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Verrrrrrry nice! What's your price and shipping, terms, etc?

Hey same with you J G. Dems was here too a year or so back, and Omni too. Nice seeing you guys!

It's a Pugsley, made by Surly. It goes great off-trail. "Singletrack" takes on a whole new meaning!

Verrrrrrry nice. The DocUbiRepaustriaPalpStampy-Dweller! It has the home it deserves now.

Nice Doxa! Wait.... is that an oxymoron?

I think planes are pressurized to 8,000' so there's really no worry, except the rate of pressurization. Which is why God made HE valves. Don't worry about the watch. Instead focus those energies on the babe in 8A.

Kotz! Kewl! For cold WX gear you can't beat sierratradingpost.com and they ship cheap.

In the mountains outside Anchorage. "It's Not Alaska But You Can See It From Here" You're in Bethel right? How cool is that! do you know David Wilson?

Yep I hear ya. And after awhile when you get the gen you look at it on your wrist and can't shake the inner knowledge that it's a rep, even though it's gen.

Well then get your sorry flatlander butts up here gents! Winter is just starting to get interesting with months to go! Dry clothes, map and compass, road flare, spares and tools, garbage bag and baggies, water, check. Let's go!!

Yep, you guys hit the nail on the thumb: when safety margins are narrow you have to be even more cautious. And having done rides like these hundreds of times, I got complacent. So this morning I went through my pack and upgraded all my stores, got ride of some old stuff and made some necessary additions. Buddy system: yes I should bring someone along. Any volunteers? Lately I've been compensating for that lack with gear and comms.... both of which I didn't check well enough before I left. Any other ideas? How about requiring the Scout Essentials before I go? A note in my Rover in a visible spot with my trip plan? Then STICKING WITH my trip plan?

Thanks. Yes it was pumping, hard. I was breathing so hard I frosted my lungs. Stupid!!

Browning is famous for a saying: "Nature, red in tooth and claw." Guess this time she won, not me.

Next time take my advice go with fire & booze, much safer! Doing the fire and booze (Akkevit) as I type!

Yep you're both exactly right. Luck favors idiots, apparently. I can assure you the Tudor is freshly scratched but watertight and happy!

It's my bottom lip. :yuck: I smacked the bars with my mouth ducking under a tree, just as I rode over a root. It was so cold the skin instantly froze to the metal. It started out as a nice ride through the woods, but the further I went the colder it got. I dropped down off a ridge into low land and the temp dropped like a rock. I got into some woods with heavy overflow ice between the trees and lost my trail, it had a foot of ice over it for 100 yards in every direction. So I scouted around trying to find the trail, and headed for what looked like light tree cover. There were no tracks but animals and pretty soon I was in trouble. I wound up carrying my bike and throwing it over the alder thickets as I struggled through. I came to a clearing and it looked like snow over a frozen river, so I threw my bike out on it to see if it would creak or crack the ice. No cracks so I stepped out on it and broke through the ice. I foolishly had my backpack on and caught myself at my waist depth as I sank in. I was able to use the bike as ice picks and pulled myself out, thinking how incredibly stupid that was. I was soaked to the waist and it was well below -14F. I had to strip my socks and wring them, and my feet were already going numb. I stripped the water down off my fleece pants with my gloves, and trekked on. I pushed through another couple miles and got to a low flat land, with more overflow. From the terrain I knew where I was finally, and forgot to be smart again. By then I was getting hypothermic and I got in a hurry to get out of the woods and find warmth. So I hurried out onto the flats and fell through another river. It was right there clear as day, and in my addled state I didn't even think to check the ice. Boom, down I went to my elbows and caught myself. I hauled out again and laid on the ice shivering uncontrollably. I didn't even strip my pants or socks, I just laid there completely addled. I eventually rolled over away from the water and got back on my bike, again NOT THINKING, hypothermic. And I went through again. The bike nearly submerged and I had to haul myself and it out. It froze immediately in the cold air. I walked it out of the woods and found a trail, and headed back to my Rover. The brakes, chain and derailleurs were iced and I could barely go. By the time I got back to my truck I was completely hypothermic. I was mostly numb from the waist down, and had lost all feeling from the knees down. So this is an after action report. #1 was I prepared? No. I had no change of clothes in my backpack, no fire starter, no baggies for my feet, no dry socks. #2 did anyone know where I was? No. I was miles from the nearest road. #3 did I know where I was? Only vaguely. Approximately. My cell phone would not have helped. #4 did I have communications? No. I had not taken care to put my cell phone in my pack so my body heat would keep it warm. Stupid. So now my feet are thawed but blistered. I'm gonna lose some skin to frostbite. I am, honestly, lucky to have survived that idiocy falling through the ice. So people, learn from this. What could I have done better? The floor is open for discussion.

Just back hypothermic from an epic mtn bike ride. More later. Who can tell me what this is? Hint it was -14F

Oh baby! Is that an A296 I spy? *falls down dead*

Gents I'm thinking this has run its course. What's said has been said. Time to lock it down.

I snapped this the other night at sunset. Does it still count?

Dayammmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn................

Odin's Own Watch

I just sold a gen T127 for cheap in the JaG auction. Too bad you missed that. A gen crystal is obviously better than a Clarks for the first couple months, then they both get a little scruffy and it's very hard if not impossible to distinguish them. Another thought: a sapphire crystal is great for scratch resistance but they're brittle due to their hardness. I don't think sapphire is a good idea for a tall "tophat" crystal design. You whang that tophat sapphire on a door frame one time, and I bet it will chip or shatter. Mount a sapphire flush to a case though, and it will look great for a long time.

Hmmmmmmm, imagining a Bling Dweller with 83 cyclopses mounted in a lovely radial "quilted" pattern..... Step awaaaaaaay from the cyanoacrylate.....