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05-02-22, 12:09 PM
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05-02-22, 12:13 PM
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If I lived in your area I would want a fat bike for the snow. I rode my mountain bike in the snow quite a bit when I lived in the mountains. It was fun, depending on conditions, of course.
05-02-22, 12:16 PM
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05-02-22, 12:16 PM
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05-02-22, 12:21 PM
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I see. I started riding motorcycles in the dirt in around 1980 and sold my last dirt bike around 1991. Started riding fully rigid mountain bikes around 92, I think, but always mostly a road rider. I went to a front suspension, then a better suspension, then a full suspension bike in 1998. Broke that bike in 2008 and got a better full squish then in 2018 bought an enduro type bike which has more suspension than my first motorcycle.
Now thinking about a "gravel" bike seems like regressing. No suspension, smaller tires, and less capable than my mtb has me concerned. I have joined a gravel ride with my mtb and it's a disadvantage on smooth climbs and road sections, for sure. Around here there are dirt roads which can be linked with road sections. Group rides with no cars sounds pretty appealing. I have better photos at home.
Now thinking about a "gravel" bike seems like regressing. No suspension, smaller tires, and less capable than my mtb has me concerned. I have joined a gravel ride with my mtb and it's a disadvantage on smooth climbs and road sections, for sure. Around here there are dirt roads which can be linked with road sections. Group rides with no cars sounds pretty appealing. I have better photos at home.
05-02-22, 12:22 PM
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Here are a couple of your bear friends!
They were hanging out on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I stayed about 200 feet away and waited about 5 minutes for them to walk into the woods.
They were hanging out on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I stayed about 200 feet away and waited about 5 minutes for them to walk into the woods.
05-02-22, 12:23 PM
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05-02-22, 12:24 PM
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05-02-22, 12:26 PM
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05-02-22, 12:31 PM
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How many miles were you on it? Looks a little washboardy. When we went across country in 1990 we did a few dirt roads. I had a Nishiki Seral touring bike with 32s at the start but had to buy a 28 on the road because that's what I could get when the rear tire wore through. The dirt roads were not planned but weren't a problem.
05-02-22, 12:34 PM
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05-02-22, 12:48 PM
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How many miles were you on it? Looks a little washboardy. When we went across country in 1990 we did a few dirt roads. I had a Nishiki Seral touring bike with 32s at the start but had to buy a 28 on the road because that's what I could get when the rear tire wore through. The dirt roads were not planned but weren't a problem.
DIVIDE BRIDGE C.G.-TWIN BRIDGES - A bike ride in Butte, MT (ridewithgps.com)
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05-02-22, 12:53 PM
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05-02-22, 12:53 PM
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05-02-22, 01:01 PM
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Nice looking bike! The black R8000 kit works with Ti. This week I'm going to spend the evenings tearing down/building up the Litespeed with R8000. For now, I'm sticking with the 7410 crank. I'm planning to get an R8000 one, but I haven't decided between 52/36 and 53/39. SO I'm going to see how I like 53/39 x 11-32, compared to the 52/36 x 11-34 on the Canyon.
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05-02-22, 01:02 PM
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05-02-22, 01:07 PM
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05-02-22, 01:17 PM
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Not sure what you mean by sauna, but I wish summer here lasted eight months, instead of three.
05-02-22, 01:21 PM
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05-02-22, 01:23 PM
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AG was supposed to take a short trip home tomorrow during her unemployment, but we got the cal yesterday that her mother got Covid by not masking while the guy was fixing cabinets (prolly). A day after her second booster, which of course didn’t help her yet.
One of my mother’s friends, too. She’s finally internalizing why I want her to mask in the stores.
One of my mother’s friends, too. She’s finally internalizing why I want her to mask in the stores.
05-02-22, 02:01 PM
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05-02-22, 02:17 PM
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05-02-22, 02:18 PM
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05-02-22, 02:25 PM
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Nice looking bike! The black R8000 kit works with Ti. This week I'm going to spend the evenings tearing down/building up the Litespeed with R8000. For now, I'm sticking with the 7410 crank. I'm planning to get an R8000 one, but I haven't decided between 52/36 and 53/39. SO I'm going to see how I like 53/39 x 11-32, compared to the 52/36 x 11-34 on the Canyon.
I was a fool in my 20’s and ran 53/42 and 13-21. I shudder today at the idea of going up a 15% climb in a 42 x 21 but somehow did it BITD.