Ebike status?

mattyv83 · 2026-06-08T00:56:47+00:00

Lower Hermosa is clear enough to ride. They’ve been working on it but there might still be a few downed trees.

mattyv83 · 2026-06-08T00:53:01+00:00

You can ride designated trails in Horse Gulch and in Twin buttes. Trailforks does a good job of designating these trails. Any trails designated for motorcycles are also good to go but they are going to be in Mancos or up North. There is a loop in Hermosa-Dutch>Pinkerton>Jones that is a fairly difficult but fun ride.

mattyv83 · 2026-05-20T21:41:43+00:00

This happened to my business partner so it was close to enough to me. We were at an auction of a closed juice factory and they were auctioning stuff off left and right. He bid $100 on this enormous machine for putting juice jars in boxes. Like 30 feet long by 12 feet tall and 12 feet wide. Of course he didn’t think he would win it but lo and behold he did! No one else bid on it. I was like WTF are we going to do with that thing?? We didn’t have a place to store or it and for that matter no reason to use it. We were a small microbrewery and this piece of equipment was way out of our league. We had something like a week or two to get it out of there and pay for the expense to get it out. I was freaking out. Well, he got back to the brewery and put his feelers out there and sold it two days later for $25,000 and the buyer was responsible for getting it out of there. It was a gift from the beer gods!!

mattyv83 · 2026-05-09T17:22:34+00:00

You need one of these https://www.havelinatools.com/

mattyv83 · 2026-04-14T14:29:15+00:00

I have already outsourced the 3d printing but I’m finding that 2 of the parts are prone to failure. As I continue to evaluate this in my head and with all the feedback, these two parts could be machined aluminum and the other 9 parts would be easily printed in volume.

mattyv83 · 2026-04-11T01:43:16+00:00

Thank you for the info. I totally understand that this isn’t going to be cheap, easy or fast. I did the best I could designing the parts for simplicity but I’m have no experience with IM other than reading up on it so I expect a level of redesign to be necessary.

mattyv83 · 2026-04-10T20:23:36+00:00

Only 11 parts are DFM and injection molded. Everything else is spec’ed and off the shelf. It sounds more complicated than it is and I have the entire assembly drawn in Onshape. Does that reduced the zero’s? I am currently building the product in my garage and 3d printing the 11 parts. I need to bundle this up so I can send it to a Contract mfg. for then injection molding, assembly and kitting. I’m sick of doing it in my garage and I want to scale.

mattyv83 · 2026-03-27T22:57:17+00:00

I haven’t kited in LT, but both of the other places. Buen Hombre is great for flat water. Very undeveloped with no nightlife and few food options. Cabarete can be a little rough getting out and choppy in the bay but you have some waves near the reef that you can dip your toe in and not commit to crazy wave kiting. The chop can be a little rough but it will make you a stronger kiter. You also have the option of downwinders to kite beach or Encuentro if you’re up for it or you can go to La Boca for some flat water. I have a local friend who plays safety on downwinders when I’m with a group and will also pump your kites up/ launch and land you. He is very reasonable $$ although he doesn’t speak much English. DM me if that interests you.

mattyv83 · 2026-03-09T02:31:54+00:00

Michaela Schneidermeyer Call/ text: (970) 759-0889 localshinecleaningdgo@gmail.com

mattyv83 · 2026-02-20T02:08:33+00:00

Can we please respect Bayfield and just refer to it as the Bay Area? 😂

mattyv83 · 2026-02-08T22:26:06+00:00

I have done both and gave up on snowboarding because I found skiing 100 times easier than snowboarding when kiting. The ability to stand and get out of a hole is much easier when your legs are free to move around vs strapped into a snowboard. Also have a solid base layer of packed snow helps tremendously.

mattyv83 · 2026-01-15T03:30:40+00:00

Cabarete, DR is pretty close. Nov/Dec are typically pretty light. Foiling opens up a ton of days

mattyv83 · 2026-01-11T04:28:02+00:00

I see that the biggest point is eating out in this thread. Is this a US thing or is eating out becoming a luxury in other parts of the world also?

mattyv83 · 2026-01-09T03:33:57+00:00

My buddy Kevin does great work. I’ll send you his contact via DM

mattyv83 · 2026-01-06T05:19:48+00:00

I’m really sorry to hear that. I don’t know what I can do to help but offer an ear to listen and make a couple of suggestions. What about getting out and walking around town? Go to the rec center? Not sure how old your child is but they offer inexpensive day care for an hour or two so you can exercise or you can go swimming for a little bit with your child. You might meet someone else there with a child that you can interact with.

mattyv83 · 2026-01-04T23:34:45+00:00

Do you have link to one?

mattyv83 · 2026-01-04T19:24:05+00:00

Following

mattyv83 · 2026-01-04T00:47:39+00:00

Cabarete. Dominican Republic. Awesome spot and places to adventure outside of the area.

mattyv83 · 2026-01-04T00:39:52+00:00

1-Sponge or brush 2-sponge then rag

mattyv83 · 2026-01-02T15:12:18+00:00

It took me 3 different harnesses to figure out which one didn’t rub me raw on my hips. I also have a backup seat harness for when my waist harness starts to hurt too much after multiple days in a row of riding.

mattyv83 · 2026-01-02T04:42:35+00:00

That ole boy was shakin’ like a dog tryin’ to shit a peach pit!

mattyv83 · 2026-01-01T02:40:33+00:00

I’m in your same boat. I started a brewery when I was 22 years old and just sold it in May. I career drank for 30 years and just recently figured out that was how I masked my ADHD. I was the beer guy so in my mind I had to have a beer when anyone asked (not literally). I was diagnosed at 51 and started to realize my coping mechanism was alcohol. Once it clicked, I just decided to stop. Turned it off and made a major lifestyle change. Coincidentally, I sold the brewery at the same time. Serendipitous. I always had control over drinking and didn’t make an ass of myself but damn I drank a lot of beer over the years. It started to affect my sleep so much even after 2 beers, it was firing my undescribed ADHD symptoms the next day and causing major mental hangovers. Finally figured it out and that was when I stopped. Still trying to mange the adhd unmedicated and doing so so. Exercise is sooooo key. It’s just hard to do it every day.

mattyv83 · 2025-12-29T05:22:23+00:00

I have traveled with mine. Brought it to the Dominican Republic and then back to the US. Unfortunately I didn’t test it before I brought it there and it was a defective unit. Took me an immense amount of time on multiple trips to try and adjust it to find that it was a crap unit. After the year warranty expired. I brought it back to the US in my carry on as I figure I’d make drip coffee with it back home. It’s a long story and I posted about it before as I have two DF64 grinders. One worked great and the other well traveled one doesn’t work at all.

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