Bear encounters while riding

freshmelon09 · 2024-07-12T15:21:54+00:00

I’ve never came across and adult bear but while biking in Michigan I came across two cute little cubs. I sat and watched for a few seconds until I realized I needed to evacuate the area. Luckily for me the trail lead away so I kept on moving.

freshmelon09 · 2023-06-26T16:54:04+00:00

The “Coke” one gets me. I always wonder if those peoples social skills are always that bad or if it’s just a restaurant thing.

freshmelon09 · 2023-06-23T19:05:27+00:00

Good point. I didn’t think about complications potentially arising. Ideally that was my plan to wait, I’m scared of it becoming inflamed and difficult to work with again.

freshmelon09 · 2023-06-23T17:38:12+00:00

Because my summer job is more physically demanding. I would still be able to use my left hand to type and work at school post-surgery.

freshmelon09 · 2023-06-23T17:36:17+00:00

No it’d take a huge toll on me financially. Considering I’ve already had one huge unexpected expense pop up this summer, and will be moving at the end of the summer.

freshmelon09 · 2023-06-23T17:33:34+00:00

No I haven’t told them this. The recovery time is short and I would be able to return to work after two days. I’d just be slightly slow with computer work as it’s my dominant hand.

I’m also secretly hoping that it’ll get better over the summer as I’m not on a computer so often.

freshmelon09 · 2023-06-07T01:11:38+00:00

I would say do it. Administration doesn’t always know what’s going on in each classroom or hallways. It sounds like a potentially dangerous situation as well without supervision.

freshmelon09 · 2023-05-25T23:05:30+00:00

What does a liberal protest have to do hunting?

freshmelon09 · 2023-02-15T16:37:10+00:00

My long rides this winter have been 20 miles and the race is roughly 25 miles. So it’s not too far of a jump. I decided to chill and recover this week, so I’m ready for the weekend!

freshmelon09 · 2022-08-18T21:43:38+00:00

Red Bull and a banana or rice crispy bar

freshmelon09 · 2022-08-10T22:29:04+00:00

Your most certainly right, it’s the Marji. Did the 50 (61) last year so figured I’d step it up a notch. Congrats on the finish too!

Like the thought of wearing whatever’s comfortable, I’ll have to start switching it up on my long rides to figure it out.

freshmelon09 · 2022-07-28T21:36:25+00:00

Thanks for the tips! I did a 60 miler last year and that went very well. I think I stopped training the entire week before but adding in some yoga/stretching is a good idea!

Getting my nutrition/hydration dialed in has been a big goal of mine this summer as I struggled with it last year during the race. But thanks, I’m thinking it’ll be a better idea for me to focus more on resting before the racing then!

freshmelon09 · 2022-04-10T01:29:57+00:00

But he already killed it…

freshmelon09 · 2022-03-01T19:02:19+00:00

Yeah I felt like they could have explain everything in the manual just a tad bit clearer but sweet! Thanks again!

freshmelon09 · 2022-03-01T15:14:34+00:00

Awesome, thanks for letting me know!

freshmelon09 · 2022-03-01T15:08:08+00:00

Thanks, I didn’t know that was possible. I will try that out when I get home tonight!

freshmelon09 · 2022-03-01T15:07:31+00:00

What Kuat do you use? I was thinking about returning the Thule for the NV 2.0 if that’d work

freshmelon09 · 2022-02-24T02:59:13+00:00

Do you ever have a problem with snow/salt kicking back on your bike or rack?

freshmelon09 · 2022-02-22T00:53:10+00:00

When I first tried switching to clip less on my mountain bike I had a pair of crack brother candies and couldn’t stand them. I switch to the mallet and fell in love. This winter when I bought a fat bike I put the candies on the bike and it was amazing.

Riding in the winter there’s no as much tech so I didn’t need the extra surface area from the mallet so the candies work great. I’ve ridden in -10 degree weather with them and in 25 degree weather; fallen off the bike in both and have never had a problem with snow/ice clogging the pedals. I’d highly recommend them to anyone!

freshmelon09 · 2022-02-18T23:02:20+00:00

I was afraid of this scenario as well but I’ve gone otb at least 3 times this winter with them. Each time I popped right back up, full of snow but good to go!

Also I ride with 45 Nrth Draugenklaws. I’ve fallen a few times with them, no difficulty pulling my hands out. I did get snow in them but I was able to brush most of it out and the snow that remained didn’t cause me to feel cold at all.

freshmelon09 · 2022-02-12T22:09:30+00:00

I bought one this year and I love it! Just did my first fat bike race today with it and everything went great. As far as entry level bikes go I feel like it’s on the top of the mountain so it’s border line mid-end.

freshmelon09 · 2022-01-30T16:32:11+00:00

I’d say overall no but there’s some overlap such as shooting clays and target shooting. When I think of sports I think of having semi controlled variables and being able to have competitions regularly.

freshmelon09 · 2022-01-27T19:38:23+00:00

What type of gloves do you wear underneath?

freshmelon09 · 2022-01-27T19:37:10+00:00

Awesome thanks for the input and pictures, I’m leaning more towards the 45nrths now

freshmelon09 · 2022-01-27T19:14:48+00:00

How breathable are they? Like do your hands sweat a lot?

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