LAJ

This is the only legal Subaru swap. Subaru engines are NOx pigs, and the newer ones require two cats that just wont fit.

https://www.kennedyeng.com/subaru-vanagon

Velo Vol 

It's selfish living somewhere that offers things you're looking for in life?

Velo Vol 

It seems like after enough trips (daily) one would get used to being on the bridge.

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Velo Vol 

Why don't you help?

TMonk

Looks like I left the wine fridge door ajar all night in the garage. Now something is making an awful noise (the compressor)? Any ideas on how to troubleshoot it? It was sorta spendy so if the compressor is toast, I think Liz and I would try to purchase and install a new one.

EDIT: I just unplugged/re-plugged the power supply, and it started cooling and the noise went away. I wonder if it's fine and has some tough components in there!

rjones28 

I'm her personal assistant on these gigs.

DougRNS

Maybe he likes to watch.

genejockey 

I'm currently ensconced in the garage with my bikes, until at least Wednesday. I am not used to the sound of the freezer cycling on and off, so that messed up my sleep a little. In the middle of the night, you find yourself thinking, "Should it sound like that? Should it be on that long?" and "Should we even bother with this freezer?"

We got it around the time I was heavily into archery and flirting with bowhunting. Then I actually killed a couple deer, at the invitation of an Imaginary Friend in Montana, and it turns out Mrs, GJ doesn't like venison. Like, at all. And I wasn't going to spend all the money it takes to be a California bowhunter (because, mostly California bowhunters travel to other states to hunt).

So, now the freezer has a couple bags of frozen shrimp, because The Older Boy can't resist BOGO sales on jumbos. And some frozen food from Costco. And some of that frozen, organic dog food that Rango doesn't really like. But that stuff comes with great rubber bands, holding the packages together, which are perfect for afixing a handtowel to the handlebars on the trainer!

abshipp 

We moved for our personal satisfaction - in the context of phrantic09 's comments about not supporting entities that don't share common values it could be considered selfish, especially in our case where we're insulated in some ways from certain policies enforced by the state. I'm not really an activist, so my move and subsequent decision to remain here is a bit of an implied acceptance, albeit an acquiescence in all honesty. It doesn't keep me up at night but it's still something that's on my mind.

genejockey 

I totally get that. I love Pennsylvania. Pennsylvanians, OTOH......

genejockey 

So, Day 3 of COVID - I feel like I'm back to 90-95% of normal. A little snotty, but that could also be the pollen, which is no doubt very high after the beautiful day yesterday - high or 77 degrees! It could have been EPIC!!!

I'm pretty sure I caught it on the plane. Silly me, I thought about masking on the plane, but nobody else was, so I didn't. Plus after 4 hours I feel like my ears are being pulled off. Now I'm in exile, living among the bikes. The wheelset I was planning to rebuild, and the rims I bought to do it are taunting me from the corner of the room.

seedsbelize2

Maybe a hair on the harsh side

seedsbelize2

These last two bouts weren’t realized until after the fact. If it walks like a cold and quacks like a cold, why aren’t we treating it like a cold? Seriously question.

seedsbelize2

Second mtb ride. I’m smitten
The hydration pack is a minor thing. It carries the pump and some tools after all.And it could carry a couple meals, if it came to that.

abshipp 

Anyways, I'm going to give classic drops a try on my Holdsworth:



Also bought a set of Assioma Unos so I can free myself from this intermittently creaking FSA crankset with a Stages meter. Also I'm looking forward to ditching Speedplays. Generally they're okay but I have so many recurring little issues I'm just sick of always having to mess with them.

abshipp 

Sounds like a perfect opportunity

DougRNS

you've mellowed. Sad.

indyfabz

Waiting for my ship to come in. Saw a bald eagle this morning.

big john

Time for some more yard work. Was thinking about a birthday ride for a while but now some friends are getting involved. Seems they've cooked up a route for next Saturday but we'll see who's still in later this week. Not as much climbing as I was thinking but riding with others who are all faster than I am adds a level of difficulty.

The route I had in mind is over 70 miles with around 7K feet. The problem with that route is the race cars drivers have discovered it. Plus the whole 7K feet thing.

LesterOfPuppets

Weird. I have a couple of family members contemplating moving back east. I'm just like "What's so attractive about humidity and bugs all of the sudden?"

I reckon they're not all that outdoorsy though, so they won't notice that as much as I would.

Eric F 

What issues were you having? I've lost the occasional cleat screw, and had a spring get wonky one me, but for the most part, my Speedplays have been pretty trouble-free.

LAJ

Fixed

BTinNYC 

Defunkt, greasy funk/jazz from 1980ish

abshipp 

When the cleat covers weren't squeaking they were falling off

For whatever reason - both the official Wahoo walkable covers and the cheap eBay covers that I bought after losing a few "real" ones and didn't want to pay that much money for again - I would lose a cover like once every 2-3 weeks. Always on the side that I clipped out on at a stop. Also, trying to keep the cleats from squeaking even when using a dry lube I started using Pledge (which should dry solid), I would always end up with greasy residue on the pedals and then subsequently my socks, no matter how careful I was.

Functionally they worked fine and there's a lot I like about them, it's really just the walkable cover issues.

Eric F 

Ahh. I've never used cleat covers. I've also never had an issue with squeaking (X series).