Category: N.O.S.
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Frame pack
Is done. Two compartments, and a very taught zipper due to the sewn-in divider. Finish work is quite rough, the small angles make it not a simple task towards the end. I think it will work anyway. Tired now. No more paper writing.
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Nashbar front rack
On the rear. Easily done; a new hole for the flexy bracket needed to be drilled, and my seatpost bottle mount came in handy. The bottom brackets rotate on bushings, if not totally readily. As always with racks, structural soundness is a question, but there’s only one way to find out. I have thoughts…
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More good news
Just got a call from the LBS (The Bike Doctor). The roached MC 3.3 they sent off to Rock Shok last week was replaced as a warranty issue, for free. Given that it’s seen many, many miles, and the damage was totally due to me neglecting to replace the bushing soon enough, I’m pretty shocked…
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Nice day
Bright, sunny, first solid day in the 70’s I can recall this year. A good day to get out, stretch the legs, get out the cobwebs from a 12 hour day at work yesterday, and do some training. Singletrack in the Rattlesnake was good to go, only a few bits of snow in the shade.…
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How to make a pack
Raw materials. Added padding to spare Talon straps. Top lash strap. My dad and grandpa and I did a backpacking trip on Mt Le Conte (in the Smokys) back when I was in fifth grade, when I got that patch. Ready for water. And a shovel. Basing the fit off the Talon 22 and the…
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New pack
Completed after a full afternoon and evening of work. Very pleased, details tomorrow. (Post 800!)
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Yes!
First complete rough draft of a major final paper is DONE. Still much, much editing to be done I’m certain, but it’s likely the most theoretically nuanced of the work I’ll do in the next five weeks, and it feels very good to have it all down and outside my head. Almost to B&P…
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I went riding this afternoon
And it was good. The lower stuff on Blue Mountain is in excellent shape, tacky and fun. It was worth the drive over in traffic.
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Boot mods
Making the SuperComps work for me, which largely means making them a bit more tour friendly. I may eventually decide I like big boots, but I doubt it, and am still in the learning process. First, remove the ratcheting straps over the instep by dremeling out the rivets, and replacing them with bolts and some…
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