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David Scheidt

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May 16, 2018, 11:26:56 AM5/16/18
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https://imgur.com/gallery/PlGukiI

At least it was sunny!

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Sepp Ruf

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May 16, 2018, 12:12:32 PM5/16/18
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David Scheidt wrote:
> https://imgur.com/gallery/PlGukiI

Contact screwed while cruising!

> At least it was sunny!

See how you hadn't fared any better with thicker layers of puncture protection?

Theodore Heise

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May 16, 2018, 2:45:42 PM5/16/18
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On Wed, 16 May 2018 15:26:53 +0000 (UTC),
David Scheidt <dsch...@panix.com> wrote:
> https://imgur.com/gallery/PlGukiI

I *hate* when tht happens!


> At least it was sunny!

:)

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David Scheidt

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May 16, 2018, 2:57:47 PM5/16/18
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Sepp Ruf <inq...@safe-mail.net> wrote:
If I were Joerg, I'd be after steel belted tires. I'll settle for a
flat once every couple years.
(it actaully took half a block to go flat, I could hear something
hitting the chain stay, but couldn't figure it out. The 'pssst' gave
it away a few seconds later.)

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jbeattie

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May 16, 2018, 3:33:23 PM5/16/18
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Tank tracks. If the bicycle manufacturers only understood how to build bikes, they would spec them with tank tracks. This one little company got it right. https://lunacycle.com/luna-m1-tank-tracks-conversion-kit/ I've been doing that on my own for years -- with a solid rubber front tire. If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself. It's just like making beer. Did I mention I make beer? Did I mention mountain lions? Scared cows? God-fearing country-folk? Hors categorie gnar?

-- Jay Beattie.

Joerg

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May 16, 2018, 4:19:43 PM5/16/18
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On 2018-05-16 12:33, jbeattie wrote:
> On Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 11:57:47 AM UTC-7, David Scheidt
> wrote:
>> Sepp Ruf <inq...@safe-mail.net> wrote: :David Scheidt wrote: :>
>> https://imgur.com/gallery/PlGukiI
>>
>> :Contact screwed while cruising!
>>
>> :> At least it was sunny!
>>
>> :See how you hadn't fared any better with thicker layers of
>> puncture protection?
>>
>> If I were Joerg, I'd be after steel belted tires. I'll settle for
>> a flat once every couple years. (it actaully took half a block to
>> go flat, I could hear something hitting the chain stay, but
>> couldn't figure it out. The 'pssst' gave it away a few seconds
>> later.)
>
> Tank tracks. If the bicycle manufacturers only understood how to
> build bikes, they would spec them with tank tracks. This one little
> company got it right.
> https://lunacycle.com/luna-m1-tank-tracks-conversion-kit/


Lunacycle has great products. You can build a more bold version though,
see at 2:03min:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p83NxQijqSI

They forget the MP3 player and the cup holders though.


> ... I've been
> doing that on my own for years -- with a solid rubber front tire. If
> you want it done right, you have to do it yourself. It's just like
> making beer. Did I mention I make beer? Did I mention mountain
> lions? Scared cows? God-fearing country-folk? Hors categorie gnar?
>

Just brewed up another Pliny clone and for the first time a Belgian
Quadrupel. Got to watch that Belgian though, the fermentation is going
almost "nucular". It should clock in above 9% but will need 12 weeks
until done.

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Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

jbeattie

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May 16, 2018, 5:18:55 PM5/16/18
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I doubt you can get the same hops or the proprietary yeast -- to the extent that matters.

You should skip the Clorox fest and go watch the Tour of California. Stages 5-7 are in your neighborhood. The Friday stage starts in Folsom. You should go and touch Peter Sagan. "Nyes, the legs, if they work, maybe it good, but you know?" I want to learn to interview like Peter! Some of the best Europros who decided to skip the Giro are there You can go talk German to the Germans. Shoot the sh** with Marcel Kittel. Ask him for hair care tips.

-- Jay Beattie.

Joerg

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May 16, 2018, 5:49:26 PM5/16/18
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On 2018-05-16 14:18, jbeattie wrote:
> On Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 1:19:43 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:
>> On 2018-05-16 12:33, jbeattie wrote:

[...]


>>> ... I've been doing that on my own for years -- with a solid
>>> rubber front tire. If you want it done right, you have to do it
>>> yourself. It's just like making beer. Did I mention I make
>>> beer? Did I mention mountain lions? Scared cows? God-fearing
>>> country-folk? Hors categorie gnar?
>>>
>>
>> Just brewed up another Pliny clone and for the first time a
>> Belgian Quadrupel. Got to watch that Belgian though, the
>> fermentation is going almost "nucular". It should clock in above 9%
>> but will need 12 weeks until done.
>>
>
> I doubt you can get the same hops or the proprietary yeast -- to the
> extent that matters.
>

It tastes remarkably close to the real thing. Tons of different hops and
it needs to be dry-hopped twice in secondary fermentation. It would
probably be possible to extract and grow the yeast from a store-bought
bottle. Problem is, you can hardly ever buy the stuff and that is the
main reason why I brew it. Soon I'll have 50+ bottles of it. They should
be left alone for a couple of months for aging but that requires a level
of self-discipline I have a hard time with.

I used yeast I extracted from a Koelsch that I brewed two weeks ago and
just racked off to secondary. So my Pliny clone is 1% German I guess.


> You should skip the Clorox fest and go watch the Tour of California.
> Stages 5-7 are in your neighborhood. The Friday stage starts in
> Folsom.


Hmm, I have to see because I actually get through that area on my road
bike. Though I find road bike races utterly boring. People wait and wait
and wait, then the peloton zips by, followed by a few stragglers, and
that was it.

https://www.folsom.ca.us/visitors/things_to_do/amgen_tour_of_california.asp

Maybe I can sneak into a celebration ride but with panniers, non-Lycra
clothes, MTB pedals and mud caked onto the bike frame they'd probably
kick me out.


You should go and touch Peter Sagan. "Nyes, the legs, if
> they work, maybe it good, but you know?" I want to learn to interview
> like Peter! Some of the best Europros who decided to skip the Giro
> are there You can go talk German to the Germans. Shoot the sh** with
> Marcel Kittel. Ask him for hair care tips.
>

There ain't much hair left on top to care for. And no, I am never
getting into the habit of shaving leg hair just to squeeze another 500
milliseconds out of a 4h ride.

James

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May 16, 2018, 8:08:07 PM5/16/18
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You forgot uber lumen lights and rechargeable batteries that can be used
in a cryogenic freezer and the surface of the sun.

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JS

Theodore Heise

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May 17, 2018, 9:28:32 AM5/17/18
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Maybe so, but it was still hilarious satire.

John B.

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May 17, 2018, 11:55:32 PM5/17/18
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On the other hand, if the tire (or the beer) didn't go flat, the
mounting lions didn't mount, or the cows weren't frightened there
wouldn't be anything to talk about.
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Cheers,

John B.

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