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goes well with the Boeuf Bourguignon. cheers!!

Our oak tree in the backyard didn’t fair too well during Thursday’s storm. I’m really impressed with the 40V Ryobi chainsaw I bought. Got everything cut up with one 5ah battery. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well I almost thought it would never happen. The wheels literally took two hours to get tubeless. Every trick in the book. Finally used CO2 cartridges. Boy was only sort of interested in helping, perhaps the cold garage was to blame. It all turned out awesome. He loves it. Figured out the trigger shifter right away and is getting used to brakes that work and a real fork. Some fitting to be done, but not till it warms up.

Lots of downed trees at Brushy. Trails are very slick in areas where water on the ground has frozen. Recommended not to ride until this arctic blast has past, trails have time to dry, and we have time to clear the trees.

Those fukkers were flying.

We have developed a pricey Pinot Noir habit - mostly Russian River Valley, also some New Zealand South Island varietals. En Route, Kosta Browne, Burgess, Duckhorn, Gibbston Valley. We belong to wine clubs and our standard table Pinot is Hahn from Randall’s or Total Wine - brings it down to $10 a bottle or so. Hey, we got no kids, nowhere to travel, so what’s wrong with some good red wine and bike parts! In fact, right now we are holed up in our camper trailer in Terlingua with a case of Hahn and a good quantity of Jellyfish ....

Only had one so far but they are tasty. Sent from my moto g(7) supra using Tapatalk

Tempranillo upgrade tonight. Place looks hokey but they are family owned & staffed and just really nice to hang out with. Wines aren't bad too and they actually have a cava.

Syd Barrett is my cautionary “don’t do drugs” example for my kids. I saw a Pink Floyd documentary where they talked about him and it was brutal. So much potential that was never realized. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Belgian Strong Dark Ale 8.5% ABV Barking Armadillo Brewing Georgetown, TX Deep amber/copper beer with rich bread aroma. Complex flavors that resemble bread pudding, hints of banana and/or raisin, flavors of caramelized pear or fig. Drinking weather, not riding weather.

Can you snatch them close to the ground the and use something that won't dig into them? I've used some pretty small trees to winch 5-6k lb jeeps out.

^^^^^^ this!!

Sick!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

thanks @Barry for the recommendation, it’s really nice!

I think a lot of athletes struggle when they have to communicate with fans. I want to see the sport, not hear opinions.

I love watching Danny Hart ride. He seems like he's always in complete control and nothing can phase him. It's a beautiful thing. On the other side of the coin, he tends to struggle in the social media game which is an unfortunate problem in the sponsorship world. I think that Cube will do well having him keep his helmet on and let the riding talk. Then again, what the hell do I know?!

So cool to see a follow cam of danny and how a pro attacks a course/trail for speed vs tricks. Every time I watch a rider pick lines like that, I die a little inside🤣

Cool to see this perspective of a pro racer. Not a rock in sight🤣

It was in the south, we were staying in Nerano, near the Amalfi coast. This was the grocery store: Not a bad little villa that we stayed at either: https://www.johnfruehe.com/travel/italy/nerano/nggallery/page/1 The only problem was the driveway. It was like a 40 degree angle down with a 180 degree switchback halfway. The first time I drove down there I was basically "stuck" at the bottom. Some bumper scrapes and I figured out how to get the car to the top. After that we had an interesting drill. The car was a manual and there was a small pad at the top of the driveway. What you did was pull the car in from the street, roll it about 20' down the driveway, have one person get out and stand at the top. The other people duck their heads so I could see out the back. Pop the clutch with it in reverse, giving it enough power to shoot backwards, then slam on the brakes when you get to the top to keep it from crushing your friend and bursting through the retaining wall. Seriously this was the most nerve-racking part of every single day. And no, there was no nearby parking lot or street parking. Edit: Found the villa on google maps, you can see the driveway of hell: https://www.google.com/maps/place/40°35'13.7"N+14°21'05.5"E/@40.5871452,14.3515185,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d40.5871452!4d14.3515185

I never got around to expanding the pandemic playscape in the back yard, now all the 4x4s I bought are holding up cantilevered live oak branches. A cedar was more brittle and got absolutely splattered.

Some of the best wine that we had in Italy was at a local grocery store. They had several huge stainless vats and they sold wine for ~1EURO per half liter. They had a bunch of empty plastic pop bottles there, fill one up and pay at the counter. Throughout France we always found great wine in groceries. We never knew what we were getting but it was always great. Loire Valley was pretty cool and we had lots of great wine there. I can't tell you how much I miss travel. First overseas trip will be hiking in Germany in April of next year.

Yep, never got above 30 here. Looks like a no riding weekend. Zwifting, the next best thing.

Quick edit from Monday. Chickened out on the second drop in snail but was too tired to go back up

Sitting on the porch last night with no power, drinking a cheap temp aged in bourbon barrels. Gotta say, the silence & darkness made for a nice pairing😁

prepping for Icepocalypse 2021: charged batteries for everything retrieved camping gear from the garage. sleeping bags, pads, and liners are in the living room in case we need to sleep out there by the fireplace took down string lights from backyard. they were connected by a strong wire wrapped around several trees and finally to the roof over my back porch. if a branch falls on one of those wires and the wire doesn't break somewhere else, the wire could pull porch roof off! today if it's warm and dry enough, I'm going to get on top of the house and cut back some branches that are hanging frightening low right now to relieve some of the weight. also: trails are NOT frozen. that might happen in a few days as the temp drops well below freezing, but right now it's really just cold mud.