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stoney

Part of the unwashed, middle-American horde
Jul 26, 2006
22,002
7,886
Colorado
Too early. Busy for half of today. Painters finished basement and all baseboards yesterday, and it looks really good. Now to work.
 

I Are Baboon

Vagina man
Aug 6, 2001
32,745
10,695
MTB New England
2500 yard swim done. The arm I got the covid shot in hurt like hell yesterday and I could not lift it, so I was a little worried about swimming this morning. It felt fine, thankfully, although it got pretty tired the last couple hundred yards. Other than that, it was a decent but easy swim.
 

canadmos

Cake Tease
May 29, 2011
21,986
21,513
Canaderp
Back in my office after having monday/tuesday off and "worked" from home yesterday.

Still not motivation to do anything. :(

Watched one of the neighborhood rabbits eye up some of the new plants. Buddy ya better watch yourself.

Looks like it'll be a cold gloomy and cloudy day here. Fingers crossed for no rain, so I can get out for a ride after work and not get too muddy.
 

Adventurous

Starshine Bro
Mar 19, 2014
10,851
9,891
Crawlorado
Mornin!

Gotta play catch up today at work, I just couldn't find the words yesterday for my report. Hopefully today will be better.

Cooked a seriously good petite sirloin last night. :drool: Its either baby back ribs or street tacos tonight, I have yet to decide.
 

Sandwich

Pig my fish!
Staff member
May 23, 2002
21,832
7,086
borcester rhymes
Looking good boss. How did you route the cables to the swingarm?
Thanks for the reminder- you had asked about external routing.

I installed jagwire's stick-on cable mounts to run the formulas that I had lying around. I got tired of the typical Shimano brake traits- pad rattle and weird modulation, but the formulas were a little short to run internally. I used two stickies and a few zip ties, but I could never get the hose to go across the linkage in a mannger that I was satisfied with. I probably needed additional stickies and a few more zip ties to get it right. Eventually I decided that I really didn't like the lever ergonomics of the formulas and 5 minutes after I posted an ad, they sold for my asking price. I grabbed some maguras to replace and ran those internally as Big Money Corporation intended. The jagwire stickies seemed to hold the frame just fine, but the hose was a little loose inside the clips. I used a little mastic tape to fill the gap and hold it a bit tighter.

So, they did OK, but there's a bigger compromise than I wanted changing the hose routing from factory. It might be easier if you A) don't care about a little wear and tear or B) are willing to be more careful with your routing/have more options.
 

Toshi

butthole powerwashing evangelist
Oct 23, 2001
39,758
8,757
Hello all. Working 7-4 today, reading the usual mix of cancer, more cancer, and a little trauma.
 

CrabJoe StretchPants

Reincarnated Crab Walking Head Spinning Bruce Dick
Nov 30, 2003
14,163
2,485
Groton, MA
This is Claritin-D before leaving the house every morning time of year. Because a little extra D in the morning is the best way to start the day.
 

StiHacka

Compensating for something
Jan 4, 2013
21,560
12,508
In hell. Welcome!
So, they did OK, but there's a bigger compromise than I wanted changing the hose routing from factory. It might be easier if you A) don't care about a little wear and tear or B) are willing to be more careful with your routing/have more options.
Thank you. Did the curved base of those things work on the square carbon tubes on your frame?
 

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
56,005
22,043
Sleazattle
House has a large quantity of spider egg sacs plastered to the siding. Was considering cleaning up with the pressure washer but the birds seem to be enjoying it as a nesting material. I will let them build their silky domociles and kill no birds with no stones.
 

mandown

Poopdeck Repost
Jun 1, 2004
21,821
9,126
Transylvania 90210
What software do you use for the drum tracks?
I’m using Battery. It’s one of the vinyl kits they have as a preset. I’m running it through a few Waves VSTs for compression and grit. I tried to avoid going too far down the production/mixing rabbit hole.

This was my first attempt to do a track with my external hardware synths and effects. I normally do everything with software to make life easier, but it’s time to stretch a little.
 

OGRipper

back alley ripper
Feb 3, 2004
10,735
1,247
NORCAL is the hizzle


and we're ready. I hope to test it out today if time allows.
This is...something. Looking forward to the ride reports.

You've also unintentionally invented something new: A bar-mounted auxillary seat. I can see lots of potential there, like resting your chin on tough climbs, safely cushioning a burrito and/or beer, giving a "friend" a ride, etc. Additional points for the color, it really pops!