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stoney

Part of the unwashed, middle-American horde
Jul 26, 2006
22,002
7,886
Colorado
my kids absolutely love Polaris fwiw.

I had the flu-pneumonia double whammy a few years back. Knocked my right on my ass. Felt like death.

/me was going to go mountain biking but Baby Aya coughed herself into puking this morning so home from preschool she shall stay with me.
I said across the freeway, not to Kansas.
 

Jozz

Joe Dalton
Apr 18, 2002
6,157
7,852
SADL
I've still got my old (2009 vintage) Boone Ti SS cog sitting in parts and I'd love to give it a go again. But XD freehub and 2x (non DM or 104bcd) crankset on my HT says much fuckery would be required. I think I sold my Hope HG freehub to @canadmos ?

I think the last time I had it SS was 2013 racing a bunch of 100 milers in the NUE series...
2010 was the last time I had a SS bike, SC Chameleon that was too small, so back pain made me part it and sell it. 26er hardtail vs 29+ hardtail is a lot different and mucho funner.
 

StiHacka

Compensating for something
Jan 4, 2013
21,560
12,508
In hell. Welcome!
2010 was the last time I had a SS bike, SC Chameleon that was too small, so back pain made me part it and sell it. 26er hardtail vs 29+ hardtail is a lot different and mucho funner.
I like having gears on a thicc hardtail much more in Winter than in Summer, but again our snow is shitty here.
 

boostindoubles

Nacho Libre
Mar 16, 2004
8,412
6,939
Yakistan
I like having gears on a thicc hardtail much more in Winter than in Summer, but again our snow is shitty here.
I like to keep both around, the SS is almost exclusively for trail cutting and bad weather these days. I broke it out the other day and am realizing it needs some upgrades...
 

Montana rider

Tom Sawyer
Mar 14, 2005
1,943
2,603
@jstuhlman, here is your confirmation bias of the day...Hour and a half of snowblowing, and not totally done yet. And we have a four car driveway on 1/10 of an acre. You have a guest room?
Buy a bigger snowthrower
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Tell the missus to work harder so you can replace your driveway with a ////melty one:

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This guy <= thinking about buying a melty mat or 2 to melt snow where it slides off the roof and freezes solid / piles up close to the windows / front door...

2" an hour they say... 5'x2'


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Jozz

Joe Dalton
Apr 18, 2002
6,157
7,852
SADL
I like having gears on a thicc hardtail much more in Winter than in Summer, but again our snow is shitty here.
I'll be back to gears once I install the fartbike tires. I have another 29+ wheelset with 3.0 for playing in mud. SS during the winter would always require perfect compact snow conditions.