It was hot, very hot and I was soaked! The heat was bearing down so hard, that I felt like I was in a pressure cooker. Sopping wet from sweat and covered in dirt kicked up by my tires, I was completely grimy and I could taste the salt in the sweat running down my [...]
Read full post...Don’t let the topic fool you… yea this is about a turd in the campsite, but it’s a story about our dog that should be told.
About 7 years ago my wife and I decided to go backpacking at Mill Springs in Pisgah, NC. We loaded up our backpacks, took Alex (our golden retriever) and headed [...]
Chain Suck… Sucks!
I have a Ventana El Padrino an within weeks of building her up I started getting chain suck. I checked it out, run through the gears, it had no issues and shifted perfectly on the bike stand. Back out on the trail I got the chain suck again.
Most of my chain suck happened [...]
Fix that noisy Jeep Rack with a Fairing
I have a Kargo Master (Congo Cage) rack on my TJ… this is a great rack that is easy to use, strong and looks better than most of the racks out there… but at 30 miles an hour it began to make a low hum, 40 mph and [...]