AustinBike

9 hours ago, AntonioGG said:

One of my rides last week had a mission of blindly finding as many breweries as I could.  Sadly it was during lunch in the workweek so I couldn't partake.  I knew where AB, OB and Adelberts are, but I didn't know where 4th tap was...and now I know.  That area seems perfect for a taproom-crawl.

When it rains, if I do an weekend urban ride it ends with beer. Hops and Grain, Lazarus and Zilker are all close. Blue Owl is as well, but I don't like sours.

looking like tomorrow will be fine. Who is riding?

Yeah I went through a few rear triangles on a bike. If both of those are in the same spot it probably means manufacturing flaw on a stress point.

OK, we were reading some article that was talking about economic distribution (long story, don't ask, it will kill the mood.)

Anyway, in that article they said that since ~2014 or so 33 new breweries opened in the Austin area. My wife refused to believe that there were that many breweries in the area. So I checked, and here is my list (which stands at 50+ right now):

• 4th Tap
• 512 Brewing
• ABGB
• Acopon
• Adelberts
• Austin Beerworks
• Blue Owl
• Bluebonnet
• Brewer's Table
• Brewtorium
• Celis
• Central District 
• Circle Brewing
• Compadre
• Draught House
• Family Business
• Flying Man Brewing
• Friends and Allies
• Frontyard Brewing
• Ghost Note
• Guns and Oil
• Hi Sign
• Hops and Grain
• Independence Brewing
• Infamous
• Jester King
• Lazarus
• Live Oak
• Middleton
• Nomadic Beerworks
• North by Northwest
• Oasis Brewing
• Oddwood
• Orf Brewing
• Oskar Blues
• Pinthouse Burnet
• Pinthouse Lamar
• Pinthouse Round Rock
• Red Horn Brewing
• Rentsch
• Rusty Barrel
• Skull Mechanix
• Southern Heights
• St. Elmo
• Strange Land
• Suds Monkey
• Thirsty Planet
• Treaty Oak
• Twisted X
• Uncle Billy's 
• Vista Brewing
• Zilker

Our plan is to start making a weekly pilgrimage to somewhere neither of us has been - pretty sure I have been to half of them. And the brewery needs to have a both on-site brewing AND a taproom. I left some off that looked like brewing only.

What am I missing from my list?

5 hours ago, Anita Handle said:

I successfully navigated my insurance landscape and saw an Ortho on Friday. He said the knee feels loose, maybe an acl issue. MRI on Monday. At this point I'm struggling to walk any distance without pain which sorta puts a damper on my family trip out west this next week and my 40 miler in Telluride in two weeks. I mostly want to make sure I recover as fully and quickly as possible.

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Focus on fixing the leg first. The worst thing you could do is ignore it and end up in surgery for something that could have been prevented. You may want to get a knee brace for your trip, even if the doctor does not recommend it. Just an extra level of protection to keep you in the right position. But, if you ask, the doctor would probably say it can't hurt, even if they don't recommend it.

I have some cheap knee braces from skiing if you want to borrow one. It's not the robocop looking one with the metal braces, just the softer flexible ones.

Depending on schedule I might be available to help out as well. I can't work weekends but if you do something on a weekday I might be able to lend a hand.

Never on a fork, those are expensive. Drive train components (individual) are relatively cheap and don't all need to match beyond vendor (Shimano XT derailleur works fine with an SLX shifter...)

Brakes are a tough one, but if you have experience and a bleed kit you can usually upgrade cheaply.

Rode WC on Thursday AM (7/11) Trail was fine. One wet spot on Mark's but not bad at all.

I'd look like a real bonewipe with those on my legs 😉

Walnut was perfect this morning. Other than the poison ivy I brought back with me.

Sold

I'll put some in the trunk

Eh, boutique specialty insurance is great, until you need it. What makes insurance affordable is tons of people who pay but don't need it. This type of specialty insurance would have a lot of people who are more likely to use the insurance, and when they do, there could be some pretty steep bills. Worse yet, if for some reason they say "not covered" you are really screwed. Insurance is a mess in this country and it needs to be scrapped and refreshed but this is the opposite direction. Think big pools minimize risk and minimize costs. Every time I am at the doctor I am surrounded by people who walk in, those are the cheapest ones to treat. You definitely don't want to be picking up the slack of the life flight folks.

That being said, "GAS UP THE CHOPPER"

Listed on Ebay but I'd entertain cheaper offers locally

https://www.ebay.com/itm/293147106939

Urban ride from my place at 5:15 (central Austin), followed by cold beers at  local watering hole. Ping me if you want to join us.

Ok, back to the streets tomorrow 😞

Fuuuuuuu.... will this ever end?

On 7/3/2019 at 8:30 PM, throet said:

Paired wonderfully tonight with Chilean Sea Bass and topped off with bread pudding at Freda's. 

Arguably it pairs with everything. If there is something it does not pair with, dispense of that item and just have bucket head. For me it is the "drink at home beer" because it packs a punch.

In for this week with bratwurst. Planning an early lap at ~4 or so, then catching up with the social group once they arrive.

Since we are on this thread, Bamwa reminded me about this neat little trick:

http://www.austinbike.com/index.php/repairs/111-repair-hydration-pack-water-chiller

He likes to make a pouch to hold his water. For me that didn't work because I used a lot of ice and it didn't melt fast enough so I was halfway through a ride with no water but lots of ice. Your mileage may vary.

I have a bunch of this stuff left over if anyone wants a sheet of it just ping me.

Starting to think about just getting a 2" receiver on the Nissan. That would set me back ~$200 and for the road trip one of the other guys has a 2" 1up that we can use for the base and add 2 trays.

My Nissan has a 350lb tongue weight, the rack claims a 300lb max. 

Rack is 23lbs. Trays are 18lbs (36 total). That means 59 pounds for the rack, plus 3 bikes. Assuming 30lbs each to be conservative (my Niner is definitely less) then we are looking at under 160lbs, all in.

If the guy didn't steal the bike he won't mind you looking at the serial #. If he starts acting sketchy, don't get get into it physically with him. Just say "there's an online database of stolen bikes and I am not interested in buying anything that the cops can take from me. If it is hot, I'M the one out the money and the bike. If it's clean we have a deal and I'll swing back tomorrow to get it."

You've got his cell#, right?

5 hours ago, CopeIt said:

You can but just the parts to convert to HD on their website. Reuse your trays and get the new hitch pieces.

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Yes, that is an option. $110 for the rack parts. $200 for a new hitch installed. Sadly that comes to over $300 to solve the problem, which is why I have been investigating the real limits of the rack. If I was hauling several bikes on a regular basis, moving to 2" would be a no-brainer, but 99% of the time there is a single bike on the rack, so it is a bit harder to justify the $300 spend.

3 hours ago, Bamwa said:

We are? When? 🙂

See the picture. Just using a lock or a chain.