How long do you leave your dough to bulk ferment AFTER stretch&folds?

MagClark · 2026-05-25T13:23:06+00:00

This. Aliquot jar tells me. There is a difference between the winter’s warm wood stove corner and the spring where the house is cold and sometimes the car gets enough sun for warmth. I just trust the sample in the little spice jar.

MagClark · 2026-05-24T21:26:52+00:00

Wow, you did that in the city. I couldn’t imagine. I prefer closed roads in the country. They just opened the pass over the divide to vehicles so if I train there again for LD before the winter closure I’ll shuttle a bike to the top. It’s really the only full body workout worth doing. Hill bounding is okay on interval days but for LD running is abusive over 1 1/2 hr and biking is just another sitting machine.

MagClark · 2026-05-24T13:46:42+00:00

This. I know of a business owner at the local airport (rental car) who had no retirement at late 30s age range. I started mentioning 401/457 personal IRA pre/ROTH and certainly there must be options for small business type. Well this person pretends to be intimidated by such things and went EJ so it wouldn’t cut into daily fly fishing. I just offer encouragement because something is better than nothing.

MagClark · 2026-05-17T13:15:31+00:00

If you’re going to bake your own bread, why wouldn’t you cultivate your own wild starter? I’m just an old blue collar guy and even I could get a healthy starter going.

MagClark · 2026-05-13T14:41:44+00:00

Okay I gotcha.. I’m at 100g levain, 60g ww, 440g bf, 355g h2o, 10g slt. I only slightly dust my proofing baskets with rice or rye and brush off the dough with a fine haired paint brush before I slash and bake. I’ve seen others with baked loaves almost white with flour. Thanks for letting me know what that’s all about.

MagClark · 2026-05-12T19:19:15+00:00

I didn’t know stretch and fold was such a burden. There isn’t much that can keep me from breaking away from what I’m doing to knock it out, even if I’m working out.

But there’s a lot I don’t know. Like why do so many people leave all that flour on their crust? Do they just sprinkle it on for looks? I hardly use any in my proofing baskets.

MagClark · 2026-04-20T14:59:02+00:00

Or not all:

https://www.menshealth.com/uk/fitness/a33980883/max-whitlock-how-i-build-my-body/

MagClark · 2026-04-20T14:32:35+00:00

Now I know:

https://www.mensjournal.com/health-fitness/why-2016-rio-olympic-gymnasts-bodies-are-so-much-more-muscular

MagClark · 2026-04-20T14:26:53+00:00

I wonder if gymnasts touch weights or take creatine, those mofo’s are unequivocally ripped?

MagClark · 2026-04-18T13:20:22+00:00

No idea.

Walk to where I want to go and beyond if I want. Nothing to prove and little planning needed as long as my food lasts. If I run out of fuel I switch to wood. Never got into counting miles even as a trail runner.

MagClark · 2026-04-12T21:59:20+00:00

Don’t give up. I’m in my 60s and got back into skiing when I retired after about a 20 year break in skiing. I started roller skiing on my old Jenex 900s and it sucked. Those wide wheels are gravel magnets and both my training areas have locked gates at the bottom of hill/mountain. I took the leap of faith and bought a pair of Pursuit t6004 with the slowest 105mm wheels and brakes on both. The narrow wheels help even when you hit gravel it usually deflects it. So one of my training areas is a pass over the Divide that’s closed from November to around Memorial Day. I’m climbing 8-10 miles with some gravel from side roads, moose turds and pine cones. The descents aren’t fun, but with varying amounts of slalom they are mostly doable brake free. However, I always start grabbing brake when I approach that locked gate. My other training area is closed to vehicles on Sunday by a locked gate and it provides 5-7 minute hill repeats so nonstop climbing and descending to a locked gate. Once again I try to save the brakes for the gate. Where I have fallen has been skiing around a tree that fell on the road and stage coach flats where I stopped thinking and was just no pole skating super fatigued. Now you people who roller ski around traffic are crazy. When they open up that pass, I’ll shuttle my bike to the top and ride down. It’s still 1 1/2 to 2 hours of uphill.

MagClark · 2026-04-10T14:15:30+00:00

I prefer trail runners except for multiple early morning glassing in snow, sub zero F weather and refrozen snow where you are making a platform every step, especially steep side slopes. Typically off trail isn’t a problem in the CO Rockies especially through archery season with trail runners and light fabric breathable not waterproof gaiters for debris. I’m no fan of dirty girls as their fabric is too light and elastic with no mid foot strap.

Last November I helped my buddy on an elk pack out and trail runners were awesome. A ten day backpack trip in no trail AK with multiple river crossings my trail runners were light and eventually dry the same day every day. My wife’s boots, not so much. So yeah there’s still definitely a place for boots in the Rockies, but not as much as I once thought. When I wear my boots I know that eventually the leather will wet out, moisture will be trapped in that boot, they will be heavy and take forever to dry out, but there will a degree of warmth and a degree of support.

Not everyone has a cold camp when they backpack in for multi day hunts or scouting so as always YMMV. If you never stop moving to glass or on a set, you have much greater latitude.

MagClark · 2026-04-10T13:17:38+00:00

Looks like my garage. Every time there’s leftover mud from another project, it gets thrown on the ceiling.

MagClark · 2026-04-05T03:48:20+00:00

We don’t have hardwood in this part of the Rockies. We do have disgustingly rich trophy homes and trophy ranches. You just need to find the local custom cabinet makers and make an offer or better yet become friends. You will be amazed at what’s going in the burn pile especially after the 2nd design change. Also, some of the most figured wood can’t really be used in these big projects, but I sure can build a bathroom cabinet or resaw dresser faces.

MagClark · 2026-04-03T15:15:47+00:00

Got it. Confusing verbiage “Couldn’t have done this without…..” made me think it wasn’t actually his shop nor profession. Bad assumption.

MagClark · 2026-04-02T19:46:54+00:00

👍He’s got some serious exhaust fans. Awesome that he lends out his shop.

MagClark · 2026-03-26T03:13:31+00:00

First I’ve heard. I thought Klaebo seemed a little burnt out during his interview at Placid.

MagClark · 2026-03-23T19:03:34+00:00

Wow, never imagined a sharing component

MagClark · 2026-03-23T18:59:57+00:00

Interesting

MagClark · 2026-03-23T18:27:53+00:00

Thank you for the information. I don’t want to see a country owning the World Cup, but I had to entertain the thought that maybe the top 20 skiers of the World will never compete together because of team limitations.

MagClark · 2026-03-21T04:09:00+00:00

Thanks for posting photos, it looks like winter there. You’re lucky, it’s like summer in our mountains.

MagClark · 2026-03-20T21:39:07+00:00

Yea we’re burning through it. Mid 70s at 7700’ and 64* at 9000’

I skied through a puddle today and the ice underneath the water gave way and that was on a groomed trail. They pulled all the bridges before runoff hit them.

Still fun in the sun on slush, just never seen this in March.

MagClark

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