tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post5547562501765339100..comments2024-03-28T08:40:23.164-05:00Comments on Guitar Ted Productions: Friday News And ViewsGuitar Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10960580677548417562noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-85421758823899108262020-02-21T19:03:28.763-05:002020-02-21T19:03:28.763-05:00I just couldn't get the Brooks B-17 saddle bac...I just couldn't get the Brooks B-17 saddle back far enough so I installed a Salsa Regulator TI post. Compared to the aluminum Thompson Elite it replaced it gives a great ride. I didn't realize until then how much titanium could flex and comfortable it could feel.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310592335191937422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-42067203138589693522020-02-21T12:20:23.819-05:002020-02-21T12:20:23.819-05:00Craig's article about grassroots gravel events...Craig's article about grassroots gravel events is good reading, but even his take is more racing oriented than what I like to see. But that's just me and my take on cycling in general. I've never figured out why races tend draw more people than recreational rides. But many of the gravel races I've participated in here in Georgia were very welcoming of non-competitive riders, many even offering a lower price registration category for non-racers. I have found that events put on by bikepacking enthusiasts are most likely to cater to my slower paced, stop and take pictures approach to riding. <br /><br />I'm not being judgemental, just remarking on my own preferences and how I try to work within the prevailing scene.BluesDawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08987016908626580094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-28646831657828357682020-02-21T09:20:13.596-05:002020-02-21T09:20:13.596-05:00@guitar Ted that Sawyer sounds like great fun and...@guitar Ted that Sawyer sounds like great fun and probably a perfect slop seaaon bike!graveldochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735646900935591880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-32652075258081491342020-02-21T08:06:21.454-05:002020-02-21T08:06:21.454-05:00Thanks for your kind words, Mark, and for your con...Thanks for your kind words, Mark, and for your continued service to the community. I'm sorry to miss your C.O.G. 100 this year. Hope all goes well. And I hope to ride with you again soon.CrossTrailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02837193725204106745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-24378812621589044512020-02-21T07:56:11.334-05:002020-02-21T07:56:11.334-05:00@graveldoc - Sounds like a fun bike to me! Actuall...@graveldoc - Sounds like a fun bike to me! Actually, it sounds like my Trek Sawyer cruiser style frame which I have set up single speed with belt drive and 2.8" X 650B wheels. <br /><br />@Phillip Cowan - I wouldn't be against making people drive manual shift cars and have nothing but a radio in the cabin for "info-tainment". Guitar Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10960580677548417562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-2242004718232930882020-02-21T06:54:40.301-05:002020-02-21T06:54:40.301-05:00It's funny that as cars become more switched o...It's funny that as cars become more switched on the driver's brain's seem to be becoming more switched off. Remember the video of the guy dead asleep behind the wheel of his self driving car?Phillip Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01863320784437992503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-1840570387116006202020-02-21T04:34:07.935-05:002020-02-21T04:34:07.935-05:00Single speed, chubby tires, and mudguards. Sort o...Single speed, chubby tires, and mudguards. Sort of makes me recall the Western Flyer cruiser I rode on gravel roads as a child growing up in rural west central Missouri. The bike was a boat anchor and probably improperly geared, but a modernized version of the same would be appropriate for this time of year, eh?graveldochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735646900935591880noreply@blogger.com