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  1. 5 minutes ago, futureman said:

    you know, if mike would bring back the hammer I would 100% listen.  I wonder if he’s considered it. 

    He’s way too unstable. I don’t think Mike could ever forgive him (professionally, anyway) for what he put them through. 

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  2. I don’t get why Corby and the other ticket guys feel so butthurt and talk about Rhyner “destroying relationships”. Sure, it has to sting a little, but the iconoclastic, anti-establishment nature that led him to start the Ticket naturally led him to this point - and though iHeart is definitely the establishment from a radio industry standpoint, this station is definitely an upstart. 

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  3. "When he reached the New World, Cortez burned his ships. As a result his men were well-motivated."

    Lotsa burning of ships/bridges/what have you going on here...

  4. Good lord...

     

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    "(The) investigation found Paxton and his deputies have sought to turn cases to political advantage or push a broader political agenda, including staff screenings of a debunked film questioning the 2020 election. Adding to the unrest was the secretive firing of a Paxton supporter less than two months into his job as an agency advisor after he tried to make a point by displaying child pornography in a meeting."

     

  5. 22 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

    This damn thing, the next-to-last climb-turn on Harry Moss Blue, rarely fails to get me.

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    I have historically always gone right on this, although I note (and it's obvious here), that the rocks to the left probably offer an easier path, but it's exposed further to the left and avoiding a bar strike on that tree is a key consideration.  Like everything around here, it changes a little bit after big rains or long droughts.

    That small root right after the biggish one seems almost perfectly positioned to halt your momentum after bumping over the bigger one.  But it seems like it is always something different.  Today it was a pedal strike on the root by the front wheel in the pic.

    You can't see it in the pic, but the whole thing is obscured from the run-in because you have to turn a pretty sharp right to climb it.  So you kind of have to go by memory as to how to attack it.  Carrying a bit more speed/momentum would probably help, but it's a little hard to do because it's blind.

    I have successfully ridden it a few times, but without any real strategy, just luck.  Lately it has been foiling me.

    Looking at that photo gave me minor PTSD.  That damn spot gets me nearly every time.  I've started out doing the bypass first at HM, then the whole section on the other side of the bridge, and after doing orange and blue and getting back to trailhead I do the normal blue route with all the ups/downs since I'm warmed up by that point.

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  6. On 8/18/2022 at 7:50 AM, TwiceHorn said:

    Yeah, it helped me quite a bit, especially adding in the singlespeed experience.  And, I think carrying a faster cadence got my off the mtb exercise plateau and kind of jumpstarted my metabolism and got me to lose more weight than mtb alone.  The other thing is that its easier/safer, for me anyway, to ride to near exhaustion on the street/paved trail.

    One thing to kind of watch for though.  Paved riding got me more comfortable holding a higher gear on the trails, which actually wound up slowing me down and tiring me out a bit on the tight and twisties.  Carrying a high gear into a turn and then trying to accelerate out of it is a bit of a beating.

    Then you add in the Ripley, which is an absolute rocket, and I'm going faster and "completing" rides that used to take the better part of an hour in 30-40 minutes.  I have always had trouble motivating myself to "go round again."

    I have ridden about 100 miles a month since getting the Ripley.  With an assist from the parched weather, I haven't really ridden on the road much.  Looks like we might get some rain here soon that will put me back on the paved trails/streets.

    Also, if you ride the White Rock Creek paved trail going north, around Forest Lane, you'll have the option to take Cottonwood Creek trail north.  It's full of homeless encampments and gatherings right along the trail.  I didn't have any hostile encounters at all, but blowing through a group of them seems like it might set the stage for something unpleasant.

    Thanks for sharing that experience - that's helpful, especially the bit about high gear comfort level and its effect on MTB riding.  

    I've had a couple of friends who have had borderline-scary experiences on the Cottonwood Trail connector under the High Five interchange, so I avoid that and stick to WRC.  It's a damn shame they built that trail under there and don't do anything to police/maintain it.

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  7. I need to get out to LBH - haven’t ridden there in 15 years or more.

    I’ve gotten into a paved-trail kick this week - done three loops from North Dallas down along SoPac Trail to WRL, around the lake then back up via the WR Creek Trail. I started at Harry Moss the first two times, and then Valley View this am to get a longer ride.

    I share this here because I’ve seen past comments (from @TwiceHorn and others) about the value of road/paved trail riding for building endurance. I am already feeling that - I did 54 miles between those three rides, and each one felt a little better. I’m really looking forward to trying a DORBA trail again to see if it feels different - and if I should start rotating between the two more often.

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  8. 16 minutes ago, TKthunder2 said:

    https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article264300966.html
     

    Looks like they booked (and the park staffed) for 250 and over 500 showed even after it was canceled.

    Yes, and someone (unknown if the family) advertised it on social media in violation of terms of rental contract.

    Lots of issues at play here, but what it boils down to is the water  park totally mishandled the situation in a way that ultimately reflects very badly on them. 

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  9. In the past year, my high schooler has gone from "I don't think I want to live in Texas after I graduate HS" to "I really want to get out of the U.S. after college".  And he's not a dramatic kid prone to hyperbole.  I get it, but it also breaks my heart a bit.

    We're stuck in Big D for at least six more years due to kids and family obligations.  After that, who knows.  We love the mountains and northeastern NM is a frequent destination for us, but it's tricky for a lot of reasons already elucidated in this thread.

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  10. 1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

    So, it appears you've taken your bike on a number of fairly long trips, now.  Just put it on a rack, or have something else?

    What rack, may I ask?

    I have a Kuat Transfer that I am pretty happy with.  For no particularly rational reason, the idea of a long trip, say more than 100 miles, makes me nervous.

    I use a Thule Insta-Gater in my truck bed, usually with a couple additional tiedowns to help minimize any motion on the front wheel. It makes me feel better to have it in the bed and not on a hitch rack.  I did use a hitch rack a couple times on longer trips (a cheap one) for my kids’ bikes, and wrapped a couple cable locks around the bikes/hitch as additional proection. But honestly, if you have a Kuat, those things are about the best you can get besides a 1Up.

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  11. On 7/30/2022 at 8:34 PM, jw4381 said:

    Northern New Mexico is in a good monsoon this summer. Thanks be to Zeus. 

    We were in Taos for four days last week.  Had family shit to do most of the day, but I'm the only early riser of the bunch so I got up before 6am 3 of the 4 days.  Did hikes 2 of the days (Devisadero Loop, which was mentioned upthread - it's a great hike but I can't imagine trying to do that first uphill on a bike - and the El Salto del Agua Cañoncito trail near Arroyo Seco, which was gorgeous). 

    The last morning I took my bike up to Horse Thief Mesa near Arroyo Hondo.  Had a great ride, mostly, except when I took a jeep trail shortcut to shorten my ride a bit due to time and got stuck in quicksand-like mud (which I should have expected given the monsoons mentioned above).  Took 10 minutes of scraping it off with a stick once I got back to the singletrack to make it rideable again, and then chunks of mud flew off for another mile or two.  Views along the Gorge couldn't be beat, though.


     

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  12. 4 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

    The hubris it takes for you guys to think we should just shut the fuck up and be happy to get relegated is something. 

    Well, and as much as we all appreciate Texas at some level  (otherwise we probably wouldn’t be on this board), it’s not as though the Horns have been a player on the football stage in a decade or more.  The total package, sure, but this is about football. 

  13. 5 hours ago, TriStone said:

    Confirm with details then.  I'm always up for a good "Dale Hansen sucks" story.

    Eh, not much to report.  In the early '00s, I worked in a role where I had to deal with him a handful of times; he was always pretty curt and didn't appear to have any interest in learning people's names, etc. unless they were of a certain status level.  He was generous with charity, etc., though, so I guess there's that.

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