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I would like you to try a technique. Make a reminder note and tape it to your handlebar for one full day with one word, Swimming. Focus on the top and the bottom of the stroke exclusively. Push forward at the top and pull back and up at the bottom. Visualize being in an Olympic pool with scuba...

I went to a trucker's supply store and picked up a (meth-head for the madness) crack-pipe torch from the bargain bin by check-out. It was five bucks.

Ways to make the phone ring: 1) Take a bite of a tuna sandwich. 2) Hold three things together in which one is spring loaded while attaching a fastener. 3) Have grease all over your fingers. 4) Brush your teeth. 5) Return someone's call.

@pem, Your elevation gains are 12,049 meters. Mount Everest is 8,900 meters high. You have climbed 1.35 x Everest! How is the Nebraska high plains heat? Have you upped the power? If so, how does that feel? Is it cooling? How loose is the gravel on the Cowboy Trail? One key to diagnosing problems...

She is now on a offroad loose gravel trail for 200 miles across Nebraska. Some call it the American Outback. https://trackleaders.com/gawr26i.php?name=Patrice_McDonald

Yes, it says "Shimano" yet that shite is garbage. The sifters and cables and housings and derailleurs too, trash. All like a fat folder that is $599. People who don't know look at advertised speed, advertised range, and lowest initial cost. Then they see curtailed and curated 'reviews'. All of...

Without the Rockies she is picking up average speed and making distance.

The Aventon Adventure M allows for a throttle to be purchased, not included with the bike. It can be set-up to be Class 1, Class 2, or Class 3. But not on the same ride.

An older friend Bob has a huge adult trike with dual motors and batteries. He used to cycle Europe but now has balance issues. He wants to ride it coast-to-coast next year and is planning, I have found that about 25% of Chinese bikes have over-tightened six-bolt rotors, with extra-soft Torx...

My childhood dyslexia arose as I first read this post. Would Midwest Conventions interfere with pool access? Yes, a tornado would be worse than crashing an agg convention! But an agg convention would be more fun for making a mock documentary.

A major heat wave concerns me. The coming several days will show record heat and humidity from eastern South Dakota to the Atlantic and southeast with record high nighttime temperatures. Even a few hours of riding a bike launching at dawn will be highly demanding and possibly dangerous. One...

At the coast it is 56F or 13.333C with 35 mph/56 k winds today. Then the fog bank will roll in with cold humidity. It is either sunny and dry or cold and damp. https://www.windy.com/?38.426,-124.597,7

That is back when we had women in sports!

I normally go for a bamboo toothpick to straighten pins in a connector. I have a drawer full of just about every color of nail polish. I can mix them to make custom colors and adjust the degree of gloss when touching up bikes. I will put a small dot on each side of a connector before...

For the benefit of the others, @pem's bike was wobbling at the back of the bike. She could feel the sway through the saddle. After about three hours of self-doubt and contemplation, I asked her to check the front through axle. Counter intuitively, that will make the rear wobble (not hers but the...

I know that bike snobs would disagree. I like freewheels on bikes. I purchased a new bike on super sale for $450 six-years ago. My plan was to fix it up, convert it and flip it. I have ridden it almost every day since. A nice nickel plated 11-34 freewheel costs about $28. And it uses a wider...

She spent last night in a resort town with hot spring pools, and rivers. It looks like she is hanging out there for the day and I do not blame her. It sounds nice for a week. They also have the largest repository of mammoth bones and plenty of Native American cultural history.

Wow, I can't imagine my first ride of almost 7 months from January First. It is my tradition to do a New Year's Day ride in the hills.

I guess that it is where the state/county roads merge with interstate 90 in eastern Wyoming, so stuff like farm equipment can roll on the side.

Baby carrages.