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@BeerGuzlinFool: can confirm

10 years is a lot to work for any employer, with the pressure of performance and results. Must be a lot of fine print for the “what ifs”. Years 5-10 must be e-bikes.

@Andykmn: right! and also those golf course bailouts... Playgrounds are super necessary for kiddos but you're right, almost the same range $150,000-200,000 affords a good modern playground or a small velosolutions pump track, so best to budget for both haha

@briceps: True I should have given more credit, ride impressions were positive but you'd come to believe the frame was built poorly -drop in headset cups, cable routing, hole in frame, exposed bearings, fox rear shock, no storage and also expensive which understandably lead to a bloodbath in the comments. Personally I have had no issues with any of the above (alloy frame) aside from a poorly spec'd entry level build leading to fork and shock warranty.

The PB review and subsequent comments just gutted the Smuggler, all the while ignoring the capability and overall fun that is obvious in the video. I have the alloy frame and bought the NX level and replaced parts as they inevitably failed and left with a beauty min max build that negates much of the poor feedback that the carbon model had. Bearings are fine too after the cold shoulder season of riding before the snow hit.

Hope they make it! Time and time again it seems you need to own the actual building and ride out potential profit in the long term. What floors me is the amount of municipal funding still feeding field sports, ice arenas (yes hockey but also curling), field houses and passive parks. If you knew how much they spend maintaining ice plants so they don’t kill everyone you’d be shocked. All for the aging half of the population. Options for youth are still oppressed by lack of vision or acceptance that sport type in general is changing. Provincial and Federal grants for recreation have specific eligibility and are very difficult to apply for let alone be awarded. Corporate sponsors are all over the high visibility of major sports yet you kind of have to sell your soul a bit and support the company line… who loves oil and gas everyone?!?! Unfortunately solo sport based activities like riding, skiing, climbing are supported even less and edged toward private enterprise. Insert any number of ski resort prices vs. the community based initiatives / indoor bike parks hanging by a thread.

Pros + its pink

Hideous paint jobs, surprised rocky gets a pass here.

He said they bought and tested a bunch of different bikes, settled with the platform and kinematics they liked with the ability to tweak without being stifled to look a certain way. As much as it is and isn't about the bike, he has the base he wants and will work with it once hes able to ride.

@blissindex: as long as Santa Cruz have Jackson = far from dead