So if you didn't do anything airgun related what did you do today?

[maraudinglizard]

Speaking of refresh- and this is directed at Kris- so we tried the Kaged electrolyte mix.  WOWZERS, I've never used anything that works so fast and works so well.  This includes just about everything sold at GNC and Vitamin Shoppe, everything Gatorade makes, BioSteel, PowerAde, and all the other "hero" mixes. 

It doesn't foul up the blood sugar or create flares, so that is a big plus for me. No icky after taste either. I'm not stiff and sore the next morning either when I use this stuff. 3 scoops in a 2 liter bottle is all I need for the day, the rest is water. I'm using the fruit punch mix right now and probably mix up the next order and try the other flavors.

[cjtamu]

Jerry, are you talking about the Ramada across the highway from the Kentucky Speedway?

I've stayed there too!  Good internet there, though the room had a "somebody is hiding stank with a buncha PineSol" smell.  However, carpets were SWOFFFFTTTT!

Peter I thought about you today when I found a poison ivy vine as thick as my leg going up a tree. It's dangling vines off the pine tree where I won't be able to mow the yard there soon so I got the chain saw to it slowly cutting with the saw pointed away from me where the clippings didn't get on me. Cleaned the saw off with break cleaner afterwards. I'll give the cut vine some vinegar treatment tomorrow. Mowed a couple acres in the hot sun with my long sleeve shirt and pants drenched in sweat too. Picked up more limbs from the storm 3 weeks ago and found this non aggressive venomous critter under a fallen log so I got the grab tool and tossed it into the woods by the creek where it belongs. If it was aggressive trying to attack I would've killed it but it was only trying to get away from me so I gave it a pass.

Gil, I think I'm missing one on them thar snek critters   Anyhoo, sounds like you had "fun" the Peter&Sonja Way- sweating until drenched while giving Ma Nature a haircut.  Last Saturday I actually had to stop and take a break; even after finishing the work, it took me over half hour to cool down to where I could be in AC without feeling nauseous.  The cold well water shower was amazing though.  The well exceeds 400 feet so the water is fresh, clear, and cold.

Speaking of refresh- and this is directed at Kris- so we tried the Kaged electrolyte mix.  WOWZERS, I've never used anything that works so fast and works so well.  This includes just about everything sold at GNC and Vitamin Shoppe, everything Gatorade makes, BioSteel, PowerAde, and all the other "hero" mixes. 



Today I've already fact-checked some of my work on a couple databases. 

I also switched some bike parts around and now my wife has the chocolate-colored 26" "BMX" bike and I have the dark metallic purple.  We got them last night so it was perfect for a birthday spin on birthday bikes.  I love the fact that we now have so many superb options in cycling.  Cyclocross bikes now come with wider rear triangles and are sold as "gravel bikes", we can get multi-speed 29ers, the 27.5 "hybrid" city bike has matured and I can now get a factory-built 27.5 with a single-speed front and 10 speed rear AND long-travel fork with disc brakes front and rear (likely our next bikes after we move)... plus good old single-speed 29ers, commuter single-speeds with BMX-style compact drive, 22" BMX bikes...  plus all the old stuff.  My last full-custom build was a set of hybrid commuter 36-spoke rims laced up to 3/8" BMX hubs and a Gary Fisher Rangitoto mountain bike frame.  Still had to use the rigid hybrid fork up front but the geometry was decent; a little too laid back for aggressive park and trail riding but a decent urban "stairs and gaps" bike. 

Mountain bikes in general are nuts.  I expect to see Felt and KHS triathlete bikes running north of 6k, but the only mountain bikes worth that kind of coin IIMO) are MAYBE the Ibis BowTi (full suspension frame with no moving parts) and some of the top-tier double-boingers like the San Andreas.  I miss my Cannondale Lefty and the SuperV-3000, but if I ever buy another mountain bike, it will be a 27.5 with a 4" travel front with lock-out and hardtail 10-speed rearend- mechanical disc (not hydraulic).  My old cyclocross bike had hydraulics and I changed it over to Tekno mechanical discs immediately.  I like the 26" wheel, but the 27.5 rolls faster and with less effort.  I'm tall enough for a 29er, but Sonja's only 5' 6" so they're just not comfy for her.



I guess I should take this moment to admit I'm a bicycle fanatic almost as much as I'm a sling-shot fanatic.

Now we’re talking. Kim’s 27.5 C-dale Trigger 2 was in that range. Crazy isn’t it? We were lucky and Paid half due to some good friends with a bike shop. Great bike for the way she rides, she likes air. She’s shorter than Sonja and it fits her well. You’d dig my Voodoo Aizan HT 29’er. And probably my Santa Cruz Edition Big Ripper. Maybe my 26” OM Flyer. Or maybe my 1981 PKR loop tail with Skyway II mags. Or perhaps the polished Al 2000 PKR XL with 3-piece Powerlite cranks that was my oldest daughter’s last race bike? Or…you get the picture ha ha ha. If you’re ever down this way let us know.

[Sqrl Klr]

It doesn't foul up the blood sugar or create flares, so that is a big plus for me. No icky after taste either. I'm not stiff and sore the next morning either when I use this stuff. 3 scoops in a 2 liter bottle is all I need for the day, the rest is water. I'm using the fruit punch mix right now and probably mix up the next order and try the other flavors.

What flavors besides fruit punch have you tried and are they tasty?

[Blowpipe Sam]

Fouled an anchor on a snag.  It took a good twenty minutes to work it loose but I didn't want to abandon the anchor.  I found a spot where the Bream were biting in a desultory fashion and caught a half dozen shell cracker big enough to keep.  I scaled and cleaned them on the boat.  Then I dropped the cleaned fish off at mom's house.  Mom likes Bream.  I'm partial to catfish and crappie.  I found a swamped gheenoe but couldn't manage it alone so I tied it to a branch so it wouldn't drift off.  It probably belongs to someone who lives along the river.  I reported it to FWC when I got home and they will take care of it.

The sun is over the yardarm and the smoking lamp is lit.    

[anti-squirrel]

Chris, if we ever end up heading your way, I'll holler.  Sonja never was into bikes before (avid runner and kayaker) but she is now.  I've been in-and-out of riding for 4 decades; everything from a RedLine 20" with RL 2-piece Flight cranks to building single-speed road bikes using trash-day frames.  The biggest asset was learning how to build wheels; a set of 20" wheels I laced up in 2001 are still in active use in the central East Coast and have outlasted a number of streetstyle, dirt-jumping, and skate/bikepark frames.  I was looking closely at the SE 29ers but after taking one for a spin I shifted direction to the 26" Stolen bikes we purchased- direct from Stolen with 10% off.  We're already dialing the bikes in with minor changes on seats, seatposts, and handlebars. 



@Gil- regarding Kaged- the fruit punch is good, but after also trying the pink lemonade, I may buy nothing else.  The pink lemonade is absolutely delicious.



Sam- those gheenoes are sweet boats for the flats and marshy tidal areas- I've seen more than one on the Water-Moccasin-drops-in-your-boat Chichahominy, York, and Pamunkey rivers; I'm betting somebody is missing their baby!

[maraudinglizard]

It doesn't foul up the blood sugar or create flares, so that is a big plus for me. No icky after taste either. I'm not stiff and sore the next morning either when I use this stuff. 3 scoops in a 2 liter bottle is all I need for the day, the rest is water. I'm using the fruit punch mix right now and probably mix up the next order and try the other flavors.

What flavors besides fruit punch have you tried and are they tasty?

The fruit punch for sure, I was looking at the pink lemonade(which is sold out right now).  Here are the flavors that they offer.

https://www.kaged.com/collections/all-products/products/hydra-charge

Glacier Grape
Fruit Punch
Pink Lemonade
Strawberry Yuzu
Apple Limeade
Orange Mango

[cjtamu]

Chris, if we ever end up heading your way, I'll holler.  Sonja never was into bikes before (avid runner and kayaker) but she is now.  I've been in-and-out of riding for 4 decades; everything from a RedLine 20" with RL 2-piece Flight cranks to building single-speed road bikes using trash-day frames.  The biggest asset was learning how to build wheels; a set of 20" wheels I laced up in 2001 are still in active use in the central East Coast and have outlasted a number of streetstyle, dirt-jumping, and skate/bikepark frames.  I was looking closely at the SE 29ers but after taking one for a spin I shifted direction to the 26" Stolen bikes we purchased- direct from Stolen with 10% off.  We're already dialing the bikes in with minor changes on seats, seatposts, and handlebars. 



@Gil- regarding Kaged- the fruit punch is good, but after also trying the pink lemonade, I may buy nothing else.  The pink lemonade is absolutely delicious.



Sam- those gheenoes are sweet boats for the flats and marshy tidal areas- I've seen more than one on the Water-Moccasin-drops-in-your-boat Chichahominy, York, and Pamunkey rivers; I'm betting somebody is missing their baby!

Our SS roadies are some of our favorite bikes. Was my commuter bike till The 19 shut the world down and people quite going to the office ha ha. Bout to get back in that habit though, nothing like 100+ miles/week on a SS for conditioning. Hate building wheels, but nothing rides like a hand built set. Actually met Kim on a ride. Was  leading rides for shop I rode for when a friend that owned another saw me and said a woman had come in. Had beautiful Orbea Diva and had never done a ride. She recommended she go ride with me because I had more patience with beginners. Showed up for one of their Tuesday night rides, which are pretty quick, and Kim had just decided she was going. All you need to know about Kim. No one had told me she was cute, age appropriate, and single. Her very first ride and she averaged almost 19 mph on an in town ride. The rest is history LOL. The best things happen when you ride your bike! Maybe we’ll get a chance to one day.

[Bicycleman]

Hand built wheels can be a big plus for any bicycle rider in the hobby/sport for the long term.  I am riding a set of Shimano aero wheels that were sewed to the Shimano hubs by a friend and owner of a small, family bicycle shop in Louisiana in the mid-90s.  The wheels have somewhere in the neighborhood of 39,000 miles on them.  I had a couple of the bladed spokes that snapped about 12 years ago.  I replaced them and re-trued the wheels myself.  <--- Very easy to do.  They are still spinning true and smooth, even though the decals are peeling a little.
The Orbea Diva was mentioned.  Those are very nice looking bicycles - and the price is right for quality riding/racing bicycles.  Very attractive bicycles.

[Madd Hatter]

Fouled an anchor on a snag.  It took a good twenty minutes to work it loose but I didn't want to abandon the anchor.  I found a spot where the Bream were biting in a desultory fashion and caught a half dozen shell cracker big enough to keep.  I scaled and cleaned them on the boat.  Then I dropped the cleaned fish off at mom's house.  Mom likes Bream.  I'm partial to catfish and crappie.  I found a swamped gheenoe but couldn't manage it alone so I tied it to a branch so it wouldn't drift off.  It probably belongs to someone who lives along the river.  I reported it to FWC when I got home and they will take care of it.

The sun is over the yardarm and the smoking lamp is lit.    

And don't forget about a brace of rum😁 for a job well done!

[Blowpipe Sam]

It's interesting how many of us on this forum are bicycle enthusiast.  I built wheels for Jamis beach cruisers 40 years ago.  Sure wish I had that shop dishing jig today.  There's a truing stand and a dishing gauge out in the shed somewhere.  I haven't used them since the nineties.   I tend to ride my beater Trek 530 around the neighborhood these days.  I've got a half dozen wheels that need spokes and truing.  Just too lazy to get around to it.

[Bicycleman]

Working on and repairing bicycles is a part of the hobby that I really enjoy. 
Last week, I replace the rear derailleur on my grandson's Schwinn.  The screw holding one of the idler pulleys fell out.  He didn't know what had happened - only that he couldn't pedal any more.  He pushed the bicycle home without picking up any of the pieces/pulley off of the street.  But that gave me a chance to do a bit of upgrading on his bicycle.  Now, both shifters work as they should.  A new cable and chain means he is good to go for another year or two.  (Maybe?)
I have not built a complete wheel - ever.  But, I have trued many on my bicycles, my son's bicycles, and even wheels for friends.

[anti-squirrel]

Yep, lotsa cyclists here.  I built several 27.5 wheels using 14mm BMX hubs; nobody was making 27.5" BMX geometry frames/forks at the time (this was even before SS BMX-style 29ers appeared). s I was adapting upright "city bike" hybrid commuters.  Those hybrids have mostly aluminum frames so they really couldn't handle street riding like a 20".
I still prefer single-speeds over everything else.  There's an elegance and durability found only with the SS simplicity, and BMX componentry rules.  Definitely prefer my S&M shorty BMX seat even over just about any other seat, even my B-17.

We've seen huge paradigm shifts across the cycling world, from full suspension frames with no moving parts (Ibis BowTi) to single-tube forks (hello, Lefty!), hydraulic disc brakes, CF everything, exotic alloys, tubeless tires... but IMO, the biggest change affecting the entire market as a whole is the compact drivetrain.  They started in flatland BMX 40 years ago but didn't hit the mainstream until the late 90s.

So what have I done today?  Database work. 

Hopefully it will be dry enough later to go on a ride.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Took the memsahib to an appointment in town.  Then we decided to live large and splurge at Whataburger.  I had been hoping for some Mexican food but the memsahib wanted a burger.  It suited me.  I'll take a good burger over just about anything else.  The best part was the Iron Maiden (my step daughter who does not approve of me) had to work so she couldn't join us.

To end the day we had cocktails with an old buddy I hadn't seen in thirty years.  He and I were both blue haired punk rocker wannabes in Los Angeles in the early eighties.  Now we're both gray haired retirees in Lower Alabama.  The irony is delicious.

 

[Sqrl Klr]

Thanks Kris I saw watermelon listed on amazon but said it had caffeine.

Sam good on you for not taking it under the finders keepers policy like too many people would. What did you play guitar or drums?

Robert right on I just got a bottle of spice rum and vanilla rum too.

[2A Georgia]

Working on and repairing bicycles is a part of the hobby that I really enjoy. 
Last week, I replace the rear derailleur on my grandson's Schwinn.  The screw holding one of the idler pulleys fell out.  He didn't know what had happened - only that he couldn't pedal any more.  He pushed the bicycle home without picking up any of the pieces/pulley off of the street.  But that gave me a chance to do a bit of upgrading on his bicycle.  Now, both shifters work as they should.  A new cable and chain means he is good to go for another year or two.  (Maybe?)
I have not built a complete wheel - ever.  But, I have trued many on my bicycles, my son's bicycles, and even wheels for friends.

Mike,
We are kindred spirits.  I rescued a Goodwill bike couple years back and soon after Memsahib let me upgrade to a used Diamondback that had the deraileur mount sheared off.  Couple of cables and breakaway mount later I had a nice mountain bike been riding the last year and a half :-)

[maraudinglizard]

Thanks Kris I saw watermelon listed on amazon but said it had caffeine.

The watermelon is the amped version(200mg of caffine), it's like drinking a monster or red bull. The flavors listed above are the hydration mix. I buy directly from Kaged because I get a discount through GOVX. This hydration mix has really worked for me, especially this week with this miserable heat wave this area is having.

[Madd Hatter]

Thanks Kris I saw watermelon listed on amazon but said it had caffeine.

Sam good on you for not taking it under the finders keepers policy like too many people would. What did you play guitar or drums?

Robert right on I just got a bottle of spice rum and vanilla rum too.

I've never had rum that I REMEMBER. Mostly screw drivers and 7&7.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Thanks Kris I saw watermelon listed on amazon but said it had caffeine.

Sam good on you for not taking it under the finders keepers policy like too many people would. What did you play guitar or drums?

Robert right on I just got a bottle of spice rum and vanilla rum too.

I've never had rum that I REMEMBER. Mostly screw drivers and 7&7.

I've got enough boats thank you. LOL!  I would have hauled it up on our dock if I could have managed it.  Then let one of my FWC buddies run the registration number.  I phoned in the number and FWC will find the owner.  I was/am a keyboard player although not very talented.  That's why I picked Punk.  I figured you didn't NEED any talent to be a successful punk rock musician.    

Rum is my usual drink but I do like a drop of Irish Whiskey occasionally.

[cjtamu]

The Diva has been a great little bike other than the bond on seatpost binder coming loose. Works but rattles. Orbea offered her a new Orca frame because they don’t make the Diva version anymore. She couldn’t bear to part with it. If it will ever cool off around here I have an early 70’s Nishiki mixte to finish rebuilding for my niece. Really cool bike, will post pics when done.

[Bicycleman]

Mike, We are kindred spirits.  I rescued a Goodwill bike couple years back and soon after Memsahib let me upgrade to a used Diamondback that had the deraileur mount sheared off.  Couple of cables and breakaway mount later I had a nice mountain bike been riding the last year and a half :-)

Charles
That is a nice, well equipped bicycle.  The bicycle I take to the woods is a Schwinn Mountain bike that I bought new when my favorite bicycle show closed.  I never really did any upgrading because it had what I needed to ride it to my hunting spots.