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    It’s telling that TCU has the same # of conf championships as Baylor - and has been in the conference 1/3 as long. And then there’s Tech…
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    Ran out of time to ride yesterday, and feeling pretty puny today so I doubt I'll get a ride in before the cold front tonight, which sucks. Also, I heard that a bunch of the trails at BC not officially owned/maintained by the church are on land now slated for development. I guess that's a fairly open secret among local MTB circles, but still - best go ride out there and get the full experience while you can. I'm incredibly bummed.
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    Followup for anyone who cares: Bike Mart covered another new chain and repairs this morning - they said it seems like a freak occurrence that the new chain failed so quickly, so they checked it out thoroughly. The front crankset is a little worn but still in decent shape, and the rear cassette is fine. I'd love to upgrade to a 1x SRAM but that has to hold off for a while.
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    Not sure. BM replaced it and tightened it up for a good fit, so I need to find out what’s going on. This is a good reminder that I need to really familiarize myself with basic maintenance stuff, and carry a tube, chain tool, etc. I’m pretty low-info beyond basic adjustments and tire air.
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    Had a glorious ride on hero dirt at Big Cedar today, including Upper Ranger and trying out Barb Wire loop for the first time. It was fantastic - until my @$?!ing chain snapped. Second time in three days (Bike Mart supposedly fixed it yesterday, and I paid extra to get a more heavy-duty chain, so I’ll be marching it back in there tomorrow). Oh well, got almost six miles of riding in, and another 1.5 on foot hiking up and down the utility easement to get back to the trailhead…
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    Yes, Northshore issue was big time ruts in several spots. As for Horseshoe, my route: - warmup by riding the parking lot loop out to the boathouses and back; - do the full compliment of loops (including Bat Field), which is right at ~5mi. - Start again and then bail out to the paved road before Tubes 2, then do the parking lot loop again to wind down. Alternatively, you can go right instead of left at the creek crossing near the beginning of Rocky Ridge loop, and that takes you right to the first creek crossing on Forest loop (near the very beginning), then do the whole thing again - that ends up around 8mi as well.
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    https://news.yahoo.com/former-snoop-dogg-backup-dancer-222913188.html
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    I ended up doing 8mi at Horseshoe last night at sunset - was glorious. Northshore drama on the DORBA FB page - one of the stewards posted that there's a lot of damage from folks who kept riding past the CLOSED signs this past week, and in the comments someone outed a dude who posted a photo of himself next to the closed sign on his Strava ride, and the pile-on commenced - and then he started threatening a fight with anyone who dared to challenge him in person about it. As much as I love MTB, I really don't like some MTBers.
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    https://twitter.com/HoustonChron/status/1491193256545243139
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    Northshore and Horseshoe JUST flipped to green. Thinking I may need to duck out on my final meetings this afternoon
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    Jonesing to get back out on the D/FW-area trails, especially with the gorgeous weather on tap for this week - and everything's still closed due to mud. Hoping Northshore/Horseshoe will flip to green soon, as they're usually the first to do so. Tyler's trails went green this morning, but no time to make that drive.
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xy5psBbfNI
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    I love that movie, especially this whole gorgeous sequence. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng3XHPdexNM
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    I'm thinking the RMS remnants show may not be on air much longer. The latest: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2022/01/20/d-fw-radio-dj-charged-with-producing-child-pornography-with-young-girl/
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    It’s definitely a challenge (and I don't feel I did it justice), but worth your time. And thanks to you as well for putting Gateway on my radar!
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    @TwiceHorn, thanks for the Gateway Park rec. I had a day off today, so I headed over to FW to check it out and wasn’t disappointed. Did west loop twice and east loop once (including the new Wax Loop that was added on recently) for a total of 10.4mi. West was fantastic and easy to navigate even on the first go-around (though I skipped most of the features). The first half of East was easy, but then I hit the “Eddie’s Revenge” climb section which was really tough. I had to walk a few spots but got through it. The views of downtown at the top were worth it (basically, the highest point is right off I-30). I can’t wait to go back.
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    I find myself standing more now than I used to, particularly over small wooden features, etc. (like the little up-and-overs on blue/black trails at KJ), so I can pedal and get some good momentum coming off of them. I also find myself dropping my butt back off the seat more now on drops. One of these days I should probably spring for a dropper mechanism/post.
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    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/us/politics/presidential-debates-rnc.html
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    Hadn't seen this mentioned in this thread, so apologies if I missed it above. https://www.advocate.com/people/2022/1/07/ted-cruzs-teenage-daughter-says-shes-bi-disagrees-him
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    Wow, I just watched that Bonnaroo 2006 video and it really was fantastic. I’ve only seen Radiohead in person once, at the Mitchell Pavilion in Houston in 2001, and while that was a great show it didn’t compare to this one. I also found it melancholy to watch this one, as I feel like 2006 was the last year before smartphones started really invading life shows and completely changed the experience for the worse.
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    Is that the rerouted section that runs alongside the SoPac trail embankment? If so, it caught me off guard a couple weeks ago as well. Even after riding it numerous times, I still struggle with the rooty up and down section on the blue loop right before you turn right and go under the bridge.
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    The live broadcast of the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols from Kings College, Cambridge, UK has become a Christmas Eve tradition at our house. No sermon, no proselytizing, just a series of Christmas carols/anthems interspersed with readings from the KJV, all with fantastic British accents and sung by one of the best choirs in the world. It's listened to/watched by millions across the UK (and now the world via streaming), and always begins with the director tapping one of the boy choristers on the shoulder just as the mics go live, to sing the first verse of "Once In Royal David's City" solo a cappella. If you appreciate any kind of music, really, it's worth listening to. Though tickets are hard to get, hearing it in person in the gorgeous 16th-century Kings College chapel is a bucket list item for me. Here's today's service. Hope all you Surly folks have a great Christmas: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0012r7b
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    No backpack for me either, pretty much ever. I usually wear a pair of padded MTB shorts (my wife calls them "butt pants") with zipper pockets for keys, phone, ID - and then just use a cage on my bike for my water bottle. When it's under 50 I wear a pair of padded bike pants under the shorts, a long-sleeve dri-fit and a fleece top. That's pretty much good for anything 40 and up. I rode Horseshoe one time last year when it was 35* and wore an additional top layer, full gloves and a skullcap under my helmet, which was sufficient once I got warmed up.
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    They did the same thing last year at Big Cedar and it was awful - they completely obliterated 2-3 trails that ran through the easement by bulldozing over them. Trail stewards finally have them mostly back to normal now, but without the brush that was around them previously.
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    Got my bike back. Bottom bracket just crapped out, basically - may have gotten dirt in it or something, but the action got super rough and noisy on rotation. Tech basically said “they don’t make them like they used to, so it’s a good thing they’re cheap to replace”. Rode 6mi at KJ this morning and it’s good as new.

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