Mattlikesbikes

The picture looks like it was taken along the edge of a wall, so it appears the front tire is super narrow, but you can only see part of it. I love those Ardent 2.4s, great tires.

I had one pop at a seam, tried to see if my vacuum sealer would work, no dice. I wouldn't use any type of glue of chemical on it either. I just called the company and they sent me a new one free.

This is how I have always done it as well. But when I think more about it, if the lip on the rocker isn't structural, it seems a notch would just be aesthetic anyway. Again, hoping I don't need it.

The rocker isn't flat, so it is pretty hard to clamp it down so I can then hammer on the race. I'm in Colorado this week, but next week when I am home I'll probably put a round grinder on it and just start grinding in on spot (not cutting). See if the combo of heat and thining a section of the race will get it out. I think as a worst case maybe the notch. If it comes out I'll replace it and the bearing on the other side rocker. The rest of the bearings on the bike seem good. Glad I brought too bikes this trip.

All right hive mind. Saturday I had a great SS ride on my FS SS - a Milkmoney 4.0. Started to take it out yesterday for a ride and had a horrible creak. Looks like one of the bearings on the rocker disintegrated. Inner race still stuck to the bolt and outer race stuck in the rocker. On this rocker, the bearing pushes in and sits against a lip on the rocker so it doesn't push all the way through (well, like most rockers). It seems like the lip is purely for bearing retainage/keeping it aligned. Any thoughts on notching it? Purely last ditch. Plan to start with heat gun. Because of the lip, it will be tough to cut all the way through the race, but I can probably get close and start prying. Edge wear from riding bearing free is on the beefier side of the rocker, and is where I would notch. No part of the rocker normally would contact the frame. Hoping to avoid a $150 rocker set.

Two reminders - 1. If your bikes share a garage with your kids, regularly check your shock settings. My bike felt like crap last week. Turns out some kid thought the rear shock damper was fun to turn and firmed the return up all the way. 2. When you pick up significant altitude over Austin, like say Colorado, re-sag your suspension. I had a long ride yesterday, including some ski resort downhill, and barely used 70% of my travel. Guess that altitude changed by fork and shock numbers.

Sweet. I was thinking just the lake singletrack, skip some of the new stuff just to keep it closer to 20 miles. Thanks for the heads up.

I'm a Melanzana junkie and have an appointment to shop on Thursday. Figured if I was making the drive out there I would hit a trail in the area as well.

In Breck this week and filling out my dance card with trails over here. But I'll be in Leadville on Thursday and looking to put together 3hrs of riding or so. Seems like the best option for singletrack is to just play around Turquoise Lake? Then do the Sugarloaf Lollipop, then Turquoise Lake Rd back to the truck? Anything else worth exploring?

I've got a few hundred miles on my steel gravel bike on BB7s and have never had an issue with them. Hydraulic is great, but I just don't see the need on the road.

Do you have an air gap between the ends of the wood and the house?

They keep saying lumber prices are going to go down. I hope so. I have a 12'x50' deck to build.

Right around 4 years ago as well for me. I rode a BMW F650GS. Put 15k on it in 3 years then didn't touch it once my daughter was born. Just didn't feel worth it anymore. Though I am sort of thinking about a dirt bike, eventually, I have no plans to ride the street again.

I'm leaning towards buying a specific wax and not the diy mix it yourself.

Off to Goodwill I go.

Anyone here doing the whole hot wax chain lube? And does it matter for a singlespeed without concern for shifting performance?

Going back again this summer. Last summer stayed a little closer to town - Flumes loop, Peaks Trail, and the classic loop. Looking for other recommendations. Mostly for starts from town, but open to loops (15-20mi) or point rides where the wife can drop me off. Been looking around MTB Project, so good trails info, just looking for hints on stringing stuff together. Also, looks like the ski resort is open for riding, any insight? More focused on XC and trail than lift run.

The french and the belgians like to double fry their fries. So they end up a little crispier. Really helps when they are bigger/thicker as well.

If you had a decent CHL class, they made it VERY clear that this is where you need to start the conversation with the police when they show up.

No frame but I have a Kona Project 2 rigid fork if you find yourself with a straight fork frame.

Probably in the $3-400 range. Which I know Covid has totally F'd up. Even frame/fork is workable, as I have a garage full of parts and know a wheel builder.

90% of the time I am in my spanky bottoms (Black Bib Co) but I'd like to pick up another pair or two of baggy shorts. No liner. Anyone have an Amazon favorite? I cannot do $100 Oakley shorts or similar, that is just silly. I'm not looking for some built in protection, just cover my butt up. https://www.amazon.com/Ally-Mountain-Bicycle-Cycling-Loose-fit/dp/B08XM716ST/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=mens%2Bmountain%2Bbike%2Bshorts&qid=1625597161&sr=8-5&th=1 Since most of these less expensive options seem to come from Asia, any insight of actual fit would be great.

Cosby is still a rapist, he admitted it. He is sunk. He did some time, but we can all agree not enough. What is FAR more important is that a precedent wasn't set that would allow the government to take back their own promises. There has to be integrity in the legal system (certainly more than there is now). If the court had allowed Cosby to stay in jail, ignoring the prosecutors fuck up, the could have created a far larger precedent.

I was in Missouri this past weekend visiting my grandfather. He lives in an assisted living home and of the 10 times I went through the front doors, only once did they screen me. As I am signing the sheet I notice the column for fully vaccinated and I was LITERALLY the only person of the 20 visible names that said yes. These are people coming to visit their loved ones. The next day there was an article in the local paper saying that while the state was doing well with seniors, only 30% of the state was vaccinated. No wonder they are having a huge spike in Delta. Needless to say, the kids were masked the whole time (and generally kept out of public) and we went back to full shit-show protocols (6', wash hands all the time and hand sani, take-out only, etc). Now Pops survived Covid already and has been vaccinated, so he may well be bulletproof at this point.

Shouldn't they actually just be saying "we accept returns"?