Finally some riding in the snow!

Rode last night with a group from the broken spoke team.  We did an urban ride in downtown GB, headed on the east river trail down towards (and to) De Pere.  It was rad rad rad.

Here's a pic George shot of the group of us (minus him):

And one we all took but my version of the bikes sitting at the pumps in De Pere to prove we were there.

Riding on the fattie was awesome and it was a beautiful snowy night.  Just about 30 degrees so not cold at all, felt awesome really.

Busy work week, tubeless Dillinger 5's

I have had a busy work week this week with travel.  I always put good plans in place to bring workout stuff but then struggle to actually do it.  By the time there are dinners, meetings, and nights in the hotel where I can sleep kid-free it doesn't happen.  Bummed I didn't take the opportunity to work out when I have less external items.

I got home yesterday and finished up mounting the Dillinger 5's tubeless.  They are going to be fantastic.  I'd done the front one on Sunday and it was still holding pressure from Sunday (left it at 9, it was 6).  I am not sure it's 100% yet but we'll see if it holds.  Losing only 3psi in a week with no riding is probably fine.  I'm hoping that over time the sealant takes care of the rest.

What I did was gorilla tape like the youtube video here:




I did 4oz of sealant in the front, but after having a bit of issue there I did 6oz in the rear.  I'd rather over-do it than under.  Thinking about running 2oz in a normal 29er tire, doing 6oz in these giant tires seems like not that much. If the front doesn't get steady at a pressure I may pull the valve and add a bit more.

Mounted up the Dillinger 5's

These things are gonna be sweet!!!

Friday's half day ride

I took a half day Friday to go ride one last time at the camp before it closes. It was fun to get out there even though weather wasn't awesome.  I guess it wasn't bad either, could've been wetter!

I got another damn flat, thank goodness I was within about 25 yards of the truck so I made it back.  I'm really happy I didn't get it out further on the trail, I hadn't brought any spares with me so I guess I lucked out. 

I'm not going to remount the Knard, I'm going to put the Dillinger 5's on and getting them set up tubeless.  I can say for sure once I put the knards back on next summer I'll be setting them up tubeless as well.  So over flat tires - I have ridden 1500+mi on my Scalpel tubeless and only one or two times I've burped, but in 115mi on the Yampa now I've had 3 flats.  Suck.

This is my favorite section of the trails out there at the camp:

An artsy fartsy shot:

And a shot down the trail from that bridge.  I got the flat right after stopping here.

More Frame Bag work

So, in keeping up with updating I'm done with one side panel of the frame bag.  I did this the other night.  I'm trying to roughly keep track of how long this takes me to see what I think about time invested for future projects.  I've had several friends ask me to make them one when I'm done and I want to see how much time this really takes.  When I make the project for myself it's because I want to try to do it and make something that's exactly what I want, how I want, and have the learning.  Anyhow, so far I'd say 1-2hrs getting materials figured out and planning, then after doing this probably 1.5hrs of actual "work" on the bag so far.  Lots of figuring out with this first one though so I think next time could go a lot faster.  For example, I spent 20min just laying out zippers where I thought I'd want them, measuring, etc.

This is the drive side of the bike's panel, finished.  I'll be doing the non-drive in a similar way with a single zipper along the top.  I plan to do just a map pocket on the non-drive side.  Internal there will be dividers inside the bag to keep things organized and some mesh pocketing on the inside as well.  I'll be sure to snap pictures as I go.

On the ride side, this week has been trainer rides Mon then again Wednesday.  It is nice having the caadx to ride on the trainer vs. the mountain bike I used to use (with hometrainer tire).  I haven't put the trainer tire onto the caadx yet as I'm still hopeful to get some road time in.  I don't love it but it did give me a chance to watch some more Sons of Anarchy.  I'm kind of over it but invested to all but 2-3 episodes left that are on netflix then I'll watch what I've DVR'ed.  I liked the early seasons a lot but will have to see how the end goes.

Trainer Ride Netflix Movie Review - Strength in Numbers

Did a ride on the trainer yesterday evening and watched a movie on netflix.  I figure I'll talk about it.

It was called "Strength in Numbers", was a movie about all the different types of mountain biking, that is if you consider downhill racing, freeride, and dirt jump "all the types" of mountain biking.

Honestly, no real overwhelming theme to the movie, just good riding footage.  52min long so that was good for 15mi for me.  I liked the section on Nepal, reminded me of my trip there in '13.

Overall, watchable once for a ride but not something I'd put in again for another trainer ride - I'd rather rewatch Reveal the Path or something.

Miles

Saturday I did some miles on the cx bike.  I decided I'm going to try to finish out 500mi on the caadx for the year.  I'm at about 460 now after Saturday's ride so not too far off.  I find myself wanting to ride the Yampa though so we'll see how the weather holds up and how important miles on a bike are vs. riding what I want.