Category: N.O.S.
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Wrench Day
That’s what Monday has become. So, welcome the newest addition in the quest for Leviathan perfection: Old school Avid SingleDigit 2.0 Levers. Adjustable pull (the little screw on the top of the blade), looooong lever blades, mint condition, super cheap via MTBR contact. As the literature says, they even work with Roller Cams! The pull…
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BCT ride
The Black Canyon Trail system is down between here and Phoenix; some brilliant new bench-cut, professionally layed out trail on the edge of the proper desert. This northern bit was completed this year. Profile, until my GPS batteries kicked the bucket. 25 miles total for the ride. Those climbs are all totally fantastic on a…
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Ouch
There’s some snow out there, especially at 7k. You can’t avoid north facing roads entierly. Sooooo, Matt and Chad rolled in last night. We spent some quality time beer drinking and talking, soaking in a pre-spring evening. Got up early, got after it in the cold morning, had some superlative tacky dirt, and some nice…
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The Earth at Work!
Cool links from Phillip, about a new rapid in lower Grand Canyon. Geomorphological micro-histories. Watch out! Happy leap year everyone. My HS girlfriend Joy was born today, which would make her 7 today. Happy birthday Joy, wherever you may be. Yesterdays GB ride was excellent. Some snow, some mud, some very unpleasent horse tracks frozen…
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A normal day
As if such a thing exists. Get home from work. Lurk around, eat some, odds and ends, go for a ride. Kill and drill out 305 on the SS, hills felt as close as ever to effortless. Head back, find a cool, low-traffic way to ride home, with a few bonus hills on pavement. Eat…
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Victorie: le nouveau
I am a bad mechanic, and just completed some of the most difficult wrenching on a bike I’ve done. When Curiak emailed me last week with an offer I couldn’t refuse, Leviathan seatstays with rack mounts, I thought it would be easy. Undo some bolts, swap, replace. Curiak alluded to head-scratching being involved, but I…
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Pop Quiz
Brownie points to whomever can identify the above. Hint: it’s one of only two in existence.
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Water
It’s been a wet winter. In sharp contrast to last. Makes old things new. For today: hiking (not running) around Granite Mountain, for some time on the feet in C2m prep. This is Mint Wash being crossed by trail 308. I’ve never seen any water here before today. Trekking poles proved essential for vaulting streams…
Bedrock & Paradox 