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The county DA took over from the city DA because: 1. The city cop did not conduct a proper crime scene investigation. 2. The father of the driver is friends with the city DA 3. The father is friends with the mayor. I have zero sympathy for the kid. His asshat lawyer actually used the defense" think about his future". How about the future of the cyclists who were hit? Throw the book at this kid.

Article from the Houston Chronicle with details on rolling coal, how trucks are modified to roll coal, EPA regulations, what's legal, what's not. Truck drivers say 'rolling coal' is for 'idiots,' but emissions cheating is a bigger Texas problem

serendipitously, over the last year I switched to 165's on my MTBs after being on 175s for basically ever. It started with some curiosity and gas money not being used so diverted on a closeout crankarm set. I've had them "all over" including Western NC riding, used them with 29er and 27.5 wheels, 30t and 32t ring (with same cassette). Upshot is that I don't see any down sides, for me and my physiology, and stupidity level, anyway. There's enough punchy stuff in some of my NC trails that I'd stack against BCGB punch to think that there wouldn't necessarily be a problem there. If someone is concerned about raw power loss you'll be withing small % difference by simply changing the chainring 2t smaller, when I initially switched I put a 30t on but have since gone back to 32t. Do I think everyone should just down-size? Probably not. Do I think people are mostly over-cranked? Probably yes. The only tangible reason I can think someone should down size is if there's some kinestic reason (e.g. hugely better bike fit / pedalling dynamic - if that exists) or of they really REALLY need to cut down on pedal strikes. And yes, I did have to raise my saddle 10mm to compensate for the change, I ended up having a knee issue before I did that. Now I just need to find a cheap Campy 2x crankset to change out my road bike ... ha ha ha .. like that's going to happen.

Been waiting all year for this release.

In so cal the climbs are a similar grade but a lot longer. Typically around 250-300 ft/mile. this is whiting ranch, which is an out and back. So 3800 in around 12 miles. The california riders kicked my ass, but when my BIL rides in austin he really struggles with the tech. https://www.strava.com/activities/55217428

You tell me. I've never bought Templeton myself because IMO it's effectively a liqueur instead of a whisky. It contains what they call "alcohol flavoring agents" (whatever that means) so they can presumably match some prohibition era whisky style. This is kind of reminiscent of some Canadian whiskies which by law can can have a small additive flavoring agent, like juice or chemical flavor additives, for example. US law does not allow this if the bottle has the word "bourbon" on it with no qualifiers (like "bourbon with...") or any whiskey with the word straight on it with no qualifiers. They were sued in 2015 because of their labeling practices and they had to drop some of their claims on the label. The unmolested whiskey in the bottle is produced by MGP in Indiana and there are scores of better (IMO) examples of this whiskey on the shelf. I've said it before, but you can't throw a baseball at a random whisky shelf in the US without breaking a bottle of "craft" whiskey that is actually just sourced from MGP...not that there is anything wrong with that. But each bottle will have a story on the back about their great-uncle's grandfather who distilled in their basement at the turn of the century. Some of it is actually good stuff though.

Well, it does say The Good Stuff on the label.

Saturday night bowling. Seemed like the appropriate pairing

White trash day drinking in folding chairs in the grass outside our hotel room. ABQ brewery (Ex Novo) in yeti-style wine glasses. Mass Ascension IPA, apparently it is a balloon thing living our best life.

Black thunder is a fine one