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FlexY-stay ti bike. I can dig. How's the weight?

Even funnier that its a real sign😆

Speaking of Belgians, Quebec is still killing it. Each of these can be had for under $5usd 😎

Is that 16ft all at once? 😁

That looks very promising. Wonder what the elevation top to bottom is?

Le Massif de Charlevoix DH park. Mighty St. Lawrence River in the background. Views are surreal here. Blue flow trails are next level fun and a great place to learn how to rail berms and hit jumps for beginners and intermediate riders alike. Double black is a death wish trail at the moment and had me puckered more than once. Most of the single black trails required pedaling so I took a pass on those😁.

Sometimes it's just cheaper/easier to buy a cassette than replacing hub body.

Yes the world cup was early August. There's a whole network of XC/Enduro trails on the South, South East side of the mountain. IMHO, there's way more pedal options than DH. The XC is no joke here. Gravity is way more fun though😁

Did the Enduro climb up Mont Sainte Anne. Pretty tired but the fall scenery was amazing. Looking forward to the next couple of weeks.

Cool to see these guys have made it all the way up to Quebec City😎

Guy at the LBS in Bentonville said the shale is a boom for their tire sales.

Lots of shale up there. Not PNW, but much better than the peanut butter in Austin when its wet.

After spending time away, can confirm. So much truth to this😆

Think that's a pretty solid plan. Back 40+ is a great way to spend a day, and hitting coler first thing the following day is smart. We did coler after a trip to kessler and our legs were already blown out, so we only got two laps down before hanging in the towel. Slaughter is a great way to finish off since you can easily pick & choose what you want to ride and bail whenever you want. Have a good one!

Forgot to mention the cascade link. They make one for the yeti that will help with the small bump compliance and ledge issues associated with this platform. I just installed one on my druid and it made a noticeable difference on compliance, even on a high pivot. Did take some fiddling with shock psi and settings to get it dialed, but well worth it. Downside is it'll slack your yeti out slightly and is a little pricey. If you install, do it on the DL and hold onto your old link in case of a warranty issue. https://cascadecomponents.bike/collections/yeti-linkages

Summer home only. We looked all over for states with resorts/lift bike parks and couldn't come close to price of ownership in the USA as we can here.

My mom lived in Newport Beach and there was some great stuff down by Laguna. Also a place where a lot of people are riding e-bikes.

For sure! Looked closely in those areas but they each have their drawbacks that we'd prefer to avoid after our time in austin. Right now, our goal is to purchase a place here in quebec before the end of september and get out by christmas. Good thing is the area we're looking in is 20 minutes from two lift serviced bike parks. For the states, looking like western virginia with a layover in fayettevile ar might be in our future. Roanoke is 2-4hrs from multiple bike parks so we can get our fix regardless of where we are. Will probably buy a DH bike way before an e-bike. Will also confess that riding Sentiers du Moulin bike park had me wanting an ebike so i could get more laps in.

The attraction towards lift parks is pretty strong for me. At this point, climbing is at best a necessary evil so we can bomb down the hill. After returning to the mountains, fire roads are my preferred climbing method🤣

Mike is an awesome dude. He was a big reason I started buying SC bikes back in the day when he was their marketing stooge.

Got to ride a levoSL at elevation in Telluride and walked away with a completely different attitude about e-bikes. The 240w motor was perfect amount of assist, even on the low assist setting. The bike totally helped me get up some steep trails that i would have given up on miles earlier. Maybe there's a happy medium to land access where regulatory bodies could limit the motor/wattage by creating another class(?) Make the nomenclature obvious for rangers etc. Nobody is hauling ass up hills with a 240w bike, at least not for long. Once at the top, I can go just as fast down the hill, if not faster on a traditional bike. To me, downhill doesn't seem to be the issue. Lets be honest, most mountain bikers with the coin to drop, are in their 40-50s+. Myself included. We're going to age out of the sport whether by choice, or natural circumstances at some point. If an e-bike will keep me riding challenging trails with the younger groups when I'm in my 60s, so be it. https://www.specialized.com/us/en/turbo-levo-sl https://formative.jmir.org/2019/3/e13643

Going into mountain mode, swapping out the stock link on the druid for a cascade one. It'll give me another 12mm of travel boosting it to 142. Also makes the platform a bit more progressive which should be really nice. Will probably stretch the fork to 150mm once i finish repairing the CSU.