Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 22258041)

Just joking, I know, you're smarter than to stereotype bats like that. But most people don't realize how beneficial bats are to our everyday lives, they devour tons of insects each evening. We'd be overrun with insects if not for them, in fact I can accurately tell when my bathhouse is occupied and when it's not by the number of daytime insects flying around pestering me in my yard.

It's a good thing they don't fly during the day, all of nature's pollinators would be in trouble.

Originally Posted by sbxx1985 (Post 22257951)

It's been a banner year for apples and berries and our neighborhood is full of fruit trees. Lewis loves it and is a nutcase when he gets all sugared up on apples. We had him lean and at his fighting weight and now he eats apples all day. When he eats a lot of fermented ones, he gets all wiggity.

Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22258053)

My MIL was bitten by a bat about 10-15 years ago. She's now bat**** crazy. Not sure if there is a correlation.

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 22258029)

Play video above and go to 6:36. Pretty sure that's what he is saying but maybe the context is different? Listen and let me know. Pretty sure he is wrong but I am willing to admit when I am the one who is wrong.

Heck, I am a married man so I am quite good at that!

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 22257994)

Did you see the new Aero Orca, with the aero toolbox on the downtube, behind the front wheel? Time to cancel the Madone. :innocent:

:p

Originally Posted by sbxx1985 (Post 22258058)

Another bat stereotype.

Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22258053)

My MIL was bitten by a bat about 10-15 years ago. She's now bat**** crazy. Not sure if there is a correlation.

Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 22258057)

It's a banner year for my pear tree, too. Alas, also for my neighbor's black walnut tree which is pummeling the hell out of my yard.

Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 22258073)

I think there's a pre-existing gene for that in MIL's.

Mine was no exception, that's how I'm on my second wife. :(

Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22258053)

My MIL was bitten by a bat about 10-15 years ago. She's now bat**** crazy. Not sure if there is a correlation.

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22257702)

wut

You weren't joking. This kind of cheating is what we're up against, East Coasters!


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...7430eba656.png

Originally Posted by genejockey (Post 22257902)

Waxed the Ironman's frame and fork last night and started the build. Annoyingly, the BB has LOOSE ball bearings, so I had to count them into two dishes, then fill the cups with grease and use tweezers to place them. Not too bad with the adjustable cup, but reaching through the BB shell to place the ones in the fixed cup was a pain. All that time spent working on watches turns out really useful - I can not only pick up ball bearings with greasy tweezers, but also pick them up holding the tweezers in my LEFT hand, AND I can pick them up with my right hand and switch the tweezers to my left hand to place them. I'm very impressed with my own dexterity.

I spent a bit of time trying to get the adjustment of the BB correct. I thought I'd got it right, but then when I put the cranks on I could feel play. So I took the NDS crank back off, and adjusted. A couple times, I'd gotten rid of all the play without it getting 'crunchy', but then when I tightened the lockring it had play. I THINK I've got it right now.

So then I greased the headset cups and put that and the fork together, and ran into a problem - the bike came with one of those reflectors that fit into the headset like a spacer. I don't want that, so I took it off. And the lock nut bottoms out before it reaches the adjusting nut. Now I have to find a 1" x 2mm spacer. You'd think that would be easy - BITD, they must have been a dime a dozen. Not anymore. Now you have to buy a kit for $15-40, with spacers from 2mm to 1cm. Also, everyone's headset is now 1 1/8", so 1" are hard to find. So, I just installed the brakes and derailleurs and called it a night.

Oh, and I still haven't found my chain tool.

Originally Posted by sbxx1985 (Post 22257937)

That sounds terrible.

Originally Posted by bampilot06 (Post 22258137)

Riding around the Airline Campus

Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 22258073)

I think there's a pre-existing gene for that in MIL's.

Mine was no exception, that's how I'm on my second wife. :(

Originally Posted by Eric F (Post 22258160)

IMO, it's a crapshoot. Both of my MILs have been awesome. I miss them both.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 22258140)

I know. Can't stand Steely Dan, either.

Originally Posted by seedsbelize2 (Post 22258128)

Why not cut the reflector part off with a dremel, then go in with a dremel to clean it up?

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 22258140)

I know. Can't stand Steely Dan, either.

Originally Posted by bampilot06 (Post 22258137)

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...d3af65653.jpeg

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...56fe87931.jpeg


Riding around the Airline Campus

Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22258053)

My MIL was bitten by a bat about 10-15 years ago. She's now bat**** crazy. Not sure if there is a correlation.

Originally Posted by genejockey (Post 22257902)

Waxed the Ironman's frame and fork last night and started the build. Annoyingly, the BB has LOOSE ball bearings, so I had to count them into two dishes, then fill the cups with grease and use tweezers to place them. Not too bad with the adjustable cup, but reaching through the BB shell to place the ones in the fixed cup was a pain. All that time spent working on watches turns out really useful - I can not only pick up ball bearings with greasy tweezers, but also pick them up holding the tweezers in my LEFT hand, AND I can pick them up with my right hand and switch the tweezers to my left hand to place them. I'm very impressed with my own dexterity.

I spent a bit of time trying to get the adjustment of the BB correct. I thought I'd got it right, but then when I put the cranks on I could feel play. So I took the NDS crank back off, and adjusted. A couple times, I'd gotten rid of all the play without it getting 'crunchy', but then when I tightened the lockring it had play. I THINK I've got it right now.

So then I greased the headset cups and put that and the fork together, and ran into a problem - the bike came with one of those reflectors that fit into the headset like a spacer. I don't want that, so I took it off. And the lock nut bottoms out before it reaches the adjusting nut. Now I have to find a 1" x 2mm spacer. You'd think that would be easy - BITD, they must have been a dime a dozen. Not anymore. Now you have to buy a kit for $15-40, with spacers from 2mm to 1cm. Also, everyone's headset is now 1 1/8", so 1" are hard to find. So, I just installed the brakes and derailleurs and called it a night.

Oh, and I still haven't found my chain tool.

Originally Posted by sbxx1985 (Post 22257951)

It's been a banner year for apples and berries and our neighborhood is full of fruit trees. Lewis loves it and is a nutcase when he gets all sugared up on apples. We had him lean and at his fighting weight and now he eats apples all day. When he eats a lot of fermented ones, he gets all wiggity.