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01-22-2013, 06:42 PM
Thread: Best Pow Mountain Charger/Tree Ski
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The 183 Faction Royale is a good charger, and...
The 183 Faction Royale is a good charger, and nice in trees. 150-122-140, lots of rocker and flat underfoot.
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01-11-2013, 07:59 PM
Thread: Beacon in my bib pocket?
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Today I put my Tracker 2 in the pocket of my MH...
Today I put my Tracker 2 in the pocket of my MH pants with the lanyard on the D-ring inside the pocket. So much better than the harness. Will be doing this from now on unless someone convinces me...
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01-10-2013, 10:35 PM
Thread: "The Sad Generation"?
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How about if instead of halting aging of the...
How about if instead of halting aging of the physical body, we developed methods to keep the brain/cns alive inside of mechanical bodies? Sure it would be expensive, but with the massive increase in...
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01-10-2013, 08:14 PM
Thread: WOOT WOOT! Nukin' in Missoula
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I keep hearing shit about the bowl, but even if...
I keep hearing shit about the bowl, but even if they do suck they're the only game in town.
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01-06-2013, 05:33 PM
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Agree that it's probably the high limit screw. ...
Agree that it's probably the high limit screw. Also make sure that the pin you pushed back in to connect the chain isn't causing a stiff link and that the chain isn't too long.
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11-30-2012, 12:32 AM
Thread: Road bike yard sale
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Road bike yard sale
Before we made our escape from the Midwest, my wife and I were really into road biking, but not so much now that we have trails to ride on. Consequently, I've got this huge pile of road bike...
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11-23-2012, 11:33 PM
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Yet another want. Make them and I will buy them.
Yet another want. Make them and I will buy them.
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11-22-2012, 12:44 AM
Thread: WTB: Pedro's spoke wrenches
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Mostly seized nips on old shitty wheels with 2+...
Mostly seized nips on old shitty wheels with 2+ busted spokes and questionable tension. I've found that the one Pedro's wrench I have won't round even those, while Parks are a crank and pray...
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11-21-2012, 12:22 PM
Thread: WTB: Pedro's spoke wrenches
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WTB: Pedro's spoke wrenches
Any shop rats have a set of the nice pedros nipple spanners around? Looks like they got discontinued and I'm sick of rounding nipples with park wrenches. I only really need the green and red ones,...
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08-24-2012, 09:36 AM
Thread: What's Wrong With My Shifter?
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The crusty old dude at the bike shop I work for...
The crusty old dude at the bike shop I work for fixes a surprising number of shifters by douching them out with clean streak while running the levers, vibrating them with this weird head massager...
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06-06-2012, 07:39 PM
Thread: WTB - 15 mm fork off
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WTB - 15 mm fork off
I need one of those thinguses that adapt a 15mm thru axle to a fork mount rack. If anyone has one near Missoula, I'll trade a bottle of decent bourbon for it.
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04-17-2012, 01:51 PM
Thread: What do you think it's worth (road bike)
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Part it out. I had one of those frames for a...
Part it out. I had one of those frames for a while and it was waaay too flexible to sell well nowadays. Do what I did and sell/keep the good bits and stick the frame on ebay for whatever some...
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04-16-2012, 02:52 PM
Thread: Question for Missoulians
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I'll be in town for 5 days, so I may try for all...
I'll be in town for 5 days, so I may try for all 3, pending spousal approval...
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04-16-2012, 12:53 PM
Thread: Question for Missoulians
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Question for Missoulians
I'm visiting Missoula this week preparatory to moving there next month. Is it worth fishing the runoff conditions or should I try to find someone to ski with? Or maybe just drink heavily?
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02-15-2012, 10:12 AM
Thread: School me on skins
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One good thing about the G3's if your technique...
One good thing about the G3's if your technique sucks is the tip connector. I have Alpinists on hugely wide skis and I can't kick the tip off no matter how much I flail on the uptrack. When I...
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12-19-2011, 01:30 PM
Thread: Recommend a lightweight softshell
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I scored one of these NWT at a second-hand store...
I scored one of these NWT at a second-hand store for the absurd price of $30. I've only gotten really sweaty in it a handful of times so far, but it's been awesome. I wouldn't want to wear it while...
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11-11-2011, 05:55 PM
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With my wife, there is no way I would have picked...
With my wife, there is no way I would have picked something she liked, but we were just a few years out of college when we got engaged and she had absolutely no decent jewelery for me to compare with...
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11-11-2011, 02:32 PM
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Just to annoy everyone, I'm going to say that I...
Just to annoy everyone, I'm going to say that I found my wife's diamond in the middle of a fucking parking lot at around 10pm. I get lucky sometimes, apparently. Extra hilarity comes in when you...
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When we moved to UT from Bloomington IN a couple...
When we moved to UT from Bloomington IN a couple Februarys ago, we did it in one 26hr shot along the I-80 route with two spastic cats and all the crap we didn't want in the moving truck stuffed into...
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10-28-2011, 10:35 AM
Thread: Teaching dogs to stay off your skis
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Hilarious.
Hilarious.
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10-14-2011, 11:25 PM
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I have nothign to add besides the observation...
I have nothign to add besides the observation that a bellow thread would be hilarious. That may be the booze talking, though...
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10-14-2011, 11:19 PM
Thread: Provo river Sunday?
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Provo river Sunday?
Hey I've got to drop my wife off at the airport Sunday at 3:00 pm, anyone willing to show a drunk-posting hack flyfisher some fall action in Provo canyojn? I'll birng the beer, if that helps.
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10-13-2011, 01:39 PM
Thread: What should I do with $70,000?
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Yeah, shows how little I know about investments. ...
Yeah, shows how little I know about investments. Personally I'd invest in food stockpiles and a decent armory if preparing for true economic incontinence.
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10-13-2011, 01:25 PM
Thread: What should I do with $70,000?
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If you can expect more bonuses, might not be a...
If you can expect more bonuses, might not be a bad idea to get a vacation/retirement cabin somewhere cool. You could buy land this year and build with subsequent bonuses. If I had the kind of job...
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10-12-2011, 05:06 PM
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Poll: This whole thread reminds me of this: ...
This whole thread reminds me of this:
http://youtu.be/8r1CZTLk-Gk
"Oh really, what happened next? Did you fly through the air incredibly like a bird? Did you partake in the miracle of human... -
10-12-2011, 04:18 PM
Thread: WTB: Line Opus 185
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If you're around the SLC area, there was an ad on...
If you're around the SLC area, there was an ad on KSL a few weeks ago for a pair.
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10-07-2011, 04:15 PM
Thread: Sandwiches
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Totally agree, and I've only lived here for 1.5...
Totally agree, and I've only lived here for 1.5 years or so, so it's entirely possible I've just missed the good places. I kinda think that North Utah people just don't get the sandwich love though....
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10-07-2011, 02:52 PM
Thread: Sandwiches
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Oh man I could totally flay a friggin' Reuben...
Oh man I could totally flay a friggin' Reuben right now. About the only food I'm a bit of a purist about. Corned beef on rye with Swiss, sauerkraut and thousand-island type dressing. Any variation...
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10-06-2011, 03:33 PM
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Yep, tagged. Came out of the lower section Logan...
Yep, tagged. Came out of the lower section Logan river in N. Utah. They stock this section of the river pretty heavily with rainbows, so it wouldn't surprise me if this was part of some study or...
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10-06-2011, 02:33 PM
Thread: Best Weather App for Droid?
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Weatherbug FTW. Got it from the Amazon market...
Weatherbug FTW. Got it from the Amazon market free-app-a-day thing a few months ago and it's been on my homescreen ever since. Sucks a small amount of battery, but not out of proportion to the...
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10-06-2011, 02:27 PM
Thread: 2011 SLC/Wasatch Area Ski Swaps
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Bird swap sucked big rocks up off the ground. ...
Bird swap sucked big rocks up off the ground. Stuff was either way overpriced or beat to shit. Trip wasn't wasted, as I stopped by 2nd tracks and scored a $10 ice axe and $65 gore-tex jacket. ...
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10-06-2011, 01:53 PM
Thread: RIP Steve Jobs
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I love that Jobs/Apple have always done new...
I love that Jobs/Apple have always done new things and made them work well enough that everyone else has to follow along and make their stuff even better. Personally, I have despised every Apple...
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10-05-2011, 03:42 PM
Thread: Wasatch Conditions 11-12
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Sweet! I'm down there this weekend, just might...
Sweet! I'm down there this weekend, just might need to bring some skis with me... Maybe it would put a stop to the annoying dreams where I show up somewhere to ski awesome powder but forget my...
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10-05-2011, 03:29 PM
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Albino rainbow? First one of these I've caught. ...
Albino rainbow? First one of these I've caught. Made it easy to know where to cast, as orange fish kinda stand out...
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09-28-2011, 04:36 PM
Thread: First-World Problems
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Our dryer shit the bed, and the washer is...
Our dryer shit the bed, and the washer is circling the drain. Replacing the goddamn things means I probably have to settle for shitty used powder skis this year instead of the new awesome ones I...
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09-27-2011, 12:58 PM
Thread: Line Opus?? Feed me info!
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There were a few pairs in a shop here. Pretty...
There were a few pairs in a shop here. Pretty light for their size, and the tail rocker was similar to the tip rocker, maybe a bit shorter. Fwiw, hand flexing they were stiffer than Obsetheds, but...
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09-27-2011, 12:08 PM
Thread: Fall Browns
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My meager contribution: ...
My meager contribution:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/rustisamust/fish.jpg
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09-26-2011, 11:23 AM
Thread: PSA: EVO extra 20% off Sale
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Yeah everybody, you're not allowed to get the...
Yeah everybody, you're not allowed to get the most for your limited recreational dollars, you have to go pay extra to your local overpriced shop to subsidize their inability to compete in the modern...
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09-20-2011, 11:50 AM
Thread: 2011 SLC/Wasatch Area Ski Swaps
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Thanks. Mostly looking for touring stuff and a...
Thanks. Mostly looking for touring stuff and a good hardshell. I'll hope for no rain then.
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09-20-2011, 10:40 AM
Thread: 2011 SLC/Wasatch Area Ski Swaps
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Bump to ask people's thoughts on the most...
Bump to ask people's thoughts on the most worthwhile of this list. Going to all of them is a bit prohibitive, and I've not lived in UT for long enough to form my own opinions.
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08-30-2011, 11:37 AM
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That profile looks niiice. Do they measure true...
That profile looks niiice. Do they measure true to the marked size? 182 is on the low end of what I'd like for a mixed BC/resort soft-snow ski, so hopefully they don't run short. Could always sack...
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08-29-2011, 12:56 PM
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Awesome. +lots.
Awesome.
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08-29-2011, 10:53 AM
Thread: Hiking in ski boots
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This is the kind of advice that puts me in awe of...
This is the kind of advice that puts me in awe of this place. Never would have thought of solving the twin problems of booze storage and frozen drink tubes in such a simple fashion. Can't wait to...
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08-26-2011, 04:48 PM
Thread: Hiking in ski boots
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Can I save weight by filling a single hip flask...
Can I save weight by filling a single hip flask with whiskey that's twice as good as what I'd normally take, or is the second flask considered essential redundancy?
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08-18-2011, 04:28 PM
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And here I was with a pretty good idea of what I...
And here I was with a pretty good idea of what I wanted for next season... Now I'm not so sure. These seem superficially similar to the K2 sidestash I demoed last season, but wider, lighter, and...
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08-18-2011, 09:43 AM
Thread: SNOWBOARD PAINTBALL !!!!!!!!!
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So I expected this to be people on snowboards...
So I expected this to be people on snowboards shooting each other with paintballs, which would have been pretty sweet, but snowboards with built-in paintball guns are way cooler. Now someone needs...
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08-12-2011, 09:01 AM
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"moonstone ski jacket, hardshell. lots of nice...
"moonstone ski jacket, hardshell. lots of nice features and like new condition $50"
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08-11-2011, 09:28 AM
Thread: Wasatch Conditions 10-11
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So hey I'm coming down to SLC this Saturday to...
So hey I'm coming down to SLC this Saturday to get my redneck on at a gun show. Anyone willing to show my gapetastic ass how this Main chute shit goes down? Or should I just drive up LCC and look...
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08-03-2011, 10:51 PM
Thread: 22.5hr Solo Crystal Range PondSkim TR
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Srsly awesome.
Srsly awesome.
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08-03-2011, 10:36 PM
Thread: Cheap fly fishing kits, any good?
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Well, it's not all instant gratification, for...
Well, it's not all instant gratification, for sure, but I've definitely got a problem with losing interest. I really love the early experimenting stage where I'm way in over my head but having a...
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