AustinBike

I am pretty confident that Plan A is going to be off the table based on the current downpour....

Rainus interruptus. Heavy sprinkling on the way turned around. If it clears up in the next hour (like the radar shows) I might head back via the streets and poke around a bit.

Heading there now, I'll give everyone an update this afternoon.

you are correct on YBP being closed, will toss them in my trunk

Anyone need 25.4mm stems? Heading to yellow bike today to drop them off if nobody wants them.

Yep, everyone is different. I gave up on skiing because I can't stand the cold after 25 years in Texas.

I can bring a table if we are at WC

I was a holdout for a long time because the early 29ers had crap geometry. A couple of generations of learnings and getting things dialed in made all the difference. In 2007 I was a skeptic and by 2012 I was a believer, but a lot happened in those 5 years. Geometry changed, I didn’t, they came around to me, not the other way around.

I typically do an early (half) lap and a longer lap once everyone shows up, so having extra water and ice in the car could help out in that situation as a refueling.

Yeah, I have not mastered the leaving the pack behind but I need to get on that. Every ride has enough tools to fix any major issue but at WC you're never too far out (unlike the GB) so I just need to suck it up and start risking it a little more.

I will be riding as well. This is no different than altitude training, getting your body in sync with the environment.

I completely disagree. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. I plan to either be stronger. Today’s challenge was it was so humid that I had to ride without glasses.

Took my geared HT out on the GB again today and realized I now have 3 different mountain bikes with 3 very different feels to them. God for shaking things up and keeping skills sharp.

Tip - you should always ride. My record is the Greenbelt at 110 (the temperature, not some index.) On the other end of the spectrum it is probably around -20F back in Chicago. It is all about dressing appropriately, hydrating and riding to the temps. At 110 I took it slow. I do believe that there are smarter people than me on this, but I'd rather die of heatstroke from riding than from heart disease from not riding.

If you want to do a heavy ride we can do the following: My house to the GB, north side out to HOL, 360 to courtyard, city park road, lap around the outside of CP (or inside if you are into that), Jester up, Ladera up, down through Ken's (you'll have to guide me on that, 360, Yaupon, through the neighborhood and back home. That used to be my EB training route, if I recall it is around 50 miles all in and the climbing should be close to 4K. I could plan on a Sunday ride some time, starting early, if you are into that type of thing.

I have a hill training regimen (as you would expect.) Ping me if you want some punishment, I might even join in.

Well, you are right on that count. vSeems that Shapiro is continually triggered by micro aggressions and turns to the court to resolve his hurt feelings. However, the whole UM story does not really fit any truth because there does not seem to be any detail to back it up. I would say that is a category of "people want to believe it because it fits their narrative, even without any evidence to back it up."

Again, they all go back to the original "college fix.com" story. Fox is not even doing its own homework. Collegefix is associated with Ben Shapiro and calls itself "your daily dose of right minded news." (emphasis is theirs, not mine.) If this is a lawsuit then it would be public. Apparently this IS a lawsuit with Shapiro and the U: https://www.mndaily.com/article/2019/02/brshapiro So all of this stinks as fake news: 1. No actual names 2. No actual dates (other than 'fall of 2018'') 3. All lawsuits are public record and one should be able to find data fairly easily So I would say that this is not true unless you can provide some real data that ties to an actual incident with actual details. Notice how there is a VERY detailed description of the conversation but ZERO detail on the location, date, names, etc. - you know, the stuff that would exist in a lawsuit. All of this looks fake unless you can provide some actual data. Seems like the only "micro aggression" that involves the U is Ben Shapiro who is suing the school. My guess is the college fix story is a simply fabricated to help sell a narrative, not something that really happened.

Huh. Do you have a link to this off of a normal website? Only seem to find links from Breitbart-type websites. None list a person's name (which would be in a lawsuit). Pretty sure this is fake news.

That is how some of us feel when we see the other stuff that you do....

Maybe it is dead...

Someone went out to do recon at WC yesterday, they gave the thumbs up.

Word is the trails are dry! It lives.

It will live. Urban ride. Urban Imbibe. It has never died.

Did see a tarantula coming down a fast drop on the Greenbelt this weekend.