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I’m just got an audiobook called the inflammation syndrome, you should check it out. I’m listening to audiobooks when riding now. It actually helps ride and pass the time.
What did you do with your bike this weekend?
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I changed the bottle cap stem cover to reflect European spring classics season. Ayinger Bavarian Dark Lager. This was difficult and I used many expensive tools. Thinking about posting a tutorial on my influencer channel.
Also, the cute picture reflects my excitement not to be racing in any spring classics
Also, the cute picture reflects my excitement not to be racing in any spring classics
Very well put. Seems like the industry also then markets these positions even more. Sort of a vicious cycle.
Took my Esker to my friend Jenna who owns Transit Cycles in Tucson. She’s an upstate NY punk rocker and roughly my age and we get along.
Needed a tune up and some adjustments and I try to support small independent bike shops. It’s similar to my Land Cruiser clients supporting my business.
I could have done everything she did (a lot slower and probably with much less precision and less expertise) but it was cool to come to the city, hang with Jenna (we riding tomorrow) and support the people who have been wrenching bikes for 20+ years—(I’ve come to the conclusion that true expertise survives when people who value expertise in general support it).
And, the good part, she lets me hang with her and we BS about life and bikes for three hours and we have lunch and coffee.
Highly recommend her skill set if you are in Southern AZ.
Needed a tune up and some adjustments and I try to support small independent bike shops. It’s similar to my Land Cruiser clients supporting my business.
I could have done everything she did (a lot slower and probably with much less precision and less expertise) but it was cool to come to the city, hang with Jenna (we riding tomorrow) and support the people who have been wrenching bikes for 20+ years—(I’ve come to the conclusion that true expertise survives when people who value expertise in general support it).
And, the good part, she lets me hang with her and we BS about life and bikes for three hours and we have lunch and coffee.
Highly recommend her skill set if you are in Southern AZ.
Installed an old Giant dropper I had in the parts bin on the new Wyatt fat bike I just got. The problem I ran into was the dropper lever I had was for ram matchmaker and the level breaks that came on the Wyatt are not matchmaker compatible. I figure eventually I’ll swap the brakes out on this bike for something better and I really like the wolf tooth dropper levers I so made an adapter to a sram bar clamp.
Since I work on LCs for a living, I really didn’t have the correct TW for the specs of bicycles (and hence why I’ve been shearing bolts and stripping them with my monkey wrenching…. 
)…
Anyway, shop life…. Tool guy loves me.
)…Anyway, shop life…. Tool guy loves me.
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Since I work on LCs for a living, I really didn’t have the correct TW for the specs of bicycles (and hence why I’ve been shearing bolts and stripping them with my monkey wrenching….
Anyway, shop life…. Tool guy loves me.
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Stop stripping your nuts, it's bad for your health
[Beep]Since I work on LCs for a living, I really didn’t have the correct TW for the specs of bicycles (and hence why I’ve been shearing bolts and stripping them with my monkey wrenching….
Anyway, shop life…. Tool guy loves me.
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Getting ready for a trip next weekend to the Swell in Utah. It's crazy how much stuff you can fit on your bike-and how quickly the weight adds up!
Love seeing these bike packing load outs. Thanks for sharing.
Quick sunset ride….
You know after numerous trips-I'm still dialing everything in. And still constantly repacking trying to find the "best" system for me.
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Changed the crank setup on the 84 Fisher from some old road crank to an original 84 Sugino AT. Going to give 36:24 front rings a try.
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Cage bling
Was planning on following the route from bikepacking.com. Did it last year and had fun. My buddy who was going to go with me-this was going to be his first bikepacking trip just cancelled. So, I might just do a local overnight route I put together.
Just itching to get out and ride and camp!
Thanks for pointing it out.
Hmm, might have to check this out for a future ride - A (San Rafael) Swell Night Out.
They're all popular off road trails in the Swell.
I've been ready to call the Epic E-Faux (aka Shenzhen Experiment) a failure. The Chinese (Airwolf?) made an amazingly good copy of a Specialized Epic frame. For 700$. It works flawlessly: performance really is undistinguishable from the real. But it creaked every time the rear triangle flexed. It drove me absolutely hot redhead nutz -- so bad that I ordered a 2025 Epic Evo 8 frame last week.
At first I had assumed it was the cheap saltwater-lubed bearings it came with. Replaced them all. Still creaked. Pedals? Nope. Seat-related (a mystery creak in my Niner turned out to be a seat rail issue a few years ago)? Unh uh. Nothing solved it. Or even helped.
Today as I started to strip the E-Faux for parts for the new frame, I couldn't let it go. I had to at least locate it (I was pretty sure it was main pivot). When I put the bike on the stand to go thru it again one more time, I noticed the rear brake had a little drag. The disc was pretty true, so I loosened the caliper to adjust it. The top bolt was not very tight. Like, 1/4 turn past finger tight. Hmmm. I adjusted the brake, properly torqued the bolts and ... silent bike.
Brake caliper bolt. That's a new one on my mystery noise list . . .
At first I had assumed it was the cheap saltwater-lubed bearings it came with. Replaced them all. Still creaked. Pedals? Nope. Seat-related (a mystery creak in my Niner turned out to be a seat rail issue a few years ago)? Unh uh. Nothing solved it. Or even helped.
Today as I started to strip the E-Faux for parts for the new frame, I couldn't let it go. I had to at least locate it (I was pretty sure it was main pivot). When I put the bike on the stand to go thru it again one more time, I noticed the rear brake had a little drag. The disc was pretty true, so I loosened the caliper to adjust it. The top bolt was not very tight. Like, 1/4 turn past finger tight. Hmmm. I adjusted the brake, properly torqued the bolts and ... silent bike.
Brake caliper bolt. That's a new one on my mystery noise list . . .
