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07-15-17, 12:54 PM
#1252
Farmer tan
My mechanic is an idiot. Somehow one of my rear brake pads came off on today's ride, and it took awhile for me to figure out what happened. My rear rim is now scored where the brake shoe rubbed against it. The scoring is luckily quite superficial like 0.1mm so I am hoping the structural integrity of the rim is intact.
Sigh.
Sigh.
07-15-17, 01:01 PM
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07-15-17, 01:02 PM
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07-15-17, 01:36 PM
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07-15-17, 01:37 PM
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My mechanic is an idiot. Somehow one of my rear brake pads came off on today's ride, and it took awhile for me to figure out what happened. My rear rim is now scored where the brake shoe rubbed against it. The scoring is luckily quite superficial like 0.1mm so I am hoping the structural integrity of the rim is intact.
Sigh.
Sigh.
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07-15-17, 01:50 PM
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Went well. We decided to ride short and it was probably smart because we barely broke a sweat and had a lot of fun. The long riders were treated to some long 10% climbs and were a little grumpy at lunch and even grumpier at the end. 
Anyway, we rode from Elizabethtown to Hershey and played around there for awhile. On the way home, lunch was at some farm in the middle of nowhere where the people run a catering service.
We finished up the last few miles on a chip trail on an old RR bed. I call this pic The Final Cut for all of you Pink Floyd fans.
The Final Cut by trsnrtr, on Flickr
Anyway, we rode from Elizabethtown to Hershey and played around there for awhile. On the way home, lunch was at some farm in the middle of nowhere where the people run a catering service.
We finished up the last few miles on a chip trail on an old RR bed. I call this pic The Final Cut for all of you Pink Floyd fans.
The Final Cut by trsnrtr, on Flickr
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07-15-17, 02:13 PM
#1259
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Went well. We decided to ride short and it was probably smart because we barely broke a sweat and had a lot of fun. The long riders were treated to some long 10% climbs and were a little grumpy at lunch and even grumpier at the end.
Anyway, we rode from Elizabethtown to Hershey and played around there for awhile. On the way home, lunch was at some farm in the middle of nowhere where the people run a catering service.
We finished up the last few miles on a chip trail on an old RR bed. I call this pic The Final Cut for all of you Pink Floyd fans.
The Final Cut by trsnrtr, on Flickr
Anyway, we rode from Elizabethtown to Hershey and played around there for awhile. On the way home, lunch was at some farm in the middle of nowhere where the people run a catering service.
We finished up the last few miles on a chip trail on an old RR bed. I call this pic The Final Cut for all of you Pink Floyd fans.
The Final Cut by trsnrtr, on FlickrHershey is a good place even if not for the chocolate. We spent 3 years there for my medical residency, 1998-2001.
07-15-17, 03:20 PM
#1260
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That's really a cool picture.. Kudos, @LesterOfPuppets
07-15-17, 03:21 PM
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Went well. We decided to ride short and it was probably smart because we barely broke a sweat and had a lot of fun. The long riders were treated to some long 10% climbs and were a little grumpy at lunch and even grumpier at the end.
Anyway, we rode from Elizabethtown to Hershey and played around there for awhile. On the way home, lunch was at some farm in the middle of nowhere where the people run a catering service.
We finished up the last few miles on a chip trail on an old RR bed. I call this pic The Final Cut for all of you Pink Floyd fans.
The Final Cut by trsnrtr, on Flickr
Anyway, we rode from Elizabethtown to Hershey and played around there for awhile. On the way home, lunch was at some farm in the middle of nowhere where the people run a catering service.
We finished up the last few miles on a chip trail on an old RR bed. I call this pic The Final Cut for all of you Pink Floyd fans.
The Final Cut by trsnrtr, on Flickr
07-15-17, 03:29 PM
#1262
Farmer tan
Went well. We decided to ride short and it was probably smart because we barely broke a sweat and had a lot of fun. The long riders were treated to some long 10% climbs and were a little grumpy at lunch and even grumpier at the end.
Anyway, we rode from Elizabethtown to Hershey and played around there for awhile. On the way home, lunch was at some farm in the middle of nowhere where the people run a catering service.
We finished up the last few miles on a chip trail on an old RR bed. I call this pic The Final Cut for all of you Pink Floyd fans.
The Final Cut by trsnrtr, on Flickr
Anyway, we rode from Elizabethtown to Hershey and played around there for awhile. On the way home, lunch was at some farm in the middle of nowhere where the people run a catering service.
We finished up the last few miles on a chip trail on an old RR bed. I call this pic The Final Cut for all of you Pink Floyd fans.
The Final Cut by trsnrtr, on Flickr
07-15-17, 04:27 PM
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I did this today. I detest this race, but practice and training, is what it is. Mount Evans is high, and gravity is not my friend.
07-15-17, 04:43 PM
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07-15-17, 05:01 PM
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07-15-17, 05:02 PM
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Super dumb.
07-15-17, 05:03 PM
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07-15-17, 05:17 PM
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My mechanic is an idiot. Somehow one of my rear brake pads came off on today's ride, and it took awhile for me to figure out what happened. My rear rim is now scored where the brake shoe rubbed against it. The scoring is luckily quite superficial like 0.1mm so I am hoping the structural integrity of the rim is intact.
Sigh.
Sigh.
07-15-17, 05:21 PM
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07-15-17, 05:52 PM
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Twenty miles and 2000 ft climbing for me this morning on the mountain bike. Went down to Malibu and starting climbing from Sycamore Canyon Campground, which is right on the PCH. Two friends shepherded me around, haha I still need other people there just in case we need to call 911.
First we climbed up Overlook Trail, which is a pretty straightforward fire road, except for the steep rocky bits. And the washed out bits.
Then a little singletrack climbing, basic stuff, and a descent on that same trail. Some pretty easy rock gardens and switchbacks (not too steep), it would have been very doable except that large sections of the trail were washed out. You'd come around a curve and there'd suddenly be hardly any trail- maybe two 8 inch deep ruts with 6 inches of trail left in the middle, or a 10 inch deep rut with steep sides so you'd have to ride right on the very edge of the trail, risking pedal strike uphill or falling of the precipice downhill. It was actually rideable but between the washed out sections superimposed over the rocky sections, I kept stopping to take a look. Then it was hard to restart, you really needed a little speed to ride on the sloped sections on either side of the rut. I wound up walking 25% of the trail, it was annoying. But improvement in that none of it freaked me out, it just irritated me. Guadalscara Trail, BTW.
Then some more fire road climbing leading to some easy single track descending on Sin Nombre and Two Foxes Trails.
It was pretty fun, except for the annoying part. It was no Big Bear. But pretty fun. I'm kind of smitten with mountain biking of late.
View of Pacific Ocean from the Overlook Trail:
https://flic.kr/p/VwZoDx
Edited: frustrating. The link won't imbed for some reason.
First we climbed up Overlook Trail, which is a pretty straightforward fire road, except for the steep rocky bits. And the washed out bits.
Then a little singletrack climbing, basic stuff, and a descent on that same trail. Some pretty easy rock gardens and switchbacks (not too steep), it would have been very doable except that large sections of the trail were washed out. You'd come around a curve and there'd suddenly be hardly any trail- maybe two 8 inch deep ruts with 6 inches of trail left in the middle, or a 10 inch deep rut with steep sides so you'd have to ride right on the very edge of the trail, risking pedal strike uphill or falling of the precipice downhill. It was actually rideable but between the washed out sections superimposed over the rocky sections, I kept stopping to take a look. Then it was hard to restart, you really needed a little speed to ride on the sloped sections on either side of the rut. I wound up walking 25% of the trail, it was annoying. But improvement in that none of it freaked me out, it just irritated me. Guadalscara Trail, BTW.
Then some more fire road climbing leading to some easy single track descending on Sin Nombre and Two Foxes Trails.
It was pretty fun, except for the annoying part. It was no Big Bear. But pretty fun. I'm kind of smitten with mountain biking of late.
View of Pacific Ocean from the Overlook Trail:
https://flic.kr/p/VwZoDx
Edited: frustrating. The link won't imbed for some reason.
Last edited by Heathpack; 07-15-17 at 05:57 PM.
07-15-17, 05:56 PM
#1273
Farmer tan
Twenty miles and 2000 ft climbing for me this morning on the mountain bike. Went down to Malibu and starting climbing from Sycamore Canyon Campground, which is right on the PCH. Two friends shepherded me around, haha I still need other people there just in case we need to call 911.
First we climbed up Overlook Trail, which is a pretty straightforward fire road, except for the steep rocky bits. And the washed out bits.
Then a little singletrack climbing, basic stuff, and a descent on that same trail. Some pretty easy rock gardens and switchbacks (not too steep), it would have been very doable except that large sections of the trail were washed out. You'd come around a curve and there'd suddenly be hardly any trail- maybe two 8 inch deep ruts with 6 inches of trail left in the middle, or a 10 inch deep rut with steep sides so you'd have to ride right on the very edge of the trail, risking pedal strike uphill or falling of the precipice downhill. It was actually rideable but between the washed out sections superimposed over the rocky sections, I kept stopping to take a look. Then it was hard to restart, you really needed a little speed to ride on the sloped sections on either side of the rut. I wound up walking 25% of the trail, it was annoying. But improvement in that none of it freaked me out, it just irritated me. Guadalscara Trail, BTW.
Then some more fire road climbing leading to some easy single track descending on Sin Nombre and Two Foxes Trails.
It was pretty fun, except for the annoying part. It was no Big Bear. But pretty fun. I'm kind of smitten with mountain biking of late.
View of Pacific Ocean from the Overlook Trailhttps://flic.kr/p/VwZoDx
First we climbed up Overlook Trail, which is a pretty straightforward fire road, except for the steep rocky bits. And the washed out bits.
Then a little singletrack climbing, basic stuff, and a descent on that same trail. Some pretty easy rock gardens and switchbacks (not too steep), it would have been very doable except that large sections of the trail were washed out. You'd come around a curve and there'd suddenly be hardly any trail- maybe two 8 inch deep ruts with 6 inches of trail left in the middle, or a 10 inch deep rut with steep sides so you'd have to ride right on the very edge of the trail, risking pedal strike uphill or falling of the precipice downhill. It was actually rideable but between the washed out sections superimposed over the rocky sections, I kept stopping to take a look. Then it was hard to restart, you really needed a little speed to ride on the sloped sections on either side of the rut. I wound up walking 25% of the trail, it was annoying. But improvement in that none of it freaked me out, it just irritated me. Guadalscara Trail, BTW.
Then some more fire road climbing leading to some easy single track descending on Sin Nombre and Two Foxes Trails.
It was pretty fun, except for the annoying part. It was no Big Bear. But pretty fun. I'm kind of smitten with mountain biking of late.
View of Pacific Ocean from the Overlook Trailhttps://flic.kr/p/VwZoDx
Your pic isn't displayed though.
07-15-17, 06:00 PM
#1274
Farmer tan
We're heading to a Vegan barbecue tonight thrown by some running friends.
It's a bit uncertain, since they're newly vegan, and it's a bit of an experiment.
It's a bit uncertain, since they're newly vegan, and it's a bit of an experiment.