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June Bug

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  1. Turns out the cabling for the KS Dropzone remote creates a loop of cable when the post is compressed so the mechanic does not recommend. KS e20 it is. Should arrive on Tuesday.
  2. Dropper install did not go as planned. The shortest travel PNW is 120mm and it turns out I need a 100. This has to do with being able to adjust the dropper post so that it comes up to exactly the correct seat height. The PNW was a little too high for my set up. Mr June Bug has a new-to-him Chumba titanium hardtail that needed a dropper seat post so the PNW (120mm height + seat post diameter were perfect) is now on the Chumba. The 2013 Salsa Spearfish frame has external routing, so very limited on dropper seat post selection. LBS will order a KS e20 or (hopefully) KS Dropzone Remote. KS Dropzone Remote is lighter and has a "1-way roller clutch bearing" that's not listed for the KS e20 but is listed for their somewhat higher-end droppers.
  3. PNW Cascade dropper (125mm x 31.6) + thumb lever + cabling on the way from REI. 20% off, so everything + tax was right at $180 w/ free shipping for REI members. The REI cycling sale was supposed to end yesterday but their sale prices are still up. The PNW site is 20% off as well. LBS will install for $30.
  4. It's like Blue Man Group but with trees...
  5. This is a relatively close fit for the thread topic: (Video) Following the Black Soldiers who Biked Across America In an excellent video feature from VICE News, journalist Dexter Thomas joins bikepacker Erick Cedeño as he retraces the Buffalo Soldiers’ historic journey from Fort Missoula to St. Louis on the expedition’s 125th anniversary.
  6. BikepackingRoots.org BOLT advocacy page has all the details. Final paragraph of the BOLT advocacy page: How can you support the BOLT Act? Call or write your member of congress and share your support for the BOLT Act. You can use the Advocacy Toolbox for Bikepackers for tips to make your call or letter effective, or you can submit a comment through the Action Network set up by ACA (Adventure Cycling Association). When submitting a comment through this platform, be sure to customize the text to reflect your personal values around bikepacking on long distance trails! You can refer to the bikepacking talking points provided at the bottom of the Advocacy Toolbox for Bikepackers. Including your personal story goes a long way! Beyond this, encourage your fellow bikepackers to speak up, too.
  7. The latest on the BOLT act from Bikepacking Roots:
  8. Did a little ride from my house to the HEB at Parmer and MoPac to recycle plastic bags as an excuse to get out and ride a few miles, incorporating part of the Northern Walnut Creek Multi-Use Path. Got home right around 9 and it had that "it's starting to heat up" feel even that early. Tomorrow (Sunday), in addition to being a total blast furnace, is an Ozone Action Day.
  9. Be careful out there, y'all. Even you sweat hogs. The forecast is in the danger zone - 105 or 106 today, somewhere around 108 to 110 for Sunday and Monday.
  10. I'm getting a 2011 blistering temps - relentless drought vibe. There are a few days of 105 in the forecast
  11. Sorry, it's gone. I had also posted on NextDoor, and someone must have come by in the last hour or so and Hoovered it all up.
  12. Edit: No longer available: Yakima Space Case and bike trays have gone to a new home!
  13. I got a long sleeve Swiftland Running T Shirt from REI for sun protection. The wispy fabric is astoundingly light and incredibly ventilated, so I got another one. REI Co-op Swiftland Long-Sleeve Running T-Shirt - Men's
  14. Could be, but remember that humidity drops significantly in the later afternoon and into the evening. Today, the relative humidity at 7 am was 87% and will be at its lowest (34%) at 7 pm.
  15. Some family members are doing a 2nd retirement in Asheville. She went to high school there and has some elderly family in the area, so it's not new to them. It has more serious winters than SE Texas though.
  16. There's a Tom's deodorant that smells like roses... Just made a donation to bikepackingroots.org and then clicked the tab (out of habit) for the 10-day forecast. For mental self preservation, people, DO NOT CHECK THE 10-DAY FORECAST! Robert Earl Keen, Not a Drop of Rain (final stanza) The wind and dust are dancing like the devil 'cross the lake I could try and find a bottle or try and find a breeze Salvation won't be traveling either road I take So I turn my collar to the wind that echoes this refrain It's been a long, hot summer, not a drop of rain Edit: I was on facebook literally a minute after posting and this thing from Lumē Deodorant addressing something no one has brought up is RIGHT THERE: "All crotch and butt smells come from bacteria digesting the fluids on our skin and creating odors. Lumē stops them from eating so they can’t stink. Now they are polite bacteria!" A cheerful mom in a video is telling us that Lumē is the best thing for all those cracks, folds and crevices! But it's also for guys! lumedeodorant.com
  17. Awhile back I did a r**d ride with friends on our regular ride out of Dripping Springs - a lollipop route with a fork at a creek. On the way back I was overheating and stopped to dip my entire jersey in the creek, thinking evaporative cooling would provide a nice cool down. But no. It was too hot and such high humidity that evaporative cooling didn't work. Gack. It was just a nasty hot clammy slog the three or four miles back to the car. This morning I zipped over to Walnut Creek for a quick ride -- Inner and Outer Log Loops, and on the little climb back up to the detention dam by the Lincolnshire entrance there was no shade and it suddenly felt like a blow torch on my back -- it was only 9:45 am. Just kept pedaling onto Lincolnshire toward home and and had a nice collapse in the AC. Health issues and some new meds might be creating a heat sensitivity, I don't know. Or maybe it's, you know, so ******* HOT.
  18. I've never been one of those "ride cold for the first 20 minutes and you'll warm up." Put on everything you own, ride until you feel like a hog in a sauna, and then start dropping layers as needed. A riding jacket with zip off sleeves works well in this regard.
  19. Specialized Austin Grand Opening at RPR Specialized Austin is now offering demo experiences at Reveille Peak Ranch. Riders can demo some of the latest analog and e-bike mountain bikes including Stumpjumper, Stumpjumper Evo, Levo, and Kenevo SL on some of the best trails in Central Texas. Reservations are available on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays starting June 17. See SpecializedAustin.com for more detail and to reserve a bike. Hours of operation on-site at RPR are 9- 3 Fri - Sun. Rentals can be multi-day.
  20. Boggy Draw is lovely and now quite extensive trail system. We just rolled into Cortez. It's a bit on the warm side, so likely we'll head up to Boggy Draw tomorrow.
  21. Twitter today: @EvilMopacATX: This week Austin is going to feel like a Honduran jungle had a three-way with an iron smelter and the core of a nuclear reactor. We bought an acre lot in Cortez, CO (southwestern CO) in Oct., but even putting a small modular home on it is going to be crazy expensive - realistically minimum $175,000. Just hooking up new utilities (gas, water, sewer, elec are all at the lot line) is ~ $15,000. Finding a renter for the winter months would be easy, though. The housing stock is low and everything is crazy expensive -- think the equivalent of Austin housing prices in Cortez and abt $100,000 higher in Dolores, 9 miles up the road and 1,000' higher in elevation. In a bit we're driving up there to check out a fully furnished "condo" (apartment in a house) to rent for Aug - Oct. in Cortez. Hawkins Preserve for hiking (also bike-able) is literally out the back door and I noticed some other trails/paths very close by. Geer Natural Area has some hills with a mtn bike trail system on the north end of town. Phil's World is about a 12-minute drive and at some point, a bike/pedestrian path will go from Cortez to Mesa Verde National Park entrance. That path will go right by the fairgrounds, which are across the highway from Phil's World, so connectivity happening. The economy in Cortez has always been driven by tourism and they are very aware of the amount of tourism pulled in by mountain bikers and other outdoor pursuits. Buying a "previously gently owned" travel trailer and living in it in a shady RV park might be the better option for three or four summer months, then store it for the winter in Cortez or Farmington.
  22. ...or pre-emptively hitting you up for state income tax...
  23. I haven't had a chance to try Turkey Springs, but it's on the list.
  24. I'm usually a weather eagle and know the 10-day forecast, but it caught me by surprise when a friend posted this insanely hot long-term forecast on fb today. It doesn't matter which trail, these are danger zone temps -- between 102° and 104° starting Monday and going through the following Sunday. Who knows after that. Even if the forecast drops by a few degrees, crazy hot.
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