[MikeD]

It's sure refreshingly chilly in the morning here...shorts and t-shirt is almost not enough to be entirely comfortable when walking the dog before sunup.

Did a little quick work on the ongoing Canfield build before bed...all I really need to do now is install the Luftkappe to the air spring (now possible w aluminum vise jaws vs. dumbass useless plastic ones), swap the spring into the fork, check final seat height and dropper cable length, and top off/bleed the rear brake due to trimming the line.

 

[rideit]

How much longer are you down there?

 

[Toshi]

Got an extra large hyundai SUV w/AWD and some sort of locking diff

Which one? This “locking diff” bit intrigues me

 

[Jm_]

Which one? This “locking diff” bit intrigues me

Currently covered in ice again, so itll be a while/later today before i get back to it, but i was able to put my bike in without taking the front wheel off and no funky jacking the front seats forward, which usually takes a full size and massive cargo capacity. Even tho the CX-9 from last week may have been slightly (not by much) bigger, I couldnt get the rear seats down and couldnt do the same. It’s probably a too-hell-u-ride, but gotta check.

 

[Avy]

I had one of those in the mid 90s with a remote lever on the bars to open the QR. Everything about it sucked.

Also, 24 Freedums in west coast Appalachia today. FTS.

I had one as well on my 83 Fisher Montara. Got it when came out. Please tell me How on Earth “the remote lever open‘s the QR”? I don’t see how that is possible? Never saw that back in the day.

Avy

 

[chuffer]

I had one as well on my 83 Fisher Montara. Got it when came out. Please tell me How on Earth “the remote lever open‘s the QR”? I don’t see how that is possible? Never saw that back in the day.

Avy

I only remember that it worked poorly “out of the box” - tons of force required to actuate - and stopped working entirely as soon as it got muddy.

 

[Toshi]

Currently covered in ice again, so itll be a while/later today before i get back to it, but i was able to put my bike in without taking the front wheel off and no funky jacking the front seats forward, which usually takes a full size and massive cargo capacity. Even tho the CX-9 from last week may have been slightly (not by much) bigger, I couldnt get the rear seats down and couldnt do the same. It’s probably a too-hell-u-ride, but gotta check.

for @canadmos 's rear-orifice shopping that's 21 cu ft behind the 3rd row, 46 behind the 2nd, 87 behind the 1st.

:notbadobama:

my boxy Land Cruiser, by comparison, is 20.8, 39.2, 90.8, and my Pacifica is a gargantuan 32.3, 87.5, 140.5 (!). Minivans really are more efficient uses of space for road use.

 

[Jm_]

for @canadmos 's rear-orifice shopping that's 21 cu ft behind the 3rd row, 46 behind the 2nd, 87 behind the 1st.

:notbadobama:

my boxy Land Cruiser, by comparison, is 20.8, 39.2, 90.8, and my Pacifica is a gargantuan 32.3, 87.5, 140.5 (!). Minivans really are more efficient uses of space for road use.

So I checked my car, its a Santa Fe, but the cargo area really makes the most of what it has, as opposed to other SUVs

 

[Toshi]

So I checked my car, its a Santa Fe, but the cargo area really makes the most of what it has, as opposed to other SUVs

36.4/72.1. Not bad for a two row.

 

[Jm_]

36.4/72.1. Not bad for a two row.

It also has this button (center)

 

[Toshi]

Ah, a center diff lock. Found on some funny cars, like 2 gen old RAV4s even iirc.

(also fanciness of hill descent control! off road cruise control.)

 

[Jm_]

Ah, a center diff lock. Found on some funny cars, like 2 gen old RAV4s even iirc.

(also fanciness of hill descent control! off road cruise control.)

Whatever it is, i drove with it on yesterday on the ice. Was pretty treacherous out.