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@trannyman69: Not a comment, it was an email regarding a bike build--but he hopped into the email chain to clarify some things. Whole crew over at Canfield is pure class, awesome dudes.

@trannyman69: The fact that I can read a comment from a user named "trannyman69" on Pinkbike has absolutely made my day--and my day has included getting a personal response from Lance Canfield about my bike build today. Happy trails trannyman69 :D

Let's be honest... what percentage of ebikers that you know are actually getting out there and doing trail work? It's already a common justification for ebike owners of 'I'm busy, an ebike let's me ride more often/laps in my short amount of free time'. I expect very little from the 'it's all about me' crowd with regard to pitching in on trail work. I know some hardcore guys who have an ebike specifically to haul tools far out into the woods for trail work, but they are the same people who enjoy the building as much as the riding; the exception, not the norm.

25:20 mark... he knows us well :D

Exactly this, and good on Norco for doing so. This direction is absolutely different, but I can't get enough of it! There's something about the art direction that seems a bit like it came from the mind of an *excited* 8 year old, and I dig it. Makes me smile, just like I smile when riding my bike.

There's no such thing as keeping it real. If the Big S was your benchmark, your target, then the whole ethos of Santa Cruz, even pre-Pon was B.S. It was all a marketing angle. "Shah, we're just some Cali bros making rad bikes dudes! Totally don't want to be like that Big S company, you know the one that sues small businesses and is sort of, like, the symbol for everything corporate and gross about the bike business" Oh wait, that is until I'm taking out my trash on millionaire's row, and get a chance to 'fluff' my neighbor who works at Specialized. Who cares about 'soul' when you can make a few more million dollars? It's never enough..

@edrenzi: You can't say stuff like that--is the lad no longer of this Earth? Or are we just mourning his departure from PB?

These aren't Johnny Part-timers complaining about the race parameters at the enduro event. It's also part of a season, not a one-off elite tier challenge like Rampage, etc. To have that many DNFs, and that many people vocal about it, I think organizers have to take that into account as it is part of a season of racing. Add time to the liaisons--it's not like it affects the broadcast or anything, we'll just be reading about it on a spreadsheet anyway, lol.

Hi Alicia! I can't imagine you would subject yourself to the punishment of reading every single comment on a Pinkbike article (we know how brutal the comments section is most days), but on the off-chance you make it all the way down here...thank you. A sincere thank you! There was always something about your writing--indeed, there still is, even here--that I always identified with. It has always been creative, at times quirky, and... romantic? Is that the right way to say it? There was, to me, this underlying thread of romance; a reverence for mountain biking and a love of what you did that showed through your words in a way that just felt 'real'. I always appreciated the Mikes' work at PB, but yours was easily my favorite. Thanks for your contributions at Pinkbike, it's sad to see you go. Best wishes in your future endeavors! Absent knowing the heart emoji, please accept the Grinning Levy. May it guide you on your journey from here :levy:

I laughed entirely too hard at the accuracy of your statement!