[rideit]

The little OneUp pliers have got to weigh 25% as much as the Wolf Tooth thing, and stay in the "stash" tube of my EDC.

But are they also fairly long metal tire levers, with storage for two sets on masterlinks?

 

[Andeh]

But are they also fairly long metal tire levers, with storage for two sets on masterlinks?

No but a) I don't want metal tire levers and b) the EDC has a composite lever and storage for 1 masterlink.

 

[Jm_]

Riding was never this hard before.

 

[OGRipper]

Riding was never this hard before.

We had Cool Tools bouncing around in our shirt pockets, and we liked it! Now get off my lawn!!

 

[jstuhlman]

it's actually pretty amazing how many fewer technicals i/people i'm with experience on backcountry rides now as compared to a decade ago.

 

[crashmtb]

So my iditarod trip is coming up

i know someone who did (most of) iditabike a while ago, he almost froze his face off. Looked like an 1800s polar explorer after

Perhaps climate change has improved temps.

 

[Jm_]

i know someone who did (most of) iditabike a while ago, he almost froze his face off. Looked like an 1800s polar explorer after

Perhaps climate change has improved temps.

The race that I did last weekend, last year, froze the hell out of some people and they got frostbite. Bunches of them dropped out mid-race and they just went home, haha.

When it's cold, your breath basically condenses on everything, so you get to look like that. It's not so much about no exposed skin, it's about managing what is exposed and using it to control body temp. Last year was great because we got a lot of cold temps in town, so I got a lot of good practice in. I'm still practicing this year, spending "all day" out riding my bike in the "cold", except we haven't had nearly as much real cold, down near zero F and below. I felt like I managed that part well on the trail though, it's been quite the struggle to come up with systems that work in spite of Reynauds, but experience and bad and good choices have gotten me there.