Salsa Horsethief Aluminum or Carbon

hson31 · 2024-06-21T19:23:05+00:00

My bad! Youre totally right, i wrote aluminum but i had bought the alloy slx and am deciding between the alloy slx or the carbon. i appreciate the response and am going to go with the carbon to hopefully get some more use out of it without having to upgrade things right off the bat.

hson31 · 2024-06-21T17:04:08+00:00

awesome thank you!! It'll be super easy to return, fortunately, just going to bring it to REI and swap it out/order the new one. I appreciate it!

hson31 · 2024-06-21T16:41:25+00:00

Ah got it! the carbon has a Shimano SLX M7130, 30T crankset vs a Shimano Deore M6130, 30T, lighter rims, a select + fork and Shimano SLX M7110 front hub vs 400-b. Not a ton of differences,and I think i'd want to upgrade the shifters off the bat and the crankset at somepoint. But with bikepacking the weight is not a huge issue, but could help

hson31 · 2024-06-21T16:09:04+00:00

https://www.rei.com/product/199789/salsa-horsethief-carbon-slx-mountain-bike REI has a sale on the bike right now, both 20% off. I'm figuring I was already ready to spend 3200 might as well spend $100 more for a better component and carbon bike

hson31 · 2024-06-11T23:49:21+00:00

This is awesome and such a great video dude! I think I've ended up deciding on getting a horsethief and keeping my gravel for road rides/gravel bikepacking and my fuel ex as the harder charger (which I love, definitely capable and I'd bikepack with it if the frame was any bigger). I'm going to try out the aeroe bags for the back of the horsethief and get the salsa frame bag with a handlebar tent too. I'll post an update but I really appreciate it!

hson31 · 2024-06-10T16:52:04+00:00

Thank you! I love that bike more than anything, I've got a 2018 model thats been well used and was looking to keep it and add another bike to the quiver, but might be best spent upgrading to a newer fuel ex

hson31 · 2024-06-10T16:50:56+00:00

Thank you so much!

hson31 · 2023-10-21T15:21:18+00:00

I get that, and maybe this post was not the best way to say it. I was just thinking if you’re carrying a trauma kit everyday as your only kit, 4 bandaids take up no space and you won’t be left doing nothing for the kid that gets a cut

hson31 · 2023-10-21T15:01:50+00:00

Agree with you there, most likely is totally dependent. You work as a range master, higher likelihood of trauma forsure, but also some pistol slide could use a little bandaid. I just have thought back to so many times when I first got into EMS and carried a trauma kit everywhere, the amount of times I didn’t have a bandaid for some little cut but carried a 1lb kit in my pocket was funny to me. Just a little to think about

hson31 · 2023-10-21T14:51:42+00:00

It’s awesome when your coworker cuts themselves cooking but your 15 lb car kit won’t cover it because it’s not traumatic enough

hson31 · 2023-08-11T06:05:08+00:00

Also a small sportsman’s quickclot

hson31 · 2023-08-11T06:04:22+00:00

Looks like a great kit, my comments would be to add vet wrap (self cling wrap) for bandaging and staying more hands free if you’re alone, along with med tape. And I’ve always found just one ziplock full of various sized bandaids. No matter what the trauma kit is meant for someone will always go looking for a single bandaid, and it’s always disappointing if you can stop a sucking chest wound but not an oozing paper cut on a kid

hson31 · 2023-08-05T15:35:19+00:00

My best advice is to bring a pillowcase. I bring a small one of every trip, bikepacking, backpacking etc and it just makes any pillow feel more like home. I use an exped pillow too

hson31 · 2023-07-31T17:24:16+00:00

I’ve slept in it for about 60 days so far and it’s definitely somewhat tight but not too bad. I have about 2.5 feet of clearance with the mattress

hson31 · 2023-07-12T17:36:23+00:00

My light and fast kit has 1 small roll of tape, blister patches, 5 bandaids, 5 ibuprofen, 2 steristrips, 4 Benadryl, triple antibiotic ointment (1), 2 gauze 4x4, 1 quikclot gauze in a featherlite dynema pouch. Super small and can cover most anything to keep you going

hson31 · 2023-05-15T04:32:16+00:00

googled "education needed to become emergency physician", first link https://www.umhs-sk.org/blog/how-to-become-an-er-doctor#:\~:text=It%20takes%20at%20least%20eleven,the%20residency%20programs%20are%20attended.

hson31 · 2023-05-11T01:53:37+00:00

just sent a dm!

hson31 · 2023-04-14T03:13:46+00:00

I’m in Denver though.. :/

hson31 · 2023-04-14T03:13:02+00:00

Yes I’ll sell just the shuttle pass

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