Two week expedition on Baffin Island…forgot to pack trousers, flirted with hypothermia & ended up borrowing some polar bear trousers from a local.

We have a segway ninebot es4, wife used to commute on it and now I occasionally use it when I cba to cycle. Done 1000s of km on it.

Convenient bit of kit, bit of a death trap if its wet out.

You can be fired without cause where we are vlad, so leverage is useless.

Keep skiving and start looking elsewhere?

Wife works for Arcteryx, we got their rockered trail running shoes to try. While very comfortable we both found they were too high and it was easy to roll your ankle. Stopped using them on any technical terrain because of this.

If you fancy a gravel ride while on the North Shore, Fishermans Trail – Spur 4 – Seymour Valley Trailway is a pleasant loop.

I used to spend ~6 months of the year working in Kluane, if you get the chance to get out that way it is throughly recommended.

Like LAT, I miss it.

Whitehorse to Haines (Alaska) would be nice route, won’t get you into the miles of tundra the Dempster will. The scenery will blow your mind though and Haines Gin is worth the trip alone. Tarmac the whole way with a fairly epic climb up Haines Pass.

If you are not already, familiarise yourself with making a bear safe camp.

PM if you have any questions, I work up that way a fair bit.

Have used InReach for remote work, the app makes using messaging quicker. Planning on getting a mini for riding solo (In Canada too).

King Blues – The Bullingdon Boys

As above…go to the Yukon.

I am fortunate enough to spend a lot of time there, although live in Calgary.

Colours are amazing in September, lots of wildlife to see, decent chance of aurora, far less tourists than everywhere you have mentioned.

Tried that as a kid…not as easy as it sounds.

I flew mine over on WestJet, crappy flight but they only charged me for an extra bag and it arrived in one piece.

They recently got some dreamliners so maybe the comfort has improved.

I am a climate change researcher.

I specifically look at the Arctic where warming is over twice that of the global average. People there are dealing with the effects first hand now. Permafrost melting & coastal erosion are forcing whole communities to consider moving. Food security is another major issue, where susistence hunting is still a huge part of the life and culture.

The current change induced by warming isn’t felt so strongly by Europe…yet. Most models predict the Arctic will be seasonally free of ice by 2050, that isn’t very far off. An ice free Arctic cause a slowdown/shutdown gulf stream, so there is potential for winters to get considerably more extreme.

Sea level rise through the melting of ice sheets will increasingly come into play. Given how close has the Thames barrier come to flooding during storm surges, it isn’t going to take much. What happens if London floods? And this is just a token example.

This report should be taken very seriously.

But I believe the necessary change (at the government level) won’t happen and if they eventually do it will be too late. (Ironically said by the researcher who will be close to 20 flights this year to conduct climate research and attend conferences).

Good Luck.

Killed 3 drill bits just drilling out the threads on one of the bottle bosses on my Ti hardtail.

Blink 182 pheromone got me. Hilarious but terrifying.

Moved to Canada just over a year ago (Calgary).

Knew nothing about it other than Cool Runnings was set here.

Currently have no plans to return to the UK if possible and about to apply for permenant residency. Holidays are less here but work is a lot more relaxed, but that could just be my job. Rockies are an hour away and everything is geared towards getting ppl outdoors.

Definitely a different country though, thankfully Canadians are better with sarcasm than Americans which was an inital worry.

No kids.

Told my cousins when they were younger that if you put a wafer thin slice of ham in the dvd player it would show a short movie about pigs. Wasn’t too popular with my uncle after.

I just got back on a plane to Canada with about half my bodyweigt in Cadburys and some dumpling mix. Over indulged in proper bacon, black pudding, real real ale, sunday dinner and battered fish while back over.

Having moved to cowtown this year, attended my first ever rodeo on the opening day of stampede Friday gone. Totally new experience, was pretty cool/mental.

On tv, probably Button’s win at the 2011 Canadian grand prix.

Had a 4 1/2″ draper surform with a wonky blade attachment that served me well for over 100 surfboards.

Used cheap silverline sanders too, they were crap and blew up after 6/12 months but came with a 3 year warranty.

Having just moved to Calgary – mobile contracts are crazy expensive!

Me and the Mrs both pay $60 a month each for Sim only deals on Fido. I guess the country is so big that the infrastructure isn’t there.

Might be better keeping your current sim and just doing everything on wifi if possible.

Procrastination.

Flown Westjet Gatwick to Calgary twice this year. Second time brought my bike out. From memory it was ~£20 for the bike as a extra bag. Arrived in one piece.

too much vacuum, pulled too much resin out of the cloth.

As a resourceful, skint, dirt jumping child I wanted to slow the rebound down on my marzocchi mx comps. Was told thicker fork oil would help with this.

Having found no fork oil in my parents garage I decided bisto was a suitable replacement – because you know it’s thick and stuff.

Worked a treat for the ride from the house down to the dean, then totally seized.

Mates still don’t let me forgot it nearly 16 years on.

Hi ferral, yeah I made a flexspoon. It is down in cornwall at the moment on long term loan to one of G’s kneeboarder friends.

Ceepers….I recognise that board…different forums, different aliases!

Surfed for 15 years and shaped boards for the past 6. Was pretty dedicated to it for the last decade.

A good swell always took priority over getting out on the bike.

Was offered a job in Calgary early this year and move over in the new year. So have slowly been weening myself off the surf and riding more. Was tough at first, especially when you know the waves are good.

Looking forward to dedicating a bit more time to riding when I’m over there.

Got a deposit down on a Starling…6 month waiting list. Finished frame should coincide with the start of the snow melt in Calgary (moving over in the next month or two).

While final details haven’t been firmed up i’m going for 140mm front and back with a 65/66 headangle.

Would love custom Ti 29+ rigid with a gearbox or rolhoff…one day…maybe.

I found it is better to explain the carbon cycle to people who question the science deriving past climate variation.

As long as they accept increased carbon in the atmosphere causes warming then they come to the logical conclusion.

Picked up a medium Cannondale prophet frame with a crack on the BB weld for £62 on ebay.

Arrived yesterday, stripped it down and dropped it off to get chemically dipped. Picked it up this afternoon and headed round to a mates to get the crack welded and build it up.

Installed some offset bushings and transferred everything over from my hardtail.

66deg HA, 12.5″ BB, only ridden round the street but it feels like a lot of fun.

Still needs a little bit of tweeking, chain needs shortened and i’ll probably service the shock. Feels good to have a full sus again.

Just got an internally routed eten from bike discount.

After setting it all up, post wouldn’t drop on the first press of the lever. Second press it dropped, but would not return. Removed the post to find oil leaking from the bottom. 🙁

Go have a pint at the Ye Olde White Harte

Pub where the English civil war started.

Documentary climatology

Submit April.

Good look for your viva!

I have 4 months left to submit…been going for nearly 5 years now.

Still enjoy it but can’t wait to be finished.

Currently applying for a job in Calgary, this has just made me want it even more.