Jitters

Hi all, Lame questions ahead. Be gentle! Just made the switch to some Rock Blues with the aluminum backings tonight with great hopes to test them tomorrow, weather permitting. (See pic) Was using Moe Green Vee brake pads (much like a standard XC pad) and had a few questions regarding ordering replacements when the time comes. These have the backing which appear to be glued on. First off, can I order different replacement pads to test out, or are they a one-shot deal? Second, if the are replaceable, how does one remove the worn pads and install the new ones? (Do the new ones come with an epoxy or glue?) And at last, if these are only good for one shot, what brand of vee replacement has the aluminum backings with a replaceable pad? Thanks for your patience and advice! -Gary

Arch Enemy: The Last Enemy must go ... destroy ... something ....

Enjoyable vid, there. Always dig watching natty stuff, as I'd like to get to that point one day. I always liked waking up ass crack o' dawn early and road biking. Since been too lazy, but might give that a try with the trials biking. Thanks for sharing! (edited for seplling)

Hi Zack, Welcome aboard! Something else to consider: I'm 6ft and rode XC for a long time before finding trials. I tried a mod and learned a lot, but once I made the switch to a stock bike, I felt much more at home. Probably just because I was used to the size of the bike from experience. In any case, the best advice in my opinion (and already mentioned) is to try one of each out, if you can. I didn't have that option, so I learned by trial and error. Best of luck!

Heaven: riding commando. Hell: gettin my danglers wrapped between the booster and the tire. Oh, I vote for 42.

Cool! Looked like a good time!

Nice fun vid! Thanks for sharing!

+1 I'm pretty laid back and don't stress too much, but a 100 pound bag is my ticket to freedom when I start to unravel. Wrap up the old hammers and wear yourself out in 5 minutes time. A cold beer afterwards for bonus points.

Oh, back to post #1, did anyone find out if the OP got in touch with a hardcore christian?

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You left out greed.

Not something found on a ride, but terribly odd. Sorry for the long story. I found it a bit comical, initially. So I roll down to this church near my house to practice on this dippy little concrete block. Having a bit of fun, I guess, and this guy on a Harley motorbike (obviously some kind of "outlaw biker") comes around the bend and cruises across the small grass field and parks his noisy piece of crap right where I was riding. Says something, but I couldn't hear him over the exhaust pipes. I say yeah or something neutral like that. He just sits there. So I just sit there. How odd. I'm wondering if he's gonna try and hit on me or something like that. Oh boy... I ask him where he's rolling in from. He points southward, "from over that-a-way" he replies. I crack a smile. That was lame. He has some kinda gangland biker patches on his back, but never did make them out. They were in that fake all-caps calligraphy that's hard to read. I wasn't exactly going to stare at him either. Soooo.... where you headed, I ask. "I go wherever the wind takes me". (that's what they teach you in outlaw biker class, I think) HA! Seems I've met Clichéman™! I'm sure he saw me roll my eyes. So he sat there for a long time. So did I. Fiiiinalllly, he gets up and walks around a bit. I keep an eye on him because you never know and now I'm really beginning to wonder what this is all about. He makes his way under the bridge for a while. I figured it was to take a leak or something, but he didn't seem to be the type of guy to worry much about manners. DING DING DING! But then it all clicked. Apparently I was totally ruining his 'pickup'. I'll guess someone stashed some hefty drugs (I'll guess) under there somewhere. Uh oh! So, before I get shot, I roll up to the church and do not much of anything in hopes that he'd go away without incident. It was all so clear now. Why he made a beeline for that spot. The vague answers and odd behavior. Waiting for me to be off. I must have made that guy pretty nervous (before I got spooked and left the area) He was probably plotting on what to do with my corpse if anything went bad. He finally rode off, thank goodness!

I kinda laughed when I saw this thread. Always thought collecting stuff was pointless. But, apparently, I do have a collection of things in my little workshop that I never really noticed until today. Must have 1,000 pounds of assorted hardware. Bolts of varying lengths, sizes, threads, materials. Washers, nuts, assorted engine brackets, rivets. I must have 15 big cans of stuff like that along with two tool boxes with overflowing hardware that "I'm sure I'm gonna use someday." So, I guess I'm in the club, although it's not really weird crap.

If I recall correctly, rocking back and forth for a while without falling over. A little to the left then back to the right. Remember flailing a lot to keep those going too. Probably entertaining to watch, or sad. Not sure which.

Maybe so. I've read it, albeit, it's been some time, and there are ten thousand versions. Maybe I read the wrong one? I'd like to read some other other religion's 'Bibles' but man, talk about dry - and repetitious. I'll stick to my ground. As far as Middle aged man's thoughts, I think those scrawny, giant-headed sectoid creatures are what's to become of our global race from reading too many forum threads. Think about it. Wasting away, giant glazed-over eyes from late-night monitor glow. Pasty skin tone from lack of daylight. Only nutrition is the beer consumed as we're too hung up on keeping up-to-date on the next post? Hehe. It could happen. Good times!

Cool! I have some Rock blues (vees) with the CNC backings. I've been dying to try them on a mild grind on the rear wheel. Sounds sweet. Gonna swap them out as soon as I toast the Moe greens - great dry pads, but sketchy when wet. I already know the answer, but I checked out the Heatsink site, and by "snowys" do you guys mean the white pads they list? Just making sure before I drop the cash on 'em next time I wanna experiment. Thanks!

If you're posting about that, you're probably thinking about the safety issues. Common sense says go for it. Even if the current one lasts another year, your confidence will benefit knowing you don't have to worry about it. Cheers!

I respect that, just not my cup of tea. No harm, no foul. I also think there's a bit of confusion here about agnostics (me) and atheists. Not that it's worth throwing into the fray at this point. As you were.

Dashing his dreams already, huh? You can freelance just about any skill you have if you come up with an angle to sell it. It's so easy even I can do it - and I'm no rocket scientist (as all of my posts prove beyond any doubt). i.e. design business cards, promotional stuff, fix computers - whatever. Just a thought.

Religion/speculation/theory/faith is too complicated and stressful for my tastes. See what it's done to this thread already? Carry on.

Most of your cons are whiny crap, in my opinion. Boo hoo. Not trying to be an ass, that's just how it came across to me. If you don't enjoy it at all, then bye bye. I get that. Or you could flip a coin to make all of your important decisions. That always works. But since you're asking, you should stick with it, at least part time. No one likes a quitter. Keep at it, guy.

Coming along, Webber! Nice work and glad you're figuring it out so well!

It's an amazing feeling to see one's designs when they print on clothes, at least for me anyway. Looks great to me! Have you seen a finished product? Awesome! Illustrator rocks for such things as logos and line art. You have me beat with the 5 minutes thing. Took me a long time to really get the hang of how powerful it can be. I was always a photoshop/pixel manipulator, and Illustrator's a totally different beast. We expect a visual report, sir.