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Wishful thinking

Then this will really make your back hurt. Did this a couple years back 57 at the time. Two days by myself. Had to dig out and set five posts.

Best way to remove ceiling popcorn is with a pressurized sprayer full of water and a 10" spackle blade. Soak the popcorn with the water and then start scraping, comes right off nice and clean with no dust just be sure to put down a tarp to catch it all. Another note about ceiling popcorn, it can contain asbestos depending on how old the house is and when the popcorn was done. So be careful and research it before just scraping down.

That's how he got started down the rabbit hole😂

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Humans suck. I got covid not because of some asshat not wearing a mask or because I wasn't wearing a mask. How I got covid was from my wife who works in a rehabilitation hospital. She entered a patients room, she was wearing her mask but the patient had no mask and had not been tested for covid. Turns out the patient was positive and infected my wife even though she had a mask on. The idea that we live in the society that we can't hurt peoples feelings by the things we say but yet continue to try and assert our perceived civil rights is insane. My point to this being that wearing a mask doesn't protect you it protects the people around you if you're walking around with asymptomatic/undiagnosed COVID. These assholes that are trying to assert their perceived civil rights are the same assholes that are crying about getting their feelings hurt by something someone said or posted to social media. We think that all this PC bullshit is making us a more civil society but it's not. Fuck the human race! Bring on the asteroid! P.S. The common flu has been non existent this year. Can anyone guess why? Because of wearing masks.

Everyday I live I find another reason to hate the human species.

Good looking frame!

I've never been fitted for an MTB but have had multiple fit sessions for road bikes years ago. Most of them didn't produce much benefit for me except for small tweaks. What would happen for me is I'd get fit and set the bike up according to the numbers for the fit but eventually would go back to my original set up because it just felt better. The best fit I had gotten was from Dave at Music City Cycles. He determined that my frame size was correct and made a few small adjustments according to my saddle position and my flexibility. Dave changed my saddle position and my handlebar rise, I rode the bike like that for about two weeks. The saddle position was the only benefit I really noticed, the handle bar height I didn't like or feel comfortable with so I went back to my original bar height. I understand that road and MTB fit differently due to the fact that on a road bike you spend most of your time in the saddle and on an MTB you need to be more dynamic on the bike being able to control the bike in multiple riding positions. This is just my opinion but I think people tend to overthink bike fit and get too consumed by numbers. What I have learned over the years of riding bikes is that if it feels good to you it's probably the right fit. Your body can tell you much more than a bunch of numbers can. The wife and I went to Durango a couple of years ago I didn't bring my bike because she doesn't ride and didn't want to make the trip seem like it was about me going riding. I did however get to rent a bike and ride for a day while I was there. I went to one of the bike shops that rented good bikes that was recommended by someone there. This shop was an Ibis dealer and rented bikes for the day. When I went the shop I explained to him what my daily ride was which at the time was a large V1 Following. I narrowed my choices down to a Ripley or Ripmo. They only had a large Ripmo for rent but had a med and large Ripley. The Ripmo was a bit too much bike for the trails I was going to ride but I tested it in the parking lot and it felt huge especially in the top tube length so that one was a no go for me. I tried both the large and med Ripley thinking that because I was riding a large Following I should try the large Ripley and that one also felt huge to me and made me feel like was too stretched out which would make the handling a bit squirrely, the med fit almost exactly like my Following. Recently sold the following and bought a Rascal. I fell between sizes on the Rascal and could have gotten a large or a medium. I spoke with Revel about which one might be a better choice and decided on the medium. My Rascal surprisingly fit exactly like my Following after building it. The only difference being the medium Rascal has a longer reach and a longer front center than my Following did. I don't like a bike that's too long in the wheel base especially for the trails around her it becomes a bit cumbersome. Don't get too hung up on numbers. If you're riding a bike that feels good to you when you're considering a new bike try to keep all of the cockpit dimensions as close as possible. A bit more reach or longer front center on a bike that has the same cockpit dimensions can be an improvement. As can HA and fork offset. JMHO.

In all fairness the berm after the rollers on Peddlers is a bit blown out and really needs to be taller to be able to maintain the speed after the rollers.

Brakes are for sissies😂

I had a pretty nice hardtail as my backup, but really didn't ride it as much as my FS. The FS was just much easier on my aging body. I do have a gravel bike that gets ridden to get miles and works really well on trails like SN. I was up to five bikes at on point. You can only ride one at at time so figured I should thin the herd. Used that money to build my current FS which I really like a lot. I'm with @throet on the newer geo being a little too long for the trails here. I think for the tight twisty technical trails we have here a bike with a sub 1200mm wheelbase works best. When the bike starts to get too long it's like trying to maneuver an 18 wheeler through the local trails.

Could have worded that better😆. I had COVID and recently went for a follow up. What I meant to say was that because I've had COVID my doctor said that all I would need is the first shot and that the second shot wouldn't boost my immune response any further. He didn't recommend anyone getting COVID. His entire office including himself got infected by one patient that was asymptomatic. He said he was only getting the first shot also.

Zombie thread resurrection. Just read this article and found it very interesting. I figured posting it here would be better than starting a new thread. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/interview-chris-leatt-on-mtb-injury-research-and-protective-gear.html

My understanding is that the vaccine prevents severe illness and hospitalization it does not prevent the illness itself. I will be getting my shots as soon as I can hopefully at the 90 day timeline after having had COVID that my doctor recommended. From what I've heard even though you have been fully immunized you can still get, carry and spread the virus. It's basically a higher transmissible version of the flu. My doctor recommended that I get only one shot because he said having had the virus is your first dose and that the first shot for me would be my second dose and boost my immunity significantly and that the second dose doesn't really do anything more. Like it's been mentioned an MTB forum may not be the best place to get information.

She's gonna have so much fun pedaling that around Brushy Creek🤣

Any fasteners that I think could be a problem down the road to remove get anti seize. Pedals for sure.

Some of it may be COVID buyers remorse. Now that people are getting vaccinated I think we'll start seeing all the gym rats who bought bikes during COVID trying to recoup their money.

That was a good! Thanks for the bottle!

Glad I built my current bike when I did.

Voler makes excellent riding wear. I have a drawer full of the stuff. My wife just got me these. https://www.bn3th.com/products/north-shore-bike-chamois-black They seem to be made really well. I haven't had a chance to try them yet on the bike yet but did try them on and they're pretty comfortable just wearing. The problem I find with riding shorts is the crushing of your junk.

I'll be getting mine when I get to the 90 day mark after having covid. My doctor has said that he's seen more uncomfortable side effects from the Moderna than from the Pfizer. He also said I only need one dose due to already having covid. Covid in effect being my first dose. This is a bit concerning though considering the Johnson and Johnson was developed using the same technology. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/15/covid-ireland-netherlands-suspend-astrazeneca-vaccine-amid-blood-clot-fears.html

Or at least whoever owns the apartment building. Oh wait I forgot those are usually billion dollar corporations and are exempt from any taxes.

My biggest gripe with many school systems not just in Texas is the focus on standardized testing. Schools are trying to get as much federal money as they can so they seem to focus on standardized testing more so than actual learning and critical thinking. This hurts everyone in the long run because our kids go through school and come out with a sub par education. Especially kids in lower socioeconomic groups. Federal funding should just be a given and our education system should be the same anywhere you go in the country. When we moved here from NY my kids were about two years ahead of what was being taught in the schools here. When we moved here I specifically looked at the best school systems to put my kids in, we shouldn't need to do that as a nation it's ridiculous. We can't excel as a so called "great country" without giving our kids the best education they can get and we can't do that if we leave it up to state and local governments who are always scrambling to get federal funding so that once again the people at the top can continually increase their wealth. How did we get to a point in the school system where teachers are using personal money to provide supplies that the kids need? This is a failing state. Rant over.