Ride bikes in the woods. OCD 1 2 3
Ride bikes in the woods. OCD 1 2 3
Ride bikes in the woods. OCD 1 2 3
Ride bikes in the woods. OCD 1 2 3
Ride bikes in the woods. OCD 1 2 3
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Yeah, TSA with anal probes and bad attitudes...
@furnituremonkey.com Scored 2 of these at a local junk shop for $175, made in Denmark in the 1960s. Screw you Ikea.
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/37358916_ib-kofod-larsen-hutch-on-chest
Just verified that the reason my rear tire went flat at the end of Pig Pile last Friday was a pinch flat. It's the third Continental Trail King that I have done this to. I suspect that the issue is that I'm lazy about checking tire pressure before riding.
Just planted basil.
Just planted basil.
You might want to check out this thread: http://ridemonkey.bikemag.com/threads/what-trail-bike-tire-casings-dont-suck.276601/
also, t00bless...if you do it on a fatbike why not on a trailbike? i've also had good luck with downhill tubes. it's worrh the extra weight, imo.
I have been following it, or trying to, but the blah blah is strong. When the Contis wear out I have a pair of Maxxis High Roller IIs that came stock with the bike; I have been toying with the idea of running one of those in the rear and sticking with the Conti up front.
All three pinch flats have been on the rear tire, FWIW...
They always are...
Tubeless and beefy sidewalls are the ultimate solution. Unless you can pull of the "required finesse" for the weight-weenie tire options...
Wow - why so optimistic today?
"Passenger convenience item" with historical poor performance. Falls under the "Nobody GAF" portion of the aircraft Minimum Equipment List.Wow - why so optimistic today?
Tubeless I got until pinch flat. Guess I gotta eventually go beefy. Don't give a rat's ass about weight.
Yup - that's they way I had to go... pinch flats on tubeless tires suck. Way messier than just pinching a tube.
1000g Michelin Wild Rock'Rs are so far (knock on wood) holding up to my sheer hackitude.
That's why it seems 50/50 is really optimistic."Passenger convenience item" with historical poor performance. Falls under the "Nobody GAF" portion of the aircraft Minimum Equipment List.
I'd have given it 90/10 not work/work.
working so far. at least enough for me to keep busy enough to distract me from wanting to claw my eyeballs out.
On my first day of fun-employment I have done nothing. Because this:
I was laid off yesterday, there were several of us let go. Totally a financial decision, not personal. The thing is, I was considering leaving anyways, after a project I have been trying to push through (massive website redesign) was put on hold for the third year in a row. Glad I didn't quit before they laid me off. Not much of a severance package but I am eligible for unemployment. I got that and some cash reserves that just might set me up for 6-8 months so I figure I can take a couple of month here right now and go ride my bike. Starting tomorrow, actually. Gonna do a quick Vail/Eagle > Fruita > Salida sort of trip, back in Goldentown next Thursday to visit with my Dad when he gets here. Working on details for a potential British Columbia trip in the middle of June. I'll keep ya'll posted.
That or the Tomahawk...
Shit Evan... However, the bike trip, Yesss!!!
Thanks John, I'm actually pretty stoked for the whole situation. Could not have worked out better for me.
Bastard, bastard, BASTARD.
Have fun, ya basTARD. Let me know when you're back into "lookin' for a jorb"...
Like the fact that you have all kinds of time. Dislike the fact that you lost your source of income.
Something similar happened to me in 2014, one of the better years of my life to date. We can compare notes while riding the MDH.
BASTARDS.
Well timed lay-offs are the best!
In true RM fashion, that topic started discussing sidewall cuts, not pinch cuts by the rim, then veered wildly all over the place. I just made myself vaguely ill by carefully reading the whole thing. Nonetheless, it contained some useful information.
Bah - they're both symptoms of the same problem - shitty, flimsy casings. I must be getting old, 'cause I don't remember having this kind of trouble in the "good ol' days"... 'course that might be because we were running 1.9s at 35# everywhere and went really slowly.
Income is overrated - as long as you don't have an income-needy spouse. I got laid off in June last year and the riding was nice. Unfortunately my stupid responsibility won and I got another job a few weeks later.
It was great while it lasted tho.
How many layers of clothing did you have on?
Had to put my monies together to pay for a new dropper post. Was short roughly 200 bucks. When I cashed out my change can today I ended up with exactly 50 cents extra. BOOM
Longsleeve, rain jacket, beanie, and shorts (for some stupid reason I decided not to bring the gloves I packed). I had to turn back before making it to the top of the hill because It was getting rainy and windy.How many layers of clothing did you have on?
Just a little colder than cali this time of year. Yesterday it snowed but the day before it was in the 80s
Income is nice, the job that usually comes along with it not so much. In either case, a bout of funemployment isn't a bad way to spent a portion of the summer.Income is overrated - as long as you don't have an income-needy spouse. I got laid off in June last year and the riding was nice. Unfortunately my stupid responsibility won and I got another job a few weeks later.
Much jealousy already inspired... and you're only in the planning stage.Oh don't you worry... I'll let you know how it works out for me.
I had the revelation last night that if I rented out the townhouse I just bought, the income from that would probably cover all my bills each month, making it pretty easy to live in my truck for upwards of a year doing minimal freelance / side work. Still in the planning phases on that idea as well, and it would probably depend on how fast and loose I wanna play it while collecting unemployment... but yeah.
Who loves it when a plan comes together?
Unemployment was the best and worst time of my life.