Always the Wrong Gear
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Surly’s Number 7 and tubeless Extra Terrestrials
21 Aug 2016AUSTIN - The Surly branded Revelate Ranger frame bag finally arrived, and it’s nicer than I thought it would be. Surly worked with Revelate to make frame bags for all (or most?) of their current frames – I think just the off-road models. The bags are all made in Alaska… -
More on my Extra Terrestrial experience
12 Aug 2016AUSTIN - In an effort to test out the new Surly Extra Terrestrial 26 x 2.5 tires in something other than my apartment parking lot or my 5-mile (8 km) round trip to class, I rode around Ladybird Lake on the Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail in… -
The Troll goes Extra Terrestrial
10 Aug 2016AUSTIN - I wasn’t completely sure about the Schwalbe Marathon Mondial 26 x 2.15 Evolution I mounted to replace the Surly Dirt Wizard 26 x 2.75. I mean, they’re burly tires meant for the craziest expeditions over the most unridable surfaces with an elephant strapped to your bike, with an… -
The red, bulging rim strips
08 Aug 2016AUSTIN – The bulging of the Surly rim strips in the Rabbit Hole rims was driving me a bit crazy. At 2.5 bars it was just too much – I’m sure it was structurally fine, but it annoyed me It looked like the tubes (these aren’t tubeless, yet) would stretch… -
A perfect day for a small bike ride
21 Apr 2016AUSTIN – Weather warnings and watches murmur and squawk as creeks flood, thunder rattles the windows and lightning rips holes in the churning sky Perfect day for a small bike ride. We weren’t riding small bikes; I mean it was a short ride. I mean … my new Surly Troll…