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07-19-18, 01:47 PM
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07-19-18, 01:48 PM
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So bummed this AM. Ruined a perfectly good tube on my trainer front wheel. I just keep it pumped up so the bike will be level. Damn valve lock got pushed up into the stem by the pump head. What could be more embarrassing than having to replace a trainer bike tube?
07-19-18, 01:48 PM
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07-19-18, 01:49 PM
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07-19-18, 01:50 PM
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When visiting a fast food joint as youths, my friend would occasionally ask for fries with no salt. No, not because he was worried about sodium intake, but because the fries currently being served weren't fresh/hot enough for him. Once his fresh, saltless batch was made, he'd bring 'em to the table and give them a healthy shake of salt.
07-19-18, 01:51 PM
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07-19-18, 01:51 PM
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07-19-18, 01:53 PM
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I wouldn't put salt on melon, but I do like melon slices with a salty cured meat on them... mmmm prosciutto.
07-19-18, 02:01 PM
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I have decided that today is the day. It's rotating tubeless tires day. I was going to get lazy, leave the front in place and put the new one on the rear, but I might as well do it right.
07-19-18, 02:04 PM
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07-19-18, 02:07 PM
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07-19-18, 02:24 PM
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07-19-18, 02:26 PM
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I feel like a geek for saying this, but these new tubeless valve stems that I just picked up are SUPER SWEET.
07-19-18, 02:27 PM
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07-19-18, 02:28 PM
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Speaking of roaches, I heard someone mention using diatomaceous earth as an insecticide this morning and had to look it up...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatomaceous_earth
TL;DR- It's a talc-like powder that is really the crushed remains of trillions of diatoms. It's like rolling in a bunch of microscopic glass shards to an insect... it gets under their exoskeleton and slowly dries them out through many small puncture wounds. That's a very satisfying way to kill a bug.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatomaceous_earth
TL;DR- It's a talc-like powder that is really the crushed remains of trillions of diatoms. It's like rolling in a bunch of microscopic glass shards to an insect... it gets under their exoskeleton and slowly dries them out through many small puncture wounds. That's a very satisfying way to kill a bug.
07-19-18, 02:35 PM
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Okay, I changed my mind - both new tires are going on. I just can't handle the thought of a shiny new tire on one wheel and a road-weary tire on the other. I'll rotate the old front tire in to the mix in a couple few thousand miles.
07-19-18, 02:49 PM
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So in my university years I lived in Baltimore and we had to deal with roaches and waterbugs. I hated the waterbugs because they move fast and make a scraping sound on the hardwood floors, that would wake me up in the middle of the night and freak me out!
07-19-18, 02:53 PM
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I ate a small cantaloupe for dessert at lunch and there was salt. Salt brings out the sweetness. https://www.sciencefocus.com/qa/why-d...nhance-flavour
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07-19-18, 02:54 PM
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Kudos. You are a trooper. What stems didja get?
07-19-18, 03:02 PM
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07-19-18, 03:08 PM
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07-19-18, 03:16 PM
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https://www.walmart.com/ip/Louisiana...32-Oz/53952985
07-19-18, 03:20 PM
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That's a lot of hot sauce.
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