Leaderboard

Chamois Hagar at Reimers.

Good photo spot for sure. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

When a tree falls across the trail and you didn't bring the Husqvarna.

There was a discussion on Nextdoor about someone at the Veloway getting hurt. The original poster said always wear a helmet and don't use headphones. I chimed in because wearing a helmet is "the only thing I preach about." I rarely post to Nextdoor because it is thick with the crazies. But I was compelled to. After saying it's not if a helmet will save you it's "when." I commented on wearing headphones. It just came to me so I said, "Using headphones that blocks outside noise is just as dangerous as not wearing a helmet. And this danger is not only to you, but to those that crash into you, because you didn't hear their warnings. It's almost the same concept as wearing a mask at the store. Your mask wearing saves other people. So you being able to hear warnings saves not only you, but other people too."

I have given up on trying to convince texans to do things for the good of society or to help others. Everything needs to be expressed specifically to appeal to them and only them or they immediately push back.

This seems to perfectly capture the current zeitgeist: (cartoon credit: F Minus by Tony Carrillo)

Oh I heard the sirens from my house getting ready for my ride. When I rode past the veloway entrance there were 2 fire trucks and another truck & trailer for the rescue ATV. No idea what happened but it must have been serious. On the veloway everyone should be going the same direction ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ You know just after that I got stuck behind someone going down terminus with headphones and one of those roadie helmet mounted rear view mirrors. He never saw me and didn't hear me and was going annoyingly slow so I bailed out on the sneaky shortcut halfway down. Headphone users are the worst.

When they ask for my phone number I tell them - "9 - 1- 1. Because if ANYBODY EVER calls me it will become an emergency."

-

But actually there have been good reactions. Strange, right? Well, at least so far. The day is young!

Did you get lots of reasonable, well thought out responses from the wonderful people on Nextdoor for the headphone-mask comparison?

Gotta love a Santa Cruz in the wild.

Small victory celebration. Changed out the needle bearing in the front diff on the tacoma today. Old man still gotz some chops😁

Read about someone who lost his bike today. Went into a restaurant after riding, had bike inside his locked car. The thief broke a window and stole the bike. Kind of sounds like he was followed from the trail. Be careful... Lock up your bike well... Park where you can keep an eye on it if possible.

It sure looks like some showers area headed for WC, but one never knows. This is an actual post from NextDoor Gracywoods, July 26, (my neighborhood just south of WC):