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@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.

Totally agree and I would add what women do snowboarding and skiing slopestyle, or whatever they are called, events to that list. I think they are the more obvious examples.

The last clip was not covered by the outro! You did it Pinkbike, you mutha f**k'n did it!

@SterlingArcher: Ha. Thanks. I support a few things these days through Patreon (news, and even science researchers who lack funding) and I also directly support the viewing of the professional sport of squash (racquet sport). Angry people here took my comment as 'let's give money to discovery', which is silly. I would love to give money to DH riding athletes and the people that create the viewing: not redbull or the UCI or anyone else. For squash its run by ex players and I pay them per month; the athletes love it.. Nothing is free. Free coverage, for viewers, means the money produced goes mostly to advertisers not the athletes. Wyn Masters' initiative is awesome and is a potential model. I'd love it if DH was able to leave the UCI, start their own shit and get paid directly. I'd happily give them $10 a month; that sort of payment means they can plan ahead with cash flow from all the regular payees. I never watched motoGP, but I suspect their free model didn't work and then no one would pay for it either. That's sad for anyone who was involved or liked to watch. So you get what you pay for.