FedEx was supposed to deliver today, when I was working from home. They punted to tomorrow. Since I’m on the road now, I tried to reschedule for Thursday, when I’ll be home again. They wanted $5.55...

I think there’s a 3rd type. The last 40 years have seen a major transfer of wealth (widely reported in other contexts) and one of the results is a lot of 20-somethings with the family money to have...

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I saw Shellac in Missoula in 2011. That was a good show, and I probably would have watched for dates for the new album. RIP.

But when I saw he died, I immediately wondered if it was a heart...

Mine was fucking Antonin Scalia. It wasn’t much of a get either, since his daughter was a sophomore. My GF at the time graduated 2 years earlier and had George Will. There was a theme.

A few...

The Forest was planning a meeting this afternoon near Neihart that was moved online. They reported 2+ feet, power out in Neihart and Stanford, and trees down over the road.

Same. My friends and I would drive 40 minutes to a Performance to ogle the real bikes and get things we couldn’t get in our local strip mall bikes shops that carried mostly cruisers and BMX bikes.

I’ve never used them, but I see them a lot at Silver Mountain. A couple people have told me they help shed wind off their hands. I just wear different gloves, but they seem popular in certain places.

I don’t remember which race now, but Rachel lost to Tracey Mosley by 8 seconds and blamed it on TM’s skin suit. She wrote “skin suits suck” across her arms and raised them for the podium photo. She...

I can’t believe that I haven’t seen Rachel mentioned even once in the discussions I’ve seen over the new suits. Good for her, I guess. I wouldn’t want some things I did at 18 continually discussed...

But to return to the BLM land west of Townsend, we have to be realistic about where to site nonmotorized recreation trails… I mean, there is already an artillery range and a limestone quarry, how...

IMO yes, but I don’t know what you’re used to.

IIRC that area was TH’s first proposal to the BLM, and it fell through because of archaeology. I know there’s a Folsom site over there somewhere. His next was Doherty Mountain by Whitehall, which was...

I converted to fat and just left it that way. I don’t carry a gravel bike often, but I do have the plastic cups to hold skinny tires tighter. I don’t think I’ve ever used them.

I see that Ego now has an aluminum deck mower, too. I have one of their 21” from 2019 before they introduced a 2-blade model. It works well enough for our lawn, but I’d prefer the double blade if...

Scott Van Pelt’s description of a dog as “the corner puzzle piece” is perfect.

This was in the Atlantic this week. Gift link, free to read.

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I haven’t watched XCO in a few years. My wife won’t miss a DH race, but she got bored of the Nino show in the late teens, and since watching a whole race takes a few hours, I haven’t dedicated the...

I have Max through my AT&T cell plan, and I’ll also pony up for the sports package for the months I want it.

The Huckwagon seems to have cornered the market for trailers. They’re really well designed, and they’re nice folks.

Sealant doesn’t do much for inflation; the mechanical interface between the tire and rim is almost always good enough for an initial seal these days. Two oz of sealant is enough to fill any gaps in...

I replaced all the rubber straps last spring. After a few years in the sun, they showed some cracks. They’re cheap and easy to replace.

Yeah, I built a bike in 2009 with a Joplin and a bike in 2012 with a Reverb. Neither shifter was like the modern paddle shifters, so the interference wasn’t too bad. The Reverb on top of the bar was...

20 years ago the trees came right down to the road on that corridor. That was really scary.

My early 90s Sony head unit, CD changer, and JBL speakers are in our nonprofit’s office. Maybe I’ll migrate them to our garage when I’m done finishing it.

Definitely. Still mostly white.

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I’ve read quite a few books on the Apollo program- most of the astronaut and flight director memoirs, and a number of...

I saw this the other day:
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Thanks. I passed that on to the web guy.

I “raced” pre-MES Helenduros. I had no expectations or desire to compete, but I liked being part of the community and supporting the scene. These days I’m...

Why does Zwift now think my Garmin Cadence Sensor 2 is a Cycligentinc cadence sensor? That started happening after I updated to Windows 11 and reinstalled the ANT+ driver. I don’t care what it’s...

It’s at the top of my list every year. Last year I worked the end of stage 1 with a good buddy from the area, and he’d never ridden that until race day morning when we set out ahead of the racers. He...

What Roxtar wrote. Your racing age is your age at the end of the current calendar year. You can race Masters.

2024 Montana Enduro registration opens tomorrow at 09:00 MST. Same stops as 2023, more sponsors and swag.

I paid $40 for the same one in 2016. I keep it in my truck as a backup for extra bikes or less secure situations. Never overnight outside, though.

I also have a heavy-duty Abus shrouded chain...

Oh man. Terrible news.

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Not with tech bindings. Tele is not my A game, and this kind of skiing is almost always on sketchy conditions, so my Voiles have tech bindings on them. I haven’t used my Guides/Switchbacks in years...

I broke a helmet and separated a shoulder traversing on Disco’s backside about 15 years ago. Couldn’t have been going more than 5-10 mph but I hit a stump and double ejected. I didn’t notice the...

My wife gave me a Bridger 35 for Xmas. I imagine the price will go up 40% now.

I assume it can be threaded onto an NPT fitting. That’s my plan. I have a Milton digital inflator on my compressor; I’m just looking for a better chuck for attaching to presta valves.

Once I got a Garmin watch it was a lot easier to just clock each run, assuming I remember. Just a couple button presses on my wrist, and gloves aren’t an issue.

Strava already does that with their ski activity recording. They just have no interest in DH biking. I’ve seen multiple people report in forums about emailing that question to them, or requesting...

This was good.

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Mountainbiking is still good. [emoji38]

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I think I have a bottle-conditioned Baltic porter from my local (Blackfoot River) in the cellar. This chatter might inspire me to pull it out. It’s supposed to finally get wintery overnight.

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HNY from HLN. First time I’ve ridden skinny tires on the ridge in January.

Look at all this neat stuff I got.

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[emoji3595] Along those lines, they just ran this story about supercars and the market for them.

The World’s Fastest Road Cars—and the People Who Drive Them...

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Montana on December 22.

It’s December 22, and I’m watering trees and shrubs before going on a mountain bike ride.

I’ve read complaints that Larceny BP is inconsistent, but I’ve liked the two bottles I’ve had. I’m seeing it more consistently now, too. I’m not much of a Maker’s fan, but their cask strength has...