Here. Working. Tired. Wifey decided to have a Memorial Day get together (with our immediate neighbors that we have isolated to) without telling me until just before. I was busy cutting drywall and trying to run speaker wire when they showed up. We had to push the contractor start by a day because I didn't finish yesterday due to that interruption and MIL related delays. Won't be done with work until 4pm and have to run wiring for 5 speakers, move the coax, and cat5 lines across the room. I keep finding more and more blockades changing my routing plans as I go, so I have to keep starting over again. My patience is running thin...
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So what do you use instead?
Gotcha.
Looks spiffy.Talking with a guy on PB about this beaut right now:
Although I will say I would never willingly ride a trail bike again, especially a hardtail, without a dropper post. Nothing like hitting a bump and having the seat pummel your grundle as it launches you OTB.
you should have just kept working. don't make her problems your problems.
As someone who has only ridden a hardtail for the past two months, I wholeheartedly agree with this statement. Dropper + Cushcore is a game changer for a hardtail.
I want spring and fall back.
Going from freezing and snow to 90 and humid in a bit over a week is just not right. I do not do well with rapid temperature changes - plays bloody havoc with me head.
Gotta cut the lawn again tonight - that will be 3 times in the last week.
Hopefully a good night sleep and if my head plays nice then - AM bike ride!
Going from freezing and snow to 90 and humid in a bit over a week is just not right. I do not do well with rapid temperature changes - plays bloody havoc with me head.
Gotta cut the lawn again tonight - that will be 3 times in the last week.
Hopefully a good night sleep and if my head plays nice then - AM bike ride!
In the interest of full disclosure - I try not to list international with on items over 4LBS, if something does go wring I want to handle it myself through USPS. DHL is too much work from my location. Probably more so for you.
I am also not a fan of selling bikes on-line, how many times have you heard "I just bought a used bike off eBay, when I got it I found scratches on the stanchions and paint chips near the bottom bracket. Now way is this bike worth what I paid."
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For variety, get Extra Strength with menthol...
Going to get all the way up to 67 here today.
the trails I ride aren’t too crazy. No real big drops or anything. Here's all the specs. Looks like I can get a dropper post for it since it appears to be a 30.9 dia post.
2013 Salsa El Mariachi 2, LG - Upgraded Fork - Mint For Sale
2013 Salsa El Mariachi 2, LG - Upgraded Fork - Mint For sale on Pinkbike buysell
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It's getting on towards fairly serious drought conditions here.
@HAB once bought a road bike that was listed as the wrong size
Seller was a giant douche about it too. Tried to tell me he'd already spent the money and couldn't give me a refund. I eventually got PayPal to settle it, but it was a massive PITA.
Yeah! Things like Boost, Super boost, Plus sized tires, and...12 speed drivetrains with proprietary hubs have all come out! Truly revolutionary times.
Call me scrooge but the industry realized they were making good bikes around 2013-2017, then started trying to find reasons to force people to buy new bikes. I struggle to find a good reason to upgrade any part of my bike besides the tires right now...and it's a 2015
Would you buy a bike unseen with a wire transfer, and no protection against the item being damaged or not as described? I don’t know anyone who would in this day and age. PP is a little pricey, but it protects both the buyer and the seller.
more like Scrooge McDerp
a lady in ohio enclosed all the booths in her dining establishment in clear shower curtains....
Okay, scrooge.
While I concur the evolution of a lot of the standards is mere trumpery, there are tangible benefits to be had. I happen to enjoy the proliferation of drivetrains with more speeds, rear derailleurs with clutches, narrow/wide chainrings, more reliable dropper posts, and the trickle down of technology to lower groupings.
But hey, different strokes for different folks.
If you have a good bike from that era how are they forcing you to buy new ones? All the old standards are readily available and at rather nice prices.
Depends on how communication with seller is, but those were my terms when selling my Nomad to canada and my V10 to germany.
Neither balked.
Lots of documentation (photos, original receipts, photos from shop that packed it etc), insured by Bike Flights once out of my hands etc.
German dude even bought a bunch of parts and shipped them to my house to include with the bike.
These were both Pinkbike sales.
My roadie is a 1999 Serotta that was rebuilt with Chorus 10 about 20 years ago. Weight reduction would be the only advantage, easier for me to lose weight than justify a new bike.
20 years ago I retired a Trek Y-22 and got a Fisher Sugar. No way would I go back to either.
Our local Post Office hung clear shower curttains as well. Seems to be working OK.
Seriously, my $1200 Fox I stole off eBay for $250 would agree. Straight tube 26 is a limited market.
I got the speaker wires mostly run at this point. I'm going to pull two of the old lines back and route them via the new wire path, so I need to go through the fishing wire process again for a bit, but the main new lines are done. I'm deciding how best to drop the lines from the ceiling to the cabinets, as I'd prefer to keep them in the walls. I might just say 'fuck it' and run two smurf tubes from the ceiling to the built-in's counter, as they will be hidden behind the faceplate of the shelves, and have them drop in from the top. I'd prefer to have them come out of a box, but sometimes you just gotta take what you can. Actually... thinking about it, I can mount the box into the underside of the counter; it doesn't matter if it pops through because it's hidden.
Thank you for making me think this out loud.
Come on - he recently took a vacation to California... he should be rested and refreshed!
Monero
Ti or steel? Any chance to post a picture?
Steel, Columbus triple butted something (would have to find papers for specifics) Foderi Laminati steel fork. Ti was above my paygrade at the time.
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the lil feller wanted to send it so we built him a little kicker with scrap wood. now just need a sheet of 3/8" ply...
i know i seem like a ass a hundred percent of the time but i never want to read about him stroking out.....Come on - he recently took a vacation to California... he should be rested and refreshed!
or any bad shit about anyone.
If you wanna give him an authentic old school experience tell him it's up to him to "find" it