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Looks like a proper Kenovo. Best way to see them.

 

Levo I think. The shock is up high. Or should I say the damper. Looks like the damper is up high, but the "shock" is down low on the toasted bike!

(see what I did there? Triple entendre! @Faust29 - do I get a prize for triple meaning of shock?)

 

Either way….best outcome for an ebike.

 

I'm shocked at your post.

 

I'm not as anti moped as some of you guys but how can anybody look at the bulk at the juncture of the crankset and still argue that this is "just like a regular mountain bike". My personal hangup is that the riders themselves refuse to admit that they ride them because they make everything easier.

 

The Harbor Freight in Pasadena was quite the sideshow this morning. I walked in and some dude blasting music on his phone asked me to help him. I'm like, "I don't work here," and keep walking, don't engage.

Get my rake, get in line and the two ladies in front of me are asking the clerk if there's a discount because one of them is dying...
The poor clerk was clearly uncomfortable. Then the ladies tried to pay with an EBT card and the clerk has to explain why it keeps getting declined.

Meanwhile, the musical contractor siddles up and asks me again for whatever tool he's looking for.

I paid for my rake and booked it out of there, just in time to see the dying lady with the EBT card hop into her Lexus.
Next time I'll go to ACE.

 

I have a friend from high school who was married to Caesar from Los Lobos. Her step/half brother killed her and dumped her in Turnbull Cyn., which is a whole 'nother story. But I digress, Caesar was out in his front yard, maybe Walnut at the time, and someone drove by and asked him how much he charged for doing lawns. Aye que la chingada!

 

Y eso lo que dicen "por qué estamos como estamos."

 

Not to make light of, or, fetishize it, but, that sounds like it should be an episode on ID discovery.

When I used to bartend in college I went out to lunch with one of my friends who was a waitress at the same bar, we both had the previous night's tips on us and decided to go to the bank and deposit our loot.
She walks up to the teller ahead of me and the teller asked her if she was a stripper.
I walked up to the same teller right after, and the teller goes, "Wow, that's a lot of ones. Do you deliver pizza?"

I was like, "Wait, she's a stripper and I'm a pizza boy!?! We walked in together!"

 

Well, c'mon, what are the chances you'd be the stripper?

 

ewwwww, I want one.

 

I talked to a former mt biker who just sold his soul to the e-devil. By former mt biker, I mean as of a couple of weeks ago before he exchanged his soul and bike for a mo-ped. He's very physically fit and somewhere in his early 50s. His reasoning was the only good reasoning there is, short of physical need. He said it's fun uphill. He has a point. In terms of minutes - 70-90% of the time on the bike is either dull or miserable to get to the 10-30% that is fun. He says "now it's all fun..." OK, good point. However - I still prefer the suffer-reward approach. I'm a surfer. I'm ok with ridiculously low payoff in terms of time percentage. 1 hour - 6-8 waves = 50 seconds of surfing.

 

Ebit caeds are graph and corruption. So many times I have been in line with people buying things they were not intended to be used. But it's like giving money to the dude/dudette on the corner "they will just buy booze". If it makes them happy I am happy too.

 

I would rather stop riding than buy one of those cu*t machines.

 

I’m not doing any riding right now unless kids are involved.. which means I haven’t been mountain biking lately. When I get back on it soon I know it will “hurt” as far as fitness goes.

What I am really looking forward to is the time out on the trails with a clear mind. To me, nothing beats a loop through Oaks and Weir.. XC and chunk as needed. Not right now though, too hot!

As I was writing this I forgot my point, I got wrapped up in thinking about riding. Point being… I just want to ride and I don’t want to charge my bike to ride it.

p.s. I just started surfing again

 

Cornholio! Kids are sleeping, and it ain’t hot, and you got a friend outside who’ll meet you at Oaks maybe next weekend around this time. Lemme know if you wanna climb slow with me. You can lead the DHs since I’m not too familiar with much of weir and oaks.

 

That's awesome. If you suck at it and want company, join me. I'm headed for San O Bluffs trail 1 in about an hour or so.
How long before you get the kids into surfing and then your surf time will be kid time too?

PS: I could never do the @DangerDirtyD program. 1 - I am worthless during the day if I interrupt my night for 3 hours. 2 - I fall way too often to risk a fall at night on closed or empty trails. Even if I burden a buddy with my safety, I have no business riding under those conditions. For Dio - it's that or nothing. I applaud his commitment. It's not for me. And for those reasons, I'm out.

 

Haha!

 

Why buy one pair of Dakine Cross-X gloves at regular price when you can buy two pair at 35% off?

 

I actually bought my kids sponges this summer to get going. Taking them again on Sunday to get wet. My son is a pretty strong swimmer (will be 7 in Nov) and hopefully I can get him on a foam surfboard next summer. He’s already standing on the pool dedicated sponge.

And I am the same as far as the DDD nightwolf rides.. I get up at 3:45am for work and can’t mess my clock up on weekends. Plus, I can’t hate on people breaking the rules at Oaks only to break rules myself.

 

This was a fun day..



I will be back soon..

 

Good lookin crew except the jackass in yellow!

 

It was a good day! Anyone still ride the same bike they have in the photo? I've had two bikes since then.

And I think the guy in yellow hiding in the back just photo bombed this pic,

 

The tall dude in the back does not even ride anymore.
Sculpin jersey spotted .... Ballast Point was the OG sellout. Still a great IPA.

 

Just for that snide (and accurate) comment, I'm going to go ahead and ride my bike!

...sometime...

...Maybe in a couple of weeks...

...If it's not hot...

...And if the surf is no good...

I wonder if I will remember how?

 

Nuggets!

 

I’ve broken a few since then… But the frame in the pic is still hanging at The Path as far as I know. Say Hi to it next time you’re in there!

 

I wasn't at that particular ride, but yes I still ride the same bike as I did then.

 

I figured as much from you...hehe.

 

Funny, I bought that jersey at one of the breweries down in SD just weeks before the sale. I was actually going to buy some shares when they were going public then Constellation stepped in.

I think Ballast was looking at a $250mm IPO then Constellation came in with “how about you just sell for a billion?” Didn’t end well for Constellation.