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  1. KillRamsey

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    Yeah it's recyclable, but also has something mixed in with the usual carbon to change how flexy it is... I think.
  2. KillRamsey

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    I -think- I have found a suitable frame to use. Being 5'5" is sometimes (SOMETIMES) an advantage... Good friends have a daughter who is 12, almost my height, and this family spends $ on bikes. When I saw her new ride last year, I told her mom ā€œwhen she outgrows this, donā€™t you DARE sell it...
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    Interesting things afootā€¦ so a page back, when we went to collect the prizes for a good cyclocross season, we entered a raffle you could only enter if you were there in person to collect prizes. NOT MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP. It was disgusting out, raining and cold, so Iā€™m guessing fewere than 30...
  4. KillRamsey

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    16" in 8 hours last night. And it hasn't stopped all day. I should've just worked from home, but this looked like a fun challenge... now I'll probably have to leave the bike at work and walk 2 miles uphill home... :(
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    GAWD those Manx's are beautiful.
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    Saturday, we went to Portland with bikes, via the local bus service. Really nice way to do it... avoids us having to drive the ancient '88 4runner an hour each way (at 18mpg), and $30 a year = unlimited rides. The occasion was picking up the awards and medals for the bike racing team. We thought...
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    Here's a short video I made from 1 spot at the race, btw...
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    ....funny, I just looked, and pics 3,4,5,6 and 7 are all singlespeeds.
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    (Singlespeed) The answer is "both." There is a separate category for s.s. (one men, one women), but some people choose to race in the normal cats with a s.s. bike anyway... usually some of the strongest folks. And no, that mud tears up drivetrains regularly. My wife's, for example... just...
  10. KillRamsey

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    Yesterday was the last 'cross race of this season, so I won't be bombarding you with boring race pics anymore. :) And I shot plenty of video again, but this time I made one last push for some stills that I would like... I wanted to get something good before it's all done again for another year...
  11. KillRamsey

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    Those are good distances, Tony!
  12. KillRamsey

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    (Road vs. gravel) I'm gonna say until you get something fatter than those skinny little 28 meats on it (?), it's a road bike. :)
  13. KillRamsey

    Fuji XE3 stuck in MF

    No, good idea though - and I assume the outter switch just pries off?
  14. KillRamsey

    Fuji XE3 stuck in MF

    Looks like I'll have to send it in for service. I was working a bike race, shooting mostly video, and switched between MF and AF via the usual front switch. Switching it into AF again, it kept showing the peaking highlights of manual focus. Sure enough, it wasn't responsive. Only way I can get...
  15. KillRamsey

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    Another weekend, and this time 2 days of racing with Sunday being costume rides for Halloween... ^^Obviously I liked that spot... My costume: Lord Helmet, from Spaceballs...... and I came in 16th out of ~25 wearing that thing, I may proudly point out. This guy made it around the...
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    Love those little skills logs...
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    THICC mud. Nasty stuff. Wife's rear drivetrain isn't going to survive it... shifter is toast.
  18. KillRamsey

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    Well, my project of getting more into video is progressing. I use the race days to try to shoot both still and video, and it works, though I get fewer shots overall (of course) than Used to. But I get enough. And when I'm done, I get to compile videos for the team, which they seem to love. Some...
  19. KillRamsey

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    Those paths you ride always look so wonderfully empty.
  20. KillRamsey

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    Younger guys are the WORST. Avoid at all costs.
  21. KillRamsey

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    Open Streets events are awesome, and yes, if LA decided to make it safe, they'd be swimming in car-free travel.
  22. KillRamsey

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    A lot more racing this weekend. And MUD. And hail / sleet. So much bike cleaning yet to finish... I shot a lot of video, and haven been editing and posting for the team. But here are some stills I liked. By Sunday the mud was intense, peanut buttery badness. BOTH this poor girl's shoes...
  23. KillRamsey

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    Recent bike pics.... racing, commuting, etc. Walk & Bike To School Day was fun. Wife carried me in the cargo bike, so I could face whatever way I wanted, shoot video, and get stills. And some race pics... This venue was 2.5 hours from home, and I raced early, so we went the night...
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    Beautiful spot, Tony.
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    As I told some of the ladies on the starting line (besides "you're a badass, this is awesome") ... "You'll be steaming hot after half a lap. Then just back off and maintain."
  26. KillRamsey

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    Second cross race of the year was a mud fest. My time slot was too early to make the whole family get up at 6am etc, so I was spared... just took photos in the rain. But both girls raced, wife won, kid got second (out of two...). A great day. Friend and teammate, who LOVES this kind of $hit...
  27. KillRamsey

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    Ahhhh, Salsa Journeyman, no? I like those. Jealous.
  28. KillRamsey

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    Man you are HOOKED
  29. KillRamsey

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    I'm sure it WAS relaxing...
  30. KillRamsey

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    They look good. More than good enough for sales...
  31. KillRamsey

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    I've ridden on one a few times, and my butt didn't understand the attraction either. The WTB Volt is my jam.
  32. KillRamsey

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    I used to have a leather Brooks I loved, but eventually it stretched beyond what the nose bolt adjuster could tighten and compensate for, and it became a hammock. Since then, I like stock Brompton (folding bike) saddles, or the WTB Volt a ton.
  33. KillRamsey

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    Oregon coast Swimming hole A much-needed synchronized cold plunge (glacial melt water) on a scorching hot muggy day.
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    Fuji Sunset with haze from smoke created by the western states wildfires

    We've got plenty more smoke if you want it. :)
  35. KillRamsey

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    Good friends from Boston visited. There was camping, biking, swimming... all the things. Timer shot, just made it to front and center position in time: Mountain biking picnic...
  36. KillRamsey

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    Band practice last night... space is alongside train tracks. Even a cell phone does fine when it's this pretty out.
  37. KillRamsey

    Hot Weather, Cold Water

    Had friends in town this weekend, and it turned hot, so we found lots of cold water to go jump into. Fuji XE3, 27 pancake, 56 1.2.
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    Fuji 23 1.4 and 56 1.2 version 2 in the works

    I missed this. Interesting. Still love my old 56, never did get along with the 23 1.4 when I had it, have found the f2 travel version to be a killer do-it-all lens.
  39. KillRamsey

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    And people who ride often in those environments lose perspective on what it's like for people not acclimated to those dangerous environments. "It's no big deal" etc, expecting everyone else to just hop right in and have no problem. My least favorite person in advocacy meetings with the cities of...
  40. KillRamsey

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    Agree about normal "road" riding. And fascinated by the "go slower" experiment's results.
  41. KillRamsey

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    Iā€™ve got a friend with ALS, about 4 years into it now, so heā€™s lost a lot of muscle and nerve control in his upper body. Fortunately for me, heā€™s needed a few things done that I could help with ā€“ I know itā€™s selfish in a way but I feel a MILLION times less depressed when I can help him and his...
  42. KillRamsey

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    On my end, I'm slowly getting the use of both wrists back (broke right wrist May 5th, let wrist has had crippling tendonitis since February from all the home construction). And in a twist I didn't see coming, the bike that hurts the least to ride is a ladies' medium road bike I share with my...
  43. KillRamsey

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    Awww man. This breaks my heart.
  44. KillRamsey

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    I guess I would ... loosen all on one side by half a turn, then tighten the other side by half a turn, and recheck it. And then redo it, and redo it, and then drink a beer and cry, in all likelihood.
  45. KillRamsey

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    Awwww dammit. It can be incredibly frustrating.
  46. KillRamsey

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    Doing a 3-cross lacing?
  47. KillRamsey

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    Hope it's a good experience. I only now the old 3 speed hubs, and my wife's front hub on her Peugot, which is an internal brake and dynamo. So far it hasn't failed in a ton of miles, but the braking has always sucked. Shimano coaster rear hub does the bulk of braking.
  48. KillRamsey

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    I think they also make bottom brackets with longer spindles for just such an occasion.
  49. KillRamsey

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    Lacing wheels is FUN! I think you're going to absolutely find it satisfying.
  50. KillRamsey

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    In Boston it was a must. Here. courtesy and caution does the job pretty well.
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