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On Friday, April 2, 2021 at 3:51:03 PM UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
This is my MTB in fairly clean condition: http://www.analogconsultants.com/ng/bike/Muddy5.JPG -- Regards, Joerg Is that rear rack homemade? Guessing rack mounts do not work on a fully suspended mountain bikes with the rack attaching below the seatpost and at the rear dropouts. |
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On 4/2/21 3:56 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:
[...] Sorry about that Joerge. My trick memory had me remembering that you lived around Santa Cruz and worked in Silicon Valley. No 10 horses would be able to drag me to live in Silicon Valley, or in any urban environment for that matter :-) -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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On 4/3/21 8:36 AM, Ralph Barone wrote:
wrote: On Friday, April 2, 2021 at 3:51:03 PM UTC-5, Joerg wrote: This is my MTB in fairly clean condition: http://www.analogconsultants.com/ng/bike/Muddy5.JPG -- Regards, Joerg Is that rear rack homemade? Guessing rack mounts do not work on a fully suspended mountain bikes with the rack attaching below the seatpost and at the rear dropouts. The black rear rack looks to be an off the shelf part, but the aluminum bracket below holding Joerg’s battery pack does look to be a custom job. The black rack is a boom type and it began to buckle on rough rides. So I built the back out to be more like it is on a motorcycle. That required the manufacturing of a fairly precise thick bracket but luckily one of my riding buddies was a machinist before he retired. So he made that. The aluminum channel acts as a fender at the same time. The bike also got the longest quality seat post I could find, for extra rear-end sturdiness. That stopped the frame creaking on gnarly trails. The downside is that the seat height can no longer be easily adjusted for other riders. The upside is that this rear-end is now so tough that you could almost sit on it (and on very steep descents I do). Before I started homebrewing I regularly transported growlers in the panniers via singletrack. You just had to make sure they are offroad-safe (stainless steel) and be careful opening them afterwards (KABOOM). The top trunk can be removed and below it is a homemade loading platform to which boxes and stuff can be strapped. I have transported heavy client gear and packages on that. The longer route to the next Fedex office is more fun because most of it is singletrack. This one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuKwBGT6am8 When I need stuff from Home Depot I sometimes use the MTB because of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44zqIKf2T_I Life is good! -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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On 4/3/21 8:53 AM, jbeattie wrote:
On Saturday, April 3, 2021 at 3:42:37 AM UTC-7, wrote: On Friday, April 2, 2021 at 3:08:46 PM UTC-5, wrote: 6,000 miles a year until two years ago when it dropped to 5,500 and then last year when I barely made 4,000 with the F-ing lockdown. Did the lockdown in California make it illegal for you to leave your house and ride alone? Or did all of the group rides in your area get canceled due to the lockdown? And you being a very sociable, loving person, would never ever ride alone. You have to be riding with someone to go out for a ride. Or are you simply blaming someone else you don't like for choosing to ride less last year? The lockdown reduced my mileage because I wasn't commuting, and I was working a lot and didn't have the discipline to get up from my desk and go for a ride ... You've got to do that. I am now largely retired but still have to help some clients when they are in a pickle. However, there are days when I have to tell them that I have a "prior commitment". -- which also didn't help my weight. Commuting is compelled mileage, and even my relatively short commute was good for my fitness. I've really had to work at getting my daily mileage back up and throwing in rides that at least equaled my commute. I don't know what accounts for Tom's drop in mileage, but one would assume growing older does not help. I am not anticipating getting stronger as I grow older. No but then you'll hopefully have more time. After I finally was able to convince a friend to retire and we were riding along he said "Traffic is always less on Saturdays, isn't it?" ... "Hey, this happens to be Tuesday!" ... "Oh, yes, right, it is indeed, and I can ride any day now!" This Thursday one of my retired riding buddies had a heart attack during a break up in the hills (after a stent procedure he's ok now). Will that put a crimp into his riding? Never. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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On Saturday, April 3, 2021 at 8:53:28 AM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Saturday, April 3, 2021 at 3:42:37 AM UTC-7, wrote: On Friday, April 2, 2021 at 3:08:46 PM UTC-5, wrote: 6,000 miles a year until two years ago when it dropped to 5,500 and then last year when I barely made 4,000 with the F-ing lockdown. Did the lockdown in California make it illegal for you to leave your house and ride alone? Or did all of the group rides in your area get canceled due to the lockdown? And you being a very sociable, loving person, would never ever ride alone. You have to be riding with someone to go out for a ride. Or are you simply blaming someone else you don't like for choosing to ride less last year? The lockdown reduced my mileage because I wasn't commuting, and I was working a lot and didn't have the discipline to get up from my desk and go for a ride -- which also didn't help my weight. Commuting is compelled mileage, and even my relatively short commute was good for my fitness. I've really had to work at getting my daily mileage back up and throwing in rides that at least equaled my commute. I don't know what accounts for Tom's drop in mileage, but one would assume growing older does not help. I am not anticipating getting stronger as I grow older. I'm in exactly the same position. By this time I would normally have 1,200 miles in a nasty winter like we've had but right now i have half of that. |
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On Saturday, April 3, 2021 at 11:44:17 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:
On 4/3/21 8:53 AM, jbeattie wrote: On Saturday, April 3, 2021 at 3:42:37 AM UTC-7, wrote: On Friday, April 2, 2021 at 3:08:46 PM UTC-5, wrote: 6,000 miles a year until two years ago when it dropped to 5,500 and then last year when I barely made 4,000 with the F-ing lockdown. Did the lockdown in California make it illegal for you to leave your house and ride alone? Or did all of the group rides in your area get canceled due to the lockdown? And you being a very sociable, loving person, would never ever ride alone. You have to be riding with someone to go out for a ride. Or are you simply blaming someone else you don't like for choosing to ride less last year? The lockdown reduced my mileage because I wasn't commuting, and I was working a lot and didn't have the discipline to get up from my desk and go for a ride ... You've got to do that. I am now largely retired but still have to help some clients when they are in a pickle. However, there are days when I have to tell them that I have a "prior commitment". -- which also didn't help my weight. Commuting is compelled mileage, and even my relatively short commute was good for my fitness. I've really had to work at getting my daily mileage back up and throwing in rides that at least equaled my commute. I don't know what accounts for Tom's drop in mileage, but one would assume growing older does not help. I am not anticipating getting stronger as I grow older. No but then you'll hopefully have more time. After I finally was able to convince a friend to retire and we were riding along he said "Traffic is always less on Saturdays, isn't it?" ... "Hey, this happens to be Tuesday!" ... "Oh, yes, right, it is indeed, and I can ride any day now!" This Thursday one of my retired riding buddies had a heart attack during a break up in the hills (after a stent procedure he's ok now). Will that put a crimp into his riding? Never. The 88 year old riding buddy we have cannot ride until they use electroshock to put his heart back on rhythm. I don't know what that is but he seems to have had the problem before. |
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On 4/3/21 12:45 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Saturday, April 3, 2021 at 11:44:17 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 4/3/21 8:53 AM, jbeattie wrote: On Saturday, April 3, 2021 at 3:42:37 AM UTC-7, wrote: On Friday, April 2, 2021 at 3:08:46 PM UTC-5, wrote: 6,000 miles a year until two years ago when it dropped to 5,500 and then last year when I barely made 4,000 with the F-ing lockdown. Did the lockdown in California make it illegal for you to leave your house and ride alone? Or did all of the group rides in your area get canceled due to the lockdown? And you being a very sociable, loving person, would never ever ride alone. You have to be riding with someone to go out for a ride. Or are you simply blaming someone else you don't like for choosing to ride less last year? The lockdown reduced my mileage because I wasn't commuting, and I was working a lot and didn't have the discipline to get up from my desk and go for a ride ... You've got to do that. I am now largely retired but still have to help some clients when they are in a pickle. However, there are days when I have to tell them that I have a "prior commitment". -- which also didn't help my weight. Commuting is compelled mileage, and even my relatively short commute was good for my fitness. I've really had to work at getting my daily mileage back up and throwing in rides that at least equaled my commute. I don't know what accounts for Tom's drop in mileage, but one would assume growing older does not help. I am not anticipating getting stronger as I grow older. No but then you'll hopefully have more time. After I finally was able to convince a friend to retire and we were riding along he said "Traffic is always less on Saturdays, isn't it?" ... "Hey, this happens to be Tuesday!" ... "Oh, yes, right, it is indeed, and I can ride any day now!" This Thursday one of my retired riding buddies had a heart attack during a break up in the hills (after a stent procedure he's ok now). Will that put a crimp into his riding? Never. The 88 year old riding buddy we have cannot ride until they use electroshock to put his heart back on rhythm. I don't know what that is but he seems to have had the problem before. Probably controlled defibrillation. My buddy is much younger, super-sporty and fit. On a hill I can't hold a candle to his riding. However, stuff happens. That's why it is important that as many people as possible know the symptoms of cardiac issues or stroke and everyone should learn CPR. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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