Rebel: FFFFUUUUU

I'm going mtbing tomorrow! Woo woo!

Don't feel too bummed, maybe you can get some riding near the end of season?

I blame the school system feeding kids malk instead of milk! ;)

http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/wp-...08/06/malk.jpg

Ouch sorry to hear rebel.

I"ve been running a DUKE XC 100mm for years now. Not a bad fork at all, I usually rebuild it myself yearly thanks to those manuals you spoke of and can't say anything bad about it. It's lightweight and stiff. It's actually the 2nd DUKE I've owned I also had one on my Hardtail. It is not a U - turn and the only downfall to this model fork is you can't find parts for it, I've used 0-rings from Lowes when doing rebuilds.

what's with the FU part?

This just sucks, cause im out for the rest of the soccer season... only got to play the first two games...
and now since I'm out, I lost my chance to go to the European Championship. (Think of it as nationals back in the U.S) All the D.o.D schools over here play against each other..

AND I can't bike for a while.
And I can't run, which is hurting because I have a Physical Training test for AF ROTC when I get to college, and if I don't pass with a high enough score, bye bye scholarship.

Not F U. It's like the actual word, just extended. FFFUUU (like shucks, man)

I spent 3+ hours on the trail today. I'm tired.

Sorry to hear you're laid up, RR. Just be good to that ankle, do everything the doc tells you and do your PT afterward religiously. Work on your upper body, do leg curls and any muscle groups that don't require stressing the ankle. Keep positive - - you should be fully knitted in time to get trained back up for that test. Good luck.

So I got (for the second time) asked to work at a local bike shop. For those who don't know, I work at another local shop. I'm terrified and really feel un-adult like now. There's a lot of reasons to move there, but I'm just really scared.

Pros:
-better pay - good for stuff obviously and for college september 2011
-I like that shop a lot
-closer
-better pay
-top rated store - top 100 in country (don't know what place though)
-better pay

Cons:
-Learned everything I know where I am now, like boss, but scared his temper might flare up. There's only a few people at my current shop, and I don't know.

Advice?

He'll get over it or he won't. If he won't - - especially to the point of making you fear a temper outburst - - he's not the sort of person you should be working for any longer than you have to. It sounds like the other shop has so many positives going for it that you would be doing yourself a disservice to pass up the opportunity. That maybe should be your overriding consideration in weighing a switch.

Keep it in perspective of going to school. As I told my kids when they were in college: college student is your number one and primary 'job' right now. That is what is most going to shape the rest of your life. EVERYTHING you do should complement that mission and goal. Decide which one of those shop jobs best supports that goal and come down on the side of that. If that means leaving your current boss and he cannot accept it from that standpoint that is his problem and definitely not yours.

^ +1 sounds like a better deal to me. You may have learned everything at the other shop but now you will learn even more at a new one.

Yeah, I know all the guys at the new one. I'm going to go for it. I don't necessarily have the job, but I am a long time customer (still buy food there to support them while working at the other shop), know everyone, and was recommended by both the wheel builder and a salesman/mechanic. The manager happily printed out an application for me. I think that sounds good.

Having a year of experience helps too.

WEIGHT REDUCSHUN
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UGLY!!!!!!! D :< D:|
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its scary to be my bike
 

C'MERE, YOU
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HOLD STILL
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THIS WILL HURT LOL
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TAKE A LOOK AT THE L A W - M A N
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BEATING UP THE WRONG GUY
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A A W M A N
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WONDER IF'LL EVER KNOW
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HES IN THE BEST SELLIN SHO-O-O-O
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IS THERE LIFE ON
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M A A A R R S ?
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CHAIN JAIL
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INVISIBLE CHAIN JAIL
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lolwutsrongwithulol

If I were you, I would give your current shop a head-up. Tell your boss you have another job offer and give him the chance to make you a counter-offer. Ask for more money than the new shop is willing to pay you in order to offset the difference between the benefits "better" shop and where you work now. If your current boss says yes, you get a hefty raise. If he balks at that number, you go to the new shop. The benefit to doing it this way is that your boss (thinks he) has the chance to keep you around and that your departure is in his hands. Your resignation will be a mutual decision and you won't burn any bridges at your original shop.

http://www.chainlove.com/ magura fork good till 10:30 pm EST monday!

SPY SHOT of Dminor's new yeti:
http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/pedalmafi...0/8024b0dd.jpg

If you had anymore anodized purple in one area you could collapse into a black hole.

There was a Zinn mountain bike in the shop today. Nothing special, right? Wrong.

First off it was a Zinn, secondly, the seat was literally up to my shoulder, and I'm 5'9". This guy was 6'11"

did you get a picture of it?

Video of my winder substitute for biking (though given my limited skiing skills, it is a very weak substitute).

http://vimeo.com/11979326

My new wheelset.

Alex DM24 rims laced to Deore hubs.

http://www.ihasaids.com/upload/data/1274928625.jpg

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These wheels will be getting the 2.35 Hansventures, a 180mm front rotor, and going on the HT. The current wheels on the HT will get the rotors shown in the pictures, my Nevelgals, and go on the NRS.

Change of plans: Realised that the current rims on the HT are actually fatter than the new ones, so it gets to keep its wheels. NRS is getting the new set, as well as a new SLX derailleur tomorrow afternoon.

Ahh, that warm "new part" feeling.

http://www.ihasaids.com/upload/data/1274924236.jpg

To be fitted tomorrow.

I really hate all of you guys that live up north already! I put in a ride yesterday morning and it was 90 degrees by about 10am with high humidity. I'm about to head out again today and I am not looking forward to this heat. Time to man up and get ready to ride in gear over this hot ass Texas summer.

Deal with it, we're getting hot temps up here as well.

Ride today was horrid! Went to a new trail and it was all sand and large loose rocks and you had to climb most of the 7 miles of trail, not to mention there were very few trees and it was 100 and sunny. Needless to say I prefer going down much more than going up!

Dannihilator, I am dealing with it since I am still riding but I want to ***** and moan about it. I need to get up north where its not hot for so long.