COL._Von_Spanker

is this still for sale?

The cheap eggbeaters will wear out quickly if you used them for cross or in muddy conditions. I had a pair that lasted about two races. I switched to the candy 2's and have been happy with them Shimano SPD's are definately one of the more durable as are the times. I have some of both that have lasted a long time (10+ years) but I haven't found anything that beats the candy's for cross racing.

What up Y'all. I got a bike co. now. Flat vs. Drop: I bet if you did a visual survy of commuters on the Burke or Dexter you would find about 2% actually riding in the drops. That said I still prefer my drop bar bike. Also, with the 'performance' fit becoming more common added to 10cm of steertube spacers and a upright stem for a comfort fit there isn't much need for drop bars. I usually only get in my drops when I'm racing. Pack vs. Panniers: I love the idea of panniers, especially when my back starts to hurt after toting my laptop and papers and other commuter crap. But alas, I can't bring myself to put a rack on the bike that I also train on on the weekends. Don't do disc brake frame conversions, they don't work well. Disc brakes are far superior to canti's and dual-pivot. THERE WILL be people who say "I get plenty of stopping power from my regular brakes". Well I'm sure there are people who will say they get plenty of stopping power on their drum brakes on their '72 honda motorcycle, that doesn't mean dual Brembo's are a bad idea. And people said the same thing about v-brakes, and hydrolic brakes and disc brakes. I ride 12+ hours a week all year round on both styles and for commuting and winter ride discs are phenomenal. -No rim slurry -Out of true rims are inconsequential -Brake pads last a LONG time -Less force to stop quickly (different than more stopping power) That said I still race with dualpivots dura-ace setup, but we don't use the brakes that much... If you have additional questions feel free to hit me up: geoff@baronbicycles.com

Index is a rock quarry. It's second to exit 38 as least natural crag in the state.

I'll sell you my A5 Single. I just posted it on ebay though cause no one would buy it. But you can 'buy it now' for three hundred and I will waive the shipping.

Take up aid climbing, that's what I did,

Current conditions Thurdsay AM.

Anyone been up near vesper peak recently? Just wondering what the road condition and snow levels to the summit are like.

Yes they did, it can be seen in the photo below:

I have a 20 gig one. Well really it's a regular Ipod with a broke screen, and luckily I had it on random before the screen broke.

Whatever, tough guy.

Weed isn't the only thing that comes in little baggies.

So no one is going to be at smith huh?

I am going to smith this weekend for my birthday bash and would like to clip some bolts and do one of the aid lines on the monkey face, preferably not pioneer route. Anyone else gonna be there?

I have noticed this with Eidelweiss as well. When I use it side by side with my mammut supersafe the Eidel will tangle itself, and the mammut won't. Sometime the two of them will get so twisted I think they may be trying to mate and make rope babies. A little diligenge will avoid this problem. My theory is this, the stiffness of the eidelweis ropes sort of prevents them from naturally spinning the tangles out while it's hanging. You can get the twists out by grabbing the end of the rope and twisting it in such a way that it is opposite of the way it's twisted and your rats nest will fall apart. At least this has been my experience.

Anyone been up there lately? What are the conditions like? Approach trail? Descent trail? And how about pearly gates? And how about Condormorphine? Just Curious.

BIG VERSION

I watched 9 people base jump above me while on green drag-on at index. Was this related?

Sounds like we got ourselves a couple of armchair climbers turned armchair glacial geomorphologists...

The proto's for the central park exhibit were made in right next to icicle creek. I remember seeing them and going 'what the fuck are those'.

I was wondering about conditions as well, I would like to take the old lady and the dog to the top of a mountain, but can figure out which would be best in the current odd conditions.

Or drink the feelings away...

If I had a dime for every time someone asked that.... (Same with "using a gri-gri for solo aid?")

Tranlastion: A word for cybergeeks possibly created by an even lowlier form of geek the d&d geek.

40 oz of beer is the only way to go