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I bought a helmet for my girls initially, and it still fits. It is a basic black full face helmet that I picked up on clearance locally. We had Atv gloves laying around they wore at first. A year or so later I found a Speed & Strength riding shirt that was kind of a flop and didn’t sell well, so I got it for next to nothing. I’ve always made them wear jeans and a pair of hi-tops tennis shoes at least. Before Tory and I took our trip to The Tail I bought her a pair of good gloves. I treated it no different than getting gear for myself. I accumulated things over time. If you shop clearance on websites like Rocky Mountain and Bike Bandit you can get some great gear at super prices. Checkout Iron Pony as well.

I’m sure it’s because they were all new tires and were just getting scrubbed in.

My oldest daughter, Tory and I put down 425 miles today in about 8.5hrs. We had some fun running down a youngster riding a Yamaha naked bike on 170. Then we made our way to Hundred, WV. Along the way we made a couple college visits. WV250 was in decent shape. WV7 was great. We ran OH7 to 556 to 145 to 148 to 9. We had very little traffic on the whole run. The run up 9 was the cleanest run I think I’ve ever had up or down that road. One last photo.

Do you have yours on order?

That’s actually in Jefferson where I live.

Sounds like good times

Looks great

Your second pair of shorts?

When you look into the shorts realize they are not all created equal. When I went to buy mine I looked for the biggest widest pads I could find in the butt area.

Rocky Mountain

Ordered a set of new tires. I’m going to give Dunlop’s new Roadsmart 2s a try. $160 for both. This cheapskate couldn’t say no.

Either of you use padded bicycle shorts? It makes a huge difference for me. I ride the cbr with the stock 2x4 seat. I can go 500 plus miles with bicycle shorts. Without them 100 miles feels like 1000 miles.

Pauly was this a recent briefing? I’ve talked to medical personnel and read where people are being sent home because their services aren’t needed. It was my understanding that most hospitals have acquired additional ventilators as well. What are we lacking?

Haven’t spotted any on the ground either, so it’s all good. Open everything up. Let’s go.

I haven’t seen any velociraptors in the sky. I’m not concerned. Open everything including Jurassic Park if you like.

Ed I don’t feel I’m risking mine nor my family’s life at this point. You and whoever else would like to stay home can until eternity. I just want the option to do as I please, but I can’t currently based on our Governor and Acton. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/coronavirus-disease-2019-vs-the-flu

Screw it then I’m showing up on Mike’s lawn tomorrow morning. Look for me on the news boys. Maybe you should show up too, so I can straighten both of you out at the same time.

This is why I need you to talk to your buddy Mike and tell him this 2days in, 2days out crap doesn’t work. Tell him to open the schools up in the fall and while you’re talking to him tell him to open the fricken restaurants back up. Not in 2 weeks either. I’m mean now. Please and thank you.

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/05/06/ohio-gov-mike-dewine-one-option-schools-fall-two-days-person/5174398002/ My daughter actually found this. Personally I’m done. I’m ready to go back to normal life. I say if you want to stay home fine. Me personally I have little fear about this stuff. I’m willing to take the chance. They tell me we don’t know enough about the virus. I say exactly. Why are we making all of these decisions without solid information. I’m not big on living in fear.

Anybody else ready to move past the Coronavirus?

I did have to use a hammer and screwdriver at 1 point because my spoon was so stuck. After I break the bead I spoon the 1 side off. That usually goes pretty decent. It’s spooning the 2nd bead off that has caused some issues What are you cutting your tire with. I’ve tried cutting tires before and they are tuff. It was a car tire.

I’m too cheap.

This is the second time I’ve changed a tire when it was cold. Both times have sucked, but when it’s warm I’d rather be riding. Right tools I have motion pro spoons, but not a no mar. The sad part is the hillbilly stuff with the truck hitch, 2x4, and deck board break the bead fairly easy. It’s the spooning off a Dunlop Roadsmart 3 that sucks.

After my last rear tire change a week ago. I wish I owned a set of warmers just for changing tires. It was quite the struggle spooning off that Dunlop rear. I did take everything into my basement to try to get things warmer than the 50 degree temps outside. I wasn’t sure I was ever going to get the thing off. I eventually got the job done after probably 45 minutes of fighting the stupid thing.

I think I almost did the same thing at the first Epic ride I came to. I had never actually even rode in a group so I figured I’d start off in the medium group. When I arrived there were like 20 guys in medium and only @Helmutt to lead. I started looking around to find a smaller group and I spotted a smaller group with a VFR (pretty sure it was Tpoppa). I said I can go with this group, but the looks I got from that group and others told me to just stay in the large group. Definitely a good thing I did. No way I would have kept pace with them.