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Ended up riding with woody last night. I was reminded of why I don't ride MTB in MA more often. Squiggly little trails trying to cram six miles in a 2mi box, basically feature-feature-feature with minimal trail in between. I am admittedly out of MTB shape but it would have been nice to see a little dirt between giant rock, 180 degree turn and 180 degree turn to giant rock. Huge crew with a good range of skill, but spending 15 minutes sessioning each feature led to us running out of daylight and me running out of time for parking lot beers. Hopefully the next ride will be sooner, but I also hope it will be on dirt instead of rocks.
Got to play in the rain for a bit today and my bossman made a cardboard shelter over me, worked a treat.
Can't imagine anyone will care, but if you find yourself replacing wires in a loom staggering your joints reduces the likelihood of getting shorts between your new joins down the track and it fits in split tube better.
Can't imagine anyone will care, but if you find yourself replacing wires in a loom staggering your joints reduces the likelihood of getting shorts between your new joins down the track and it fits in split tube better.
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Yes this has been my experience too. It is impossible to get any sort of nice groove going. An exception to this is West Hill Dam. That place is fun.
On the docket for today:
- dropping Baby Aya off at preschool
- half day WFH
- estimate and possibly just getting work done with electrician for new outlet in garage for second EV charging
- fasted lab work at noon or so
- apply for HELOC on mountain place and start poking around online for contractors for the interior
- dress rehearsal tonight for wind ensemble
Peloton @ 110 bpm at some point in the afternoon in there, too.
- dropping Baby Aya off at preschool
- half day WFH
- estimate and possibly just getting work done with electrician for new outlet in garage for second EV charging
- fasted lab work at noon or so
- apply for HELOC on mountain place and start poking around online for contractors for the interior
- dress rehearsal tonight for wind ensemble
Peloton @ 110 bpm at some point in the afternoon in there, too.
I accidentally a soon this morning.
Maybe it'll show up before I head east in a couple-three weeks?
Maybe it'll show up before I head east in a couple-three weeks?
I hear you I like a good flow not talking about a flow trail but that you keep moving or my bike ADD come out.
what kind of soon?
Let's just say that I guarantee I'll get it out for a rip before @stoney gets a first ride on his... and I don't even have mine yet.
I'm no science doctor, but I'm guessing the magic ingredient is...
MOAR training today.
Leg is extra sore this morning, hot damn. Need to find that THC cream that the girlfriend has, whatever is in it, it works.
THC?
are they on sale or something? have heard rumors that a revamped lineup is on the way.
Redtail hawk just went after some creatures at our bird feeder and crashed into the sliding door in the process. Scared the crap out of me.
Took down a huge Autumn Olive last night. The canopy must have been 20' tall and 25' across, but now it's all on the ground, limbed, and ready to be chipped.
Maybe, durr. I was skeptical at first, but as soon as she put a little bit on my leg it immediately soothed the muscle pain or whatever it is. I'm impressed.
THC or CBD? Wifey had some CBD cream years back that was a magical pain relief solution. Haven't found anything that good since.
MOAR training today.
Leg is extra sore this morning, hot damn. Need to find that THC cream that the girlfriend has, whatever is in it, it works.
She said it was THC and that there was a lot of it packed into this little container.
Also that hawk must have been cool to see, I love seeing them. Have only seen a few since the leaves have grown in this summer.
I remember a few summer ago I was riding along kind of day dreaming and all of a sudden there was this SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH going overhead. Look up and there is a Coopers hawk weaving in and out of the trees. So cool to see.
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Planets and finances just aligned, so I decided to pull the trigger. I've also heard similar rumours. Maybe it's a "bad time" to get a new bike, with next year's models right on the cusp of being released, but whatever. The new bike will be slightly less travel, probably a little lighter, and maybe (maybe) be a little better (at least on paper) for the majority of the riding I do... while still being plenty capable on the stuff where a few more mm's of travel would be nice to have.
Was playing golf a few months back and had 6 retail hawks shadowing us along an entire hole, flying around and making a racket. Those things are flying death machines, like cats with wings. Anyway, best picture I could get of 2 of them just chilling in a tree above the tee box.
SB130 LR?
I usually do, but I thought "Group ride, cool new friends" The reality was it was a huge group, I am slow as it's been around a year since I've been on the MTB, and I have zero experience on those trails. Lots of discussion about farts tho.
yes, I'm all for dirt ribbons with technical sections and fast chunder or whatever the bros call it now, but this was basically 4 wheeling on bikes. Incredibly slow progress just crawling over huge rock formations, then yeeting down the other side.
Our ride took 2 hours, we covered 5.5 miles. My garmin has auto-stop on, it recorded an hour of riding.
that's the one.
honestly I'm surprised to see as many people in agreement, I thought I'd be dismissed as a weenie
traffic freaking sucked this morning. I need to revisit cycle commuting or getting an ebike
traffic freaking sucked this morning. I need to revisit cycle commuting or getting an ebike
Definitely important questions! I was pretty drawn to the "watermelon" color but in the end decided to go the subdued route and went with "rhino".
Aayup.
Different strokes for different folks, as CrabJoe is fond of saying. Though, come to think of it, I'm not sure hes saying that in reference to biking....
Me, I love some good old fashioned rock crawling. Kind of fun working on balance -> power moves. But I can see how it's not for everyone, sometimes it's fun to put down miles on something flowier.
Good luck!
Well, it's an outlier, one of a kind in MA. I only rode it twice, both times with very capable riders while I was just a beginner, and it was slippery as heck because we rode on tails of passing thunderstorms. I'd like to ride it again some day, but it is not a place I would be returning to often.
That's good going in Colorado if you're hike a bike up a scree field at > 10000ft.
That Needham Town Forest? Never ridden there before.