KootnaMoots
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| 08/16/2015 04:34 PM |
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Where did everybody go. I rode my bike, what now. Solitaire I guess |
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Orange Crush
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| 08/16/2015 05:32 PM |
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Funny enough I just ran into Canucklehead at Montreal airport. He's headed back to Calgary for Banff Gran Fondo; I am headed to Paris for Haute Route Alps.
More vrtual activity of forumites on FB than here though. |
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Dale
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| 08/16/2015 05:33 PM |
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Yeah, the place went quiet. I've been out of town... wedding Saturday then a funeral today.
Going to jump on the bike and get in 50 miles or so tomorrow morning. |
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THE SKINNY
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| 08/16/2015 07:08 PM |
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| i got in 25 miles of gravel, dirt and asphalt. not epic but much needed. ate pb&j overlooking a freshly burned longleaf pine forest. everything was either black or bright green. |
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| How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. |
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ChinookPass
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| 08/17/2015 10:32 AM |
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Spent the day riding around in the forest, then stopped to look at a big brown ugly volcano and some lake with dead logs floating in it. But I didn't take any pictures or selfies with my smartphone so maybe it didn't really happen.
On second thought, a pickup truck actually pulled over and let me pass on the descent so it definitely didn't happen. |
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huckleberry
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| 08/17/2015 10:51 AM |
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I just returned to the Bay Area from the Methow Valley - traded smoke for smoke ; )
Did my first road ride here in 9 months - didn't push it, except once - a nice mile long hill climb... I guess I can still get the HR up there. |
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longslowdistance
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| 08/17/2015 11:08 AM |
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| Going with fatter and tubeless tires on the adventure bike, looks like PeeWee Herman's baloon tires. Looking forward to floating on the gravel soon. |
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THE SKINNY
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| 08/17/2015 11:17 AM |
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| i put 2.0's on my fargo for just that reason. 40lbs of air and i'm good on most anything except sand. not tubeless though. |
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| How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. |
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ChinookPass
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| 08/17/2015 11:35 AM |
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LSD, fat tires on a road-like frame like this one?
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longslowdistance
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| 08/17/2015 12:04 PM |
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Not that fat! 45mm, up from 37, and hopefully better rolling, too.
Skinny, Fargo for me, too. What tires did you pick? |
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THE SKINNY
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| 08/17/2015 01:13 PM |
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| schwalbe big bens. pretty thick tires and durable from what i've heard. not supple though. more for commuting and touring but i rode some rough gravel roads this weekend with nary a problem. i put fenders on the bike that have clearance for 2.0 tires. i likes the 2.25 tires that came on the bike but i didn't want to wear them out on the road. i put them on the mtb and they were plush and grippy but i got a flat every time i rode. now they are hanging on the wall in the garage. i really like riding the fargo but i don't really care for the bike itself. it so damn ugly. |
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| How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. |
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