Sun is out, trails are drying. Riding is planned for tomorrow. Coffee is kicking in. That is all.
☘☀⚠☢☠I Can Has Friday GMT☯♧⚔
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The Blizzardpocalpse does approach for this afternoon.
Ah Friday......I am picking up my new wheels after and the rest of the odds and ends I need to put my trail bike back together. I plan on riding the crap out of it this weekend. Now to strap on the PMA and blaze thru the work day.
day 12 of working 12 straight days, zero motivation. I plan on going for a really long ride tomorrow to clear the bullshit out of my head. moar coffee plz
NO train or bike ride for me today. Have to meet the wife and youngest at the doctor for a consult on whether his is on the spectrum or not. I want to squeeze ride in this weekend, but I already have a lot on the docket.
Paint trim in the bathroom, lay floor in the bathroom, paint vanity in bathroom, install light, faucet and toilet in bathroom, boys night out on Saturday and a church thing on Sunday and car shopping.
Paint trim in the bathroom, lay floor in the bathroom, paint vanity in bathroom, install light, faucet and toilet in bathroom, boys night out on Saturday and a church thing on Sunday and car shopping.
Morning. Wonderful 100% humidity with occasional showers here, the air is visibly moist. Old friend from university arrived in town yesterday so no riding for me while he's with us. Office atmosphere is nuclear holocaust after yesterday's layoffs. Is it weekend, yet?
Here. Lifted last night and I'm sore this morning. It sounds like the beater hardtail is rising again. @Nick has some brakes and an old racing buddy who is now a distributor for RST thinks he has a fork (from their high-end stuff) that will fit. I just need to scrounge up a lower cup for the HS an it's good to go.
Morning Monkies! My solution to unpleasant things is to simply ignore them, kind of pisses off the people around me, my solution to that is to ignore them too. If that doesn't work I wear Spacehog sunglasses.
Hello FRIDAY! I have an 11:00 meeting that I am actually looking forward to. That never happens.
I pooled before work. 50 x 1 lap fast, with 10 second rests. That was tiring.
(1:44 swim pace...middle of the pack speed...that's 52 seconds per lap)
I pooled before work. 50 x 1 lap fast, with 10 second rests. That was tiring.
(1:44 swim pace...middle of the pack speed...that's 52 seconds per lap)Friday, headache, throat scratchy, going to see if the great flood turned one of our jumps into a raft
That is over 2 times faster than my sustained lap time.Hello FRIDAY! I have an 11:00 meeting that I am actually looking forward to. That never happens.
I pooled before work. 50 x 1 lap fast, with 10 second rests. That was tiring.
are DJ bikes really this much?
https://raleigh.craigslist.org/bik/6107410676.html
https://raleigh.craigslist.org/bik/6107410676.html
ASYMMETRIC WINGDINGS!!!!!! 
Wtf is wrong with you people? I can't work under these conditions.
So i'll go ride my bike instead before snowpocalypse gets here.
Wtf is wrong with you people? I can't work under these conditions.
So i'll go ride my bike instead before snowpocalypse gets here.
inorite? It's GLORIOUS!!!!!
sadly yes.
point of comparison - you can get a fully decked out bmx bike for $1400 or less, so idk why you'd go with this.
edit: fwiw MSRP on that frame is $770, and the cheapest pike is $600. so you're around $1400 for just frame / fork.
First casual race of the season last night. I opted out. I think I won. My ride was was pretty damned good.
Eying up a new hub to get a new front wheel built up for the trail bike. Are Spank hubs known to be terrible?
That train of thought got me thinking about my DH bike, which has a crappy Nukeproof front hub, which seems to either eat bearings, or has flared bearing cups or something. I can't get it to stay tight in the fork. For the price of used 26" wheels these days, it's not worth just buying a hub.
Hub question #2: are White Industries hubs any good?
Project progress meeting today, then pick up kids, then get haircut, then switch out my stem bolts for the Ti ones which finally showed up from Jye-na.
My stem preload bolt will now match the sweet stem cap @kazlx made me.
Eying up a new hub to get a new front wheel built up for the trail bike. Are Spank hubs known to be terrible?
That train of thought got me thinking about my DH bike, which has a crappy Nukeproof front hub, which seems to either eat bearings, or has flared bearing cups or something. I can't get it to stay tight in the fork. For the price of used 26" wheels these days, it's not worth just buying a hub.
Hub question #2: are White Industries hubs any good?
Project progress meeting today, then pick up kids, then get haircut, then switch out my stem bolts for the Ti ones which finally showed up from Jye-na.
My stem preload bolt will now match the sweet stem cap @kazlx made me.
Used set of Deemax in classifieds
Spank are supposed to be okay, wife has them on her DH bike but no great number of hours on them.
eww
i haven't had any issues with their rims on my spitfireUsed set of Deemax in classifieds
Spank are supposed to be okay, wife has them on her DH bike but no great number of hours on them.
right?
Aren't you kinda old for this sort of shit?
You PREACH IT, Don Quixote...
Change. It's here.ASYMMETRIC WINGDINGS!!!!!!
Wtf is wrong with you people? I can't work under these conditions.
So i'll go ride my bike instead before snowpocalypse gets here.
I have a set of Spank's I got from Nick last summer that are holding up plenty well. That's all the feedback I have for you there.Used set of Deemax in classifieds
Spank are supposed to be okay, wife has them on her DH bike but no great number of hours on them.
Who the hell pays retail?
I have had some very sick DJ bikes in my years and I think my most expensive one was my Endless and that was about $1200 with hand built wheels.
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/cheapbastard
OK, seriously, this is pimp.
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'mornin everyone. Internet was down at work till now. But I still wasn't productive.
got my first real ride in last night. it was awesome. the perennial wet spots are wet, but the rest was bone dry. Once the trees bud and the leaves pop out, it's going to suck all that standing water up like a sponge. finally, spring is here.
I had a shit night's sleep and was still really sore from the workout, so my form wasn't the best, but it was still awesome to be on dirt. Cut my bars down to 770mm (from 800), and it made a yuge difference. I could feel the lack of stability a bit in the highspeed rock gardens, but it was worth it for the improved control in the tight and twistys. Got told off by a roadie that the park is officially closed until May 15th (which is technically true) and that I was ruining it for "the rest of us". Sanctimonious pricks. But whatever, those trails are illegal anyways, so what does it matter when I ride them?!?! And besides, the park is closed to bikes until May 15th. The rules don't differentiate between road and trails... I am now officially the last in my crew to be on 26". Doesn't help my cause that I'm also the slowest. @kidwoo , I need some of those stickers... you have any more lying around?
got my first real ride in last night. it was awesome. the perennial wet spots are wet, but the rest was bone dry. Once the trees bud and the leaves pop out, it's going to suck all that standing water up like a sponge. finally, spring is here.
I had a shit night's sleep and was still really sore from the workout, so my form wasn't the best, but it was still awesome to be on dirt. Cut my bars down to 770mm (from 800), and it made a yuge difference. I could feel the lack of stability a bit in the highspeed rock gardens, but it was worth it for the improved control in the tight and twistys. Got told off by a roadie that the park is officially closed until May 15th (which is technically true) and that I was ruining it for "the rest of us". Sanctimonious pricks. But whatever, those trails are illegal anyways, so what does it matter when I ride them?!?!
And besides, the park is closed to bikes until May 15th. The rules don't differentiate between road and trails... I am now officially the last in my crew to be on 26". Doesn't help my cause that I'm also the slowest. @kidwoo , I need some of those stickers... you have any more lying around?
I just eated one breakfast burrito on my way to go ski powder in April … Contemplating putting a second in my belly.
If you ever considered an adoption of a house trained companion, I am available.
if yer poachin', don't fuck it up for everyone else, dick. my home trails are the same way.
Met a neighbor, yesterday, for the first time. She was friendly and chatty. She asked if I drove the red car, parked on the street. I said yes. Then she asked if I really had a handicapped plate and a license plate frame that says something about "I'd rather be mountain biking." I said yes, then told her the backstory.
Morning Monkeys.
The weather is banging and supposed to be all (or most of) next week. Hoping to get some ride time in this weekend with the pooch, might even try to hike with her. I don't want to get too excited because I still need to work on the car. But I did get the belt and tensioner changed yesterday (but I have to take the belt back off to do the AC belt and tensioner).
The weather is banging and supposed to be all (or most of) next week. Hoping to get some ride time in this weekend with the pooch, might even try to hike with her. I don't want to get too excited because I still need to work on the car. But I did get the belt and tensioner changed yesterday (but I have to take the belt back off to do the AC belt and tensioner).
Different situation..
Sounds like there was a poacher telling another poacher to not poach.
yea, that was my understanding.
my home trails are el poacho as well. i frequently have to tell people not to fuck shit up for everyone else by building rogue trails, being a general dick to other trail users, riding in poor conditions (thaw cycles), etc.
Riding my bike in an hour - YAY!
School called - Kid #1 bumped friend while playing wall ball - friend hit his knee on the blacktop. My kid gets punished with punitive sit alone at lunch deal. Wife threatened them and taunted their 'positive approach' to discipline. Kid #1 is now eating lunch with secretary instead. Guess this whole zero tolerance thing lives on in our fine institutions...
Anyhoo, School talent show tonight, Kid is going full storm trooper costume while playing the Imperial March on trumpet! Doing a more basic version than this:
School called - Kid #1 bumped friend while playing wall ball - friend hit his knee on the blacktop. My kid gets punished with punitive sit alone at lunch deal. Wife threatened them and taunted their 'positive approach' to discipline. Kid #1 is now eating lunch with secretary instead. Guess this whole zero tolerance thing lives on in our fine institutions...
Anyhoo, School talent show tonight, Kid is going full storm trooper costume while playing the Imperial March on trumpet! Doing a more basic version than this: