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The exception to that though are on biking primary trails, where cyclists are to be yielded to.

Trespassing on private property and building trails is actually breaking the law… so is riding those trails. Don't get me wrong, where I live, many of the trails are not legal, but we still use them and land owners more or less turn a blind eye until their interests become involved. Very few places are as fortunate as North Van to have municipal support as strong and sanctioned as those trails are.

This is in NO way legitimizing trail sabatoge, and to a significant degree I do agree with the loam ranger, but we have to keep things in perspective. In the 4 years that I have been riding north van trails, I have never once had any kind of confrontation with other users… yet I can't count on my hands and toes the number of confrontations I have had riding trails in the interior… largely revolving around equestrians.

That all said, I do believe it is commonly accepted that on multi-use trails, cyclists yield to hikers, and both of them yield to equestrians. I have seen signs stating this in virtually every multi-use trail system I have used, and I do believe I've seen similar signs stating the same (maybe minus the horses in some caes) at quite a few multi-use areas in the lower mainland.

Mountain bikers STILL break laws and build "rogue" trails. More over, how many mountain bikers who use multiuser trails can actually say who yields to who on the trail (here's a hint, mountain bikers are at the bottom of the list) and because of this, have confrontations with other users when mountain bikers are in the wrong, if not legally so.

Great review. Your impressions are shared by me with my sight 650b I had last year. I did try mine with a 160mm fork but found it sat too high. Head angle felt a little too steep for the rest of the bike and the bb height with 20mm extra travel really changed the playfulness of the bike for the worse.

I ended up settling on 150mm of front travel and became firmly convinced this bike needs a "BC Edition" with a 150mm fork. The geometry still felt great and the bike felt more confident through out.

That all said, I often felt I was out riding the sight, and for my own personal riding style, should have been on a range… MY lesson learned.

Overall, it's an amazing bike tough! Really confidence inspiring if your riding the trails irks designed for. I rode mine through out north van, on the sunshine coast, through out the interior of BC, and through out the US and loved every minute of it despite feeling I would have liked slightly more travel and slightly slacker angles… Which is why I'm riding a range carbon instead now.

Hey Everyone! 

Posting to promote a race we're organising in Kelowna, BC this May.

May 19 and 20 will see the Kelowna Spring Classic Mountain Bike Festival. 

Saturday, May 19th will be an XC Marathon race featuring classic Okanagan riding over -+35km with -+1500m of climbing.  

Sunday, May 20th will be the Kelowna Stop of the BC Enduro Series! Racers will get 6-7 stages over -+ 35km.  

Both races will feature a Short course for the younger/newer riders. The short courses will still feature great Okanagan trails, but will be less technical.  

Both races will also have food stations, and your race entry will get you a post-race Australian Meat Pie!  

If you register for both races at the same time (on ccnbikes.com), you will save some money!

You can check out the enduro details at https://www.canadianenduro.com/chainlinekelowna

You can check out general event details (including the most up-to-date information) at the event's facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/204863493426415/

We hope to see you out!  

Thanks for reading!

-Mike