Glad it helped you out 🙂

Haha, I think I've been in greater danger from aggressive dogs than I ever have been from a bear. In my decades of hiking and biking I've never had a negative bear encounter and in the southern area of BC it's mostly black bears which tend to keep to themselves and not show the aggression of grizzlies. On my recent Cowichan Valley bikepacking trip there was a bear pretty close to our tents overnight and although we didn't need it, just having the bear spray (and an air horn) available brought peace of mind. It carried on into the forest and had no interest in us. All our food and scented items were hung from a tree elsewhere.

Thanks! For such an inexpensive bike it's been a great platform to build upon to make it what I need.