Those Linus bikes were a crazy good deal for a while there. I have a friend who got a similar bike in maybe 2016 for $500. seems like the price has come up on them, but even still, amazing value and they ride great!

If not bears, cougars. Hinton is indeed a wild place! Carrying spray is excellent advice.

@@casestudymtb yes, tend to forget about cougars. Scary thing is you never know they’re there anyhow. Rode those areas alone as well the last two times .

I think we know what country you’re in, but maybe you could confirm our suspicions?

All these Riv comments are making me want a Suzie longbolts haha

@@casestudymtb you already have one.....better looking and cheaper Lol

Neato

it's coming, probably both if we're honest, but a basket for sure. Again, it's not something I want to spend on, so I'm waiting for pieces to show up at the bike co-op.

@@casestudymtb that a guy! Baskets are so utilitarian

Enter with 2 bikes, leave with 1

@@casestudymtb aunties choice. 😆

We could, but that's what I call my Brain and I'm not sure I could hold onto the distinction between the two objects.

TBH, still mostly a sport though, hahaha

Just watched it, that's a great video. It's too bad that North America still has a pretty poor cycling culture (both as sport and transport), with very little infrastructure and outright hostility towards cyclists by motorists. But regardless of where you ride one, you can't argue with the functionality and execution of this style of frame. Thanks for sharing that video!

@@casestudymtb your welcome.

Watched it last week twice, love the omafiets "I'll get you and your little dog too" witch bike sans the basket. 😂

I just reused the pads that were on it when i found it in the trash. Not flexy, but no where near modern disk brakes good either. fortunately its not a bike for going fast, so it super doesnt matter.

If money was no object, I wouldn't have spent the time building up a frame I found in the trash. Also, this is one of the smoothest shifting set ups I have, friction or otherwise, why spend more when it really isn't worth the money for the application?

Before I had this bike, I used my old university commuter, an early 2000's mountain bike that I did a fully rigid/drop bar conversion on, as my city bike. That bike now lives on my trainer full time too. I often still wish I had it on the road for goofing around on single track and commuting, but wheel-in trainers, man, such a hassle! Between cleaning the bike every time it comes back inside and switching tires... I'm all too happy to leave it on the trainer. I guess it's good incentive to buy another gravel bike. haha

I'm right there with you. I did an old conversion on a 26" mountain bike to drop bar with a rigid fork. to maintain the suspension fork geo I put a 700C wheel up front and kept the 26 out back, tossing the biggest rubber on the rear that my frame could accommodate. As much as it slows down pretty quickly with the smaller rear wheel, it rides beautifully! My considerations with old steel frames and trying to use something like advent X is that it uses a clutched derailleur. those old hangers are pretty flimsy. I haven't tried it myself, but It might be hard to get great shifting out of something with a clutch on those hangers, unless you can find or fabricate something a bit beefier... But who knows? It might work great, I haven't had a chance to test it out. If you manage to build one up, let me know how it turns out! I'd be super curious.

what do you pay for a set of those guys?

Cam... Down your alley? haha, fuck I love you dude.

I'm not quite ready to re-adopt the front derailleur yet, but I'm definitely enjoying that party pace! I didn't really get it until I had this frame built up, the way it rides, the posture you're in... it almost disincentivises taking anything too seriously. it puts you in a completely different headspace. its like opening the doors to Narnia.

I love how builds like this can bring up so much nostalgia from people out in the world, you're not the first to share a story about a bike from childhood or a memory. It's wild how powerful bikes are well beyond their intended purpose. Love it!

I just wish that some of these channels who focus on skills education would take things beyond the surface level. As a drummer I know the importance of slowing things down and exaggerating motions to help ingrain patterns in muscle memory, but how many "how to X" videos for beginners does the world need? What happens to the rest of us? It's funny how so many of these ideas become obvious only AFTER you know about them. This idea of nuance and alternative application/expansion of core skills seems to me to be a big missing piece of the skills education puzzle, at least online. I'm hoping this video can help some intermediate riders challenge their understanding of what a Pump can be, just as it did for me! There's so much to explore, but sometimes we just need to be nudged in the right direction! On the subject of pump track and jumping, it takes me back to my "why you should learn to bunny hop" video. I don't always think I do the best job of my descriptions, but I was particularly happy with describing Jumping, Bunny Hops, Pumping and Manuals as conjugations of the same verb. There's definitely a ton of cross-talk there, so I can absolutely see where that success comes from!

The north shore is wild like that, you never know who you'll run in to

I gotta get an ebike, I can''t keep up with you boys on ye' ol' Amish Bike

@@casestudymtb don't give in to the dark side! LOL

@@RJ_Groot resistance is futile, which is also why you need a motor.

@@casestudymtb it would be nice for many reasons.

@@RJ_Groot I didn't realize you were so easily influenced 😆 Hear that? Sponsors?

DJI Osmo Action 4. D-log color, 4K 24, -1 sharpness, ISO range 100-6400 auto, -1.5ev with rocksteady stabilzation mounted on the chin bar of my full face

wiggity wiggity word up, rock on, party

Ya, In Alberta, you don't see many blues that look like that, It's definitely more of a Nelson blue, haha. I kind of love it though. My Ripmo had a 65 HT my first time out too, the extra little bit of slackness from the increased front travel helped, but honestly, the biggest difference in handling was stack height. Being able to be taller on the bike was HUGE for confidence.

It may not be as compelling as catching up on Andorra, but I'm glad to give you something to pass the time while you're healing up!!

@@casestudymtb definitely! Hinton was on my list to get to for this fall 😬

@@rubberside3969 Next Fall?

@@casestudymtb 🤷🏻 hopefully not that long! Next spring 🤞

It's technically a misnoamer, the real term I believe is Duff. Basically it's a layer soft organic material on top of the trail that helps it to behave almost like skiing in snow. It's sometimes also called brown pow for that reason.