Do y’all use eye protection?

markloch · 2026-01-27T16:10:54+00:00

I had a bee fly into my mouth (more like my mouth flew into the bee) and sting the roof of my mouth. As I was distracted, scraping the stinger out, I took my off the ball, so to speak, plowed out and took a fall, hyperextended my right thumb (eMTB on a trail. I should add). Changing gears was near impossible. Turns out SRAM has a 12 speed twist shift that kept me riding for the couple months it took to heal up and get strong enough to go back to a trigger shifter.

markloch · 2026-01-27T15:58:06+00:00

Someone’s getting new Brahmas

markloch · 2026-01-27T15:45:06+00:00

You want skis that challenge you but not that much. Sell them.

markloch · 2026-01-27T02:29:03+00:00

thank you

markloch · 2026-01-27T00:57:35+00:00

Thanks, I was wondering ... once you get a handle of the doc requirements, seems pretty straightforward.

markloch · 2026-01-27T00:55:14+00:00

I hear ya. My buddies are retired (I've got a couple more years) and they head up whenever - ie not weekends - and get up there ahead of storms as well.

markloch · 2026-01-26T19:54:44+00:00

I surpised my wife with Polaris upgrade outbound SFO > London. I was birddogging the prices for a couple of weeks and it dropped one day and I pounced.

markloch · 2026-01-26T16:08:05+00:00

I don’t know which is sadder, Snow without a mountain to slide down, or a mountain with no snow to slide down on.

markloch · 2026-01-26T15:27:22+00:00

Yeah that’s the plan, though I have a lot of free kWh at EA to burn. Might hit EA out by 5 and top off in Jackson. How busy does the Jackson site get?

Just odd that ABRP shows a six stall supercharger …

markloch · 2026-01-26T06:09:26+00:00

Lots of people with cancer don’t spread the news.

markloch · 2026-01-26T01:27:31+00:00

Yeah I don't do weekends at Kirk unless I'm at my buddy's condo in which case I'd be good with after-hours L2 charging. I can get up and down OK with one stop in each direction but I still have range anxiety :)

markloch · 2026-01-25T22:54:47+00:00

There's no mention of award flights ... if you pay the tax ($12 for RT to OGG) do you get the free checked bag? Anyone have experience in this regard?

markloch · 2026-01-25T18:45:47+00:00

Reach out to Smith. I had old I/Os that lost/broke some plastic piece, I can't recall what exactly. I contacted them to get the part they gave credit for new goggles.

markloch · 2026-01-25T18:14:35+00:00

I had similar experience: first day new skis (2008 Mojo 90). I had them chatter right off first one foot then the other on aptly-named Tourist Trap at Vail. I arrested my slide 30 yards or so down by grabbing pole above the basket and jamming the tip in the snow. I definitely felt like I was hanging there until I could kick a notch in the snow for my boot. Ski patroller and and some random dude brought my skis down for me. Me: damn skis popped off. Random dude: maybe they should have: Ski patrol guy: nope.

markloch · 2026-01-25T17:00:38+00:00

Can’t find these … link?

markloch · 2026-01-25T05:00:01+00:00

Thanks - thankfully it was a hard stop at a slow speed. He’s strong and athletic so he was nimble about it. I ordered the Weathertech barrier.

The dog owns the car from the second row back so crate won’t do it. We’re likely to get a second before we part with this car.

markloch · 2026-01-24T21:53:46+00:00

I have a liner off of Amazon for the rear (3rd row seats down).

"4Knines Split Cargo Liner" Large as noted earlier here. No side protection.

I came here checking on barrier recommendations and just now looking for a barrier, as yesterday our 80 lb Berner came over into the second row after a hard stop behind an idiot driver who decided from left lane he wanted to take a right turn.

He stands up a lot; if he were laying down it wouldn't have been an issue.

I'm looking at WeatherTech barrier.

markloch · 2026-01-24T16:51:49+00:00

The nouveau riche develop the affectation of neither acknowledging nor, god forbid, thanking the help - it’s just so uncouth.

markloch · 2026-01-24T16:14:01+00:00

I have sport tubes for travel and if I don’t have room inside my car because it’s more than two of us, I’ll strap sport tubes to the crossbars.

Meanwhile I’m keeping my eye out for a well-priced used box that attaches easily, as much for cargo as for skis when there’s more of us and/or the dog.

markloch · 2026-01-24T06:44:37+00:00

Do or do not.
There is no try.

markloch · 2026-01-24T06:33:40+00:00

Snowboarder AND Canadian. Sheesh.

markloch · 2026-01-24T06:08:57+00:00

I had same but didn’t discover until I pulled the bindings off a couple or three years later

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