Tonight I almost bought a this. Decided to keep my powder dry. It's a leftover 2015 and maybe it will be discounted a little more in a week or three.

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I like Performance for their good sales on wearables, not so much for parts.

Today I rode in a bib short and short sleeve jersey. Hallelujah !

Glad you enejoyed the great weather. I was in DFW a few hours ago and the jetbridge had the top open (CJR 900 didn't fit properly). It was sunny and felt so nice, particularly cause I just spent the week in Chicago.

Today I finished my Truing Stand. My version of the Roger Musson Stand from his book. http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...psrhgr2s4g.jpg
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Today I am no longer a resident of austin. San Antonio isn't as bad as it used to be. Time to save some $

It does. I was surprised he came back to apologize but he needed to come back for other reasons and he did leave his bike with us so it could have been genuine or it could have been a "I better be nice so they don't f with my shiz". I want to think he was being sincere but since I have a tendency not to believe customers since they tend to lie I don't fully.

Me: "Have you jumped any curbs?"
Customer: "me never, I don't even know what that is"
Me: "well you have a pinch flat and it can be caused by curb jumping"
Customer: "you guys changed it last it was probably installed wrong"

I may need to enforce this. :lol:

My all-time favorite dick move is, "How much will it cost to have you _______?"
"Oh, really? Well can I just borrow your tools?"

Had my first ride on my Carré fixed. Weird, wired, spell it how you like.

In grad school I worked in a gunshop. People would bring in guns they had taken apart, usually in bags, and wanted to know how much it would cost for us to put them back together. They would get upset when we would tell them we did not know for sure (given we had not taken it apart and it might just be a pile of parts for us to figure out). But, every single one of them eventually left us their mess to clean up. That was the first time i saw that list, albeit lower numbers back then.

... updated our wills to account for changes in the last 15 years...

I dig it!

Today my daughter was published for her work in black hole research. I haven't a clue what the article says but I'm proud of her.

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Today I no longer own a mountain bike.

Congrats!

+1

Why not? Did the marines take it?

Oof that is the buzz around these parts. I hope there's a successful resolution to that; perhaps return of confiscated-cycle upon full payment of fine?

Thankfully not, I sold it, hopefully to a person who didn't have exactly that happen to them.

I'm officially on the market for another off-road steed. 2016 is going to be time for a refresh on both roadie and off-roadie.
Currently I'm eyeing Santa Cruz's stuff. My heart's settled on full suspension carbon but I'm still debating wheelsize.

re: idiots getting bikes confiscated by marines

they knew damn well they were poaching, they chose to ride where they did. i do the same thing every time i ride my local trails, the only difference is it isnt on a goddamn military base. theyre lucky they didnt get arrested by mps and put on a no-fly list for life by homeland insecurity

theyre supposed to get their bikes back when they pay the fine tho

my next mtb will be a SC highball 27.5 when i sell some bikes, im considering full squish because of my east coast terrain but idunno how id like it. it would also be like 2 grand more so theres that.

Trespassing is trespassing but the thing with this is, locals became accustomed to riding through there as it was previously seldom guarded or patrolled by base personnel. Not to mention the area is a bit too inviting as it is off the beaten path of base operations, "open", "unused", and "wild" to the layperson civilian. Did they have it coming? Sure did.

Base staff were bold to set an example of trespassing cyclists by suddenly enforcing and catching trespassing cyclists with a swift heavy and armed hand (as expected with MPs) without any notice or additional warning beforehand.

Just as word of mouth among cyclists/ friends made these forbidden parts popular, this event had the same effect.

I like Santa Cruz, but they put some low budget parts on some of their bikes. The Spesh Epic is awesome, in my opinion!

TimothyH, that is awesome!

just the fact that it has anything to do with military is reason enough for me not to go anywhere near it. im good on getting blown up, shot, run over, or shoved in some concrete hole and never heard from again.

parks and recreation 5-0 is a whole different story

So, it actually happened to me. I'm going to re-post something that I did in General Cycling, just for reference:

*DISCLAIMER I realize that what I am about to post warrants some discretion, and could compromise my legal position. Having said that, I'm not interested in anything other than full honest and compliance with the law*

They took my bike, on new years eve, at about 11:00AM. Needless to say, I had a few to drink that night :)

The damage:

Confiscated bike, title (1385?, too lazy to look at the citation atm) for trespassing on federal property. The marines were polite and cordial, not really rude at all. There was a little bit of loud voiced, puffy-chested flexin' (as I like to call it), but that lasted all of 30s as they could tell I wouldn't be any trouble. The max fine is $500 with potential misdemeanor charge; I will not be able to retrieve the bike until the case is closed. I went to a SDMA meeting about the subject a couple of weeks back, and spoke personally with the CO of Miramar Air Base, SDMBA board of directors, a couple lawyers, and a few other riders. It sounds like if I at least show up to court, the judge will knock of any criminal charges, and lower the fine on a discretionary basis. We may get a lawyer to go in and represent a bunch of us in one fell swoop for a minimal fee.

My take:

I just think that it's a little unfortunate the way that everything happened. I completely understand the temporal and financial strain that it puts on the base when they need to shut down the firing range; that is probably hugely frustrating to the the CO. The boys need to work. As a matter of fact, the CO is a mountain biker himself, and chose to implement the bike confiscation policy after other less severe measures weren't working.

I am going to play the naive card here a little bit - I'm a competitive road and track cyclist, not much of a mountain biker. It was my third time in the area, the first two being led by groups of experienced mountain bikers. Of course I saw the signage; I'm not stupid or blind, but I followed them in and figured it wasn't of practical concern due to some sort of sheep or herd like psychology, like the hundreds of other riders who go through there each weekend. What happened is totally my fault, and I accept that. At this point my agenda is damage limitation (financial and criminal), and telling everyone I know in the community not to go there, although that word has clearly gotten out.

From a longer term perspective, it's tough because there are so many good trails that go through Sycamore Canyon and the surrounding areas - that are all private or military property. Even as you go north and east of the Santee Lakes, where the really good stuff is, the property belong to Pardee Homes and other developers; it's not public land. The long and the short of it is that SDMBA doesn't want anyone riding north of the 52, period. They are working on getting easements and public trails set up, but that takes a while. It's such a shame because there are trails and riders who have been riding and working out there for decades. Due to increased military security in these times, and increasing numbers of riders on the trail, the area is going to have to collect dust and the trails will deteriorate, unfortunately.

Although I'm not that huge into mtn biking, I may chose to become an SDMA member, donate and be a little active about establishing legal trail usage in the area going forward. This was the best place to ride mtb without driving to leave the greater San Diego area IMO, and I'm interested in helping establish safe and legal access for all.

U.S. Marines crack down on trespassers; confiscate 45 mountain bikes | GrindTV.com

EDIT: I got caught at the 3rd/4th pic in the article above.

Wait, you got your bike snagged Tmonk?