sleepybrew

ny state is a feeding ground for this shit as well. legalized in 21, and fucked up the rest. still only minimal dispensaries. every gas station here is selling weed. buy papers and they will ask you. what did they think was gonna happen? they opened the door and left it swinging. then the stupid governor wants to make it a "priority" to shut them down. should have prioritized the supply chain and the issue would still be there , but smaller. they didn't want legal weed , just the money. our disgraced former governor cuomo legalized maybe to help himself but it was supposed to have been in the works. proved they had done nothing. weed isn't causing issues here. go get the fentanyl that is. local ems absorbed with folks dropping . 

great night on the creek last night. 10 fish. a largemouth, 2 yellow perch, a bullhead (hit a trolled mepps spinner) , 2 fat bluegills, and 4 fat ass smallies. 2 were hard to handle , super strong and fat. had to get a hook cut out of my finger a few years ago so i'm cautious. my buddy has the fish picture but i got some of the creek. got the train just as it came in to the sun. my buddy tipped over in the rapids, lost some shit but we found his shoe and phone. the otter was swimming with us for a while, and a huge blue herron was gorging himself on herring

whoopi, miley , wouldn't miss either

real nice night last night. we call it "hero dirt" . damp enough to have traction and no dust but not slick. i'm still a little rusty but rode decent. tonight is fishing

55 minutes ago, Deephaven said:

Sounds glorious

hardly describes it. we kayak upstream , becomes paradise, bald eagles, osprey , and our favorite , the river otters. fishing is awesome , though it's tidal waters . that can play part. my buddy here was so excited he had to jump out on land to get this thing. small by striper standards, but in the keeper range , and he was gonna have some good eating. i rode some of the trails sunday , pretty nice. some need cleaning but we'll get to it. ridiculous pine cones this year 

had his chance to walk . chose not to , and the cop handled it. first time in his life getting actual discipline . surprised he wasn't yelling "Mommy!"

Tomorrow night is looking good so far. Got some nice pork loins for the grille. Old lady gonna make potatoes of some sort. My first ride with the boys of the year .Ass whooping  cometh. These guys rode all winter while I was trying to ride sled. Sadly the fatbike shit gets good the same time as sledding and I miss it. Late 50s /60s  guys that can climb , and hammer down hill. Probably an 8-10 mile night. I’ll be hurtin’ but Thursday night is fishing in the creek. Stripers are up and my buddy is chomping at the bit. I hit the Smallies, take a striper if it comes. I’m gonna be shot Friday, lol

i would like to hear actual customers say they saw a reduction

i'm hittin' that shit tomorrow , gonna be sweet. tick central but i have bug spray for that

11 hours ago, racinfarmer said:

I went from a Trek Session DH bike to a Cannondale XC bike of somekind to nothing.

I think anything semi-modern is a big improvement from either of those for riding in western MN. 

even though i ride rugged , jagged shit i sill ride the bike path with my old lady. air up and go. santa cruz has an awesome riding position. i rode all my friends shit and felt that santa cruz has the best angles for me. climbs anything but totally fine dropping stuff , down hill, corners, it does it all . very quiet as well , no clanking or chain noise, or creaking. i did have thr=e reverb seat post fail on my first ride, but i took it apart and fixed the design flaw. will be good forever. tubeless tires added a lot to the riding experience and no flats. supple as hell over roots, which we have tons of. 

16 minutes ago, Crnr2Crnr said:

Federal judge rejects Trump request for new trial in E. Jean Carroll suit, says he must pay $83.3 million

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-judge-rejects-trump-request-new-trial-e-jean-carroll-must-pay-83-million

 

major pussy grab for citizen Trump 

get back to work. don't you have some tailgate switches to order or something? 

last year we were all hammering a long downhill. i was ahead of the ebikes but knew they were coming. i moved over and my handlebar hit a dead tree. i didn't realize the tree swayed and broke off on the way back. landed on my buddies neck as he went by at 25mph, and he went head on in to a tree. i thought he was dead. he was ok. they were like damn sleepy, trying to kill the man. that tree was like 20ft high and got him at the base of his neck

i'm surrounded by ebikes but i am holding out. we ride tonight at 7 , and when i ended up with 2 "acoustic" riders and 7 ebikes i stopped going every week. not feasible to ride together, i just started riding other times. well they figured it out , ebikes at 530 , and the rest of us at 7 as usual. maybe an ebike or 2 stays , but they ride our speed. 

i do run the fattest tires i can, tubeless of course. my fat bike has studded tires, also tubeless. and a wren inverted fork that is pretty trick

1 hour ago, Premium said:

My troy is a 140 rear and 150 mm up front. Some versions come with an available 160mm fork. That would be way overkill for what I typically ride. Only occasionally do I miss 27.5 wheels...the 29 is just so much faster overall in my experience, even if it doesn't feel like it. Then when riding the extremely rocky terrain of north shore upper peninsula the monster truck tires come in quite handy too.

All depends what/where/how you ride though.

my bronson is 150/150. i probably don't use all of it but is a cushy bitch. 27.5 is good in our knarly , rocky terrain, but 29er rolls better. i removed a token from my fox 36 to make it even more supple. i can rebuild it myself when the time comes, as well as the rear. 400 psi of nitrogen in those little rear shocks!

Haha, I still have some me coffee cake and a shitload of Girl Scout cookies , ice cream in the freezer . You would think I was fat but I’m not , lol

Pasta and sausage, salad and bread. She had eggplant meatballs, which I don’t eat

crockpot chicken marsala , egg noodles, peas, broccoli . more sour cream coffee cake

10 hours ago, Deephaven said:

Broken mine on the bike as well.

Both arms on a snowboard.  One twice, lol.

 

But fuck it.  Gotta have fun 

exactly. many benefits from mtb, just try to stay within the limits of your ability. the ski mountain environment made it easy to leave snowboarding. we have a bunch locally, one i can see from my job. they just get worse and worse. one just went private, 175k a person to be a member. going up to 200k and 10k a year. talking about enjoying the "rarified air" . that's what city folks must call non polluted air

4 minutes ago, Crnr2Crnr said:

 

retired buddy of mine rides all over out west, mostly Colorado and a bunch in West VA and the southeast

mtn bikes are great collar bone breakers... he's on his third time last fall.   he's still a f'ng maniac at 66 though, but his doc suggested shuffle board or billiards on the last visit   

i gave up snowboarding to avoid getting fucked up. yeah the bike can hurt you but you can get hurt many other ways that are not nearly as fun. i ride with a guy in his 80s. rubbing your tire on the climbs and downhills. jumping, wheelies, he does it all. he is from a club to our south, and when the other guys come i ask "where's frenchie?" . we left him home so he doesn't show us up 

tonight i had potato chip crusted halibut with a white wine sauce, saffron rice, snap peas, red cabbage , carrots , a roll and butter. washed down with a brooklyn lager . couple girl scout tagalongs so far, but there is a sour cream coffee cake waiting. 

1 minute ago, racinfarmer said:

I am positive there are a lot of determined miserable people with a lack of common sense in that video.  

my sled buddy is a roadie. cool, respectful one. i tease him when i see dickheads in the road and acting entitled. that crowd brings it on themselves. we are in the woods on private lands that we maintain. 90% of the guys i ride with have sleds, dirt bikes, quads, etc. , and 100% are all for it even if they don't have anything. the guys in the video on snow with gravel bikes is just stupid. go run your skinny tires on someone's cross country ski trails and see how they react

2 minutes ago, Tommcat said:

 

don't lump us in with those assholes. trying for a positive thread here

oh yeah. went to the kingdom, stayed at a sweet air bnb. big group of us. we had a good weekend. the bad part is i crashed both days. unlike me to do that but it was raining and leafy, i hit a root to catch air, landed in a criss cross of roots and ate shit bad. next day coming down a huge hill , flying , rolled my pedals back and put my weight back. hooked a little stump with my pedal. threw me through the bike. 2 in a row, i was dinged up pretty good. went in to town and it had awesome mtb vibe. had a beer and app at the tiki bar , was a good time. i think they lost some trails after we were there, but i have friends that go every year. i brought a whole "shell" and cut a bunch of ny strips for the grille. awesome from the local meat market. i made ny strips with blue cheese butter. twas killer!