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  1. it's a good thing Danny didn't take a plastic tire lever to that rim. think of the carnage that would have taken place!
    5 points
  2. I was riding past the BCGB trailhead around xmas and some guy was letting his dog take a HUGE shit while he chatted with his girlfriend. Then he started to just walk away to go start his hike. Lots of people around. I screamed "HEY, your dog just took a huge shit." Everyone turned around. He said "yeah, I am gonna get that on the way out" (even though he would be walking right past the garbage cans. So I said "it might be cooler if you do that NOW." Grudgingly he turned around, cleaned it up and threw it out. Probably ruined his whole hike. It was worth it.
    4 points
  3. I agree that it's possible for outdoor spread to occur when you have inconsiderate folks obstinately ignoring guidelines (like the Rose Garden event). Outdoors with 6' separation for sustained exposure, or even brief outdoors close exposure (like passing on a trail) seem to be pretty safe activities even when unmasked. Unfortunately there hasn't been a lot of real research on the idea, outside of that one discounted theoretical model. So my own continued trail and post ride activities are all I have to go on. The other thing--I've never really been worried about myself or household. We're generally healthy folks who take reasonable precautions and follow the current guidelines to the best of our understanding. I've been far more concerned with becoming an unbeknownst spreader, and then infecting the more venerable, including some with whom I work closely. But I think the good news here is that by April, even though we will not have achieved heard immunity (though survived infection + vaccination) I do think it is likely that the most venerable among us will be vaccinated by then, alleviating my primary concern. I will, however, continue to take reasonable precautions until I'm vaccinated as well.
    3 points
  4. The good news is that the situation, as bad as it is here in TX, will start to subside around the end of this month. We've been spiking from a series of holidays where people were too damn selfish to not share the disease with their families. Right now we are getting to the end of that (hopefully). Combine that with the beginning of the vaccine rollout and you have a glide path to flattening of these spikes. If by the end of Feb things are rolling downhill, April may be in the cards. But if you are still breaking new records daily, that's a bigger issue. Despite all of my pessimism today, by April things *should* be better than today. I continue to monitor.
    2 points
  5. Correct, the trails are open year round. Dana Peak, where Barry indicated is the main trailhead. I think you only really have 2 choices, the parks at either end of the trail system.
    2 points
  6. I stand corrected.. what kind of tire lever were you using??? were they made of metal? Use pedros..
    2 points
  7. I was trimming Rim this afternoon. Easily late tomorrow If nice and sunny. Still had puddles and in shady areas squishy mud and slick Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk
    2 points
  8. Today is the 7th anniversary of surviving my heart attack. This is obviously a big day for me. I got lucky and was able to walk away with 5 stents. A bypass is obviously a LOT worse. If you are ignoring any symptoms, don't. If you are living a less then healthy lifestyle, get regular checkups, it can literally save your life. If you are living an active, healthy lifestyle, good for you! I was already an active cyclists and gym rat. The doc that saved me in the ER says that probably allowed me to survive it. I wasn't getting regular checkups prior to the event, but I am now. You should add a heart attack to your reverse bucket list, the one with things you NEVER want to do. Thanks for listening, I'm sure no one cares about my problems, but please do what you can to not end up like I did.
    1 point
  9. I love him, and how he holds their feet to the fire.
    1 point
  10. Ask them to send you a new rim. Then you have it re-laced into the wheel here locally. Even if its crash replacement, it would save some on shipping and such. So much about tire install is technique. Back when I was a regular shop worker in college, we'd have contests in the back to see who could get a tire on or off without tire levers. The old grizzly mechanics would beat us all every time. Now that i've become fairly grizzly myself I can do it 90% of the time. And to take this further....trying removing and mounting a big stiff MX tire! Holy crap is was a beast the first time (or 2) I did it. Initial time took me 6hrs of working through it. This included food breaks, phone calls, videos and resting in exacerbation. Flash forward a few years and I was changing a tire by the side of my truck before an MX race while it was 45* outside. I got it done in about 20 minutes. All that said, sometimes its also about the specific combo of parts your assembling too. The early Stans Crest where actually made with an inner rim diameter that was a tad oversized. THOSE RIMS ARE A BITCH TO SEAT A TIRE ON! I'm still running them on my gravel bike and I dread tire changes. Later, CJB
    1 point
  11. I avoid crowded trails, but still ride a lot and can't avoid very brief close contact. I am not comfortable following people though. With the heavy breathing and extended exposure, no way I would ride in the back of a long line on singetrack. Just my thoughts of course, but whatever we are doing as a collective society clearly isn't working very well (if you believe the news).
    1 point
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  13. I think that sign rotted away completely....
    1 point
  14. Remember the section of City Park that was supposed to reopen in 2009?
    1 point
  15. The second picture just looks like damaged rim tape.
    1 point
  16. I’m out at Satellite right now... on Deception/Double Down (puke) and it’s too wet here. This is usually my go to spot to see if a ride can be done. Was hoping for 2pm but I am picking up mud on the bottom of my flip flops. Blows. Still might just spin the mtb and practice wheelies on the bike n bike *fart noise...2nd thought I think it’s a few hours on the motorcycle.
    1 point
  17. Barry nailed it. I may park over on the Stillhouse Park side next time but I am less sure of the parking situation when the park is closed. Looks pretty limited using Street View. It would shave about 10 minutes driving each way for me though. Ideally I would park somewhere in the middle as I typically only carry 1 water bottle but it looks to be all private residential.
    1 point
  18. Pretty much everyone there for just biking parks well outside the campground gate. The trail head proper has a very small lot, and a bunch of roadside parking. The trail head is where the road turns right as it heads into the campground. https://goo.gl/maps/rxMW3izUefCJxiiY8
    1 point
  19. I resisted carbon at first (probably with good reason) but I think this video, which was widely viewed back then, was a major turning point in my acceptance. It is remarkably strong when done right.
    1 point
  20. I've have to use a Pedro's tire lever on every wheel I've installed on my Chinese carbon rims. There is absolutely no way I can get the tire on without it. I don't think it's a poor design of the tire or rim. Tubeless is awesome for its reliability but I think that manufacturers design tubeless rims and tires with tighter tolerances. When I use the tire lever to mount the tire I slide the lever hook side down under the tire bead catch the rim lip and pry it over. Never damaged a carbon rim yet. What rims are those? Considering the damage is on the inner wall of the rim I wound't be too concerned like @teamsloan mentioned I'd gorilla tape it and go about my day. Those rims are going to see a lot worse than a tire lever here in Centex.
    1 point
  21. Yeah dude. $250 seems suspiciously cheap. Trip to the ER after one rim strike cheap.
    1 point
  22. We Are One rims? I serious don’t understand how you did this with a tire tool. I’m with Antonio, needs more resin. Looks like weak pre-preg. If you broke a tire lever putting a tire on though, I’ve dinged AL rims using the wrong methods, but dang. Make sure the beads on the opposite end of the tire are down in the middle of the rim before fitting remaining 10 inches of bead if you can! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    1 point
  23. I find it hard to believe a plastic tool alone did that to healthy carbon. Any carbon composite experts here want to chime in? To me that looks like there's not enough resin in that pre-preg layer(s) but it's not the best picture resolution. (my composite expertise is on fiberglass printed circuit boards for which dry spots is one concern).
    1 point
  24. WTF, what is the tire tool made of?
    1 point
  25. no way you "tore through the carbon" with a plastic rim tool Just pull the rim tape and put some gorilla tape on and you will be GTG The tire will always leak through the spoke holes if the tape is torn
    1 point
  26. Or tie it to a tree. But it occurs to me that they want to look like they're doing the right thing--and they certainly don't want to be caught doing the wrong thing. They pull the bag out and take it with them. If no one sees their dog doing their businesses, they just leave it as it falls. And if someone sees it, they go through the motions of bagging. But they can't be arsed to tote it back with them to the garbage, so they just throw it down when they're alone again. Anyway, that's the only thing that makes sense to me.
    1 point
  27. All these years later, and I still have no idea why they go through the trouble of bagging the poop just to leave it somewhere along the trail.
    1 point
  28. If you're lucky, sometimes the soft cushioning inside is still warm.
    1 point
  29. Many Austin parks have plastic foot covers that can be used inside shoes (over socks). They are in green dispensers at the trailhead 😉
    1 point
  30. I was out there this morning inspecting trails and clearing downed trees. Trails are still muddy with numerous large puddles still present. Will need probably 2 more days for most trails.
    1 point
  31. On my pre-dawn rides that can get down into the 20's and 30's on Barton Creek, I'll wear neoprene toe covers, and slip a chemical hand warmer pack in between the toe cover and the outside of my shoes on top over the toes, works great to keep them warm, and you don't get the discomfort of having a warmer inside the shoe.
    1 point
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