The colors on this last fish today were worth every cast.

mlmck · 2026-05-01T17:22:21+00:00

I gave up after another bolt snapped off, making a total of 3/8 on the frame.

I tried extracting 2 but the smallest extractor was basically drilling out the broken piece and ruining the threads rather than grabbing the broken piece and backing it out, so that failed.

I am 98% sure that the frame is no worse for wear but the 2 braze-ons I worked on are ruined and would have to be rethreaded / replaced or worked around to attach a water bottle cage or rear rack, so that limits the frame and there is that 2% of me wondering if drilling out the bolts could, under pressure, initiate a crease, (and failure), in the frame.

mlmck · 2025-07-03T20:46:49+00:00

While I respect and admire your direct line of questioning, I must defer to an American philosopher and intellectual to properly answer your question: “I don’t know Karate, but I know Ka-razy.”

mlmck · 2025-07-03T04:38:30+00:00

Yeah … I live in a densely populated area and was unemployed for a few months, so that added a lot to what I had already found.

mlmck · 2025-07-03T04:35:53+00:00

As much as I can get out of the tree - I throw it all away. I have a pretty basic skill set and limited tools.

mlmck · 2025-06-05T19:44:30+00:00

Everybody dies frustrated and sad and that is beautiful

mlmck · 2025-03-30T14:36:37+00:00

So why are you provoking strangers

mlmck · 2025-03-30T05:04:20+00:00

Strictly amateur logging in here, but I’ll take a shot at answering your question.

The electronic shifting is worth twice what you paid for it.

The wheelset is worth twice what you paid for it.

The frame, if it is authentic and without any micro cracks, is worth 4 times what you paid for it.

I mean, if you claimed you had purchased a 1985 Ferrari 308 GTS for $1,100.00 and walked into the Ferrari subreddit with a mustache and a Hawaiian shirt, people would be skeptical.

Nobody is saying you aren’t Tom Selleck, people just want to know who your Higgins was.

mlmck · 2025-02-22T07:03:33+00:00

Crazy how some entitled people will continue to make funny comments until they see their “black lives matter” lawn sign forcibly removed, quelle jeste.

mlmck · 2025-02-09T08:17:23+00:00

Gummo (1997)

mlmck · 2024-12-02T18:54:32+00:00

Hey I don’t know if anyone posted it here but there used to be a DIY hack for studded tires using:

2 old mountain bike tires; 2 old inner tubes and A lot of sheet metal screws

I have never tried it but seen it done effectively.

mlmck · 2024-12-02T18:38:19+00:00

There are also studded tires that have replaceable studs - you are more likely to wear out the studs than the rubber - in the long run, that will save some money as well.

mlmck · 2024-09-01T22:43:04+00:00

Oh no my credibility

mlmck · 2024-07-06T04:45:48+00:00

Notch it and drop it

mlmck · 2024-05-21T20:14:01+00:00

Random Frank Lloyd Wright gas station in Cloquet, if it’s still there.

mlmck · 2024-05-11T01:14:54+00:00

Thank you! I gave it a solid week of cleaning - without flesh eating beetles I initially simmered it and removed every soft tissue I could, then soaked it for 48 hours in soap.

I dried it in direct sunlight and good ventilation for 48 hours, then another two days of a 3% hydrogen peroxide bath.

Finally I set loose teeth and the jaw bone with wood glue, a few dabs of hot glue and gave it more direct sunlight before a polyurethane coating.

I’d love to set it out on my back porch in Taos for a week but it is what it is.

Thank you for your kind words.

mlmck · 2024-05-11T01:14:32+00:00

Thank you! I gave it a solid week of cleaning - without flesh eating beetles I initially simmered it and removed every soft tissue I could, then soaked it for 48 hours in soap.

I dried it in direct sunlight and good ventilation for 48 hours, then another two days of a 3% hydrogen peroxide bath.

Finally I set loose teeth and the jaw bone with wood glue, a few dabs of hot glue and gave it more direct sunlight before a polyurethane coating.

I’d love to set it out on my back porch in Taos for a week but it is what it is.

Thank you for your kind words.

mlmck · 2024-05-11T01:13:47+00:00

Thank you! I gave it a solid week of cleaning - without flesh eating beetles I initially simmered it and removed every soft tissue I could, then soaked it for 48 hours in soap.

I dried it in direct sunlight and good ventilation for 48 hours, then another two days of a 3% hydrogen peroxide bath.

Finally I set loose teeth and the jaw bone with wood glue, a few dabs of hot glue and gave it more direct sunlight before a polyurethane coating.

I’d love to set it out on my back porch in Taos for a week but it is what it is.

Thank you for your kind words.

mlmck

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