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leelau stephanepelletier's article
Aug 21, 2026 at 10:01
Aug 21, 2026
Vertical 6-Bike Rack Review: Thule Revert vs. Velocirax Max vs. Yakima HangTight
Why is that?
leelau mikekazimer's article
Aug 13, 2026 at 16:26
Aug 13, 2026
Injuries Suck, But They're Part of Mountain Biking
@mathiasrides: Keep riding! And safe!
leelau stephanepelletier's article
Aug 13, 2026 at 9:53
Aug 13, 2026
Cypress Mountain Announces Bike Park Return for Summer 2027
FYI the GLI builds are phased. Grouse wanted them to build the flow trails first and the tech trails later. The tech will show up. For example; Garbanzo trails are from Gravity Logic when they were inhouse at Whistler
leelau mikekazimer's article
Aug 13, 2026 at 9:49
Aug 13, 2026
Injuries Suck, But They're Part of Mountain Biking
@wolftwenty1: Totally agree. I don't want to overthink it - otherwise one would never do anything risky. Just playing with numbers to imperfectly illustrate that getting injured in a sport which has inherent risk carries consequence. But yes - i didn't want to argue that one therefore should never do anything risky
leelau mikekazimer's article
Aug 13, 2026 at 9:35
Aug 13, 2026
Injuries Suck, But They're Part of Mountain Biking
@redrook: agreed. Say you ride 50 or 100x a year. Say there's 5 features every ride where if you make a mistake you may get injured. Could be a small gap. Could be a small rock roll. Could be a root garden at speed. At 100x a year that's 500 opportunities for injury. Supposing you have a 99% success rate (I'm an optimist). 99x out of a hundred - all good. But you slip a pedal, or get bucked, or get thrown sideways. That's 0.5 injuries per year. Doesn't mean its a serious injury. Could be a boo boo. But it does illustrate the power of numbers.
leelau mikekazimer's article
Aug 13, 2026 at 8:33
Aug 13, 2026
Injuries Suck, But They're Part of Mountain Biking
Same. For me, I'll do things that need 80% of ability so there's always a relatively big margin of safety ( all approximate). And for binary outcome features I might do them once a riding season, as opposed to doing them every ride. I like not being injured so manage that risk to reward accordingly
Posted in "Official North Shore thread"
Aug 12, 2026 at 9:44
Aug 12, 2026
leelau jessie-mmorgan's article
Jul 28, 2026 at 10:49
Jul 28, 2026
The 27.5" Front Wheel Is Dead And I'm More OK With That Than I Ever Thought I Would Be
A little late to comment on this. I have a short travel 27.5; a longer travel 29er relatively longer bike. And a 29er hardtail. I like to build and maintain deliberately janky trails. Awkward turns, minimal long straight-aways, roots all over. These reward 27.5. I also like to ride the kind of trails that reward longer travel 29ers. The number of people who like to ride the "27.5 trails" are far far outnumbered by the people who ride the "29er trails". Riders have spoken and I'm reconciled to that. It'll be sad when my 27.5 FS dies; maybe I'll find another frame somewhat like that to stockpile
leelau edspratt's article
Jul 26, 2026 at 15:55
Jul 26, 2026
Video: Jesse Melamed's Dark Crystal Stage POV from the Crankworx Enduro
Shane. Honestly even sub 15 mins down the trail is pretty fast.. these guys are next level. Results here. In the rain. Stage 1 https://zone4.ca/event/2026/P22gOV/
leelau edspratt's article
Jul 26, 2026 at 9:48
Jul 26, 2026
Video: Jesse Melamed's Dark Crystal Stage POV from the Crankworx Enduro
Such a good trail
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