Day 1 • Sept 3, 2016 • Boise to Celebration Park • 42 miles
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Sawtooth Loop: Get out of Town
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Sawtooth Loop
Introduction
The tale of a 10 day, 450 mile doorstep-to-doorstep ride around Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains with family and friends, told in installments. This is a ride I’ve wanted to do since moving to Idaho; it did not disappoint.
Slash Rides Again
It’s been five years since Slash, Zoe and I last made our traditional weekend overnight ride to Givens Hot Springs, about a 100 mile round trip to the Snake River and back. Slash hasn’t been on a trike since completing our trip across the country. It was past time to get back in the saddle, and this time around we recruited an accomplice.
Chain Drop and Other Irritations
Chain drop, an aborted descent, and a strange tire failure.
Cyclists’ Position on the Roadway
Freudian slip or slip in judgment? You decide.
SRAM 1x Drivetrain
A recent Trike Asylum blog entry entitled Eulogy to the Front Derailleur inspired me to do a little more thorough investigation of SRAM’s challenge to the front derailleur. Steve gathered a couple of pretty funny videos on the topic, it’s worth checking out the link.
The Case of the Offset Derailleur
Now that I’ve knocked down the big sources of noise, I can hear the smaller ones. Given the unexplained offset in the derailleur adjustment, it should come as no surprise that I was now contending with derailleur noise.
