The MEC bikes are roughly equivalent to the Treks, Giants, etc brand name 20" bikes. They are heavier than necessary use Tourney level components which are good enough, have double wall wheels and decent bearings.
They all still have a relatively useless coil spring front suspension fork which has to high of spring rate for the weight of the kids on the bike. The only suspension fork on a kids bike worth getting is the Springer air fork where you can adjust the pressure to the kids weight.
But you can't really go wrong with any of them and will serve as a good bike for multiple kids with decent resale value
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Was south of Bragg Creek on 66 last night getting a campsite. I almost never see animals out there as it's busy with traffic. It was rainy so no one biking, very few campers. Saw a black bear just past Moose Mountain, a grizzly just before the downhill to the end of the pavement. Then, on the way back, a female moose right by Station flats. Crazy amount of wildlife enjoying the moisture and cool temps.
Also, I killed a magpie on my commute home last night. Dummy jumped right in front of my front wheel and I speed bumped him. I've seen a million of them jump away from the path in the past, this one went the wrong way. Oops.
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Also who would have created the Fox Hollow Speedster segment and have it end with you needing to go across the train tracks? Dumb.
Probably the same guy who created a downhill segment for the Shag Ripper. It, too, has railroad tracks/bottleneck at the bottom as well as a couple of blind corners. It is definitely not a part of the pathway where you should be going all out.
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You can see my skid mark at the bend as I came off the pathway on Monday at 50kph and almost went into those pile of rocks. I need to move those rocks in case I do that again. Then on Tuesday I slowed down enough for the bend but then almost ran into the fence at the train tracks. So quite possible I will injure myself.
I've got a weird clicking noise coming out of the crank on the drive side. It doesn't happen unless the bike is under load from me riding on it. It always clicks and I feel it through my foot when the right-side (chain side) pedal is at the 12 O'Clock position. It's very disconcerting when riding.
I've checked everything I can think of aside from taking off the pedal or taking apart the bottom bracket bearing which I wouldn't know how to do. It's hard to replicate or test because it only happens when I'm riding or putting weight on the bike.
I've got a weird clicking noise coming out of the crank on the drive side. It doesn't happen unless the bike is under load from me riding on it. It always clicks and I feel it through my foot when the right-side (chain side) pedal is at the 12 O'Clock position. It's very disconcerting when riding.
I've checked everything I can think of aside from taking off the pedal or taking apart the bottom bracket bearing which I wouldn't know how to do. It's hard to replicate or test because it only happens when I'm riding or putting weight on the bike.
Any ideas?
Stand up and pedal if the noise doesn't happen. Tighten up your seat.
Drove out to revelstoke today to start my bike holiday. I went for a 10k spin down flowdown today.
We ride at my. Macpherson tomorrow, golden on Saturday and frisby ridge monday.
It was warm today, but manageable in the trees. I did not notice the smoke in the air
Weird, I was on my way back from Whistler and stopped there for a 7k spin on tantrum/flowdown around 4pm or so. First time there but holy was that a fun trail (flowdown).
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Rode the South part of the tour de Calgary this morning, and it was great (Glenmore reservoir, to Sikome lake). Then I had to turn North.
What a nightmare.
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