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2007 Haro Mary SS - $150 18" 4130 steel frame Mostly OEM but for: cheap tan seat 700x48 tires 2011 Reba Race* fork w/lockout Lock-On rogue(?) grips BB5 mech. brakes (actual OEM; listed for info purposes) WTB Laserdisc Trail wheels (OEM) wellgo (maybe; spd-type anyway) pedals On-One Mary bar *2011 Reba Race forks have defect in that they are REALLY flexy. Any tire larger than 2.0 will rub when cornering. You will probably want a different fork.

If by 'sciatica" you mean low back pain that goes down the leg, then not anymore. I have a squashed disc at L5-S1, but haven't had pain in a while. Yoga, specifically cobra pose (hips on floor, face down, push up 30x keeping hips on floor) helped a LOT.

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I did the same The only track I was really familiar with was Seek and Destroy. commenters are now asking he do Eliminator as if Metallica wrote it 🙂

Lol! 2 days later...maybe it will rain now?

Yeah, noted that. I skip to race start, then put phone down. But now that you mention it, pretty sure I have a tablet to cast from. Will try that.

that bar/brake setup is pretty wild! When I converted the Mary SS to "gravel", I was able to use a normal drop bar and brakes Since the brakes were mechanical, I was able to use typical hood brake/shifter for right hand (just brake on left) though moving from the normal mtb brake levers to the hooded drop bar levers dropped the braking capacity a little bit. I am considering re-converting it back to the OG setup (singlespeed/Mary bars/rigid fork) and possibly selling it, with idea of maybe getting an actual gravel bike down the road.

Been using the GCN app on phone, then casting. Tried using the app on GoogleTV, but holy hell was it ass. It would constantly lock up the entire TV, where I had to use the physical disconnect hack. No issues casting to TV from phone, so that's what I do.

I'd be cautious ordering from Chain Reaction. Last package I ordered from them arrived utterly destroyed. Thankfully it was just 2 tires. Anything from overseas is a risk these days.

Converted my Mary SS into a "gravel" bike with drop bars. I have a 2011 (or so) Reba World Cup 100mm up front (and a frankenbike bar adapter for the remote lockout lever.) It's ok. Would really rather have an acutal, dedicated gravel bike, but it works.

If you haven't watched yet, the new HBO Max series The Last of Us REALLY lives up to the quality of the game. Only two episodes so far, but really good.

I've been very happy with BALEAF underwear-type chamois. They really just look like SHORT bike shorts, kind of 'meshy' I have about 4 pair. Butt...I am also ok wearing TRI shorts to ride in, so your butt might not like them.

My last one. 😥