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chuffer

Turbo Monkey
Sep 2, 2004
1,767
1,100
McMinnville, OR
I'm six days in of resting etc with my left knee after I slipped a pedal and hyperextended it slightly. Trying to ignore that I might need to actually go get it looked at.

It's ruining my 70mile+/12000ft+ normal weekly goal...
Yeah, I waited about 4 weeks before trying to ride again. First ride went OK. I didn’t really think I was pushing it yesterday, but the knee noped out on me.

I keep wondering if I really need to back off a little. At 52 it’s not the high consequence hard riding (relatively speaking, of course) that is the problem, but my body just can’t cash the check so to speak when I crash. Shit that I’d “walk off” in the past, makes me wonder if I need a gravel bike now. :homer:
 

SkaredShtles

Michael Bolton
Sep 21, 2003
67,627
14,049
In a van.... down by the river
fun story: my parents grew so much pot at their Oregon place they could not dispose of it in the conventional manner

so my mom was diffusing it into oils and other crap just to use it up

and now they aren't growing since they've learned that things just grow too well in that climate, apparently
I can't, for the life of me, figure out how your parents became Trump voters... :confused: :panic:
 

canadmos

Cake Tease
May 29, 2011
21,882
21,394
Canaderp
FFS, kill list activated.

This dude here at work took a promotion and is now my supervisor's boss (not sure why a team of two needs another leader, but WHATEVER). ANYWAYS, a little bit ago the guy asks when we're available for onsite team meetings. I say any day OTHER than Wednesdays.

Dude just sent out invites for god damn Wednesdays. :banghead::banghead::banghead:

Also this same guy has been on vacation this week, but has been emailing, assigning things and even came into the building yesterday. LOL who does that on their days off? FOOOOOLS
 

Toshi

butthole powerwashing evangelist
Oct 23, 2001
39,610
8,667
I can't, for the life of me, figure out how your parents became Trump voters... :confused: :panic:
their biggest issue is being anti-war. and somehow the Russian propaganda of "there wouldn't be a war with Ukraine if Ukraine just wouldn't resist" soaked into their aged hippie brains
 

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
55,924
21,954
Sleazattle
their biggest issue is being anti-war. and somehow the Russian propaganda of "there wouldn't be a war with Ukraine if Ukraine just wouldn't resist" soaked into their aged hippie brains

Do they also think women are responsible for rape?
 

stoney

Part of the unwashed, middle-American horde
Jul 26, 2006
21,991
7,865
Colorado
Grandpa is out of emergency and into an IC room, so bueno. He's like 93 (iirc) with dementia, so we all know it's a matter of time, but nice to hear that he's still trucking along.

The girls are enjoying time with their grandparents. My dad bought a used pool table a couple of months ago and is teaching them how to play. My sister and her family are going to be here early tomorrow from DFW-area, so we'll get about 1.5 days with them too.

My parents neighborhood is ridiculous. Average home cost is $1.4mm, 3 acre lot, and 4500sqft - in fucking TX. The number of excessive Trump advertising on lawns is excessive. They are on the bottom there (not challenging still really, really nice), but damn if we didn't find the rich white people in TX that love Trump. The show we went to Wednesday night was all old, rich, white people - and the Trump love is high.
 

stoney

Part of the unwashed, middle-American horde
Jul 26, 2006
21,991
7,865
Colorado
their biggest issue is being anti-war. and somehow the Russian propaganda of "there wouldn't be a war with Ukraine if Ukraine just wouldn't resist" soaked into their aged hippie brains
Sure it wasn't the "it's my money, I earned it, and you can't have it"? Because that's what got mine.
 

jstuhlman

bagpipe wanker
Dec 3, 2009
17,300
14,099
Cackalacka du Nord
Yeah, I waited about 4 weeks before trying to ride again. First ride went OK. I didn’t really think I was pushing it yesterday, but the knee noped out on me.

I keep wondering if I really need to back off a little. At 52 it’s not the high consequence hard riding (relatively speaking, of course) that is the problem, but my body just can’t cash the check so to speak when I crash. Shit that I’d “walk off” in the past, makes me wonder if I need a gravel bike now. :homer:
same girl same. but eff no on gravel...all i still want to do is ride the steep janky chunk as fast as i can..
 

stevew

resident influencer
Sep 21, 2001
41,107
10,063
@stevew you caught anything from these guys? Been binging their videos the last week, lots of darn cool content. Not the usual overlanding bro kinda content.

I think so....

seems like they have a film crew.
 
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stevew

resident influencer
Sep 21, 2001
41,107
10,063
their biggest issue is being anti-war. and somehow the Russian propaganda of "there wouldn't be a war with Ukraine if Ukraine just wouldn't resist" soaked into their aged hippie brains
weed growing friend from highschool...

not voting for the orange goblin

or the cop.
 

mandown

Poopdeck Repost
Jun 1, 2004
21,586
8,959
Transylvania 90210
their biggest issue is being anti-war. and somehow the Russian propaganda of "there wouldn't be a war with Ukraine if Ukraine just wouldn't resist" soaked into their aged hippie brains
“It wouldn’t be a problem if you wouldn’t resist.”

Seems like a theme.
 

gonefirefightin

free wieners
I used to wrench for a team owner who had a bike shop in Cali. He had made his own truing stand that worked off Excel. It could balance and true with alarming accuracy and increase the speed of builds. Inside the program, he had a formula for the exact length and number of threads the Phil Woods spoke cutter would be to have zero runout on the back of the nipples and be to the thread of recess.

I am sure they have super fancy ones like this off the shelf but it was what sparked my wheelbuilding phase
 

Changleen

Paranoid Member
Jan 9, 2004
14,606
2,660
Pōneke
I used to wrench for a team owner who had a bike shop in Cali. He had made his own truing stand that worked off Excel. It could balance and true with alarming accuracy and increase the speed of builds. Inside the program, he had a formula for the exact length and number of threads the Phil Woods spoke cutter would be to have zero runout on the back of the nipples and be to the thread of recess.

I am sure they have super fancy ones like this off the shelf but it was what sparked my wheelbuilding phase
Yeah you’ll like these guys:

 

rideit

Bob the Builder
Aug 24, 2004
24,559
12,369
In the cleavage of the Tetons
Seriously. So many other ways they could have engineered that to ease building.
Maybe special nipple shoulders, I dunno.
But I really miss Mavic’s eyelets, just the easiest for building, lubing, etc.
I think they disappeared because the weight looked higher in comparison, but they were so much better.
 

jonKranked

Detective Dookie
Nov 10, 2005
88,563
26,811
media blackout
Seriously. So many other ways they could have engineered that to ease building.
Maybe special nipple shoulders, I dunno.
But I really miss Mavic’s eyelets, just the easiest for building, lubing, etc.
I think they disappeared because the weight looked higher in comparison, but they were so much better.
They did it in the dh rims too. Removed the eyelets and required washers. Dumb as fucking rocks.