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up at 5, feeding the dogs then heading off to work a horse show in stupidly hot weather. le suck Sunday
I came across a 12 pack of Deschutes Fresh Squeezed.... In 19.2 oz cans.... Wooof, grown-up sized beers.
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thanks! still alive despite yesterday's world cup induced domestic situation. have set up a bouncy castle outside, but it's already a million degrees in there. getting ready to head out to my brother in laws place in the country for a giant picnic. hopefully, my father in law has the AC cranked as much as he usually does, caus' its gonna be another crazy day out there... The humidex is already at 110°F.
Morning monkeys! All 6 other riders bailed yesterday so I rode out the party solo, it was a little less than 30 miles with headwinds the entire distance, it took me 2:40 with less than 500 feet of gain the entire distance. Winds were 16 to 18 at the start and 20 to 22 when I finished. Kind of tired so I may use the wind as another excuse not to paint...
it's funny....you look up air bnb listings for spots in europe versus places i want to go in the states.....europe is always fucking cheaper....
The best part about being away from here for a month was not being here for a month.
known as "hewhodoesnottip"
let go of the brakes?
Oof..., .got home at 0700, woke up at 1000..... Bring in this wedding for wife's cousin, and bring on my family arriving tonight for the week!!!!! Who actually needs sleep anyways
Well, my week and a half solo comes to an end tomorrow.
Guess I should put away the Jergans and cheetos...
Guess I should put away the Jergans and cheetos...
we cleaned the eff outta the house because wifey was on teh warpath about getting it done before we leave for the beach on wednesday morning and the housesitter comes. going to some pops concert/picnic/fireworks thing tonight, aka: sweatathon 2018.
made myself a pizza and having a (some) beer(s) for lunch.
not much else to report. it’s hot and humid. need to clean and de-grit-ify the bike when we get home.
made myself a pizza and having a (some) beer(s) for lunch.
not much else to report. it’s hot and humid. need to clean and de-grit-ify the bike when we get home.
I decided that bargaining with Golden Bike Shop over goodwill credit for the shitty, creaking RF Cinch cranks on the 5010 (with two trips to there) wasn’t worth it. I shall instead order some Shimano parts. I think I’ll be restricted on chainring size so may have to go bigger in the cassette than my 10-42 XD driver X01 setup.
Let the Eagle soar!
My LBS guy is doing the hard sell on "upgrading" my the GX on the Yeti to GX Eagle, the addional pie plate and other bits would run about $450... tempting but I'm gonna try increasing leg strength first.
PRO TIP:
Don't forget the greasy cheeto dust on the remote.
For sure, but it sounds like Toshi needs/wants moar teeths.
@Toshi, what chainring did you have on your RF setup? I suppose you could grab an XT cassette with the 46t.
Good day to you as well, sir!
I tried to go ride some DH, but these good damn brakes spoiled the day again.
Three or so weeks ago I purchased new pads, put them in and rode for a few hours. Fast forward three weeks of not riding the bike, and these new pads are already contaminated with oil. Zomg.
Still somehow made so and did 2-3 mellow trails. I can full fist grab the front brake and it barely slows my fat ass down.
But still, the day could be worse. Beer in hand.
I have no clue who these people are, but took this during a pre break.
I run 28 x 42 with a 27.5” x 24” meat now. 32 x 46 would be no bueno but 30 x 46, hmmm
I'm climbing in 32x45.
The Yeti climbs in 32 / 42, converting to Eagle would be 32 / 50 which seems excessive + $400.00.
The GT runs a 22 / 36 because triple.
I think better in ratios - the Yeti is 1.3125, the GT 1.36, an Eagle would be 1.56. I typically have little trouble climbing on the GT so if I lost 20 LBS and hammered on the road bike once a week...
I’m at 0.71 (30/42) oval and manage ok.
I’d think a 0.65 (30/46) would get you to the top, @Toshi.
Apparently you can switch just the big cog on the XTR cassette and go Wolftooth or some other... XT requires a bit more grinding as the 3 biggest cogs are in a pod, but also do-able.
I would suggest a 30oval/42. I think it actually works. That moment of 28/42 keeps the forward progress going just enough.
Or you could wait a bit and hold out for the lower end 12speed Shimano stuff...
I’d think a 0.65 (30/46) would get you to the top, @Toshi.
Apparently you can switch just the big cog on the XTR cassette and go Wolftooth or some other... XT requires a bit more grinding as the 3 biggest cogs are in a pod, but also do-able.
I would suggest a 30oval/42. I think it actually works. That moment of 28/42 keeps the forward progress going just enough.
Or you could wait a bit and hold out for the lower end 12speed Shimano stuff...
SAy hi to your uncle Bob
I am (gasp) running a 30/50 setup...but not because need/want the actual 30/50 gear, but because I want to make the eagle xo cassette last as long as it possibly can, which means staying out of the 50t (aluminum) cog as much as possible, and instead (usually) climbing in the 30/42 (steel).
That being said, I did find myself in the 30/50 on one climb today, and I wasn't even ashamed.
It was brutally steep, and I cleaned it.
Bitches.
That being said, I did find myself in the 30/50 on one climb today, and I wasn't even ashamed.
It was brutally steep, and I cleaned it.
Bitches.
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Guys wanna meet up at fa vay em to ride La Milgrosa... FTS in more ways than one.
My RF cinch stuff works great. Grease it now?Ah, but I neglected XD vs. Shimano drivers.
hakes fist at clouds:
30t SLX ring, BB, and crank in my Universal Cycles shopping cart. Now to figure out the cassette or decide to suck it up in 30 x 42.
I've had recurrent creaks and clunks from it over the 2 years or so I've had this bike.
On the upside, I figured out that Wolf Tooth has my back with narrow-wide/single ring use 26 and 28t chainrings for Shimano. This is good, since converting my Boost DT 350 freehub didn't seem easy to figure out (so many options!) and the only extended range 11 speed XD cassettes seem to be the pricey e13 options with that funky mounting system and 9t that I'd never ever use.
https://www.wolftoothcomponents.com/products/96-mm-bcd-chainrings-for-shimano-xt-m8000
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You are worried about the 50T cassette sprocket, but no concerns about the 30T chainring that is under torque 100% of the time?