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Boosters are not really designed to prevent you from getting it. The boosters are designed to prevent serious infection, hospitalization and death.

Be thankful you are boosted, that is probably one of the reasons that you are doing well so far.

Early on the vaccine helped prevent infection on the OG strains but the stuff we are seeing today is incredibly transmissible. But hospitalization and death have stabilized, they are primarily in the unvaccinated ranks, vaxxed people are a tiny part of those numbers.

23 hours ago, throet said:

Sucks dude! Glad you made the best of it. Hard to believe it's been over two years already that we've been dealing with COVID. Got my second booster yesterday for a total of 4 pokes of the Pfizer.  

I did my second booster with Moderna (after 3 Pfizers). There was a lot of medical talk that the mix and match approach works well because it makes your immune system work in different ways.

Yeah, think about this, I'm sitting on a $22,000 property tax bill for a relatively standard house in Central Austin. With a 10% cap, in 5 years that bill will be $32,000. Ouch.

Now, I can sell my house and buy something in CA where we are looking for the exact same amount as we could sell this house for. At the same price our property tax will be $15,000 per year. In 5 years, that bill will be $18,000.

Relying only on property tax will be Texas' downfall. It is very possible that as this system collapses they will be forced into a state income tax as well.

Heading to NM in 2 weeks. Will definitely be restocking while we are there. As my wife put it, it's like having a glass of wine, takes the edge off the day.

Be careful on the paxlovid because there is a "rebound" for ~5-10% of the people. They basically get cured, they believe, and then on day 7 or so it comes back. If you are stopping it you may be more likely to get the rebound, so keep testing. 

There is talk that in the future they may do a 10-day regimen for paxlovid based on this because the 5-day regimen for some people.

Anyway, take it easy and you will hopefully be fine.

There is little good news for people buying in Austin. Values went up 30-70% in the past year, so a $20-40K drop probably puts it way over where it should be.

My assessment went up ~65%, I had a friend who had his assessment go up 75%. While tax increases are capped at 10% per year, this essentially says that I am guaranteed to get hit with 10% a year for the next 6 years or more. I am finding that suburban CA is actually about the same price as living here for me. Even with a state income tax and $6/gallon gas. It's crazy here.

The latest data on long covid is that it seems to hit both younger people and active people. The current thinking, for what it is worth, is that trying to jump back in and push yourself (which is something young people and athletes tend to do) is causing lots of downstream issues and long covid.

Take it easy and do some reading. Trying to get back into it too early could be detrimental to your health.

4 hours ago, The Tip said:

I was drinking beer all day at the SATN Social. They kept me sober enough all day. One beer, one Athletic Brew, one beer, one Athletic Brew. An excellent system!

That sounds like a good plan

9 hours ago, mack_turtle said:

Some of the NA drinks are more expensive than the real thing, which seems weird.

Because it is just as much work as regular drinks, and the volumes are lower. It all makes sense to me. Decaf coffee takes extra steps, for instance.

I did that with Tivos back in the day. Typically it was the power supply and you could buy a replacement model on eBay cheap just to get the PS.

Bullshit. Plastics! The future is plastics.

That is the best way to tell me to buy a new lever. I don't need the hassle.

Thank you Garmin, I was not aware that this was an issue today.

Been struggling for more than 2 weeks with what I thought was a bad bleed. I hung my urban bike the other day and this morning the grip had fluid on it, so clearly my lever is leaking. Watched a video on YouTube and the repair looks to be a little more involved than I care to be. New levers are $55. Does any shop handle Shimano lever service or rebuilds? Knowing how cheap it is to replace that seems like an easy path but I'd rather not fill the earth with old parts if it makes sense to service it.

What does the bike mind say? Pitch it or is there someone who can bring it back to life for a reasonable price.

(Swapped the brakes from my hardtail so I am back in business but do need this addressed before the fall.)

Don't forget, if you are riding Winsor, ride it up, it makes the down that much more enjoyable. Shuttles are for pansies.

On 7/13/2022 at 7:32 AM, St.Bernardo said:

Thanks for adding this to the AustinBike.com home page AB! You should come up for a pre-development tour.  Also,  besides Santa Fe Brewing, do you have another brewery recommendation for Santa Fe area?

I might see if I can get up there for the tour, not sure because I have a conflict on that day.

Rowley Farmhouse Ales is a good beer stop and The Brakeroom (owned by SF Brewing) is a favorite.

Chili Line brewing was a mixed bag.

While you are there definitely try every local canned or bottled beer, they have great stuff. La Cumbre in ABQ has good distribution and incredible beers.

5 hours ago, ATXZJ said:

Holy shit boys, this place is pretty freaking sweet. They have a 5.8 mile Green Flow trail at the DH park that's probably one of the fastest/funnest low consequence experiences, I've ever had on a MTB. Think it drops around 1200ft

Legs were BURNIN!

 

 

 

You are winning the day. Looks cool. Literally cool. Like temperature cool.

Remember when there used to be a waterfall on the greenbelt?

My replacement Osprey came with a 2L bladder so I used my REI rebate to get a 3L bladder. Had been too lazy to make the swap but after this weekend's rides I decided to do it this morning.

I'm not going to ride today. Spending the day terminating network connections and chain sawing some logs while the painters do their thing inside.

There you go, that's the stuff!

7K is my go-to in NM unless they have La Cumbre Elevated on tap.

3 hours ago, bear said:

I think Cinch is the combined designation of ring mount and BB/spindle interface. Seems like they made DUB really similar but i've not worked with a DUB crankset so i'm not sure.

FWIW I never had a big issue with the shimano style pinch-bolts, and they certainly are easier in some ways, but I think I like the single-bolt things a teeny bit more - as long as they're mounted correctly and to spec to do seem fine.

I've had a couple shimano style hollow-tech type cranksets that didn't work out long term, fewer issues with single-bolt systems - but i'm just one statistical sample point. :^)

My experience on the single-bolt systems is that they tend to come loose no matter how much I crank it down or use loctite. Always on single speeds, always came loose on the trail. But now I am having that with a Shimano, so maybe it is me?

Love their beer. Brewery was always a stop and the Brakeroom is right up the street on Galisteo so I will be sure to make serveral rides over there in August.

This would definitely be for a non-boost bike. Hadn't thought about that, will be sure to check it when I buy.

The thing I like about the Shimano is the mounting. I have had RaceFace on my bikes in the past and they always end up coming loose, even with Locktite on them.