NewsNot much riding news due to it being crunch time at school. I did put some proper off road tires back on Ye Ol’ GT Talera though. The plan is to have it be an -extra bike- so I can invite people up here to the northern quadrant to ride, even if they don’t have [...]
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Picked up some Jagwire inner wire and housing to solve the issues with the rear shifter on my Mongoose. The install went fine until I overtightened the shifter and cracked it. Fortunately, I only cracked one side of the clamp, so the other side should hold it just fine. Still chuffs my ass though. Every [...]
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Stopped by Addictice Cycles monday afternoon and grabbed the cassette lockring tool, and a few spokes. I totally lucked out getting black replacement spokes…awesome. Now I don’t have to have a -single- chrome one. They didn’t have a chain whip in stock, so the shop dood loosened the lockring for me. Once I got home, [...]
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Had a jammin little ride at Gainesville College today. My plan was to take it easy, but to take it. No wussing out and doing just one lap because it was -too muddy-. The plan ended up working out pretty good. On lap two I was listening to Suicidal Tendencies and Black Flag, which ramped [...]
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