This is NOT the greatest blog in the world, no. This is just a tribute!

[serviceguy]

Not sure if it applies to road bikes, I had the same problem when using too small of a tube on my mtb. It did not make enough friction to hold the tire in place resulting in a reap at the base of the tube stem...

 

[stb222]

OK this is getting ridiculous. Front tire completely flat again. I took out the tube and this one has a big rip right at the junction of the stem "thicker rubber" and the rest of the tube. The rip is facing the inside of the wheel rim (not the tire), and I checked again and nothing in there. Another defective tube??

I read a bunch of comments about bad tubes on amazon. The one MBM gave me the other day did a similar thing. Is there a slight gap in your rim strip that is exposing a wholenin the rim?

 

[Paul H]

Look for a torn so I can say I told you so!

 

[qclabrat]

pic?

 

[thegock]

Yeah, no.

The towpath isn't considered mtb, by the girls at my assisted living facility...

 

[shrpshtr325]

Anyone else notice that you can't directly link pics from Instagram anymore? Gotta use the phone to upload separately

instagram? what are you? a 12 year old girl?

 

[shrpshtr325]

Yes, you didn't know?

uhhh no i didnt, you hide it well . . .

wanna ride dirt tomorrow before you return to the land of your people?

 

[thegock]

uhhh no i didnt, you hide it well . . .

wanna ride dirt tomorrow before you return to the land of your people?

He has to ask mom for the keys.

 

[shrpshtr325]

After raining all night and temps in 50s tomorrow, where will one find this "dirt"?

That's your job.....if mom let's you out...

 

[shrpshtr325]

@rick81721 could always hit RV! ?

 

[thegock]

@rick81721 could always hit RV! ?

Sandy: OTFH Ride

 

[shrpshtr325]

No can do tomorrow. Wed or thurs will be last chance for jersey dirt. Will let you know which day works

im back to work wed thurs fri enjoy!

 

[stb222]

Sandy: OTFH RideView attachment 84220

Looking f’ing epic

 

[Big Dumb Animal]

Hey I totally forgot about this, I blew by 30,000 total strava miles this week. Yay me.

And speaking of numbers, my weight ballooned to 158 over the holidays, gotta get back down to my 154 fighting weight ?

158, I weighed that in 7th grade, genuine lol.

 

[Bike N Gear]

Our community housecall bike repair guy took my spearfish yesterday for an overhaul. Disassembled, cleaned, lubed, new stans in the tires, new chain and cassette. And he rebuilt the rockshox shock that was barely working. Back in business!

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Does he work on Rollators too? We get a lot of requests to repair those. Figured that would be really popular by you.

 

[Bike N Gear]

I'll ask! Related, I watched a guy at the local Publix who could've used one of those. He had to be in his late 90s and was walking at the slowest pace I've ever seen. His legs moved at a decent stride frequency but each stride was maybe 6 inches. Here's a pic

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I think you could have taken him in the Mustang.

 

[thegock]

I just wanted to know if you can keep up with the guy in the Publix parking lot?

 

[Patrick]

PS and it goes without saying, but no fake miles in the 272!

what is the total elevation and average temps ? (like i should talk)

 

[Patrick]

big miles, big hours!

 

[jackx]

Does he work on Rollators too? We get a lot of requests to repair those. Figured that would be really popular by you.

My father-in-law had over-sized wheels on his. Need larger wheels to roll over crap. Same idea as 29ers vs. 26ers.