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I can't see the pumpkins face. Rookie mistake. Hook Em Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

Riding Rim tonight. I had a young owl buzz me twice. Very cool . Also never road Dave's Ditch at night before, way cooler in the dark Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

Yes that! so it is not a thing anymore? I learned a lot about the trails and found some cool little segments from it.

So I use the free to see my routes and miles. However I used to be able to look at a ride and see whoever else I might have passed and also for direction I rode and stops for my ride. I hit play and could see my movement through a ride. Was this feature moved to paid version? Is that what is called heatmaps?

I am working early and will be out later in the day Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

His voice reminds me of when Johnny Cash's voice was noticeably older sounding when he did the work with Rick Rubin and during his American album series , Sad but awesome Yes I know he is 87

RIP Billy Joe Shaver and Jerry Jeff Walker in less than a week

We found a 2017 mazda 3 for my daughter this past summer. Literally had 7K miles. A old lady from Fredericburg who could no longer drive and had to move in with her daughter. Price was right and still smelled new Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

Guess they talked about Fight Club Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

Yep! And if you can't do you don't dumb that trail down. You do the right thing and walk it or learn it. Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

So OK.. Why can't people learn to ride the trail or feature like it was intended to be ridden? Why do the trails need to be dumbed down? If you cannot ride it. Walk it till you can ride it. Also I can think of several places where B lines were made on 1/4 and DD and now they are half the effing alphabet worth of trails. Nope. You know what makes the trails easier? Riding them alot.. over and over and over again Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

Trail Gnome a red head? Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

Hook 'Em ? Congrats man Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

I have some suggestions and willingness to implement. I can send PM your way Over the summer First Blood said I could but it was too hot and I didn't have tools to do so. Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

@ B@RR -- If you were to cross 1431 and go down the south side toward Parmer and pickup 178 ,, why cant we connect somewhere in yellow to the trail ? The trail in red on my Strava is just the lollipop little loop by that hood. By that house is looking like a private drive I think so that is likely not feasible. But it seems doable somehow behind the medical place and church to connect. Maybe?

Wait.. did Servpro know there was asbestos there? Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

I really hope so. I've seen some sweet bikes out there riden by dudes that over bought Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

My bar lights are about 10 to 12 feet out and centered on my bar. I run the light on my helmet a slightly higher angle so as I look ahead that light is much further past. I think the biggest adjustment is dealing and reading shadows. Oh.. and deciding if the root ahead of you is a root or Cobra Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

Curious.. is flooring like this something that can be covered with new flooring? Kind of burying the bad stuff? Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

So I thought since a lot of us are creative to some degree and dabble in other things aside from bikes I would make this entry around projects. Any projects. Don't care,, whatever you build and do. So a back in early August my wife tells me she found a killer grill at a neighbors house on FB. I was looking at building another one anyways so this was cool. It didn't work for years and she wanted the whole thing gone. Looking at the pictures I saw it was a drop in Turbo grill in a island. We went over to have a look. It had been sitting for several years and she said she didn't know the last time it worked. Later I figured it out to be approx 16-18 yrs old. To me this was a barn find for grills. I knew what she had and I knew I could fix it. Turbos are made by BBQ Galore. Not the very top but not too shabby. Parts are easy to come by and the quality is good and it was made to last. She wanted no money, just get it out of her yard , island and all. For me to buy new I'd be looking at around 5 grand easy. Zero bucks is way good. I hired my neighbors son and we moved the whole thing from her house to mine and into the backyard. We had to use cut up PVC pipe and rolled that beast like butter to his trailer and then to my backyard. I pulled it apart. It was filthy and I removed any janky parts. The heat plates were shot. Ignitors were shot. The cast burners were bad. I had replacement ceramic grill grates from a previous project already. The gas regulators looked bad and the seals were gone. Everything else was good and can be re-used. I spent a couple days cleaning and scraping the gunk and grime out. A lot of Bartender's Helper and scrubbing. I got it from black death to shiny as I could. I ordered new heat plates with the ceramic briquets and a new ignitor and wires. I used a wire brush and cleaned the cast burners the best I could. Eventually they will need to be replaced I am sure. Doing a bunch a searches I found I could not replace the gas regulators any more but I found a company in South Florida that made a variation of them without the installed ignitors and in the correct angles that I could buy. The company turned out to suck horribly with customer service but about 6 weeks later I finally got the new parts delivered. So now I had everything I thought I needed to rebuild and got to it. The hardest part was assembling the gas manifold with the new part. This took many hours of trial and error and a lot of doing it wrong. Each step forward I would face a new fun challenge in making parts fit. The ignitor and wiring went in no problem and I spent a lot of time tweaking the spark direction. I finally got it all assembled and was able to fire this thing up. Is it as great as a high end grill brand new? Nope, but it was damn satisfying and will be well used. We grill almost every day. The island needs fresh paint job but the tiles are in good shape. I replaced the flooring behind the propane door with cedar planks and still need to fix a hole knocked in the side with a new vent. So Grill and Island were free $0 4 new gas regulators with new seals and new wiring $ 233.96 Ignition Switch and 4 new ceramic heat shields $ 70.39 2 Cedar fence planks for the floor $ 9.34 New step drill bit to make a hole $19.99 Neighbor kid to help me move this beast $ 60 So all in all I think I did good and I had some frustrating fun and saved a boat load of cash and I got a cool new grill.

Trailcrafts are so sweet! I had bought my boy one and have since sold it when he out grew but what a great bike and totally upped his game and enjoyment (and mine)

That was fun , good seeing you and Meeting Wl and SE Always cool getting out of my norm route and touching directions and routes I never go, I am a creature of habit for sure

Yes! I haven't seen that this yr but in years past riding Picnic along the water I have. The amount of deer and smaller critters with the eyes catching the light is also very cool as well. Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

Well he is old, so yea Ice Age

Ive done DD with lights a couple times but not anymore , alone at least. 1/4 is fun,, for sure Rim. SN\Church is fun as hell. The tunnel of trees with the long downhills are awesome at night.