I'm super-stoked that there's going to be a World Cup CX race within a drive-able distance from me.

Uh oh. Better stock up on electric motors now.

Congrats, that is an awesome feat.
I have a fatbike century on my to do list for this year, but have a secret weapon and mayor cheat, fatbike slicks. (sorry for the potato pic)

Got an AX Lightness saddle from my friend, I wish I liked it better. I could have saved almost 140g.

I've never ridden a fat bike in the snow, how's the difference?

ive only been able to get a little snow action since we got so much at once, and it was tough going

i wouldnt exactly say the road was easy, but it was much easier than the snow weve had

sand is pretty great though, the greatest thing about it is just riding places that are literally impossible on any other kind of bike, total smilefest

Did you play with the tire pressure on this 145 mile adventure?

Today the hardshell tire I ordered from Retrogression arrived so now both of my stock tires have been replaced I obviously had to go break em in and although the weight difference is gigantic, switching from 23s to 28s was wonderful comfort wise The decent protection the tires offer also sets my mind at ease while I'm riding around, and it's cool how much more confident I feel on the bike because of that.

You did get black?

I have been waffling about buying this saddle myself - I like the perforated leather on the white but have had nothing but trouble keeping the couple white saddles I've owned clean. I would jump at the black if it was the same leather as the white but instead it appears like it has raised suede(?)...errr...pimples? I move around a lot on my saddle so that could be a problem for me.

Would like to hear your experiences with yours...

nah just kept it the same all day. "jacked it up" to around 10 (my gauge doesnt know anything below 1bar which is like 16psi) and it was good

on trails though its constant experimentation lol

How low have you gobe with those tires? You can take a look at the digital Topeak gauges for accuracy, plus it has the leak function.

i really have no way of knowing, but im thinking last week dickin around the snow was around ~3ish. these are"only" 4", putting 5" tires on would be even lower

the topeak one is on my shopping list for payday

eventually itl have 3 wheelsets; 27.5+ carbon rims w/dyno for bikepacking, a narrower 65-70mm carbon rim for 26x4" on trails, and keeping these 90mm rims for 26x4.5-5" on snow and sand and "overlanding"

Volare re-issue is the best news I've heard today. Pity is almost as pricey as some NOS examples.

Yes, the suede is raised. Knowing my track record with cinelli saddles, I'm keeping my mind open and my expectations lower. Hopefully, san marco helped a fair bit in making them comfy by making the reissue based on the concor supercorsa design.

i havent done jack **** today. i have no idea why.

I'm sure it has nothing at all to do with recovering from that epic ride

lol im good to go, the only thing keeping me from riding the beach today was the fact that id have to clean the bike AGAIN

its a good thing i dont live in drought country or my clean bike OCD would put me in the looney bin

im debating on just going to the park now and practicing hooligan skills but i only got like an hour of light left anyway

I've given up on keeping my entire bike clean. I just make sure the drivetrain isn't absolutely disgusting, and there's nothing in the brake tracks.

My road rash had entered the stage of being constantly itchy instead of painful now. I'm happy that I'm almost back to normal, but holy **** I want to itch everything.

if it was mud i wouldnt be too bothered, but its the salt and crud from the road that i just know is literally eating **** off of my bike

did you take the tegaderm off? thats the worst part about tattoos and having tegaderm on completely eliminates that ****

Oh right we don't salt roads around here.

It's itchy even under the tegaderm lol

yeah east coast winter is hell on bikes, lol.

make sure you keep it on for 4-5 days, otherwise its gonna be sooooo much worse

I got to do some cool things today in class. The machine shop has a few busted cast iron parts that my teacher is having me tig-braze with silicon-bronze, cool! The shop assistant guy had me weld a broken galvanized mounting bracket, not so fun cuz the fumes can make you sick. School is almost done for good and I'm out looking for work. Probably wont get to actually weld for some time with entry level positions.

In addition:
Stacking dimes aluminum (just kidding though, that phrase bugs me it doesnt define a good weld)


Fooling around making a weave bead, not so much of a thing done on aluminum as with steel

They kind of remind me of those hammered fenders that generally look purdy awesome.

Yeah its been 6 days since I've crashed