Bicycling

latheboy · Mar 21, 2020

I ride downhill mostly so this is a little bike for me. I'll be using it everywhere, dh, am/ enduro, xc.. The dvo stuff works really really nice.

Ronaan · Mar 27, 2020

Springbok said:
With all the corona stuff going on I've been fucking around in the garage with bikes more, riding more etc and decided to buy a MTB - bought a new YT Jeffsy base but ripped off all the drivetrain, took tubes out and replaced grips etc. Never really gotten into mtbing for whatever reason, always been a roadie, but I figure I'm about 3 hours from Bentonville and my brother lives outside of Denver so what the hell. Hit a small ST (4 miles) today after installing everything and it was a mud pit so turned around as to not feck up the trail or my face. Hopefully it dries out soon so I can practice before going to Arkansas in a month or so.

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This is funny... YT originated roughly 200 meters from where I am sitting right now.
They moved a bit out of town to have more space a few years ago though.

Springbok · Mar 27, 2020

Ya for $2200 new it seemed like too good a deal to pass up - only problem with YT is they are always out of stock and shipping takes too long

latheboy · Mar 31, 2020

I'm suck at home, well can't go to the tracks I wanna ride. I have a path around my garden on a hill that my wife and I built years ago for the kids. I just cracked out 50 laps when my legs started hurting.. I'm not a peddler by the way. Anyway it turns out I'd just ride 4kilometers. (2.5 miles) I might start getting my peddle fitness up a bit haha

Quineloe · Apr 2, 2020

Finally some progress. Around 9 months ago her grandmother fell off her bike right in front of her (and it was just the two of them) and broke her knee. She didn't want to ride ever since.

sukik · Apr 2, 2020

Since I'm not going into the office everyday now I've settled into a routine of a 2 mile jog in the morning and a 18 mile ride after lunch. I really should get a decent road bike this summer for non commute riding.

Hatorade · Apr 2, 2020

sukik said:
Since I'm not going into the office everyday now I've settled into a routine of a 2 mile jog in the morning and a 18 mile ride after lunch. I really should get a decent road bike this summer for non commute riding.

F u c k running, building this.

Fifey · Apr 2, 2020

No coping? 8 foot wide is fine but you're really gonna regret not going at least 12.

latheboy · Apr 3, 2020

My land isn't flat enough for a half pipe. Pump track yo. I've just gone down to 5 days a fortnight I'll have time to dig and dig..

Hatorade · Apr 3, 2020

Fifey said:
No coping? 8 foot wide is fine but you're really gonna regret not going at least 12.

No, zero interest in anything involving pegs. Also my HOA will tell me to take it down eventually so the plan is to turn them into four lips and bring to local trails.
Eight is a little tight but my goals are learn 180s and fakies, also will build a hip to the left.

Hatorade · Apr 3, 2020

Scalped and leveled, just me and a shovel. Took couple hours and way more work that I thought. My grass is filled with these spiders too, only really see them when moving.

Ao- · Apr 3, 2020

Holy shit burn the entire lawn.

Hatorade · Apr 4, 2020

Ao- said:
Holy shit burn the entire lawn.

Don’t be a coward!
Use to be terrified of spiders, then I started digging in the woods. Once a bunch of them crawl and jump on and off you but nothing else you tend to get over it.
I even have a few(maybe just one) trapdoor spiders in my yard. It likes to jump on my leg when I mow the grass. Now years ago when it did that I was paralyzed with fear as they are scary as fuck.
Haven’t seen it in a while but oldest one ever lived to be 43 years old, so I know it is still around somewhere.

Ao- · Apr 4, 2020

Hatorade said:
Don’t be a coward!
Use to be terrified of spiders, then I started digging in the woods. Once a bunch of them crawl and jump on and off you but nothing else you tend to get over it.
I even have a few(maybe just one) trapdoor spiders in my yard. It likes to jump on my leg when I mow the grass. Now years ago when it did that I was paralyzed with fear as they are scary as fuck.
Haven’t seen it in a while but oldest one ever lived to be 43 years old, so I know it is still around somewhere.

Nope nope nope. I deal with a terrrrible winter so I don't have spiders. bigger than a fingernail.

latheboy · Apr 5, 2020

Those are cute little spiders, come down south to oz to see some real ones when you can travel again...

Half pipe looks good dude..

Hatorade · Apr 5, 2020

Got some cleanup but all screwed in and ready to ride! Once I learn how to 180 I will build a hip that goes back along the house into a another quarterpipe with something inbetween. Have about 100 feet to play with.

Hatorade · Apr 9, 2020

The next part. If I can bowl it out I will build that quarter in the back, otherwise likely just make the whole thing wider. a bowl with a hip is the dream though.

Borzak · Apr 10, 2020

Your one of those people with the platforms for cats to walk around the entire house hanging 2 feet from the ceiling aren't you?

Just kidding, looks pretty cool.

Hatorade · Apr 11, 2020

Borzak said:
Your one of those people with the platforms for cats to walk around the entire house hanging 2 feet from the ceiling aren't you?

Just kidding, looks pretty cool.

This is actually the first thing I have ever built with wood, the bowls all plotted out. Going to kill the bowl idea now though be over 400 2x4s 1400.00ish USD in those alone. Nope.

Hatorade · Apr 11, 2020

Dry fit the deck, started raining though so will concrete it when sunny.

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