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You may have misunderstood What I'm saying is the good days are getting fewer, not that there are fewer good days than bad. As someone who works outside, I can say when we're consistently setting records for heat in the summer, it's far from good in my book.

Was visiting with friends in Austin and Cedar Park during this last storm and it was a real shame to see the all the damage. CTX weather seems to have become a series of extremes. Burning hot, dry summers with occasional flooding in between, and then snow/ice in the winter. The nicer days seem to be becoming fewer and fewer. Hard pass

Bike looks pretty freaking cool. Like the silver pike on it. 62*? That's as slack as my park bike and it's pretty floppy pedaling it to the lift line lol. TBH, I'd be a little upset riding that in CTX and having to band aid it with a angleset. Even though it steepens the HTA, it also raises the BB, slacks the STA, and stretches the cockpit.

The true irony is there are some decent mountains in Texas but the trails are terrible there. I'm for creating a class of bicycles exclusive to the rockbike riding found in CTX. Something with high BB for the gardens and ledges, and good at flat turns. Throw in a half dozen bottle mounts for summer riding and it should be perfect.😁

X2 Definitely recommend this one for kids or new riders

Thanks man! Kind of an apprenticeship situation for me as I'm trading free labor for free training. Totally lucked into it since they were located in the B&B i was staying in. Brewing was something i always wanted to try and they needed some help and were generous enough to teach me. We're heading to Nevada via Austin next month, and want to open a nano distillery there in the future. Time will tell on the latter

Enjoying one of my first solo brews the guys trusted me with😆. https://afogbrewing.com/on-tap Tall boy Ale

new review https://www.pinkbike.com/news/review-7idp-sam-hill-and-sam-hill-lite-knee-pad-review.html

Dude, it's no joke. Within 100ft of parking lot, you're at 10-15 degrees incline and it just keeps going. Saw almost a sustained 19 at one point 🤢

Oof! Did 653ft in 1.1miles, followed by another 400ft in 1.4 to get to the trailhead. Virginia has definitely humbled me when it comes to short punchy climbs.

Another Tree gone today. RIP Van Conner

Back to pre-pandemic prices for a great CTX frame https://www.fanatikbike.com/products/revel-ranger-frame?variant=32403160203310&_kx=8GEZAytWxO_uX1U7Z21cKKAeKBibC8eLlnpHQIwGHBk%3D.WtJ9VV

So much this ∆ My opinion has changed so much on ebikes over the last year. But, I've also been hitting trails with a lot of elevation that aren't located in TX. Either way I could do just as much, if not more harm to a fellow rider crashing into them at top speed on a DH run on a regular bike as an ebike. Particularly if I'm on a DH rig that can carry a lot of speed. I never seen an ebiker rear end a slower rider on a regular bike while on a climb.

Brewmaster pulled this one from his vault. Wow.... So freaking good

Sam Hill lite. Wife uses these and loves em. I've been really happy with the lite elbow pads. Overall 7idp has been great. https://7idp.com/products/sam-hill-lite-knee

Damn good13% Barleywine. NYC

Trying the 14% stout at burial brewery in Asheville NC

Let the goodness flow😎 https://youtu.be/ySUCbBktg8o

The Eagle cassette, carbon cranks, lyrik damper and yaris are a good deal for sure https://planetcyclery.com/sale/black-friday-sale/sram-family

Helping out at a local Roanoke brewery while on our travel sabbatical. We brewed 70 gallons of stout. Going into a dickel bourbon barrel next with a target ABV of 14.8%😎

Skills area at Veteran's Park in Lexington Kentucky.

IMHO, as regular bikes become more and more expensive, ebikes will become more common. $6k vs $6k with a motor is going to be a tough decision for a noob at the LBS. I heard some podcasts with industry figures talking about this scenario a few years ago.

Exactly this^ It was crystal clear in Quebec that putting the wife on an ebike would've been a great idea. Everything is pay to ride there and spending the majority of the day coaxing her up the steep climbs to the top was a bad experience for both of us. When she can do more laps with less misery it means more fun for me. I can totally understand her frustration as Ive ridden with much fitter riders, and was the anchor they were dragging. The only way I was able to even things out was when the trail pointed down, which was few and far between in tejas. We're planning to put her on a demo ebike soon.