>>>>Mid FTS Grump<<<<
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Unforseeable, really. There was no way anyone could have predicted that.
Got the Rav4 stuck. 4 inches of mud is outside the limits of traction for a Rav4. Just so you know. Slid down the hill and came to rest on some vines I pulled down. Missed a tree stump and a ditch by inches. Tow truck was $100. He warned me to get out all the Mud stuck up by the exhaust. As it will turn concrete after it dries. I went to the spray booth and washed it down for good measure. There was a lot of mud under there. I made a huge mess at the spray booth. Home now thankfully.
Was planning on going fishing at the lake with the camper this weekend. Ruth demanded that I get the new receiver hitch installed before hand so I did. My existing rear camper tie downs are not compatible FUCK. Ordered the correct ones mid day from the MFG. paid for overnight shipping fedex. 2030 and no email tracking number has been transmitted. I really don't want to tent camp but dammit I am going fishing
Sleeping on the ground occasionally is good for you.
Hiked four hours and my back didn’t start to bother me until I got home and made tacos. Hiking with a full pack, okay, standing in a kitchen not so much. Weird.
It’s installed in the first pic. Figure that out
Well, just a few min after I finished a pack of riders was coming and and one clipped another's wheel and then went down hard. Think bad road crash on road... Cut up bad on the face and paramedics called. About 5 cop cars showed up and eventually one fire truck, but amberlamps wasn't there still 20 min later. Headed home, but that kind of put a damper on everything.
The physicality of hiking with a pack probably loosened your back up.
Looking down at the counter and prepping food drops your chin and rolls your shoulders forward - perfect posture for aggravating your back, neck and / or shoulders.
Thanks, those are good points. Also got so cold in the grocery store that I shivered a bit. So that probably aggravated things by tensing already sore muscles. Should have dug my fleece out of the pack before shopping. Derp
Well obviously I need to move to Cat B, I came in last in Cat A by a few seconds, but I would have been second in Cat B. The hilarity of someone doing it on a fatbike is why I do it. All these guys with fancy gravel bikes so they can have 1 bike for each day of the week and hour. Pavement is like an anchor though for rolling resistance, as long as I can get on gravel my difference in rolling resistance is basically nil. Only about 30% was on gravel/potholes on this one, so mainly road.
Yeah, this spot made no sense, but going down on the road is absolutely insane. No protection and the surface is unforgiving. This was where the race takes off from a road onto a bike path with a couple cracks/roots penetrating, but it's mainly paved and not real rough for a gravel bike. Speed should have been lower because it was right after a 90 degree. Guy got cut up real bad though.