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Just had a 52 inch deep, thousand foot long trench put in across the front of our property to stop an Oak Wilt outbreak from wiping out our trees.

The expensive plastic frame was purchased used, ridden hard for years, and then handed down to my son when I got a new bike. And when he cracked the frame, it was repaired with glue and fabric. And he paid for it himself from his hard-earned wages and we supported a local craftsman in the process. Hard to see much downside. We are all happy. And you should probably convert your lawn to a vegetable garden or wildlife habitat since maintaining lawns is a huge waste of resources, though we will be happy to stay off of it all the same.

bike related-91 Toyota at the shop yesterday.

So now when someone asks, "does anyone have a corkscrew?" you have a story to tell after answering "In my ass"

Rented a "mountain bike" to ride today in Chicago. Basket. Seatpost shock. Fat "comfort" saddle. The funniest part was that I brought shoes and pedals (riding a trail tomorrow) but they did not have a pedal wrench. Even funnier was that the plastic pedals had hex bolt and not standard pedals. The girl had no clue and asked if the pedal/shoes that I had was some new thing that they are doing now. Let's just say that I used to do this ride all the time when I lived here, but in the ~25 years that I have been gone they have really done a good job on the lakefront. Literally no elevation, welcome to the midwest. Did about 12 miles and then turned around to head back north and got hammered by a headwind all the way back. But the weather played nice today.

Suppose I was overly optimistic. Saw the doc yesterday and he said another 4 months off the bike minimum! However, I'm thinking I could ride one of these by Nov!

In my experience, a camera is the most dangerous piece of equipment you can wear.

In Chicago to beat the heat, picked up these two IPAs. Revolution's Anti-Hero (green can) is one of my favorites and I always get it when I am up here. The other one is a short run called Hop Butcher (yellow can) that is pretty good as well. Considering that Chicago used to be called "Hog butcher to the world" the name Hop Butcher is pretty cool.

That is sooooo cute. I wonder if it would fit inside mine, I could keep it as a spare. Obligatory bike pic

Actually I was good the first week since I was taking narcotics. But from week 2 on - yes daily 12oz curls. Hoisting a Stash IPA right now in fact but it's getting a bit light. Believe I should replenish for added weight!

Paint that repair gold! https://mymodernmet.com/kintsugi-kintsukuroi/

I am riding Palos Hills. That is THE mountain bike trail in the Chicago area. The emphasis is there to say that it is both the best trail in the area and the only trail in the area. As for Wisconsin, I have ridden Kettle Moraine, but that is essentially Walnut Creek with better shade.

Yeah, I think of it as along the lines of how the tailbone gets sore when you first start riding, but the more often you ride the less it is likely to get sore. The bone takes time to adapt itself to new forces, higher level usage, and other aspects such as injury probably fall into that category. You are eating the bacon regularly, aren't you? 🥓🥓 I don't know if it will help, but it sure tastes good! Also, if you haven't seen these already ... https://amazon.com/s?k=tailbone+pillow&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Looks legit

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Based upon getting stainless into bone, twice over a dozen years, it may take from a year to 18 months before it is no longer noticed. After a few months it wasn't so much "pain" as it was a hyper-awareness of a something-is-different-feeling. In the mean time, you can hum Anchors Aweigh to pass the time, distract yourself, and maybe even annoy others nearby each time the devices remind you of their presence.

For anybody curious about how tendons get reattached to bone, 2 of these anchors were inserted into my right sit bone. At 6 weeks post-op, sitting is still very uncomfortable. Hopefully that's just due to everything still healing up and not because of the hardware that's now part of me.

Step 1: Buy van Step 2: Fill van with candy Step 3: Make new friends by giving candy away for free Step 4: Become adored by all

Another reason for Bentonville, not only can you get all you need there but they brew it there too. I'm pilling on at this point, but Bentonville is pretty awesome. Not only is the riding great with plenty of options but there's tons of great places to eat, good bike shops, and a pretty stellar art museum.

Glad to hear it was fixed. Makes more sense than buying a new one, which is what most people do. More crabon parts in the landfill (stuff is notoriously resourse-intensive and hard to recycle) goes against the spirit of conservation that would drive one to not water their lawns. (Watering lawns is wasteful and selfish.) My yard is a farm. I am raising rats' asses. people keep asking for me to give them some, but I am keeping them all to myself!

Used to love going there for lunch. He called me "skinny" when I ordered the lean brisket.

After a ride at Spec’s a couple weeks ago.

Oregon plates on this one.

Sometimes reps are more important to recovery than the weight. 😈

I saw tons of Delicas in BC a couple of weeks ago. Pretty cool diesel vans. Some had snorkels all were setup for camping.

Little bit of rain. Nothing substantial and should dry quickly.

I actually enjoyed riding the SATN trails with the 70* HTA on my cross bike. IMHO, 140mm on a 29 HT is a bit much for here. I'd do 120mm and never touch it again.

Never understood the appeal of drinking gin straight or on the rocks. Probably cuz of the time I stole a bottle from my Dad's stock and guzzled if with my friends. It's only been gin & tonic since then!

Looking good!! I stopped to see if y’all needed help getting it placed in but was told y’all were all good. Nice sign. Even set my personal PR on the Pass tonight!!

I'm a god damned cosmopolitan tonight with all these fancy spirits from the east coast. Thanks for the NY whiskey Chief😎