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Howdy. You ever going to make it up here for that random orbital buffer and its accoutrement?
I spent yesterday morning unproductive but made up for that with a 10 hour productivity binge. Another paper grows close to completion, which is good since this one has been gestating for two years now.
I spent yesterday morning unproductive but made up for that with a 10 hour productivity binge. Another paper grows close to completion, which is good since this one has been gestating for two years now.
Hopefully. I may be up your way Sunday evening actually. I'll let you know for sure.
Soccer. Then river tubing on the Yampa. DH'in tomorrow.
Soon®. Doing airplane stuff.
Headache, Ibuprophen better kick in soon. was going to go kayaking but the wife called and her horse has been tearing up the paddock mats and the barn owner wants them rplaced so I have to go buy 5-6 of them and take them over. The hired help at the barn will do the install
disorganized religion.
time to prep for europe.
jam session tuesday, so i better practice.
gym.
groceries.
Soon®. Doing moose stuff.
Pah! Pastafari!
Sadly that looks better than my diploma which is so bland and ugly that I never framed it or hung it up anywhere. Just tucked away in a brag book (portfolio, sort of).
Holy fuck is that river cold.
Welp, according to Strava, I have not rode my bike on a trail since the end of last August. I am now fat as fuck(!!), so today marks my first ride of 2015.
But holy cow, it could not have been a worse day....
Numba ONE, it must have been the hottest day of the year here today. When I got in the car, the dash pleasantly told me that it was 104.
Numba TWO; on the way to the trail, my car started making this god awful howling noise. So naturally I slowed down to see if the noise stopped, which it did. Upon accelerating, the noise came back. No biggy, I thought, maybe there was just a piece of cardboard or paper or some nonsense stuck under the car. At the next exit of the freeway, I pulled over into the carpool lot and waddayaknow. The entire plastic under tray that covers the exhaust and oil pan was just floating there, not attached to anything. I'm guessing once I reached a certain speed, it was pushed down into the road by the air. A good portion of it now missing. UGH. Good thing for zip ties, they got that sucker back up and attached to the front bumper cover. Is there anything a zip tie won't do?
About the ride; this one is a short story. I pretty much died and was eaten alive by mosquitos. Even if my fatass wanted a break, I couldn't stop; the bugs were that bad.
To note, my KS seat post has been in the "down" position since last September. It went up on the very first pull/push of the lever. Love that thing!
My non-tubeless tires held their air all winter too.
The new bike rack and hitch from a 2009 Forester also seem to be doing their job.
tl/dr; car breaks, fatass rides bike, bugs eat fatass, sore bum.
But holy cow, it could not have been a worse day....
Numba ONE, it must have been the hottest day of the year here today. When I got in the car, the dash pleasantly told me that it was 104.
Numba TWO; on the way to the trail, my car started making this god awful howling noise. So naturally I slowed down to see if the noise stopped, which it did. Upon accelerating, the noise came back. No biggy, I thought, maybe there was just a piece of cardboard or paper or some nonsense stuck under the car. At the next exit of the freeway, I pulled over into the carpool lot and waddayaknow. The entire plastic under tray that covers the exhaust and oil pan was just floating there, not attached to anything. I'm guessing once I reached a certain speed, it was pushed down into the road by the air. A good portion of it now missing. UGH. Good thing for zip ties, they got that sucker back up and attached to the front bumper cover. Is there anything a zip tie won't do?
About the ride; this one is a short story. I pretty much died and was eaten alive by mosquitos. Even if my fatass wanted a break, I couldn't stop; the bugs were that bad.
To note, my KS seat post has been in the "down" position since last September. It went up on the very first pull/push of the lever. Love that thing!
My non-tubeless tires held their air all winter too.The new bike rack and hitch from a 2009 Forester also seem to be doing their job.
tl/dr; car breaks, fatass rides bike, bugs eat fatass, sore bum.
Nice Spitty.
Still haven't gotten a new one, and the v1 is looooose in the back end. I bet the new Spitty is uber stiff.
Rode a friends personal set of trails this evening right after a storm. These trails are a natural, off camber, tight, twisty, root fest. Slippery and hard to ride. No sign of IMBA and their dirt sidewalks out there.
For the first time in my riding career I popped a camelbak bladder during a tuck n roll. Damn flat turns which are loose and sandy, near the top of Buck trail in Boise.
Truck transporter arrived with my new/ used truck at 9pm took it out for an hour test drive
Started on surface streets then up over the Altamont Pass on I580 worst stretch of FWY in the west, it is pounded to bits by heavy truck traffic. The suspension is stiff, steering is great, and omg the power in the 6.7L diesel is insane (400 HP 800ft/#s of torque. So far I would say we scored on theis truck. Only wear on the truck is some scratches in the bed (hey its a truck). The inside is spotless and it is fully loaded with the Lariat Ultimate Trim Package.
first fill up, Diesel is 2.79/gal regular unleaded is 3.19/gal.
Started on surface streets then up over the Altamont Pass on I580 worst stretch of FWY in the west, it is pounded to bits by heavy truck traffic. The suspension is stiff, steering is great, and omg the power in the 6.7L diesel is insane (400 HP 800ft/#s of torque. So far I would say we scored on theis truck. Only wear on the truck is some scratches in the bed (hey its a truck). The inside is spotless and it is fully loaded with the Lariat Ultimate Trim Package.
first fill up, Diesel is 2.79/gal regular unleaded is 3.19/gal.
Toshi. the old truck is an F350 srw. Nope I'm keeping it for single day haul in horse shows and my use when the wife has the rig with the camper. So yes the camper goes on the new truck.
Have you tried to warranty yours? My v1 was loose, but not as bad as some others and they sent me the new frame without them even taking a look at the v1. They only asked for pictures and made their judgment on that. Of course, I then had to chop the BB off of it. The only thing I had to do what purchase the shock (different length from v1). But after selling the old one, it was a $25-50 purchase or something.
I would definitely try it now. This v2 is great, no complaints really. Though, I would guess that the old frame might be a tad lighter. The v2's suspension is much more active/plush, I find.
An LBS is handling the warranty, but they're just discounting a new frame and letting me keep the old one. It's a decent price, I just don't have the cash right now.
Did you contact Banshee directly and before the two year warranty period expired ?
I think I did contact them directly, as I purchased that old frame out of the states and thought that'd be a hassle to go through the shop again.
As for the warranty, I can't really remember. I think I submitted my warranty case literally a month or so before it expired; which they never asked about anyways. Though, it did take them all winter to send the frame. The guy that originally took charge at Banshee for my warranty either quit or was let go, which left my case in limbo for a while. Pretty much has to start the entire process over again with the new guy...not sure if that had anything to do with it.
Originally they were going to just give a new V1 frame, but ended up literally saying to me "it won't be worth it, the same problems will just happen again. Take a new frame..".