AntonioGG

On 12/24/2024 at 2:26 PM, GFisher said:

Don't see enough of these alive.

Arnold!

Good for metal frame road bikes essentially.  Or MTB or carbon road bikes with an adapter.

We need some of this justice in Austin and surrounding areas!

Would be cool to break it into 3 days stopping to get a ride in on trails along the way.

Yeah just as I thought, that writer over-complicated the explanation:  2spd internally geared hub with 12 speed cassette for up to 16 usable gears.  I guess there's an 11spd cassette too hence the 2x22 stuff in the article?  Very interesting stuff.

Can someone explain this to me? Are they really talking about a 2x11 system with 16 usable gear combos?  Is calling this 2x22 a normal thing?

https://velo.outsideonline.com/news/trp-vistar-1x16-shows-up-on-a-sage-storm-king-at-made/

You're living the dream!  What are temps like?  Are these trails safe enough to ride solo?  (mostly thinking of cougars)

On 8/14/2024 at 6:11 PM, Sluggo said:

pick'em up sticks!

That's why I switched to a Backcountry Research Strap:

I can throw it in my Osprey if I'm using that, or strap it to my downtube if I'm not.

  https://backcountryresearch.com/ 

NOOOO!!

Always clamp the post, dropper or not, carbon or not, aero or not.  The only time I don't is if there's no seat post installed.  Then I set the jaws horizontal and use the top tube, but don't really clamp, and I don't do a lot of force (e.g. taking a BB out).  Mainly to get a seatpost in, then move the clamp to the seatpost.

Just wipe the jaws and dropper first before clamping. 

I think it was Park that did a video on how it's totally OK to clamp the dropper, and any forces while wrenching are way less than your body puts on the dropper.

Anyone else screaming at their TV (Bob Roll) while watching the women’s XC Olympic race?  Shocked NBC didn’t bring in someone more knowledgeable about MTB.

No.  That's fairly common for quick work.  I've seen pros do it.

My hero!

Can't see it.

That whole area needs some erosion control....

Yeah it’s still there in pieces with now more vegetation around it.

Y'all missed the excitement last night.  Someone driving on the park road shot a gun 6-7 times.  3 of us left at 10:15, we high-tailed it out of there.

On 6/3/2024 at 12:33 PM, Barry said:

I love them and their dirty little mayfly cousins. Those little dragon bastards are welcome to consume all all the mosquitos they want. Have at it!

Are you perhaps thinking of dragon flies and not horse flies? (reply to a horse fly post):

On 6/2/2024 at 4:43 PM, hurronnicane said:

On a less fun note, it appears to be horsefly season.  Not a fan, though it is satisfying to smack one of those suckers.  

Horse flies suck (literally)  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabanidae

 

2 of them got into my garage while I was working on my bikes and they kept biting me...through my shirt!.  I managed to kill one with brake cleaner.

Our backyard friend is back.

17 hours ago, hurronnicane said:

I promise I will quit talking about this bird soon, but I have one last update.  Today I got off my bike and snuck up to the nesting site, slow and quiet.  After a few minutes of eye strain I was finally convinced that the bird was gone and the nest is unoccupied (no eggs).  I lingered a few minutes thinking about the eventual trail re-route around a fallen red oak tree and all of a sudden the mama bird comes flying out of the brush about 10 feet from where the nest had been.  She then does the elaborate broken wing, flailing-on-the-ground act as she limps away trying to get me to follow her away from the (just guessing here) newly hatched chicks.  I quickly moved away from there and slunk away, sorry about having disturbed her again.  A few minutes later and 75 yards from there I saw what I’m guessing was her mate checking to make sure I was really leaving.  This critter sighting just won’t end!

On a less fun note, it appears to be horsefly season.  Not a fan, though it is satisfying to smack one of those suckers.  

Awesome on the birds, not so much on the horsefly.  I killed one in my garage this weekend.  It landed on my blue Miata.  Supposedly they're attracted to this.  I have a tub of tanglefoot and some blue solo plates I want to try.

I had to dig up a picture of one so I can try pattern recognition to find it!

Weather experts.... 

Get a ride in now or gamble on a ride later?

You climbed a mountain, technically that counts as mountain biking.