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leaving columbus in 10-15 minutes, should be at the meet spot right on time.

The garage on Vine Street is usually a safe bet. There's also surface parking on the north end of the convention center as well as on the south end (east on Nationwide Blvd). $10/day if it's set up as event parking.

Dan and I are riding down to Beckley tomorrow and spending the night there. He's meeting another Andy down there too. You can never have too many Andys.

Yeah, you guys are riding a bit further than I am Saturday so I wanted to provide a shorter version. I've converted a number of different alt routes and imported into my sygic just in case. I also have the main routes.

Two suggested alt routes for Saturday that include 421: 1 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/37.7561336,-81.2155694/36.495485,-81.9419092/210+Broyles+Dr,+Johnson+City,+TN+37601/@36.926445,-82.4006822,9.25z/data=!4m65!4m64!1m50!3m4!1m2!1d-81.3159181!2d37.6134713!3s0x884e5849982f82bf:0xc4ce53e6640ce58f!3m4!1m2!1d-81.5431428!2d37.454163!3s0x884fb31a274e8783:0x814274029c89ac6f!3m4!1m2!1d-81.6875096!2d37.3282407!3s0x884fc80bfec5a7c9:0x64750fda5cdf9841!3m4!1m2!1d-81.525191!2d37.0329951!3s0x884fd529aee3ecc1:0xb449397b613eb7fd!3m4!1m2!1d-81.5114098!2d36.851571!3s0x8851d2cc35f3f977:0x9015393a08116607!3m4!1m2!1d-82.0507921!2d36.587694!3s0x885071e5ec2a258f:0x5d9c5e584e5746e1!3m4!1m2!1d-82.0641158!2d36.5721127!3s0x885071b83cf9afe9:0x7b2203faf2e5e532!3m4!1m2!1d-82.0649399!2d36.5702203!3s0x885071b78f67e11b:0xcccf496c56b824ba!3m4!1m2!1d-82.0655376!2d36.565545!3s0x885071b5cfde6a6b:0x30bbc3ae3d621d45!3m4!1m2!1d-82.0587053!2d36.5658249!3s0x885071cbd6493389:0xcabb5705eb07521f!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-82.0579525!2d36.429439!3s0x88507ca0c7d806cf:0xd193e32d75de5c6f!1m5!1m1!1s0x885a7d3f4556a177:0x666f51fd1687c44!2m2!1d-82.3716152!2d36.3435708!3e0?hl=en 2 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/37.7561336,-81.2155694/36.4188606,-81.9495144/210+Broyles+Dr,+Johnson+City,+TN+37601/@36.8832318,-82.0628423,9.75z/data=!4m65!4m64!1m50!3m4!1m2!1d-81.3159181!2d37.6134713!3s0x884e5849982f82bf:0xc4ce53e6640ce58f!3m4!1m2!1d-81.5431428!2d37.454163!3s0x884fb31a274e8783:0x814274029c89ac6f!3m4!1m2!1d-81.6875096!2d37.3282407!3s0x884fc80bfec5a7c9:0x64750fda5cdf9841!3m4!1m2!1d-81.525191!2d37.0329951!3s0x884fd529aee3ecc1:0xb449397b613eb7fd!3m4!1m2!1d-81.5114098!2d36.851571!3s0x8851d2cc35f3f977:0x9015393a08116607!3m4!1m2!1d-82.0507921!2d36.587694!3s0x885071e5ec2a258f:0x5d9c5e584e5746e1!3m4!1m2!1d-82.0641158!2d36.5721127!3s0x885071b83cf9afe9:0x7b2203faf2e5e532!3m4!1m2!1d-82.0649399!2d36.5702203!3s0x885071b78f67e11b:0xcccf496c56b824ba!3m4!1m2!1d-82.0655376!2d36.565545!3s0x885071b5cfde6a6b:0x30bbc3ae3d621d45!3m4!1m2!1d-81.8191487!2d36.4756349!3s0x88505ce16d46bfb5:0x3ef8d18454fdee93!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-82.0159235!2d36.3630035!3s0x885062951fb24ac9:0x2991e70bd7356691!1m5!1m1!1s0x885a7d3f4556a177:0x666f51fd1687c44!2m2!1d-82.3716152!2d36.3435708!3e0?hl=en

The new Hilton Downtown is really nice; it's attached to the convention center via a skyway. I wouldn't recommend the Hyatt.

thanks @Tonik. fuel and tires in the morning at the station across the street from my apartment. rear shock stays where it is since that's where it was when I weighed 30lbs more last year without gear. I'm right on the top end of the stock spring's range, will either re-spring it next year if I'm lazy or I will lose the 60lbs I need to over the winter and lower the spring rate a bit.

Hmm, I'm going to get the company I work for to bid on this. #freeallaccesspasses4me

Fueled up, fluids and tires checked. Added 8 lbs to the rear shocks for extra ground clearance.

If you were a real track wore you'd have a carbon fiber sprocket.

Huh. with abs standard as per new euro standards.

You're the worst. Both of you.

pre-presidential security sweeps are sure making work fun today.

actual photo of Jim's bike with a full donut load in the rear panniers.

show him who has the real fucking race bike.

I'll have my gopro running on timed photos too so I doubt I'll need to stop unless we see something super cool.

Any recommendations? One of the materials my seat is made of is disintegrating and needs replaced. Foam work probably not needed but if anyone knows of a place that does all of the above that would be an added bonus.

that's standard at dealerships for each tire if they have to remove the wheels. but yeah, super pricey considering taking a wheel off takes like 2 minutes if you have all the tools already on-hand.

So pace-wise, what are people thinking individually? I didn't mind your pace down at the gap this spring, Tonik/Tim. I would like to grab some nice scenic fall photos throughout the trip though. Anyone else planning on making short stops here and there for some photography/stretch breaks/scenery?

No, but I'd bring it up to them if I ever went back for any reason. Had already ridden the bike home before I noticed the bad oil leak and throttle fuckery, figured they would just blame me at that point so I didn't bother calling back.

Maybe I was just lucky enough to get ronny the intern on his first day.

I had my 24k done at Motohio and I wont be bringing my bike(s) back there again. Lots of little no-brainer things that they failed to do... like tighten the drain plug to keep oil from pouring out all over my rear tire, tightening down/properly re-installing the throttle assembly and so on.

Rooted my last phone, never bothered on this one. Maybe my next one, whatever it may be. Probably won't get rid of this note3 for another year or 2. Maybe 3. /shrug.

Moving files from downloads to any other folder on android is needlessly complicated. Annoyingly so.

Yes. All my sygic files are on my SD card.