nice article. i think we can do more, but i can recall bugging my girlfriend endlessly to come on rides with us when i lived in nelson. i'm a mellow dude, and we were never in a rush, but the gf often felt like she was holding us up, or whatever. she felt a 100 times better if there was even one other girl on the rides. that said, nelson is mellow, people usually aren't in a rush and having a bigger group usually seems to work ok. anyway, I was always happy when she came on rides, and so was she.

Reading between the lines, sounds like the previous managements contract was up. Some discussions around a renewal fell through and obviously, he was pissed and fired off the salvo you read prior to this. Again, reading between the lines, sounds like most local riders are stoked about the change in management...

looks rad. but roskopp is wrong about jordan. he was a good baseball player. hit high 200s with power to opposite field and had great speed in summer ball before the baseball strike ended that career.

knolly supposedly moving production to taiwan. but still alive.

for once I actually liked the comments on a pinkbike article. Duncan was much loved and will be missed more.

Classic Nelson story. Love it.

I think you guys may be right - this could be really great. The things that sold it for me are the bigger prize money (all elite teams and racers will want to go to these events), and the fact that they will show the top 20 in their entirety. That will be awesome. So frustrating to watch UCI races that were sometimes decided by the first split... Well, World's was anyway... I hope this can be great - it should be. I will tune in.

nice idea, but here are some issues: - bike racing is a money losing venture for most teams. more events (even if they are close) mean more travel, and more expenses, and more payment to support staff. it's going to cost more, and that may hurt the smaller teams and the privateers. - riders will be on the road all summer now - no breaks. some, like the kiwis and aussies, who don't go home during the season, won't care. the americans and euros who usually do go home for a spell may find the season to be grueling. - prospect for injuries goes up substantially. twice as many courses, and greater rider fatigue, mental and physical. i guess in the perfect world, this series would trump the UCI - that would be ideal, but I don't think it will work. snowboarding tried hard to fight the FIS in its early days - hell - even Terje Haakonsen boycotted the FIS events, but who runs snowboarding now? The FIS controls who gets into the Olympics, and thus controls snowboarding. I expect a similar outcome here. Sorry to piss on the parade. I hope I am wrong.

Buehler's 360 off the bus is insane.

that's it. I am buying a giant.

new bikes look sick. beautiful tubes throughout the frames. i think norco is ready to shed the budget label.