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Haha. I’ve avoided riding there recently for sure.

In my experience, any measurable rain in July brings them out in droves. If rain halts, they’ll be gone in a few weeks. There is a technique if out running them doesn’t work: (don’t wear bibs, or tight fitting jerseys) Stop. Wave your hands around to keep em off torso and keep a close eye on both legs. Wait for one to land and wait about 1 second. They can’t fly when they’re about to bite. Easy to kill them with a slap. Killed 17 of them once on GB. It’s not fun, but works.

Ya, I’d show that to customer and how it happened. Then let him know it’s weakened because of it and may break, which could cause catastrophic failure. I would have something for customers to sign when/if they decline that states you recommended replacement and risks of not.

This recent article presents a different take on this, a bit of a departure with RAD as something static across frame sizes; addresses the issues of fit across riders of differing heights. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/importance-of-handlebar-height-mountain-bike.html

Thanks mack-turtle. Super helpful. Combining the PVD stuff made RAD make sense. Thing missing was how you could have same RAD with different lengths/heights on the other two sides of the triangle, so to speak. A while back, noticed how reluctant I was to stand and pedal on steeper tech. Bar felt too far back when standing to get good leverage on bars when pulling up. Recently lengthened stem (committing new geo heresy) and lowered bar, keeping RAD the same, but really improved bike feel especially on technical ups when out of the saddle. Your spreadsheet helped explain this.

Yep, just the other day passed a guy on uni at bcgb. He was skilled and looked in his 50s. And , it was just after thinking how I had not seen one in years, that maybe it was one of those things that a such a small percentage of people engaged in that once they had moved on, the trend died.

I have a shimano 9 speed der

Once again, I've caught someone else pulling on door handles on cars - he's been arrested. Caught a bald man walking his bike down the street around 11:35 PM this evening pulling on car door handles again in our neighborhood. Thank you to the neighbor who helped me out and confronted him as well, apologies if I seemed scattered as I was on the phone with 911. He was arrested and police said he had a very nice bike he was riding on, so if anyone has had their bike stolen, a Niner Sir9, I have a case number for you. .

Yeah, saw it on news last night. I was in CO last week and there was smoke from fires and it looked a lot like that. Thanks for replies and overlooking post to wrong sub.

Anyone know whats up with the haze today. I check online and air quality index is good but was up in NW hills area and couldn’t really even see buildings downtown.

S/M -- anytime. Also, Kali has their own version of MIPS with same idea of protection against torsional force.

Really like my Kali Interceptor- well vented, light mount, crash replacement (which I’ve used - no concussion fwiw). Used several Fox and 6d helmets in the past.

My book: They like primary colors like red and blue. The darker, the more they like. They are the worst the 7-14 days after any significant rainfall in the months of July and August. When they are literally hunting me down, I stop pedaling and keep them off my torso and arms by waving a bit, and encourage them to land on my legs. They will. And just before they bite, they are completely vulnerable and you can rather easily slap them into oblivion. It kinda detracts from a ride , but it gets the most aggressive ones that will otherwise follow you and likely bite you as u ride. One particular ride on S16 GB i killed something like 17 of them - few years ago. Now I mostly avoid areas with water nearby after any big rain.

Also of note, the Montopolis bridge over the river is closed while they restore and renovate it. It makes connecting to Govalle and South WC trail from Lady Bird via Guerrero, less pleasant

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