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mcoine 07-01-08 01:17 PM

Me too, but I got out just in time for canada day.. Don't you guys round up all the americans and make them drink canadian beer and sing the canadian national anthem?

never 07-01-08 02:03 PM


Originally Posted by mcoine (Post 6981394)
Me too, but I got out just in time for canada day.. Don't you guys round up all the americans and make them drink canadian beer and sing the canadian national anthem?

Everyone in Canada has to do that, regardless of nationality.

dminor 07-01-08 02:05 PM


Originally Posted by mcoine (Post 6981394)
Me too, but I got out just in time for canada day.. Don't you guys round up all the americans and make them drink canadian beer and sing the canadian national anthem?

:roflmao2: . . . with our arms trussed crucifix-style to a hockey stick?

BTW, did you get to Merlin's for the $5 burgers and questionable-but-cheap brews?

never 07-01-08 02:06 PM


Originally Posted by never (Post 6931788)
Just got a call from my doctor. His radiologist looked at my wrist x-rays last Friday and apparently it's not good. I have to go for more tests but if it's as bad as the radiologist thinks it is, I'm done for the year and will need surgery. That would mean no 24 Hours race, no Whistler trip, no TGMBG ride, and no other riding.

Here's hoping it's not that bad.

Saw the doctor yesterday and I don't need surgery...yee-haw. Have to see another specialist about rehab, etc., this Friday but I should be able to start trail riding right away.

dminor 07-01-08 02:07 PM

^^ Glad to hear it, never - - hated to think the whole season was going to pass you by.

mcoine 07-01-08 03:08 PM


Originally Posted by dminor (Post 6981673)
:roflmao2: . . . with our arms trussed crucifix-style to a hockey stick?

BTW, did you get to Merlin's for the $5 burgers and questionable-but-cheap brews?


Apparently not, I didn't find anything that I would describe as cheap. The views from the top of whistler are worth it though..

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...e/IMG_1641.jpg

scrublover 07-01-08 03:34 PM


Originally Posted by gastro (Post 6972179)
Sounds like you did your homework scrub, and I unfortunately have no useful input to offer, but I do have an ATA fork on the way, so I am interested...

Out of curiosity, what pressures were you running prior to IFP removal? What pressure now?

Without the IFP: running ~95 in the one big chamber, none on the damper side preload. If running preload air, I was able to get the fork to feel about the same with ~35psi in the main air spring chamber - but then had that top out click. Fork feels the same. just one gets a click, one doesn't. Taht gets me roughly 30% sag. I'm around 165# all geared up on the bike.

Stock: 0psi in preload, 60psi in ATA, 90psi in PAR.

dminor 07-01-08 03:52 PM


Originally Posted by mcoine (Post 6982017)
Apparently not, I didn't find anything that I would describe as cheap. The views from the top of whistler are worth it though..

Beautiful! No wonder Garby is only now opening.

Wednesday I think is the night of cheap beer at Merlin's (Maelstrom can say for sure); and palatable if it's something like Kokanee Gold. I like full-bodied ales, porters and stouts (like the whole Deschutes lineup) and it seems to be all pales and lagers up there.

scrublover 07-01-08 04:04 PM


Originally Posted by dminor (Post 6982250)
Beautiful! No wonder Garby is only now opening.

Wednesday I think is the night of cheap beer at Merlin's (Maelstrom can say for sure); and palatable if it's something like Kokanee Gold. I like full-bodied ales, porters and stouts (like the whole Deschutes lineup) and it seems to be all pales and lagers up there.

Dear lord, I wish I could find the Deschutes stuff somewhere out east. :drooooooool:

mcoine 07-01-08 04:27 PM

Yes, even the local ales (ipa's, bitters..) I had up there were a little bland.. but there was a good stout on a nitro tap that was good, even though it was a little low on the abv.

What those beers lacked in quality, I made up for with quantity..

BFG 07-02-08 08:56 AM

Bugger bloody Canada day, this suckah is going for $3500 AUD on a local forum:

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/8599/dsc01124be9.jpg

This is where i snap out of some rude dream of scrounging 3500 big ones together in 24 hours.

santiago 07-02-08 09:27 AM

Those are Australian dollars, can't you look for some Monopoly money lying around the house?

born2bahick 07-02-08 09:35 AM


Originally Posted by never (Post 6981678)
Saw the doctor yesterday and I don't need surgery...yee-haw. Have to see another specialist about rehab, etc., this Friday but I should be able to start trail riding right away.

That's great news! happy for ya!

born2bahick 07-02-08 09:36 AM


Originally Posted by mcoine (Post 6982400)
What those beers lacked in quality, I made up for with quantity..

I like the way you think!

cryptid01 07-02-08 09:44 AM


Originally Posted by mcoine (Post 6982400)
Yes, even the local ales (ipa's, bitters..) I had up there were a little bland..

That was my experience as well. I think the best I found was at the brewery.

Kokanee should be served to prisoners only.

dminor 07-02-08 10:10 AM


Originally Posted by santiago (Post 6986278)
Those are Australian dollars, can't you look for some Monopoly money lying around the house?

Hey, it wasn't that long ago that Canadian dollars were kinda that way too :D. I used to love buying advertising in the Calgary and Edmonton markets; the exchange rate almost made the outrageous line-rates affordable.


Originally Posted by gastro
Kokanee should be served to prisoners only.

:lol: It strikes me as the north-of-the-border equivalent of PBR.

never 07-02-08 10:18 AM


Originally Posted by dminor (Post 6986551)
:lol: It strikes me as the north-of-the-border equivalent of PBR.

Most big brand beers in Canada suck.

santiago 07-02-08 10:20 AM


Originally Posted by dminor (Post 6986551)
Hey, it wasn't that long ago that Canadian dollars were kinda that way too :D. I used to love buying advertising in the Calgary and Edmonton markets; the exchange rate almost made the outrageous line-rates affordable.

I know it, I was just poking back at BFG for his "bugger bloody Canada Day" comment.

BFG 07-03-08 07:50 AM


Originally Posted by santiago (Post 6986621)
I know it, I was just poking back at BFG for his "bugger bloody Canada Day" comment.

Haha, but wasn't Canada Day the day before I posted that? I don't know. It's a nice bike though.

Luke52 07-06-08 01:29 AM

Finally I have a few days off, might do some mountain biking or some XC :D

I'll post a thread with pics if it's anything worthwhile.

BFG 07-06-08 07:38 AM

OMG LUEK HAI.

I recognised you because your b-ball number is 52.

Luke52 07-06-08 06:56 PM

Yeah :P

Might go riding later on, going out today..

See how I go.

I need some new tyres..

I got some ones off another bike, only to realise my bike is a 20 x 1.95 rim, the other tyres fit 20 x 1.75 rim max :(

I need something which will go well off road, in dirt, mud, gravel etc..

Luke52 07-08-08 07:17 PM

Well, today I'm going to check my brake pads, compare them with my spares, and change them if need be. I'm also going to change my brake levers.

Luke52 07-08-08 08:19 PM

Well THAT was a waste of time.

New pads were a different design and wouldn't fit anyway :lol:

Decided to do the levers another day.

never 07-09-08 08:33 AM


Originally Posted by dminor (Post 6981687)
^^ Glad to hear it, never - - hated to think the whole season was going to pass you by.


Thanks d...feels good to be riding again, I've gotten in a bunch of mountain rides in the past week. I was told I can ride trail all I want, just no DH for a while. Sounds like I'll still need surgery but not until the fall.


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