Barry

On 9/22/2021 at 3:22 PM, WhoAmI said:

Throughout all this, my major injuries include breaking my collar bone in 2008 when someone rode up behind me while I was on a teeter-totter, which resulted and me falling off the high end, as I fully expected it to drop like it did every other time. 

I immediately remembered this story when I saw this sign... 

I can't even guess why someone would follow another onto a teeter. How do they think that thing works?

You can see this one at the top left of the photo. But this is the shortest/tallest that I've ever seen. I'd really like to see it done before I do it. 

I was also watching quite a few whisky reviewers at one point. Now I only watch Ralfy--and not even every episode. I probably look forward to his Extras more than his reviews. 

The prize for worse whisky YouTube goes to the ATX local Whiskey Tribe. The only thing worse and more annoying than them, is their fans. I'm pretty sure they're all PewDiePie fans.

I'm currently doing a working/bike trip to view our new BrokenArrow facility.  5 consecutive days of riding that kicked off with DORBA's JudgmentDay. (Turns out a 111 mile trail ride is a tough way to start a trip.) But the relevant thing is my go-bar. I've included a couple of my favorite cheap travel whiskies, including Wee Beastie and EW BIB. 

22 minutes ago, AntonioGG said:

How was the Fri morning ride?

As I understand it, they rode bicycles in the woods at ideal temperatures. So I imagine it was great. 

This comment goes for Millican  as well;

When finding a route out there, DO NOT USE ProjectMTB! TrailFork shows 2× the number of trails for Lake Brian than on ProjectMTB. There are trails on both sides of the lake and it looks like nearly 20 miles now. 

Amd ProjectMTB doesn't even show Millican.  But TF shows a newer system of trails in the North Eastern area. So probably a decent number there as well. 

Or use Strava Heatmaps. But ProjectMTB us pointless these days. 

16 minutes ago, RedRider3141 said:

What would you do and what supplies do you recommend I buy?

Do you plan to continue bicycle riding over the next several years? If so, DIY. The supplies are quite inexpensive. Sure, watch a couple of YouTube, but the Shimano instructions work PERFECTLY! 

In.

Taco Flats has a nice jalapeño margarita that I've enjoyed. But I've never made a spicy one at home.They also have a spicy frozen margarita--that just seems confusing. And they have one of my favorite cocktails in town, La Dosos. It's a kind of egg white whisky sour with an Islay malt AND mescal! 

"Yay! I just bought two new whisky glasses! I think I'll have margaritas to celebrate!"

I always loved how the "G" on the Glencairn box was stylized. It's still my favorite glass (okay...second favorite behind my Riedel Cognac glasses), but I do have a lot of glassware that I use for various purposes. 

28 minutes ago, AustinBike said:

If you bend a rotor take it off. You can ride back with only one brake rotor, way better than walking.

While I like how clean looking and easy to install the lock-ring rotors are, this is the only drawback...I definitely don't have a lock-ring tool in my pack. Still, I think I'd remove the caliper and zip-tie it up out of the way in this scenario. Surely I could bend the rotor back enough to not hit the frame. 

9 minutes ago, notyal said:

I couldn't even tell you what lactose taste like (or maybe it's just for mouth feel?), but for some reason that's where they lost me. Until I read that, my interest was peaked. 

For one, lactose gives us milk stouts! It sounds gross but they're usually very good. Celis has a great one, for example. Lactose adds a nice layer of subtle background sweetness with also adding a thick and creamy mouth feel.  

@Jessica has stocked our garage refrigerator with a verity of sours. But she isn’t really drinking them. And I’m certainly not drinking them. I’ll taste them and almost always hate them or at best say they’re “not bad.” Although that ^^ one does look interesting!

3 hours ago, AustinBike said:

So, @Barry and @ATXZJ, how do the 510's do in terms of wear in the cleat connection zone?

I don't find any significant damage in that area after about 7500 miles:

In fact the shoe looks spectacular for having 7500 miles that are 80+% trail: 

But that's the left shoe. The right shoe has two issues, but both are caused by operator error. First, I do a lot of different post ride hang-outs, and I don't always have a chair with me. I found that I was in the habit of sitting on the heel of my right shoe, with my foot on the tip-toe position. Over time, this caused the sole of the shoe to crack under my toes. It wasn't really a functional problem, and I would have continued using the shoes for who knows how long if issue #2 didn't occur. I had a nothing of a slide out-crash at WC last week, and at the time I thought I had just broken my Boa. Well it turns out I actually cracked the Boa cradle, which is bonded to the shoe. So I guess since that shoe has 2 issues that I caused, it's done for. Well enough, I only paid 0.026 cents per mile for them. My next pair arrives today, and I have a spare left shoe. 

They're pricy, but the 510 Kestel Boa are the widest, most comfortable and most durable shoe I've ever owned. Also the best looking. They certainly walk WAY better than any other technical shoe. One of my favorite things about the shoe is that if I pop out of the pedal in a techy situation, the bottom of the shoe gets really good purchase on the SPD pedal until I can get to a place where I can clip back in. And check out this Blister review of them.

Interestingly they also have a 12.5 size, so I guess that's a 45.5 in Euro sizing. 

@Jessica and I both have a 4-day weekend. We're not sure what our plans are yet, but we may be out of town for this. If I'm in town and we don't have other plans, I'm in.

Nice. I like a long shadow bike shot! 

12 hours ago, Chief said:

I know I'm out of the norm for what people think is good beer, I don't like IPA's at all and IPA's were not brewed for any other reason than to preserve the beer for the journey from England to India when Great Britain was settling India.

True story. I'd be just as happy (with my stouts, porters, browns, Scotch ales, Belgiums, and occasional yellow [or even light!] beer) if they'd abandon the IPA concept altogether. Typically I'm a live and let live sort...but when OB runs out of Ten Fiddy and Old Chub, but has 9 fucking IPAs available, it's time to get militant. 

This certainly isn't the first, but it's the oldest I can locate for now. We used to build a ton of old school TTF in Ithaca, NY. Otherwise we wouldn't have any tech whatsoever.  I was hitting this one on a buddy's decrepit bicycle--I can't recall what the bike was, but it was a hardtail that weighed about 40 pounds.  I think this was 2005 or 2006. 

22 minutes ago, mack_turtle said:

is this a double-entendre?

Actually triple. Clear water pun. A clear pee pun. And a note to my liver that I wasn't making any other admissions. 

I stopped using a Camelbak full time after the 2018 Dragonslayer. I was drinking the full 100oz on each lap, and I ended up having to stop to pee 3 times each on the last two laps. I was drinking way too much water (...to be clear). Since then I've largely only used bottles, although recently I've started dabbling in a fanny hip pack for some occasions and locations--or if I just don't want to wear a jersey.  

Those rocks make things much slower at night. You certainly need both a good bar and helmet light. 

Well, like I said in the other thread...

On 8/15/2021 at 5:51 PM, Barry said:

Glad to motivate, however it happens. 

I've found some pretty secluded swim spots there... 😉

18 minutes ago, Albert said:

True, I think I've only done that once the entire time I've lived here.  😄  And at least you can get water at a few places, such as Tejas Camp, so that helps.

Right. And literally every park along the way has a spigot...except Overlook. 

10 minutes ago, Albert said:

Lake Georgetown - Just, no.  I'd get a lap in if I started right at sunrise, but would suck with the humidity in the morning.

Except you're always next to the lake and an easy way to cool off.