossing of the Caucuses .

@motdrawde: Stick with BAF. Bad as f**K. A tonal dependent idiom. Perfect for confusing people in a written medium.

I don't like the negative comments about music in videos. Make your own videos if you want your own soundtrack. But I think we can all agree the music in this video was perfect.

@austenselk: Noted. Thanks. And I was being mostly sarcastic. Article induced FOMO. I love my 152 arrival.

I bought the 2021 Arrival 152. Absolutely love it. Matt's review of the bike in that year's pinkbike video series is what sold me. And I have repeatedly told people I will ride this bike for 10years, I don't need more travel, IT WOULD NOT CLIMB ANY BETTER ...blah blah blah. And now the esteemed Mr Beer had to go and write this review. Matt, you son of a bitch, you may have just made me liar. PS Any one want to buy an Arrival 152 2021. We are one's best enduro climber, I promise ;).

Totally agree. Solid preview. And great work by Cathro to get one of his junior riders a fan base. He's definitely getting one from this.

We have the same issues in Canada but less people and less time of modernity, relative to the UK, doing the damage. But the damage is still huge. If you are a mountain biker and like fly fishing then Squamish should be even more on your to visit list. The Squamish is a closed fishery, meaning catch and release only. Excellent fly fishing and I don't feel remotely like that a secret or will bring in too many people. It takes work to get to the goods. You also can see amazing wildlife while fishing far up the river: cougars, Roosevelt Elk, bears, and even sometimes the elusive Ashulu wolf pack. My brother has fished it a ton by float boat and been right across the river from the wolf pack with the pups playing on the opposite river bank to him. If you would like an excellent book on salmon around the world get Mark Kurlansky's "Salmon: A fish, the earth, and the histroy of their common fate".

This week had some real creativity. Slow clap for all.

I'm having my brain MRI'd soon by a professor friend's grad student in a month or so. Its for pain research but I am now telling him I want bike videos playing as well. I gave the gopro thing a try so I have personal POV footage. Double up the research and see if getting excited with something you like changes pain perception. I've actually had a full brain and spinal chord MRI previously for similar research he does but I was hung over and it wrecked the data. Oops. SO happy I get another chance.

I've always been surprised no protection manufacture has (at least to my limited knowledge) pushed the riding jock strap. I've been riding since 1998 and really have never seen this. It sort of sells itself and you can obviously target a different (labelled at least) cup for each riding style. The gravel grind(e)r, the 'dirt thumper', the 'enduro cup' for long lasting protection, and the e-cup, it vibrates for your pleasure and saves your stamina for the down. I haven't even seen this for pinkbike april fools.