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that is a fair point
I'm planning on leaving around 6:30, in the Land Cruiser, of course, and hoping for the best
maybe the choice of Eldora isn't so clear for Friday, both for access to it and because base depth is sitting at 34"...Wait - you're actually going to try to ski Eldora on a big spring powder day?
Loveland is 52" base and their forecast from Tuesday night through Friday morning is for 17" on top of that.
Winter Park is at 75" base, and Joel at Open Snow is forecasting 8-12" Wednesday, 3-6+" Thursday. and I could pop up to the house late Thursday night and just cruise on over to Mary Jane on Friday morning. without Friday snow Berthoud should be open later...
yeah, that base depth at Eldora and 40+ degree temps until the storm is offputting
The conditions would be the *least* of your challenges.
just driving through Nederland? or parking?The conditions would be the *least* of your challenges.
Don't forget the absolute nightmarish hoards of CU students.
My eldest and youngest are escaping and skiing Taos. SMRT.
my plan will be leftovers at Loveland on Friday morning. Even if Eldora gets 3x the snow, I just can't.
I'll alter my plans to ski Loveland with you Friday morning if you're doing that. let me know by Thursday evening--will dictate whether I drive up to the house for MJ on Friday or not.
cool. yeah, I'm only in for a few hours as well. got to jet back to Denver mid day, pick up eldest kid, take her to belt testing for taekwondo... then drive back up to the mountains with the whole family.
it'd be so amazing to have 12x daily each way shinkansen services to all the mountains and towns in Grand, Summit, Eagle, Pitkin, Gilpin counties, etc.
it'd be downright civilized.
I've got spare beds at the house... our block for this season is through this weekend (last weekend of Devo)
To this end, the Mindbender 89Ti looks like it’d be fun for groomer days with my wife while not being confined to just that:
2022-2023 K2 Mindbender 89Ti | Blister
Here are our measured specs, rocker profile pics, and flex pattern numbers for the new K2 Mindbender 89Ti.
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And it’d be lighter for hiking uphill. I placed a bid on some Pivot 12s on eBay, too. (Sadly they’re only boring black. What can ya do)
so Bobleisure will sell me new Pivot 12s in boring black or kinda offensively colored Forza 3.0 for $220.08 shipped
Pivot 12 GW
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eBay ones are $152.50 (with me not winning ) at the moment + $8.33 shipping. + I think they charge tax, which looks on the order of 12% or so from prior orders! I'll do $170.08 all in for the eBay one as $50 for misplaced vanity seems reasonable, which going backwards would come to an amount less than the current bid. so I'm out.
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I feel attacked.
If you want, I can check with the shop dude in Breck that sold me my Pivot 12's last spring - they're running deals right now since it's the end of the season...
if you could check that'd be great, but I doubt they can touch Bobleisure
wait, that doesn't sound right at all
(somehow the European outfits can just radically undercut on prices. this is where I got Mariko's Mindbender 106Cs from)
edit: Watz’s buddy has come through and beat off Bob… er, beat Bob’s offer
edit 2: with tax Watz’s buddy’s price was a pittance lower than Bob’s. Local business staying somewhat local though, and they don’t have to carry it as inventory.
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Tried to get lottery tickets today, but stymied by the machine being broken at my local 7-Eleven. At least I got a chance to tool around my neighborhood on my sweet electric minibike.
Bonus squishy-face look from me being all crammed into the largest TLD helmet size made.
Bonus squishy-face look from me being all crammed into the largest TLD helmet size made.
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a non-Chinese made option might be a Meier Wrangler, made here in Denver yet not super expensive like also made in Denver Folsom skis:
2022-2023 Meier Wrangler | Blister
Here are our measured specs, rocker profile pics, and flex pattern numbers for the Meier Wrangler.
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134-94-118 nominal in 185 cm length. I'd get the 180.
or:
2023-2024 Meier Quickdraw | Blister
Here are our measured specs, rocker profile pictures, and flex pattern numbers for the Meier Quickdraw.
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Meier Quickdraw. 181 cm as I'd get, 134-88-111 nominally.
edit: I emailed the Meier peoples to ask what they'd recommend.
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garage is pressure washed
shed is rearranged to non-ski configuration
initial lawn care things done for lawns
hot tub was hot tubbed
now time to finish my wfh day. (also was on nominally in the morning but that was a work-defined half day that took an hour. this afternoon one is a time defined one, 1-4:45 or so.)
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shed is rearranged to non-ski configuration
initial lawn care things done for lawns
hot tub was hot tubbed
now time to finish my wfh day. (also was on nominally in the morning but that was a work-defined half day that took an hour. this afternoon one is a time defined one, 1-4:45 or so.)
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Pressure washed the garage as threatened Had to empty, rearrange, and clean the shed while at it. We have a lot of bikes, eh (3 more in the garage, too!) Then to the lawns: overseeded, fertilized/weed control, and minimally tore up bare areas with the cultivator. Depicted is the back lawn that...
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they responded:a non-Chinese made option might be a Meier Wrangler, made here in Denver yet not super expensive like also made in Denver Folsom skis:
134-94-118 nominal in 185 cm length. I'd get the 180.2022-2023 Meier Wrangler | Blister
Here are our measured specs, rocker profile pics, and flex pattern numbers for the Meier Wrangler.
or:
Meier Quickdraw. 181 cm as I'd get, 134-88-111 nominally.2023-2024 Meier Quickdraw | Blister
Here are our measured specs, rocker profile pictures, and flex pattern numbers for the Meier Quickdraw.
edit: I emailed the Meier peoples to ask what they'd recommend.
Demo booked. Pick up Friday, ski Saturday, return Saturday.
Thought about taking the Amtrak to Winter Park or Snowstang to Copper but the return trip might be too late to return the skis. Plus it's not super convenient. $69 or $25 for those options + getting myself to the terminal.
Thought about taking the Amtrak to Winter Park or Snowstang to Copper but the return trip might be too late to return the skis. Plus it's not super convenient. $69 or $25 for those options + getting myself to the terminal.
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I've seen a bunch of videos similar to this over the last while. Do these dudes seek out vulnerable slopes and send it, hoping for a slide? Like, hey look there's a huge slide happening to my right, now's a good time to toss in a backflip!!
One wrong slip and you're buried, all while one of your buddies captures it on video. It kind of seems like they are on the verge of promoting risky behavior for views - but wait, I guess that is what the internet is these days.
definitely not prudent choices going on
for example, I bet they didn't even choose Cast bindings to minimize chance of ACL injury when they get buried and twisted around, yo
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24 mo (RWD) Ioniq 6 lease. $239 down. $239/mo x 24 mo.
that's getting kinda close to just gas costs for my Land Cruiser... 1300 miles in a month would cost that (assuming tax on the lease). oh, but the tax credit!
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$5k state for that. that's $208/mo off the net price right there! holy shit. maybe even the AWD model given this at $319/mo x 24 mo, $319 at signing.
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24 mo (RWD) Ioniq 6 lease. $239 down. $239/mo x 24 mo.
that's getting kinda close to just gas costs for my Land Cruiser... 1300 miles in a month would cost that (assuming tax on the lease). oh, but the tax credit!
Electric Vehicle Tax Credits | Colorado Energy Office
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$5k state for that. that's $208/mo off the net price right there! holy shit. maybe even the AWD model given this at $319/mo x 24 mo, $319 at signing.
inquired at a few local dealers and this deal apparently just doesn't exist on the ground hereMan... that all sounds *SUPER* suspicious. Can you do my research for me and let me know if this deal is for real?
meh
I've got a quote in front of me that I'm apparently too stupid to parse
that $15,350 in rebates includes the signed over state (net $5,350) and the implied Federal passed through credit, too.
what I don't get is how that works out to $334.67 if the net cap cost is below the residual. how
edit: figured it out after plugging in numbers to a calculator. must be a really bad money factor. like 0.005 (12% equivalent) bad.
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