The Tip

I am sure that it would be more environmentally wise to just throw the poop off the trail than introducing a plastic bag in the ecosystem. All those wild animals are pooping in the woods anyway. What's the difference? This problem is one of the more baffling to me. What mind set do you have to have to just put that bag next to the trail?

Just an update. The top three "false" times have now disappeared. It must have done what I was hoping it would do, to recognize the new segment as different from those three from years past. All is right in the world.

Take the old ones for back up. I think over 50 % of our large group of riders had flats.

At least it's in English!

A peddler that pedals with other pedalers to peddle pedals?

No, but I had a pen pal once. Don't worry about it. You had a good thought. We raised $570 in the boot. Very nice. The schools were very appreciative when I took the donations to them today.

Me too. Strangest thing. Happened with a groin injury too. I could barely walk with it but could ride no problem.

CRANK AND DRANK event! This Tuesday, August 6th, is our annual Back to School boot passing charity event to benefit two local schools. Casey Elementary and Paredes Middle School were VERY appreciative of our donations two years ago. So bring some cash to put in the boot. We'll pass it before the ride and have it available afterwards as well. Plan on participating in the apres-ride festivities. There will be brisket under the tent. Feel free to bring some potato salad or any other sides. And don't forget to bring your favorite beverage for the Dranking! The little bit of dust settling rain we received should make for very good trail conditions. 6 pm, behind ATX Bikes.

I've seen an internet site that everyone does this listing of their rig. But nobody ever makes weight a thing. No, "And my total weight is 70 pounds" or anything. Why is that not a thing?

This will take money of course. Please provide an address so I can mail a check.

Thanks litigious society. I stopped substitute teaching because I was scared of the possibilities. It would only take one girl saying I looked down her shirt or whatever to cause me great troubles. No hobby/past time is worth that worry.

I guess this is like my grandfather (born in Georgetown in 1899) telling me to never ask a fellow where they're from. You don't want to embarrass them if they're not from Texas, and if they are from Texas, they'll tell you soon enough anyway.

You mean a car like this? Because the original "argument (?)" was the definition of a bike being that it is pedal powered. So I thought it was a brilliant statement.

Excellent write up. Thanks for taking the time. I laughed out loud at "As I'm ascending this marvel of modern trail building I'm hearing the thunder of afternoon storms brewing over the mountain I came down..." Because I was picturing the cliche movie scenes about the poor sap hero that is having a terrible day asking, "what else could go wrong?" when, of course, it starts to rain on him.

The new segment is exactly one mile long. The strange thing is, and why there might be a way to remove the three wrong rides, is that only those three rides are being picked up. It would make sense if all 1500 of the rides were. Then it would be easy to say, "oops, the single track is too close to the road, and it won't be unique enough." But just those three. And I don't think those three times are super fast for that road segment. Pretty sure they are not in that segments top three. And they are all old times. One from 2011 for example.

Does anyone know how to get invalid segment times removed from Strava leader boards? There is a new single track segment that is close to a road. Three old times from old road rides, the top three, are showing up on the newly created segment. It is interesting that only three times are because I'm sure that the road segment has over a thousand times on it. This is of course a first world problem but it would be nice to get that new segment cleaned up. Those three riders didn't do anything wrong. They didn't cheat to get those times. It's just a glitch.

Next Bentonville trip I'm taking a spare tire. The rock there is fierce.

I was going to be the first to say this, but I just can't make that joke anymore, because I am actually pleased with the Srams on my new Giant Trance. It's still hard to believe after the nightmare I had with those damn Sram Elixirs I had on my Cannondale. I finally "fixed" those Srams (like the old joke goes) by replacing them with Shimanos.

I think it is our duty to society to preach about it. I don't try to push my believes about anything else on people (much), but since I have cracked three helmets, I KNOW that it's just a matter of time before a helmet will help someone. And all three times it saved me I wasn't attempting anything. Just out of nowhere type things. The one that I see that really gets to me is the parent without a helmet riding with their kid with one. Great lesson you're teaching their Dad! And maybe the best way to get through to the teenagers is to make a show about laughing at them. Say to your riding buddy as you go past the kid, "ha ha, did you see that DORK without a helmet?"

Onewheels are definitely NOT bicycles. But they look like a lot of fun in those trail videos. Horses are not bicycles either. But I have seen both user groups enjoying the Slaughter Creek Trail. Oranges are not apples. But I like to eat both. Depends on my taste at the moment. A marathon is usually a race with rules. But I would be willing to bet someone has had fun riding a scooter 26.2 miles at one point. Perhaps this reticence to embrace this new technology has something to do with not wanting to share the trail with even more people. If we allow them then no doubt that will result in even more use. But for me I get a lot of joy out of seeing anyone enjoying the trails. Except horses. I feel that horses damage the trails. And the poop of course. But the damage thing goes back to my major concern about ebikes.

But seriously, you are projecting your values, your "biggest pride points" on to me. One person cannot judge what gives another person joy. Maybe it doesn't matter to me how I get to the top of the hill. I just want to get to the top. But there's nothing stopping you from feeling some pride of getting to the top of the hill on human power though. I agree with the point you made about Strava times though. That aspect of Strava is not that important to me but I know it is to some people. I think that is a valid point about ebike usage. Perhaps Strava can come up with another category for them. Of course then it would depend on people being honest. But they have to be honest already by marking categories. How many people ride a bike now on trails and use the "run" category just to get a run KOM? (Do runners even do the KOM thing?)