Acorn Cruncher Rides

[True Golden]

The last 3 days I've gone on 3 what I call acorn cruncher rides. (28, 11 and 6 miles)

There are lots of fallen acorns as well as leaves all over the area.

I think its a cool sound as the tires roll over these little nuts.

Note the fairly slack angle of this old Miele mt bike from around 1989 I think.

I measured it at a Riv like 70 degree head tube angle.

Some cultures ate acorns after preparing them in a manner to remove the tannins and bitterness.

I think it was by soaking and then cooking them.

If times get lean there are plenty of them around here to eat if one is so inclined.

Paul in Dallas

Look out for the large burr oak acorns or hang on b4 riding over them!

[Benz Ouyang, Sunnyvale, CA]

On Monday, November 9, 2020 at 3:22:43 PM UTC-8 Paul in Dallas wrote:

Some cultures ate acorns after preparing them in a manner to remove the tannins and bitterness.

I think it was by soaking and then cooking them.

If times get lean there are plenty of them around here to eat if one is so inclined.

Or if you have pigs, you can feed the pigs acorn, and harvest them as kind of a jamón ibérico de bellota.

[Patrick Moore]

Certain California Indian tribes made acorns a good part of their diet, so I read. In fact, I just looked acorns up on Wikipedia, and apparently they were eaten by all sorts of peoples over the centuries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn#Use_by_Native_Americans

So you are riding over foodstuff.

Paul, what tires are those on the Miele?

Patrick Moore, riding amongst fallen cottonwood branches instead of live oak acorns in ABQ, NM.

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Patrick Moore

Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum

[True Golden]

The tires are Continental Contact Speed in a 26x2.0.

I also have 2 pairs in a 700x42 and have been pleased with overall rolling resistance and flat resistance. 

Paul in Dallas 

[True Golden]

Perhaps a clearer pic.

[lconley]

Looks to be 1/2 step plus granny gearing - correct?

Laing

[True Golden]

Laing, it's an older double Dura Ace crankset that I used a Willow tripilizer to go with a 74bcd granny ring.

I wish I could find 2 or 3 more of those tripilizers.

I would need to double check but I probably have  42 or 40  x 38 x 26 rings on it. I need to find a 44 outer ring for it.

According to Sheldon's chart a 38 is as small as I can go on the middle ring.

At the time I assembled that crank that's probably the only rings I  had on hand otherwise I would not have not used rings that close. 

It does look like a half step but not on purpose.

I took the Miele apart and built it back up.

 I think the only parts I reused are the wheels and front derailer. 

[True Golden]

More acorn crunching today..