AustinBike

Yeah, no kidding. $1500 is the border between misdemeanor and felony, pretty hard to argue this one down. Basically any reasonable bike being stolen is a felony.

I used the 1UP wheel locks and then add an extra cable if I am going to be gone a while or if the bike is too far out of sight: If I am leaving it for a really long period of time or am on a road trip, I do the wheel locks and a heavy lock/cable that locks to the rack and the car hitch.

That looks exactly like my Hammerhead from around 2005. I demo'd Charles' bike and then bought one. Loved it and hammered on it for ~4 years, then the frame cracked at the head tube and it had to go to that great bike pile in the sky.

I was attacked by two smaller dogs that chased me at ~15-18MPH in the lot and then for about 1000 yards. Every time my foot went down on a pedal stroke they went for my foot. No leashes. No collars. And the owner was a total bonewipe about it. People suck.

Actually when I lived in Chicago I looked out of my apartment window one night and someone was boosting my neighbors wheels. They were not happy about me banging on their door at 11:30 at night but that changed when I told them what was happening.

Only need about 2” (that’s what she said)

That sounds like a great idea, need to track some of that down. In a real pinch I would think that even hose clamps could be used, but that is a pretty cheesy solution.

Hopefully, king will get in that bandwagon.

My MK3's are awesome. Have them on two of my three bikes and love them. I'd replace the Arch EX with Arch MK3 on my new wheels, but they are in pristine condition so I have no need to waste good rims, but the minute I trash one the whole set is getting rebuilt with MK3's.

Bought a used Pike from Seth this past week and it was a boost fork. Non-boost is going the way of the 26" wheel, so I bit the bullet, bought a boost fork and got an adapter to fit the wheel. Long term I'd like to see a new axle as King does not seem to have 15mm boost conversions that I can find, but for $12 on eBay, this one solved my problem. Here's the install process, hopefully when the trails dry I can give it some real testing. http://www.austinbike.com/index.php/repairs/349-boost-adapter-for-non-boost-wheelsets

Maybe the slam is "you live in Austin and haven't been there in a while?"

Um, kinda. I built one. Bought a frame and a wheel set, the rest of the parts were in my bins, so technically it should not be this strong. I blame someone else.

Walnut got between 2.5" and 3" with another huge cell moving through this morning. It's just about to hit here in central Austin and there is no way that it gets missed. The R&I will be urban this week 😞

This *might* help a bit on tire width and rim width: https://www.notubes.com/technology/wide-right I have moved to the Arch MK3's on 2 of my bikes and have one set of older Arch EX's (coincidentally enough on my newest bike, long story...) I love the MK3's and even though I am not an enduro guy, the extra width makes a difference.

Oh, and I always say "hey puppy" to any dog I see on the trail, especially loose ones. It tends to soothe them for some reason.

Spouses.

We usually do a road trip up there once a year, feels like it is about time.

I ride 28-30 on aluminum and have never had problems with the handling on tires. When I forget to check my air before I ride, sometimes it feels squirrelly with only 20-25 pounds. But, I'm weird.

Aluminum rims and 2.4" tires. Too cheap to go with carbon. I've banged enough aluminum to know I'd probably trash a carbon rim.

Not a lot usually, unless it is someone new that I never rode with before. Ran into someone at WC yesterday while I was riding, he was new to the trail, so as I was showing him around I was talking to him. But there are times when I can go the full ride without saying anything (and my group probably appreciates that.) Heartrate max is ~135 for any heavy ride, so I can talk all the way up a climb if I want.

Hello Kitty tape FTW

Yes, one of the areas called out for GCW was around Ft. Hood. Where they do artillery practice. But the squeal of a disc brake....

Pizza is only available in Chicago. Anywhere else it is called "pizza." So, why go so far away for pizza? Yeah, it makes sense now 😉

It's that time again. Beautiful day, perfect for riding. Gonna get there early and get some of that bonus dirt that I have been thinking about all morning.

And bonus points for KMC chains. Rock solid. The Shimano links are supposed to be single use. Always a pain to work with, love KMC.