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09-28-2021, 10:48 AM #3276
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09-29-2021, 09:10 PM #3280Not a skibum
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So I’ve found sharp wire snips to do a serviceable job, though should actually buy the real thing I guess.
Back to rant though…. Been riding for a long time and I still don’t see how the fuck your giant trail destroying machine is also allowed to shit everywhere and anywhere. Fuck you take your giant prey animal somewhere else.
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09-29-2021, 10:03 PM #3281
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09-29-2021, 10:47 PM #3282Registered User
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I never got around to acquiring one of those because long ago I realized I already had the ideal tool for the job: Dremel tool with a thin cutoff wheel. Takes a little more touch and a few seconds longer, so maybe not ideal for a shop. But as often as I need to cut housing at home, it’s perfect: nothing makes a cleaner cut.
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09-30-2021, 04:30 AM #3283
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09-30-2021, 06:02 AM #3284
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09-30-2021, 08:20 AM #3285
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09-30-2021, 08:38 AM #3286Registered User
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Yep, amazon has them arriving today. I bought the front pads and mineral oil at the local LBS and overpaid by about 100% (fucking $45 for XT pads, gofuckyourself), so this new set for the rear was purchased through the big evil A. I was honestly due for this- ive never been careful with using SC1 on the bike, chain lube splashes everywhere, etc. Good, reminder to not be stupid/careless when wrenching.
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09-30-2021, 08:45 AM #3287Registered User
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Yep, part of the "touch" I was referring to. Too fast and it melts plastic, too slow and...also melts plastic, as it's in contact too long. Doesn't really matter though, as I always finish the inner plastic (and would with a cable cutter as well) with a center punch (or spinning a small phillips head in there works too), to open it up and make sure nothing's unnecessarily binding. I've never had to re-cut, and do think it's the best method.
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09-30-2021, 08:52 AM #3288Registered User
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09-30-2021, 09:03 AM #3289www.dpsskis.com
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formerly an ambassador for a few others, but the ski industry is... interesting.
Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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09-30-2021, 02:24 PM #3290
Good rant, sort of.
I had to go down to the Really Big today to meet with a buddy and discuss some projects. Last night he sent a cryptic text, "Hey bring your bike". He has helped me a bunch and I am helping him albeit as I charge his company a lot of $$$ so I complied.
When we were done meeting I followed him in his work truck to the bottom of the area gondola, parked my truck, loaded my bike in his rig and he drove me about 3000' feet up to the top. This is in the Billionaires club and they shut down for biking on Sunday, they had one of the really good trail building companies (Terraflow) hard at work the past 2 years building 3 DH flow trails and he wanted me to sample the mainline and give my feedback.
6 miles and 3K vertical later and after almost running over a Mama and cub I told him what I thought. "too bad its not open to everyone".
I am not much of a flow fan but that was some fine trail building.I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
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09-30-2021, 05:05 PM #3291Registered User
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10-04-2021, 09:04 AM #3292
When a person catches your group ride from behind, don't race to get ahead of him. There is a reason I caught you, even if your group ride is holding you back. This is especially true if your descending on your carbon hard tail and they're not.
If your riding on one of the biggest Sunday afternoons of the year, with majestic color everywhere, turn it down a little on the decents so you don't have to pitch it sideways to keep from hitting the climbing riders. Don't say, "What are you upset about", when you come to a stop two inches from my front tire. I'm upset because you almost hit me and scarred the shit out of me!
Rant over.
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10-04-2021, 09:52 AM #3293
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10-04-2021, 10:15 AM #3294
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10-04-2021, 10:26 AM #3295
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10-04-2021, 11:02 AM #3296
#1 is a major pet peeve of mine. Either from big groups or people who are stopped and take off right as you get to them. Invariably they get 50' ahead with their fresh legs then burn out and you have to go around them.
Heard an interesting rant from a couple guys on the spine after a hiker refused them the right of way. Which they didn't really have. Oddest argument ever, guess the couldn't get off their bike on the loose-as-shit B line and the hiker stood his ground. Words were exchanged. Nobody thought of just moving 2' to the side and calming the fuck down. Weird vibes."Your wife being mad is temporary, but pow turns do not get unmade" - mallwalker the wise
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10-04-2021, 11:56 AM #3297Not a skibum
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This for sure, but I've also been in the opposite, where on very fast group rides (they do exist, though generally rare) we stop and regroup, but then immediately catch the plodding along rider(s) that we let go ahead.
In either case, rule #1 "Don't be a dick" applies, including to your second point.
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10-04-2021, 12:04 PM #3298
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10-04-2021, 12:30 PM #3299Registered User
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Anyone have anything they'd like to rant about?
Im not a big stickler for uphill right of way, but when it’s a spot where traction is needed and getting started again easily is less than optimal I notice it a lot more. Especially when the descending group is spread out and lead by a local pro. This is the second time I’ve seen his group do this and act like the uphillers are in their way.
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10-04-2021, 12:31 PM #3300Registered User
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One of my pet peeves with e-bikes as well - if you're going to pass me on the uphill but don't know how to descend, be ready to get out of the way when I catch you.
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