AustinBike

Not sure when it changed (haven't been there in six months or so) but it was supposed to change more frequently. That has not been happening. I remember doing trail work many years back when we changed the direction, primarily turning all of the signs around. 

Need to get out there soon.

I'll take the Thomson stem, I may actually be able to use a 130mm

Yeah, the strikes of one of our other trips have been replaced with protests. Since we have an apartment right on the main square we can sit on our balcony. There have been a bunch of Basque/ETA protests. 

This one was about pensions:

Here in San Sebastián the bike infrastructure is awesome. Tons of dedicated bike lanes and trails, even bike specific stoplights. 

8 hours ago, AntonioGG said:

Hmmm, that sounds like my last attempt at the EB.  I called for a pick-up after City Park.

That's easy, we'll just blame you now 😉

17 hours ago, Manster said:

The US is also converting rails to trails:

Awesome. Wish we had something like this in Texas. Growing up around Chicago we had the old Aurora & Elgin railhead converted to the Illinois Prairie Path, did thousands of miles a year on that as a kid, really miss it.

http://www.ipp.org

That is a converted railway tunnel, so the rock was jagged rock. They basically created a "jacket" for it, and I am assuming that it was padded (never checked) as a bike crash into jagged rocks would hurt. The jacket covers the rock and keeps the trail clear of falling debris or water coming out of the rocks.

No, it was an iPhone that I was holding while I rode. I love the 12GB data SIM for things like this. 

Looking at that video, it looks like the quicker solution is some XT brakes. My guides are pretty weak, but that looks like too many small parts for me to keep track of, I think I would screw this one up big time.

Missed the R&I this week, but still managed to do some cool urban riding in San Sebastian, Spain today.  There was a train that ran through the middle of the city, and because they are such a bike-crazy town, they converted the trains and the tunnels into bike paths.

Here is a video of that tunnel conversion: 

We only did about 9 miles, close to nothing for me but a full day for my traveling companions. We finished with pintxos and beer/wine, making it a true R&I. And then more pintxos and more wine this evening. Best day of the vacation so far.

9 hours ago, notyal said:

Really? Just me? Even if you picture the balloon as a giant red sperm?

This is why I don't ride with you, passing by on the trail is enough for me 😉

7 hours ago, Cafeend said:

Maybe I'll call my girlfriend my B Line and my wife wife the A Line

Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk
 

But, technically, you need an A line to have a B line. I'm too cheap to have a B line, the A line is enough challenge for me.

1 hour ago, notyal said:

As long as we are critiquing this kid's art with adult themes, do those rocks look like a flacid cock 'n balls to anyone else? 

No that is you. Perhaps you see that in more things than the rest of us. 

32x18 for my singlespeed which is the preferred bike for Austin. 

Geared are both 1x10, which is all you need here. 11-36 on the HT, 11-42 on the squishy. I wish I could get a heavier duty 11-42, mine is a sun race, which is not as rugged as a Shia no or SRAM. 

I think that as long as a.) ARR is engaged b.) the city is acknowledging that mountain biking is an established activity already and c.) the city will rly on ARR to help with the trail plan, then I am fine with this proposal. 

In any project like this there are lots of opinions. I’d rather have the understanding of the process to move forward than concrete plans because those are too difficult to get agreement on with a broad plan. 

Patience, grasshopper (assuming that ARR is engaged because they are looking out for you.)

Bike share in Bordeaux. Note the back wheels on the bikes on the left. Pretty smart for bike share where maintenance can be an issue. 

Spending a couple days in Bordeaux. Had coffee with a local who is training for the Paris-Brest-Paris ride, 1200KM in 3 days. 

As we were walking through the streets he pointed out the wood boxes on the back of everyone’s city bikes. They are all old wine crates. You don’t often see any other type of carrier on a bike, it is 95% old wine crates. 

Yeah, I totally love those guys. I bought a second dropper (the 27.2) for my hardtail and it works great as well. Love it. Would definitely buy a third from them if my Lev ever dies. 

Interested in the crank but out of the country for a few weeks. If it has not sold when I get back I will ping you. 

We have yet to spend more than €5 for a bottle, getting some really good Bordeauxs so far. We’ll be in that town for a few days next week, that should step things up even more. 

Oh, that one did post. Too much wine. I kept trying to upload it and it failed over and over. Assumed it was the iPad and went to bed, then I tried it again this morning and it worked, apparently for a second time. 

Singlespeed artwork at Manor d'Eyrignac, in Salignac-Eyvigues, France

1 hour ago, DirtSurfer said:

Sorry - I was trying to be funny and it didn't come across that way

 I don't think it was AustinBike who ran my friend off the road at all - I was jokingly asking him if he was down south, but I didn't really think he was.

I mentioned the incident with my friend to show how behavior can escalate. AB has admitted to "telling" people they are not allowed....but from our view it was yelling.  He didn't stop to talk, he just vented and rode off.

I probably should have just let it go and not addressed him about it again.  I feel frustrated that he still feels justified in his behavior,  after pouring so much effort in to explaining our side of the story.  We get yelled at by bikers all the time - its almost daily that one of us gets grief from a biker.  Here we have one of those bikers that yells at OWs, and I was hoping he might say he would stop doing it.

First, it was not me, as I am in Europe, roughly 6000 miles from the boardwalk. 

Second, you keep saying “you”, implying that somehow I am agitating your group. This is not the case. 

Finally, as I have said before neither your opinion nor my opinion matter, it is Austin PARD that matters. I continue to recommend that you work this out with them as they own the parks, not us. 

Hopefully you can get this all sorted out. 

Pretty much singlespeeds. From Manor d’Eyringnac

43 minutes ago, CBaron said:

Just 2 Tuesdays ago in fact....

-CJB

 

Yes, and as I recall, I screamed like a little girl.