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Yep! Got two premium backpack hunts I've got a shot at this year. I have enough points, probably, for a Hells Canyon bull elk tag. Maybe get flown in to Lord Flats then go from there? Then a lesser but still real chance at another Steens deer tag.

65 miles is a respectable ride at any age! Any issues in your knees when you bag big miles? Any IT band issues towards the end of rides?

I did a 1-1/2 hour mountain bike ride today. It was hard. The steepest sections were full granny-gear but they were so long I couldn't stay sitting. Standing up is key for hard climbing for me on my road bike. When I'd stand up climbing these steep old dirt roads I'd lose traction on the rear wheel (from unweighting it) and it'd spin out on me. I'd kinda forgotten about that.

I also need to decide if I want to stay with flat pedals or go with one of the MTB shoe/clips setups. I'd rather stay flat pedals but I think being clipped in would help on the steep climbs by smoothing out the power at the wheel? Either that or I'll spin out and fall over from being clipped in... only half joking...

Also got a creak in the bottom bracket or maybe a pedal that I need to chase down. But in general the bike is great so far. Those huge 29" tires and front air shock and relaxed "rake" make it really stable and predictable going downhill. I didn't have the guts to do a 2-wheel drift yet but I was tempted.

I've been on clipless pedals for 20 years, I have trouble riding now without them, lol. The continuous power cycle you have with them, along with the added control you have over the bike with them is incredible. Check out your seatpost for the creak, it may sound like it's coming from somewhere else, but often it seems to be the seatpost. Put a light coat of grease on the part of the seatpost inserted in the frame and make sure it's tight. I've fixed more than one bottom bracket creek that way.

Yeah they don't bother with that schit much.

But it's far from the ONE good thing.

Knees are okay. Better 30 years ago, but okay. Dunno what an "IT band" is, so I guess it's okay too.

I stayed with flat pedals on my mountain bike, but ya, clips would help smooth out the climbing. I spin out too sometimes, climbing with the mountain bike. Haven't ridden it yet this year. Going out on the road bike in a couple of hours, but not 65 miles. Maybe 40 - 50 miles. Something like that, and fewer hills.

Guy

You better slow down when you hit the FL-GA border.

LMAO.

They make enough of them in Pa. Truth being, more than I can handle.

I'm torn - which is the bigger d-bag, the bro Instagram or the selfie Instagram?

Yeah, I did not "need" to know about IT band stuff... haha... until I did. It's a band of hard tissue on the outside of the knee/quad, basically a spread-out tendon coming from the outer quad. If it goes out on ya during a ride it's excruciating to open and close the knee, regardless of whether you are putting power through or not. It's cured, pretty much, by aggressive rolling on a hard foam roller, which is also excruciating. If I feel it coming in on a ride, usually at 30+ miles, I can usually fix it with the heel of my hand and/or the top tube of the frame of my bike, just really grind it into that area. Until I figured it out I had several rides I had to finish basically on one leg. It just shuts down the affected leg.

Upper body is a bit stiff today too from the MTB ride... me likey! I noticed my arms were a bit trashed when I went out to the Cave last night to crack a beer and throw darts. Yep!

I hope you are using a seriously bright red flasher on the back of your road bike. Don't be like that zillionaire woman in California who's in an early grave for the want of a $50 flasher. I had to buy my cheapskate buddy one, he was trying to get by with a cheesy little blinker, but they are worth it, a literal lifesaver. Catch the attention of that dumbass texting as they come up behind you, etc. Maybe not an issue where you are, maybe you have bike lanes... I ride rural roads and I won't even go out without my flasher. I'm blanking on the brand of mine... Serfas Thunderbolt maybe? Something like that... but it's long and thin and bright as God. I also use a BRIGHT front light set to strobe in the daytime; that was begun after I was blazing a downhill at 35+ mph and a car almost pulled out of a driveway in front of me.

A solid inquiry but widely subjective.

On one hand you have an individual not only engaging in unprecedented levels of douchebaggery but he's now DRAWING others into his tractor beam of narcissism. Although we can say that this person at least has somebody to hang out with.

Conversely, the other d-bag is not spreading the disease so to speak, but he is so self absorbed he has nobody to share his d-bag'ness with.

A conundrum for sure.

Enough of what? You lost me.

Been meaning to ask: What is a Merlot hike?

I enjoy hiking. I enjoy drinking red wines, including merlot.... Is this a combo of drinking wine & hiking?

Guy

Merlot = his dog.

Ha! Awesome.

I kinda liked the wine-walk idea too though.

Guy

Doubt it but anyway:

The weather sucks in summer, too many people, the traffic can be a pain, I don’t fish and the hunting can be expensive. More than a few nice looking women, was the meaning, but we have enough in Pa when the need strikes.

Not much in Fla that I need other than a winter break from here.

Sporting clays is better than good, but I have that here also.

Oh gotcha.

All that has Merlot muscling up. 👍

And if there is water, you best accept there may be a Gator in it. Jumbo Rattlers in unlikely places are not all that rare either.

Don't be such a pussy.

I did a few miles yesterday where Toby and I used to walk, haven't been there in a while. I miss that dawg. I flushed two roosters, if he'd been there in his prime he probably would've broken a dozen and come close to snagging one or two.

Did upper body with the trainer today. Sometimes I think those guys sit around in a room and try to outdo each other with the crazy schit they come up with. Good workout though.