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I run a Dakine hip pack, carries 2L of water but I never fill it up all the way otherwise it gets a little cumbersome. In the hotter days I run that and two water bottles on the bike. Save the big hydration pack for super long remote rides so I can carry spares and tons of water.

8 hours ago, AustinBike said:

If you are going to watch it again, you need to do it with Soju.

https://www.totalwine.com/spirits/soju/jinro-chamisul-original/p/134828750?s=514&igrules=true

You'll thank me later.

Not sure if H Mart or Total Wine has different brands of soju but in my drinking days I found the southern provinces had much better big brand soju than Jinro. Jinro is pretty much ubiquitous in the Seoul area but I remember liking the Muhak Good Day brand and Yipsejoo brand when I was in the south. Many fun trips to the Seokguram Grotto (Buddha carved into the side of the mountain) on that Good Day soju. The cheaper stuff is nasty.  Tried some moonshine soju that had dead bees floating in it, tasted like everclear and was not good for keeping memories.

16 hours ago, mack_turtle said:

Just now finally saw Parasite. The pacing, the awkwardness, the sprial into violence! I'm gonna watch it twice for good measure.

Such a great movie! Saw it in the theater twice, miss those days. 

Was on a Korean movie kick recently, watched Joon Ho's "The Host," and Chan Wook's "Old Boy."

The housing market is scary stuff for a millennial, got hit hard in the my early 20's with the financial crisis, lost my job and didn't have the ability to own a home at that point.  Fast forward to a year ago, finally debt free and looking to buy a house in an expensive city, got crazier from there. Wife has aging parents and was born and raised here, we are staying. Financially we can afford buying a house but not sure we want to enter the fray right now, not that it's going to get any better. We were hoping that things would slow down at some point, seems really nuts to pay these prices right now 

Just checked the RAD on my bike and based on Lee Mccormacks guide it is slightly too short for me. This is helpful because the bikes does feel a little short and now I know I am not crazy. Going to try out a 60mm stem, I really love the feel of shorter stems so not loving the idea but we’ll see how this works!

44 minutes ago, AntonioGG said:

I may be mis-remembering, but I think at some point in the last couple of years BSS got the Nitrogen refill capability and the tools to be able to service dampers.  I remember getting the e-mail about that.  Don't know if Trek would have kept that.

I remember that as well, I want to say it was the Bee Caves location?

Apparently the tooling on the Float X2 required tools BSS did not have, I assume no locations at BSS had them. They said it would have to be sent to Fox or locally they recommended 812. I was surprised by this as I had seen the email previously with the nitrogen refill and have had BSS do several shock overhauls throughout the years.

812 did great work and I remember Cycle Progression also was able to work on X2's. Prefer going local over sending stuff away.

Okay good to know, have a float X2 as well and when I needed a full rebuild in the past bicycle sport shop Lamar directed me to 812 as BSS didn’t have the tools to service the X2.

2 hours ago, TAF said:

(a) none of it

(b) I'd want the shop to be certified, and I'll never let Cycle Progression near my shocks

What happened with Cycle Progression? Have thought about using them in the past. 

Okay with doing lower leg service, unless I am feeling lazy. Don’t do the damper bleed and don’t mess with the rear shock. 

Was looking at those, also love Shimano axles ease of service. Can’t tell from the pics, but are the pins replaced on the opposite side?

Bummer, they did great work.

Just imagining a basketball with arms and legs riding down Austin chunk on a huge bike.

Geometry is a tricky thing, so many variables. My “trail” bike has a 515mm reach that is actually too short for me and has 450mm chain stays, so a long bike. The chain stay length feels great to me, bike feels well balanced with the longer reach. I don’t mind the long bike around here because it fits me better than previous bikes that were way too small for me. Being basketball sized it is not too hard to manhandle it around.

Lacch, stay away from that seller!! Makes me worried they slapped 29” wheels on a bike that didn’t originally come with them (not that that wouldn’t work, but wouldn’t trust a seller making those claims).

Thor Ragnorak and does some awesome voice acting in it.

https://youtu.be/4Ym2F-tHdkk

Amazing riding and Arcade Fire, not too shabby!

I have seen some videos of McAllister Park in San Antonio, they just added a Velosolutions pump track. 

This thread has sold me on a PNW dropper for my next post.

Durian would get the job done and the smells lasts a long time. Don't mind the smell or the taste, but those burps are something else.

On 12/11/2020 at 11:57 AM, AustinBike said:

 

Hmmm, shouldn't this be pink?

 

That sir is impressive! I also have never seen brake fluid that black. 

I have tried both finned and regular pads and cannot tell a difference as far as power and heat. I agree with ATXJ, more power will come from larger rotors than finned pads. I have cooked a few rotors in my time, but it was in the mountains on 2 piston brakes with 160mm rotors. At my weight the best results for heat dissipation and power have come from 203mm rotors and 4 piston brakes. Used Trucker Co brake pads and felt just as good as Shimano pads for way cheaper. The disco pads look like another good buy. 

On 11/29/2020 at 8:52 AM, ATXZJ said:

My hatred started back during the elixir days and hasn't stopped. 

 

Thats what ended my sram brake run.

I’ve had good luck with the gravity bleed. Don’t go as far as letting the oil run out everywhere (I use a hose like the syd/macky video), but here’s  a world cup mechanic using the method.
 

https://youtu.be/piWBVDh1pTE

Installed a Shimano 6120 caliper to 8000 lever on my bike. Caliper doesn’t have the banjo connector on the hose or the screw in retaining bolt for the brake pads, so not as adjustable or nice as the higher end options. They bled nicely, did a gravity bleed initially to get oil down to the caliper and then pushed up oil to the lever. Opening up the freestroke and changing the lever reach while flicking the lever gets all the last little bubbles out. Came with D02 metal pads so that was a plus. Performance wise they feel just as powerful as my front 8020 caliper and they do fit the finned pads. I like a slightly weaker rear brake so installed a 180mm rotor instead of the 203mm I was using with the 2 piston brakes. Happy with the purchase, while not as nice as the higher end stuff, performance is the same and saved $70!

50 minutes ago, ATXZJ said:

 

 

Nicely done, those are the fabled non servo wave levers, right?