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Ordered:
2 of those for me + 2 of them in 26" for Nick's DH rig. I probably should just have both of them laced up (to my current 28h hubs) over the off season, so that I can admire their crabonz goodness as my bike sits idly on the stand in the garage.
2 of those for me + 2 of them in 26" for Nick's DH rig. I probably should just have both of them laced up (to my current 28h hubs) over the off season, so that I can admire their crabonz goodness as my bike sits idly on the stand in the garage.
Late to the party, but surprised you're running 28h. That's for xc end of the spectrum... and no surprise that you're breaking spokes, you need 32 hole... and make sure your spokes are properly tensioned... check them regularly, particularly when it's a new build. They often loosen a bit after a couple of rides and need to be re-tensioned. Riding aggressively and jumping will do that... particularly if you're over 180lbs.
Curious to see how you get on with LB rims. I can't seem to actually damage my aluminum rims apart from a ding here or there. I chalk it up to my remarkable wheelbuilding abilities
Curious to see how you get on with LB rims. I can't seem to actually damage my aluminum rims apart from a ding here or there. I chalk it up to my remarkable wheelbuilding abilities
Are those asymmetric?Ordered:
2 of those for me + 2 of them in 26" for Nick's DH rig. I probably should just have both of them laced up (to my current 28h hubs) over the off season, so that I can admire their crabonz goodness as my bike sits idly on the stand in the garage.
I wouldn't have chosen 28h but that's what Santa Cruz specced for the 5010! Since a set of Boost DT Swiss 350 hubs as I have isn't cheap I'm sticking with the spoke count, but I will reassess if 28h + LB turns out to be unreliable.Late to the party, but surprised you're running 28h. That's for xc end of the spectrum... and no surprise that you're breaking spokes, you need 32 hole... and make sure your spokes are properly tensioned... check them regularly, particularly when it's a new build. They often loosen a bit after a couple of rides and need to be re-tensioned. Riding aggressively and jumping will do that... particularly if you're over 180lbs.
Curious to see how you get on with LB rims. I can't seem to actually damage my aluminum rims apart from a ding here or there. I chalk it up to my remarkable wheelbuilding abilities
No, the earlier model symmetric ones. Again, since I'm on Boost I don't think that'll be a big deal: DT Swiss's spoke calculator has only 1 mm difference in spoke length for each side which implies to me that tension and angulation should be pretty equal even with the symmetric rim.
Dang, hope that works out! 28h on a 5010? Strange.
That's how they set them up. Specs for 2017 are slightly different (Eagle cassette, no more Pike) but the wheels are the same:
http://www.santacruzbicycles.com/en-US/5010
Note that they're Easton ARC 24 rims but 28h. The ones consumers can buy are all 32h. Thus these are some OEM special, like those on the Heist wheelset but labeled as ARC. Confusing, but the long and the short of it is that they're definitely 28h thus this bind.
For sure...
That 30g weight savings per wheel must be worth the decrease in strength to Santa Cruz.
Related: Jobst Brandt has thoughts on spoke count, of course.
http://yarchive.net/bike/spoke_count.html
(He likes 36 up front, 36 in the rear... on road bikes!)
http://yarchive.net/bike/spoke_count.html
(He likes 36 up front, 36 in the rear... on road bikes!)
Except wtih crabon, apparently you can break 2-3 spokes and still have a rim remain perfectly true.Related: Jobst Brandt has thoughts on spoke count, of course.
http://yarchive.net/bike/spoke_count.html
(He likes 36 up front, 36 in the rear... on road bikes!)
70 cm skis for Mariko, the shortest made. Mondo 14.5 sized boots for Mariko, the smallest made (and with a BSL of 194 mm, which is not coincidentally also the shortest that bindings adjust to).
Yuna is modeling Apex MC-X ski boots that were intended for me and my wide feet. Unfortunately they are not going to work out, so back to REI they will go. I'm going to need to go to a real bootfitter who can punch out liners and shells to fit my ~115 mm wide feet. Have I mentioned that stock boot lasts are considered wide if they're 104 mm width?
Until it (catastrophically) does not.
Heh. True. Although in my experience, even when the rim starts to crack you can ride it pretty roughly and it'll still remain true.Until it (catastrophically) does not.
Until, of course, the catastrophic failure.
Wheels are far away from my bunghole. Therefore catastrophic failure is unlikely to result in unintended penetration of the same. Ergo, level of worry is low.Heh. True. Although in my experience, even when the rim starts to crack you can ride it pretty roughly and it'll still remain true.
Until, of course, the catastrophic failure.
I didn't discover my LB crabon rim had cracked until I converted it to tubeless and heard the hissing... and I still rode Deer Creek a few times while I was waiting for the replacement rim.
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I gave a financial basics lecture for residents and fellows at my program today. They seemed to like it (and I got pre- and post-test survey data done so that I can publish it).
For those curious as to what I babbled about here are my slides:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2WDoaJQHlYIX25pRG5XTDFvV0U
and here is the survey:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2WDoaJQHlYISHdjZkRUQ3lmZkU
I gave a financial basics lecture for residents and fellows at my program today. They seemed to like it (and I got pre- and post-test survey data done so that I can publish it).
For those curious as to what I babbled about here are my slides:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2WDoaJQHlYIX25pRG5XTDFvV0U
and here is the survey:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2WDoaJQHlYISHdjZkRUQ3lmZkU
1) I'm finally getting stuff fixed on my two vehicles:
- Land Cruiser is getting its steering column telescoping motor replaced imminently, with the vehicle at the mechanic today
- Land Cruiser will get scratches buffed out of flanks, Vail parking lot-induced quarter panel crinkle pulled out for real, and hood repainted next month when the body shop dude is available
- RAV4 EV will get its mirror housing replaced (broken a year and a half ago due to my own stupidity at the old house) next week or whenever that part gets in–apparently this was the only replacement mirror assembly for a RAV4 EV in the country
2) Related to the above, I'm not going to go on tight off-road trails with the Land Cruiser in the future. I'll go on wide stuff like the Rampart Range Road or whatever's on the way to a trail but I want to avoid raking the side of the vehicle… so that it can garner more offers to buy it at trailheads, of course. (Current count is 2.)
No, I'm not planning on selling the Land Cruiser: there'd be no point if I turned around and spent the same amount of money on a Forester or Outback, especially as with the low miles I drive gas price is entirely negligible. This is even more true when one considers that it has a 3rd row that's quite useful in a pinch when I have visiting relatives, plus a 2nd row wide enough for two child car seats + a real seat for an adult.
3) Tesla announced a fully autonomous version of their cars yesterday: Hardware present on all builds from now on out, $8k option to enable the software. This is pretty cool. Bike commuting has really shown me that the true luxury is to not sit in traffic in any kind of car, though. It wouldn't make that much of a difference for my relatively short commute whether I was at the wheel or a Tesla was driving itself, not to mention that the exercise of bike commuting is much better for me in the long run.
What might happen is a Tesla Model Y (the CUV variant of the Model 3) with self-driving for the wife in late 2020, when her RAV4 EV's extended warranty is soon up. We'll see where we are financially, school location-wise, etc. at that point. There's a low but non-negligible chance I'll have defected to private practice by then, and that could be either here in Denver or possibly back in Seattle… If the latter then I'll be house poor, no doubt.
Assuming I'm still here, from now until 2020 I don't foresee new shiny 4 wheeled things in the garage as long as the vehicles continue to function. Shiny things that are 2 wheeled and with pedals, maybe.
- Land Cruiser is getting its steering column telescoping motor replaced imminently, with the vehicle at the mechanic today
- Land Cruiser will get scratches buffed out of flanks, Vail parking lot-induced quarter panel crinkle pulled out for real, and hood repainted next month when the body shop dude is available
- RAV4 EV will get its mirror housing replaced (broken a year and a half ago due to my own stupidity at the old house) next week or whenever that part gets in–apparently this was the only replacement mirror assembly for a RAV4 EV in the country
2) Related to the above, I'm not going to go on tight off-road trails with the Land Cruiser in the future. I'll go on wide stuff like the Rampart Range Road or whatever's on the way to a trail but I want to avoid raking the side of the vehicle… so that it can garner more offers to buy it at trailheads, of course.
(Current count is 2.)No, I'm not planning on selling the Land Cruiser: there'd be no point if I turned around and spent the same amount of money on a Forester or Outback, especially as with the low miles I drive gas price is entirely negligible. This is even more true when one considers that it has a 3rd row that's quite useful in a pinch when I have visiting relatives, plus a 2nd row wide enough for two child car seats + a real seat for an adult.
3) Tesla announced a fully autonomous version of their cars yesterday: Hardware present on all builds from now on out, $8k option to enable the software. This is pretty cool. Bike commuting has really shown me that the true luxury is to not sit in traffic in any kind of car, though. It wouldn't make that much of a difference for my relatively short commute whether I was at the wheel or a Tesla was driving itself, not to mention that the exercise of bike commuting is much better for me in the long run.
What might happen is a Tesla Model Y (the CUV variant of the Model 3) with self-driving for the wife in late 2020, when her RAV4 EV's extended warranty is soon up. We'll see where we are financially, school location-wise, etc. at that point. There's a low but non-negligible chance I'll have defected to private practice by then, and that could be either here in Denver or possibly back in Seattle… If the latter then I'll be house poor, no doubt.
Assuming I'm still here, from now until 2020 I don't foresee new shiny 4 wheeled things in the garage as long as the vehicles continue to function. Shiny things that are 2 wheeled and with pedals, maybe.
Portal axle porn in two sizes:
I like the larger one. Look at that (brief) view out the windshield! I'd be in heaven.
Not as cool but still cool is this Slee conversion of a 100 series, like mine, to solid axles:
http://www.sleeoffroad.com/project_vehicles/100SAS-PAUL/100sas.pdf.pdf
I didn't know that the 105 series was built on an 80 series chassis until today, with the narrower track that that implies.
I like the larger one. Look at that (brief) view out the windshield! I'd be in heaven.
Not as cool but still cool is this Slee conversion of a 100 series, like mine, to solid axles:
http://www.sleeoffroad.com/project_vehicles/100SAS-PAUL/100sas.pdf.pdf
I didn't know that the 105 series was built on an 80 series chassis until today, with the narrower track that that implies.
I would 100% convert my Tacoma to a solid front axle with a 3-link if I had the time and cash. My lack of both dictates that I will probably remain IFS for a while if not forever.
Public notice:
By the end of next season I'm aiming to achieve the median Strava time for the climb at White Ranch, Parking Lot to Bench segment. Right now I'm in the bottom 7% at 57:49, 2925/3149.
Because Strava's webpage interface is incredibly stupid and I'm not going to click 60 times I don't know what the median time is. I'll aim for @Adventurous's 40:38 as a benchmark even though that may be too ambitious.
By the end of next season I'm aiming to achieve the median Strava time for the climb at White Ranch, Parking Lot to Bench segment. Right now I'm in the bottom 7%
at 57:49, 2925/3149. Because Strava's webpage interface is incredibly stupid and I'm not going to click 60 times I don't know what the median time is. I'll aim for @Adventurous's 40:38 as a benchmark even though that may be too ambitious.
that's a good goal. My PR is 49:12, which is hard to believe considering what a slow ass I've been lately.
Puts it all in perspective when the top strava time is 19:59. I want whatever that guy is having.
I kind of want a fancy new Macbook Pro, but I should probably just SIUP and cart my work issued brick of a Windows laptop around on trips. At all other times I really don't need such a fancy bauble (and can use my gaming desktop at home, like now, my still-truckin' Hackintosh in my office, and whatever's nearby in the reading room).
Agreed on the conclusion. Coincidentally the wife and I may be going to Hawaii in April as well.
Nice. Which island? It looks like my immediate family + MIL + wife's aunt and spouse + my parents will all be hanging out on Waikiki, perhaps in a giant AirBNB house.
I think I about maxed out my power to weight ratio today at White Ranch. (Relevant: I weighed in at 230.4 lbs post-ride, then had a satisfying dump and was suddenly 229.4
) I could have eked out a few dozen seconds as I came across two slow climbing cyclists on upper Longhorn and avoided running over two hikers but dumped the bike in the process of stopping right before the drop on lower Longhorn. Yep: like an idiot Harley rider I laid the bike down to avoid a crash, only this was kind of necessary because of blind corner and loose soil. I did land on my feet, at least, and discovered that the drop is rollable albeit sketchier than just sending it.
I am going to revisit other trails until said ratio changes substantially. A few weeks at Mountain Lion are in order: fewer crowds due to the paid parking and nice, long downhill.
I posted a few pages back about the GoPro Karma drone and its Grip gimbal. I have decided that it, like the shiny new MacBook Pro, is something that I don't need in my life.
The Grip would be nice (along with a Hero5 Black) for chest mounted skiing and biking footage, but again a bauble.
A hypothetical Karma 2 with follow mode and 4K @ 60 fps may be enough to push me over the edge. 4K @ 30 (or less than that with Super View) and no follow mode (thus a big disruption to the regular biking/skiing "workflow" in order to bust it out and use it) isn't enough.
Perhaps in a few years it'll be better established whether having a drone follow oneself down a trail is legal, courteous, or neither. It would be a very cool shot, though, like a WRC helicopter shot but up close with the drone sensing and dodging trees along the way…
The Grip would be nice (along with a Hero5 Black) for chest mounted skiing and biking footage, but again a bauble.
A hypothetical Karma 2 with follow mode and 4K @ 60 fps may be enough to push me over the edge. 4K @ 30 (or less than that with Super View) and no follow mode (thus a big disruption to the regular biking/skiing "workflow" in order to bust it out and use it) isn't enough.
Perhaps in a few years it'll be better established whether having a drone follow oneself down a trail is legal, courteous, or neither. It would be a very cool shot, though, like a WRC helicopter shot but up close with the drone sensing and dodging trees along the way…
The ultimate triumph of narcissism.
Look at my butt as I ride. LOOK AT IT.
Now that I think it over some more I can't see how it'd become any more acceptable or legal to use a drone on a trail, though.
Imagine the chaos if an uphill and a downhill rider (or a rider passing another in the same direction) both had drones following them, and if they got tangled up. It'd also be super unnerving to have $1k of hardware behind oneself. I'd be tempted to look back to check if it was still there, and would dread having to climb back uphill to retrieve it.
The gimbal still is cool, and stabilized footage is way better.