From Strava it looks like Carey's ride time was 3.55, mine must have been closer to 7:55View attachment 126372 View attachment 126373 View attachment 126374
Rare Alpine giggle pig sighting, I too am a broken man today...
ETA: Curly Lake Highline FTW...
Fixed.just noticed wingding asymmetry ... I'm going to lunch.
Fucking ticks...I wish I could say the same. People avoid me, as do mosquitos, but ticks f'ing love me.
I am rather happy to no longer be in tick heaven. I have found as many as 20 ticks on me after a ride even after drenching myself in DEET. I often question when I feel like shit all the time whether I am just getting old or if I have some latent tick born disease.
Carey is good people. You and @Montana rider still being alive is further proof of that, I suppose. You know he didn't always own a proper full suspension bike... homey used to ride a 20" folding bike. On everything. Everywhere. It was bonkers.Good morning Monkies! After yesterday's ride I am confident that I can push the giggle pig up anything at between 1 and 1.5 miles per hour. Carey, the guy we rode behind, strava'd it at 18.51 miles, 3802 feet of gain and 5562 feet of loss due to shuttle. Today I will rest...
Hell yeah hardtail. What did you ride?climbs like a hardtail ....
morning rides are teh best, even short ones.
Ooh aah pictures...From Strava it looks like Carey's ride time was 3.55, mine must have been closer to 7:55
I've never done Strava but kind of like the ride reporting tool thingy. For those who are interested in how a kick ass rider does things: https://www.strava.com/activities/1160670477
Ha, I dropped out. Technically I took the CHSPE at 16 after my Junior year and called it good.i had this exact problem as a student.
in high school i was doing so-so in algebra 2 (10th grade). my teacher had a conference w/ my parents to discuss concerns, and they had me evaluated by an outside tutor. flew through the stuff he tried that was on the level of my alg 2 class. then kept pushing it. and pushing it. by the time the session was over i was doing college level calculus and he realized i was just bored in class.
I seem to be pushing a lot... Carey and his wife are good people. Thanks for suggesting they contact Montana peoples, everything fell into place so easily.
jealous. you suck.18.51 miles, 3802 feet of gain and 5562 feet of loss due to shuttle. Today I will rest...
jealous. you also suck.Post work hike, happy hour & dinner were a nice humpday treat. New chica is pretty rad. Woke up with a face full of her hair & her dog sleeping on me.
View from the trail by my house.
jealous. you suck too!Day 1 of solo parenting night down. All flights to Cabo today and tomorrow were cancelled, so my wife ended up re-booking to go to Hawaii with her sisters. I'm off work tomorrow, but my mom is doing me a solid and watching the kids so I can hit the bike park. Then three more days of solo dadding.
agreed. most other people suck. also bugs.Win/Win.
we need to call one. some trees in our yard be sketchy. but too big for me to be messing with.tree crew is here. they're moving fast .
C'ville was bad . . . fields at panorama farms were the worst. However, i found one behind my ear (in the middle of a staff meeting where the Pres/CEO was telling people they were being let go/salary cuts, no less) a few days after a ride maybe 5 years back . . . neck.shoulder glands have always felt achy/swollen since that time, yet despite various tests, nothing found (although I know there are many things we don't know about tick-borne illnesses). TL;DR - fuck ticksI wish I could say the same. People avoid me, as do mosquitos, but ticks f'ing love me.
I am rather happy to no longer be in tick heaven. I have found as many as 20 ticks on me after a ride even after drenching myself in DEET. I often question when I feel like shit all the time whether I am just getting old or if I have some latent tick born disease.
me too. wanna know why? wife's car alarm (which is just the horn honking) started going off randomly at 3:00 AM last night. key fob cound;t shut it off; had to run down and actually open door/put key in. happened multiple times throughout the rest of the night. tried pulling horn and alarm fuses this AM; no dice. at the dealer now, probably needs some sort of new chip/sensor. this car is gone very soon. looking at gently used highlanders/pilots/maybe outbacks. hrmfffffff.I'm tired.
I had shawarma with my youngest (4) and wife today. It was nice. it was his first shawarma. he liked it!in better news, shawarma and beer for lunch
I still don't understand how @Montana rider doesn't die with such a wicked narrow handlebar!
JHFC. My road bike has wider bars.I still don't understand how @Montana rider doesn't die with such a wicked narrow handlebar!
And bar endsI still don't understand how @Montana rider doesn't die with such a wicked narrow handlebar!
How did you like Carey's Ibis?And bar ends
And aluminium frame
And SPDs
And 26" wheels
And almost 5 years old with mostly OEM creaky bits
All unrideabru according to Midge (the-FunTired) who spent much of the day selling me on N+1 for this offseason...
Pretty bike -- but I'm moar jealous of the motor as I haven't gotten enough miles in (YET) this summer.How did you like Carey's Ibis?
Well, at least what I need to ride it now.um, not all of them ....
Front end control is sometimes fun...All unrideabru according to Midge (the-FunTired) who spent much of the day selling me on N+1 for this offseason...
jealous you suckI
in better news, shawarma and beer for lunch.
phew!
Most wanting his wide crabon rims & 3" front tire with massive contact patch, legs of steel, skill and speed. OMG do I suck.How did you like Carey's Ibis?
Totally ride-able bro!
I would set myself on fire.I have found as many as 20 ticks on me after a ride
tree folk have departed. did an excellent job. i mentioned that i happened to see them accidentally drop a tree into the wood pile they just finished stacking which sent a few logs flying into the air. no harm no foul, we all had a good laugh about it. wound up with WAY more firewood than i was expecting, but that's a good thing. to the point that i probably won't have to buy any for winter 18/19. by the time its split, will probably be 3 cords. pics forthcoming.
you have a splitter? cause that a lot of either ax or chainsaw work...
It's also a fantastic work outyou have a splitter? cause that a lot of either ax or chainsaw work...
i don't have one... but the home depot ~10 minutes from me rents them. i'm also not touching this until next spring at the absolute earliest.you have a splitter? cause that a lot of either ax or chainsaw work...
I spend half my life in woods and brush, might wind up with one or two attached ticks in a year. Don't use chemicals.You ever see any up there?
I've been in CO 25 years and I've only had 1 tick on me - from walking through sagebrush.
Then again, I've been sitting out on summer evenings on my back deck for 13 years and have only seen probably a dozen mosquitoes.
Insect pests seem to hate it out here.
It's fucking white ash. Easy as hell to split with an ax. That said, @jonKranked needs an excuse to stay fat...you have a splitter? cause that a lot of either ax or chainsaw work...
Get off my lawnIt's fucking white ash. Easy as hell to split with an ax. That said, @jonKranked needs an excuse to stay fat...
No way, do it properly and it's an amazing core work out.FTFY
Splitting wood > drinking beer.easy to split or not; great core workout or not...when you've got 2 kids and work fullntime and want what little free time you have for riding and drinking biers...fuck an ax, rent a splitter.