Well done for not giving up and your already impresive results. I have suffered (and still do) from various injuries myself, so I know what it takes. Just a thought about your "unstable" steering, I know a guy who happen to be a WC mechanic and he showed me once some adapters he made to ad weigth on the outside of the bars to make them feel more stable (the idea being, keeping "narrow" handlebars for tight tracks but with the stable feeling of wide ones), maybe adding one of those on the right hand side of your bars could help? PM if you need more info or contact with that guy.

He can't, bars are too wide... Nice vid though.

Nice article about... home! The Pass' Portes is actually gathering 5800 riders this year.

That's the fork I've been riding all summer (Boxxer race + Fast/Elka cartridge)... it's just brilliant! The other benefit of getting a Race instead of the Team, is you don't get the silly/useless bumper system. No reliability issues as well, get one!

Funny to see that a few years ago people use to compare Turner and Kona with the same type of arguments... it's not because the suspension system is similar that the bikes are the same! Anyway, something you forgot to mention and which partly explain the super loyal Turner following is the legendary customer service, they'll do everything to put you back on the saddle asap. Good review.

Would be the perfect match to an [L=http://www.evocsports.com/index.php/en/Freeride-Trail.html]Evoc[/L] backpack (integrated spine protector) for enduro riding/racing...

Anything to do with Jordie Lunn's contest?! There is so much fresh air around at the moment... lol

But then you won't be wearing the "oh sooo cool" TLD logo... too bad! If you are all so worried about protecting your body, what about wearing a body armour instead of a Tshirt?