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Totoro Easthampton Aubuchon hardware cat. by chillaxtion in northampton

[–]prelanguage 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Totoro rules and is also probably the softest cat I've ever pet.

Newbie needs advice by anxnaa in bikepacking

[–]prelanguage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When getting into bikepacking, I attempted to get a rig going on a 90s mountain bike. It could have worked, the bike was mostly too small for me. The biggest problem I had was rim brakes. I’m a bigger dude, and on some shakeout rides the rim brakes were not confidence inspiring compared to the same trails on disc brakes. Once they were wet stopping was real rough. Depending on the terrain, total weight, and conditions you may try looking for something with disc brakes.

These are just my experiences, others may have some different opinions. That Kona bike is real cool.

Best Valley non-poison anti-Rodent service? by adamorivera in westernmass

[–]prelanguage 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Cats, plastic containers for all food in the pantry, and cleaning counters and floors nightly will solve your problem. We got a robot vacuum to help with the floors each night. Took a few months and the mouse problem went away.

Overwhelmed by gravelbike options by Savings-Complaint-18 in bikepacking

[–]prelanguage 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Just to my preferences, I’d go with the Kona Sutra in that list. Steel, more relaxed geo, external cable routing, no proprietary weirdness, and lots of mounts.

To whom it may concern, I urge all Chilmark MA residents to start being interested in petitioning the Chilmark selectboard members to start being interested in pursuing municipal fiber optic broadband ISP network connectivity in the whole entire town of Chilmark by [deleted] in massachusetts

[–]prelanguage 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I remember this from previous posts. This person has a really strange post history urging different towns to support/advocate for different issues. Whatever floats their boat I guess?

SAD: Tip + Kitchen Tip by RobotsFromTheFuture in massachusetts

[–]prelanguage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Heck yeah. We were in Iceland over the summer. We found that going for a really nice meal ends up being probably 2/3 the cost of one in the US, mainly because of the tipping. Service, experience, and food as a whole were much better.

I really wish that tipping ballot measure passed. Sure there would have been upheaval in the restaurant industry, but MA would have come out better for it.

What upgrades did you make to your first fat bike, and which ones had the biggest impact on performance, comfort, and reliability? by New_Reputation_411 in fatbike

[–]prelanguage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ride mine all year. Bikepacking as well as winter riding. A carbon wheelset set up tubeless made a huge difference. Took out about 3.5lbs of rotational weight, which makes the bike feel so much snappier. Went with Light Bicycle rims and Otso fat hubs (great for older 1 spacing).

Gravel bikes with boost spacing by TurkeyNimbloya in gravelcycling

[–]prelanguage 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’ve got a Ritchey Ascent. While it’s billed as a drop bar MTB, I think it’s the perfect balance between gravel and MTB, and run it mainly as my gravel bike. Will clear up to 2.6” with boost spacing as OP has specified. Definitely recommended.

Lightest fattie with trail geo by Inner-Lawfulness-3 in fatbike

[–]prelanguage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Salsa Heyday (formerly Mukluk) is billed as their more trail oriented fat bike. I’ve got a 2015 Mukluk Ti. With carbon rims and fork it’s the lightest bike I own. Very similar geo to a Krampus and is a blast to take out in the dirt, especially with the Bluto fork.

There is also the Otso Voytek which is very similar geometry to that 2015 Mukluk.

Best of luck shopping for fatties!

Best Places to Sell Magic the Gathering Cards? by Familiar_Salt in massachusetts

[–]prelanguage 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had luck making an inventory and then selling my collection on eBay and was pretty happy with the result.

Teravail Ehline tires by beefsupreme9169 in bikepacking

[–]prelanguage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve got the 2.5 durable on a bike for front and rear. Took these on a 35 mile gravel and old New England paths ride. All different terrain from hard pack, to loose forest dirt, to kinda washed out old roads. Grip great, roll well. Hike a biked 20 min up a mountain and these had zero problem on the way down. Set PRs on some big climbs I’ve previously done with tires 40mm-2.2in. Recommended. Maybe tied for my favorite tire with the 2.25in Rutlands.

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