Reflection, Reparation, Repentation, Rejuvination, and Recreation

Reflection, Reparation, Repentation, Rejuvination, and Recreation
Having fun on the Midnight Beast

Friday, February 15, 2013

How to properly remove a crown race. First make sure your machete is very sharp

Thursday, February 14, 2013

With alternating patches of snow and dirt I both trudge and float over the blizzard's remains.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

As was reported a few posts ago, my Redline was up in the stand with the entire drivetrain off, for a good cleaning. The paint isn't real pretty anymore, so I didn't take too much time to make it real shiny, but wiped the grime off and re-wrapped the driveside chainstay with electrical tape.
I replaced the chain and cassette, scrubbed the chainring and crank in the kitchen sink, got rid of all the jammed-in duff from the forest floor. Goes welll with the kitchen's earth-tones theme. Same with the derailleur, but I did notice that onea the pulleys has a crack all the way through to the bearing. So it may fall off someday while I'm riding down the trail. Until then, maybe Blackstone Bicycles will order me a new set for my next trip down south? Should be next week if everything works out. Need to service the 'ol Recon.
Other news is that I picked up a Reba from a guy in Providence yesterday. 80 bucks!... It's an '08, but 'like new' (so's my D460. 2008 was the last year they made them!). Really clean, not what my forks ever look like. Hardly a scratch, and apparently really not ridden much, as the guy took it off a new Voodoo build and replaced it with a rigid carbon fork. WHY anyone would do that, I don't understand. He explained to me briefly something about 'taking it on the chin' , but I guess that's never gonna be my riding style....
With any luck, we'll get pummeled with snow this weekend, I'll have Friday  off, and will get to installin the reba, and slappin on the snowshoes and havin fun!

Monday, February 4, 2013

Today. Just below freezing and the morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball...actually more yellowish...
2x around the Marsh with a total of 3 deadsailors loops. Like yesterday, the ground still frozen solid with no ice under the dusting we got yesterday....so, still fast with a 11.4 avs in 8.49 miles and 45 minutes. Second loop I warmed up nicely. Highly recommend a go at it after work!

Adams Farm 24F

So we blew off Saturday since it was like 14F and took out chances with the little bit of precip that was forecasted for Sunday. Little bit it was! It was 24F, just warm enough to keep all our digits from falling off.....and,(from my fb posting)...Fun on that dusting of powder covering up some of the smaller mental boulders....just enough traction to stay glued, combined with the unknown going into those hot corners...but no ice under made it predictable and safe. Yeah, that's it, Fun!

Me

Trail

JT