PF bottom brackets are notorious for creaking. There are products to address this on certain ones and a ton of videos on ytube dealing with it.

Using Look Delta pedals for many years I have tried different things to stop the squawk, including Chapstick, sunscreen, WD-40, Pledge, and even wheel bearing grease. What has worked the best for me is original Armor All. Lasts longer than anything else I have tried. Gotta be careful walking with that on your cleats, though.

Fixed
I just HTFU.
I'm familiar with the 2-2-2-2-2-2-2 . . . dose pack.

I assume the prednisone does help with skin itch, to some extent.

speedplay. worth removing and reinstalling them, i did have a ticking sound from BB area on the aethos which turned out to be pedal related.

sunday morning 7am zone 1 ride metrics :

squirrels : 1
container ships underway : 1
egrets : 1
bridges crossed : 1 (twice)
tunnels transited : 1 (once)
deer : 4
wildflower colors : 4 (white, yellow, magenta, purple)
ducks or geese : 15-20
other boats underway : 15-20
number of people in longest coffee shop line : 15-20
other birds : hundreds
cyclists : 300+
pedestrians or joggers : 500+

I got it bad several times when I was a ute. It has affected me less as age has crept up but one time a few years ago I trudged right through it and the branches were wrapping around my lower legs.. Got a bad itch that time and the scrub really helped.

Journal worthy.

I don't interact with much poison oak, compared to poison ivy.

This is a fun compare and contrast with my 30-mile ride last evening
squirrels : 1 dead one on the road, maybe saw a few others
container ships underway : 0
egrets : 0
bridges crossed : 1 (twice)
tunnels transited : 0
deer : 0
wildflower colors : didn't count
ducks or geese : 2 Canadian Geese. They were on the other side of the road and took off right before I got there. I trailed them for a few seconds. Kind of cool.
other boats underway : 0
number of people in longest coffee shop line : N/A
other birds : didn't count, not sure it was hundreds
cyclists : 0
pedestrians or joggers : maybe 5?

Morning skateboard jaunt to the coffee shoppe.

1 full Church parking lot.
42-ish coffee shoppe patrons. The line wasn't bad though.
1 EB piggyback train.



There was a whole lot of brand spanking new Transportation Equipment Network trailers on the piggybacks:

Ride report will be posted after I ride. Gonna wait til it gets up to 64 degrees F before commencing.

exactly the same squirrel to bridge ratio, assuming you didn’t miss any (squirrels)

I gotta tell y'all about the Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom scene that unfolded on my last MTB ride.

I was cruising along in Sandy's Canyon and I hear all these branches cracking and snapping up on the cliff to my left, I follow the sound and flashes of movement through the trees then they emerge - two coyotes falling down the hill while wrasslin. Then the bigger of the two stands up and barks. Then stares at me for a minute as the smaller one scurries off. I decided to scurry off in the opposite direction, occasionally glancing over my shoulder to make sure the big dog wasn't interested in another scuffle with a new opponent.

So I had to look up whether coyotes barked, as I'd only really heard yipping, giggling, and howling out of them.

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It’s a cold and rainy day in the NE, nothing like what we left behind. I believe there is a break in the rain. Time to ride!

I’d be safe and warm if I was in LA…

#CaliforniaDreaming

I didn't know they'd be tallied, but I did remember the dead one in the turning lane with its limbs pointing outward. Sad.

Most of the route is wider roads (why I go that way) that you don't usually see squirrels on. I did circle around the neighbourhood where there are more, but wasn't on the lookout for them.

I thought they are shy.

Venus goes bat**** zone 1 when she sees a squirrel. She hates squirrels. Consequently I can't put up any bird feeders outside for all the commotion it causes. Because of that now *I* hate squirrels.

The problem isn't the squirrel.

New feature on interstate 40. The double vision simulator available in the meteor crater vicinity on the eastbound side

Are you heading to civilization?

Leaving it. Lunch in Holbrook, MTBing in Gallup. Navajo bro I talked to at Twin Arrows told me gas is only $ Three sixty-something in Gallup (practically free) so gonna top off before I leave for the return trip.

Training table update:

white line fever

All this talk of squirrels RMOT:
(Bad photo)

I'll second that. I used to shoot my bows at a range that is COVERED in poison oak. As soon as I got home, I slathered myself with Tecnu then took a shower and never got a rash.