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  1. coming back from the lake yesterday, passing through Liberty Hill, a wheel came rolling at us. fortunately, it decided to head for the ditch on the other side, and left us alone. about 50 yards further, across an intersection, was what looked like an otherwise mint mid-60s convertible black 'vette sitting on the shoulder, minus the left rear, with a Ric Flair clone in the driver's seat. just a surreal moment. we were approaching the light, so we had cars all around us and nowhere to go. it's a weird, helpless feeling watching a tire come bounding toward you on the road. hopefully, I've now checked that of the list and won't see another one in the wild ever again.
  2. you're on the right track. just need a chainbreaker to remove the busted link. I carry a couple sets of quicklinks, as you call them. when you damage a link, it seems to increase the likelihood of another link also being compromised. quicklinks are light. I would rather not run a shortened chain, but it can be done in an emergency. no need for the special quicklink pliers on the trail. they're really only necessary to disengage the quicklink when you want to remove your whole, undamaged chain. to lock the quicklink after the chain has been re-wrapped onto the cogs, squeeze the brake and give the pedals a firm spin. as far as bacon, it depends. a lot of times, it can be a permanent repair. a sidewall puncture, or a particularly big tread puncture is likely to be problematic, so you'll end up replacing the tire sooner rather than later. a tube repair on a tubeless tire, imo, is a "just get me back to the truck" thing. I don't carry one in my regular pack---only in my Blowfish, which really only sees use in bad weather to hold a jacket, lonnnng hot ride days when I need the extra water, or when I'm carrying a folding saw for trail work. I also have a piece of heavy downhill tube to help support big sidewall tears and keep the real tube inside from herniating.
  3. in my little Dakine pack, I carry a very minimalist Lezyne CO2 trigger. in my Blowfish pack, I have an old Blackburn manual pump and one of those black and green plastic CO2 deals. can't remember the brand. on your porch storage obsession:
  4. unless you like to keep your garage open all the time, it should be fine for storing your bike without locking it to something. thieves look for targets of opportunity; which means visible and easily accessible. gararaging your bike is fine, as long as you keep the door down when you're not in it our outside, near it. if thieves have the time to hack through chains to get to your bike, you got much bigger problems. I carry a Crank Bros multi-tool. it's heavy, especially for the (little) use I get out of it. but it has a chain tool, fwiw. a bacon kit is mandatory, imo (unless you're running tubes).
  5. that. not wondering if your shit will work in fast-moving situation will free you up to be a better rider.
  6. don't deserve? because you stored your bike outside? 😜 SLX checks all my boxes: tough, reliable, relatively cheap.
  7. my Fox experience is limited, basically ending in 2009 with the 80mm air fork I spec'd on my SS. have never loved it, but I don't hate it, exactly. it would be unrealistic to expect a fork like that to make a hardtail feel plush over the rocky stuff we ride here in Austin. I liked the Vanillas I had, at least until the springs wore out. main reason I never gave Fox another shot is pricing. just never seemed like a good value. and those Talas forks of theirs, packed with "features" like adjustable travel. I just want smooth functionality with low maintenance; and all that fancy stuff just seemed counter to that MO. I assume they're easier tune now than they used to be. I had a Zoke for a while. liked it a lot; much more than the Foxes. sort of a custom Frankenstein build by a former employee of theirs that started a side business doing rebuilds and refurbs of their stuff. when I went up to 29" wheels on the trail bike, it just became a wall hanging in the garage. academic, because I love my Lyrik. never thought I'd say that about a fork. performs great, I got a nice deal on it, and it's super-easy to tune and maintain. good luck with the new ride, 2X. I probably would have stuck with the Marin for the SLX drive train, but that's upgradable on the Ibis, if you're patient and watch for deals (eBay can be a good source).
  8. so, not a stoner or an inline skater, eh? @shank: SING IT, MUTHAFUCKA
  9. all these brokedicks that can't send an email without cc'ing 3 levels of management, as if I won't respond without their entourage in tow. I can't believe we pay these people. just tattoo it on your ignorant forehead, you worthless piece of shit: "I am the 80%".
  10. oh, they just blamed him for everything
  11. but SAP is staying to help degrade Russian production.
  12. not to go all Nicole BDE, but I think it was fenix that triggered this for me. Dear Ukraine:
  13. some of you dipshits need to work on your manual ignore skills. just enjoy the tits, skip the text, and keep scrolling.
  14. I don't SS on the trail much anymore. it was a lot of fun for a while. teaches you a lot about floating bumps and planning your accelerations to get up stuff. but the bike geometry is way too different (69* head angle, which was considered slack back in '09), and only 3" of travel on the front. my old bones just can't do it, anymore. I still take it out on the street for training. still geared for hills (32-20). did 8.31mi with 824ft of climbing, one day last week. cut it short when I felt some moisture on my calves that turned out to be Stan's spraying out of a puncture in my back tire. no kit. house key on a string. held long enough to get me home, though. took 3 strips of bacon to fix it. still need to ride-test it. did Spider again, yesterday. Sidewinder is easily my new favorite trail there, so wanted to film it. wish I could jump. uncorked one on Antidote off-camera that launched me over the landing zone into a nose wheelie for 5 or 6ft. so I slipped back into my usual wet noodle style for the rest of the day. did get a taste of the wall ride, finally. transition's not nearly as abrupt as it looks. since I was up there and it was blowing (gusty to 30+, as it turned out), I went for a sail, afterward. wanted to test out a new camera setup. put the 6 on top, and the old 5 on the boom, (where it usually goes). water was cold (56*), so my feet were numb when they weren't cramping from dehydration. it'd be nice if @G650's boys could up their camera game to match their sailing. I need to do the opposite. enjoy.
  15. no bike shop is ever going to care as much about your bike as you do. I didn't start doing all my own wrenching because I'm a cheapskate (well, ok, I am, but that's beside the point). I did it because I got tired of having experiences like that. but, yes, was a great day to ride, if not film (high contrast shadows everywhere). 9.16 miles and 1189ft of climbing, today.
  16. They were 2A champions now for for two years running But he says they won't be this year, no they won't be this year...
  17. got some of what passes for snow around here, this morning. crunching through packed sleet and ice. traction was surprisingly good, except on some of the fast, flat corners that had fully melted. no down trees, which was good. most of the little frosty crystals that were standing up on my tires had melted by the time I got my phone out of my pack for this pic.
  18. second from the left must be Aunt Boobs
  19. leveled-up my cheese hinge game, today. stuff is legit. the back of my head was sweating. one with yellow mustard, one with spicy brown to mix things up. Dixieland Hot Chow-Chow. no racist.
  20. back on a less expensive topic: I'll see your TP roll and raise you a butter stick
  21. guy on the left looks to me like Gunny Hartman, demonstrating the proper technique for strokin' it in the Marine Corp.
  22. already got 87 lids, we don't use. she found one that fit, so crisis averted for her lemon ginger tea. don't need any more lids, thanks. besides, my wife and daughter had a 10 minute conversation at the dinner table this week about which hair conditioner to use that didn't have parabens(?) or silicone or whatever other toxins in it. pretty sure suggesting silicone pot lids would be met with more fecal epithets.
  23. where were you yesterday when I was reheating a leftover cheeseburger patty?
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