every year the photoset from this trip makes me more jealous than anything else posted on this site

i sold north face products on the retail level for about 5 years before entering the bike industry, and used their jackets for about 8 years prior to that. you are half right. TNF has a very broad spectrum of quality from very low (and moderately expensive) to very high (extremely expensive). in the recent years since TNF was bought by vanity fair, i've watched their quality get steadily worse and worse. it's nice that they're offering bike-specific designs to increase their market share, but i would much rather buy a high quality shell from a company that specializes in cycle clothing like Gore. the seam taping is common in almost all levels of 2-layer waterproof rain shell from the $80-level and on up. unfortunately 2-layer jackets have that nasty "rubbery" feeling on the inside that gets unbearable as soon as you start exerting yourself, so you are BLOODY RIGHT regarding the vents. it doesn't matter whose brand is on the jacket, just cover that m*therf*cker with vents.

sick trails, sick riding, sick scenery... a goat pushing one out... more sick photos

pity the black ones aren't armored as well

when did jean claude van damme change his name?

palmer was doing it in the era of skinsuits on dh races, so it was just awesome that he was so arrogantly winning races in vans and moto pants. he made modern dh racing

stiff + tuff = stuff.... i guess...

article says it's manufactured in asia. if it's made in asia and it's carbon fiber - it's made in taiwan

$9500 is ridiculous for any aluminum bike, but $2300 for the frame only? buy an intense or a santa cruz for that money. norco is competing with top cutting edge brands by matching their prices instead of their technology

congratulations on your new auntiehood! my daughter is 6 mos old, babies are the best