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joshhan it s very selfish it s all about me skip to content joshhan it s very selfish it s all about me menu home about another fine 200k set up by the parando org folks march 16 2025 march 16 2025 joshhan biking i made it a point to take a picture of every covered bridge i encountered on the bucks co covered bridges brevet yesterday so much so i opted to wear my shorts with the handy side pocket for the phone aka camera i do have winter tights with that feature too but i was too optimistic after seeing the forecast earlier in the week anyway here they are i stopped at each and every one to bring you this exciting post the day started out early with a muffin and croissant from costco i really should have eaten double of this amount as you can tell it was foggy drizzly cloudy all day temps did briefly reach 50 but it was mostly between 35 and 45 this was also the first brevet i ve done in dst so i managed to finish with daylight the only really memorable one for me is the one at the base of uhlerstown hill rd at the peak there appears to be a 37 4 grade people advised to walk up this to save energy for the rest of the route but we already established how stubborn i am i purposely put on the bigger 2 teeth ha cassette on in anticipation and i like to think that was a wise move i tried to minimize stopping so i made decent time but really slowly in the second half i really need to eat more regularly and carry less stuff on the bike or just get in better shape and lose 10 lbs easier said than done one last question why are there so many covered bridges in bucks county why do covered bridges exist in the first place leave a comment adding this just in case someone else searches for it march 30 2022 joshhan uncategorized flat mount adapter is fm yes the print out that you should check to make sure there is enough clearance for your fork provided on their site is super close for the surly krampus boost fork but it fits precision in the pdf and the mount itself thank god for canadian ingenuity no one else has this surly krampus boost fork on the otso fenrir bike so i can go bike packing with my stuff and dynamo light woot surly krampus ass is to flat mount caliper adapter leave a comment first race of 2020 july 17 2020 joshhan biking mountain biking uncategorized had the opportunity to finally race this year covid 19 regulations were in full effect spectators were discouraged from attending masks were required if you weren t actively racing even at the start and staging area i signed up for the endurance single speed again i think i m done racing endurance ss it was so hot and humid and muddy from the torrential rain from the night before i really hated the conditions it s a good and challenging course though a little more challenging with the mud and slippery roots though i only did 3 laps painful while the two racers ahead of me did 6 fast laps speaking of which i didn t know only three of us total were registered in the class so technically i could have gotten on the podium leave a comment 2020 waddayadoin june 19 2020 june 19 2020 joshhan biking life mountain biking so this is apparently the year of the pandemic among other things working from home took some getting used to haven t been riding my bicycles as much as i would have hoped lots of races and rides cancelled been doing some bike maintenance though that s good right was getting the 2020 race bike together and took a shot as the sun was setting thought it turned out fairly nicely leave a comment 2020 how is it 2020 already february 5 2020 joshhan uncategorized must have missed writing a post in 2019 lol leave a comment 2018 how is it 2018 october 17 2018 joshhan uncategorized how is 2018 almost over sheesh leave a comment 2016 something wicked 6 hours of cathedral pines november 23 2016 joshhan uncategorized after riding mountain bikes for about 5 years now i was inspired by a fellow friend to sign up for a mountain bike race my first mountain bike race the one i was looking at initially actually didn t run this year so i was talking to another friend about my disappointment in finding out it wasn t going to take place this year he suggested that i look into an endurance race up in long island in november i did thought i could do it and signed up the format is a lapped race riding as many laps as you can under six hours if you finish your last lap under six hours you have the option of going out for one more since the finishing order is of laps first and then time it does behoove you to try and finish under six hours to get that extra lap i took off friday and drove up to long island in the morning to get a lap in and preview the course there were three climbs which were short but very steep this would be a problem on an ss following geared riders who would immediately gear down and spin up while i needed to keep momentum and just power up but i cleared them the majority of the laps it was interesting being in the mass of 250 or so riders at the mass start and the first lap definitely got many chances to practice my track stands i definitely wanted to sign up under the open singlespeed class as i was going to try this on the niner one9 ss i did try a 6 hour ride at wharton state forest a few weeks earlier mostly successfully so i didn t think i would have a problem riding the entire six hours but it was just a question of how fast i could do it i had planned on shooting for 5 laps got talked into pushing for 6 by my friend and ended up with 7 on my last lap i really tried to go slowly to finish as close to six hours as possible but ended up crossing the finish line at 5 58 of course the crowd was heckling me to go out for another lap and as tired as i was i thought to myself might as well get my money s worth out of this race it was actually mentally freeing as i knew this was my final lap so i cruised my way to the 4th fastest lap of the day i ended up finishing 11th out of around 20 in the class after i saw the final numbers i should have actually signed up for the beginner class in my age bracket i would have podiumed at third place but really i m glad i registered where i did it s a much bigger feeling of accomplishment since there were a lot of talented riders in it leave a comment 2016 scu quad metric or not may 10 2016 may 10 2016 joshhan biking life uncategorized century ride shurkiomen centurino soma gator soma juice this is one of the annual rides i like doing it s cheap it s well supported and plenty of rest stops stocked with homemade baked goods and other foods this year they even added a true century route option but unfortunately this year it coincided with the same date a ride some local friends have been doing this would be the third year affectionately named the shurkiomen centurino shurkiomen being a mashup of schuylkill and perkiomen which are the local rail trails in the philadelphia area so since this more of a grass roots type ride i opted to skip the quad this year and rode with friends this was of course the correct decision the nice thing about this route is that the upper loop and lower loop both start from the same spot so you can do the first or second halves or both i was not feeling up for the second half last year so i bailed after the first but this year i was determined to complete the entire century route of course it rained steadily for the first 60 miles which also precluded riding the mtb trails that were originally in the route but we hit up some really nice gravel roads as a consolation prize also got to meet some people in real life that i only conversed with on facebook that s always a neat treat and a great reminder that real life virtual life the funny thing about the route was that it actually intersected with the end road for the quad ride and so we got to get our pictures taken by the official photographer of the event which i thought was pretty funny especially since one of our group was actually on a fat bike and chased down some guys on road bikes the soma juice did great i can t believe that i was able to ride 102 miles on a mountain bike with drop bars having the appropriate tires helped out tremendously but still the gearing was not as tall as a proper road bike but had no issues keeping it 20 on the flats here are some pictures the finisher s prize that was so generously provided by the host this was totally unexpected and totally cool brian was kind of enough to take some shots from his gopro as you can see it was a rainy day so everyone was wearing rain jackets except me i was fine though merino wool layers are amazing here is rob chasing down some roadies on his fat bike he is one amazing rider he did the iditarod fatbike race in alaska this past winter i can t even imagine doing anything like that the soma juice with soma cazadero tires and soma gator bars it s no lightweight but amazingly comfortable here s brian and i from the professional photographer for the scu event the guys who finished the entire route decided to stop by a bk to load up on some much needed calories towards the end we finished up with a great meal home cooked at the host s house i brought korean marinated short ribs which hit the spot along with grilled romaine caesar salad and rice it was the perfect recovery meal along with the many many potato chips consumed while waiting for the food to be ready can t wait for next year gps 2016 shurkiomen centurino 1 comment another crazy idea i had april 27 2016 joshhan biking mountain biking uncategorized this is always a dangerous proposition when i see something on a forum or something and think to myself well that looks interesting bought off ebay seller claimed in excellent cosmetic and mechanical condition at first glance i would agree but as i tore it down to put it back together and reuse parts this bike definitely had some high mileage and questionable maintenance on it first things first i thought i would move the suspension fork to my other mountain bike as it is a higher model than the one i am using now if it were only that easy the remote lockout is not working correctly and actually needs a rebuild i haven t ordered the rebuild kit yet but eventually i will need to next i would consider the cassette toast dig into my parts bin for a usable cassette check he had a wolftooth 42t cog on it that was missing teeth the chain was way past 1 0 of stretch the chainring is also toast it used to be a narrow wide lol i wouldn t have used it since it was a 30t anyway so no biggie even the jockey wheels on the rear derailleur were badly worn i ordered some new ones might salvage it for the parts bin it is a long cage so not sure i d use it but you never know at least the bottom bracket seems to be fine still i did order another one just in case i couldn t use the rotors that came with the bike either as they were badly warped thankfully i knew i would need mechanical disc brakes for my project oh yeah i wanted to turn this into a drop bar adventure bike so they actually came with rotors which worked out the carbon wheels it came with were pretty nice but the freehub was badly notched and the ends were actually gouged to the point where i had to chip them off to get the last cog on and get the lockring on i guess a new freehub is in my future but here is the final product i ll keep the saddle for now to see how that feels but i have plenty of other choices if it doesn t feel right soma juice 17 5 frame little big for this application but not too bad soma gator bars soma cazadero tires 700 42 setup tubeless niner rdo fork bought new an extra wheelset with mtb tires when it needs it 10 speed cassette parts bin cassette 11 36 10 speed sram x9 type 2 rear derailleur short cage parts bin 36t race face narrow wide chainring kmc gold chain sram rival shifters trp spyre mechanical disc brakes gonna commute on it tomorrow and see how it feels the real shakeout ride will be on saturday where i ll ride it on paved gravel and singletrack leave a comment new year new things first commute of 2016 january 5 2016 january 5 2016 joshhan biking life mountain biking work bikes mountain biking steel bikes well considering 2015 ended on weather that was extremely out of the ordinary i was wearing flip flops shorts and a tshirt on christmas winter 2016 has come in with a bang i didn t get a chance to ride into work yesterday but did this morning it was cooooooold i had to dig out the winter boots bar mitts and my new rapha deep winter base layer i just wore my commuter levis since i figured my legs wouldn t get that cold that with a light windproof shell and i was fine the garmin registered a cool 12 degrees so i m thinking that set up will get me down to close to zero if it does get that cold i ll just have to break out the winter pants i am still waiting on some parts but i couldn t wait to test out the new single speed it s a steel chumba stella frame that i got on sale waiting for a dropper post and grips and maybe some new wide carbon wheels but i cannibalized some parts from other bikes and took it out for a spin i was very impressed with the fork and frame i rode on the same exact wheels the previous day on my niner ss so it made for a pretty comparison between setups the fork is very plush and the steel frame seems to inspire a ton of confidence in pushing through the rough stuff i geared it 32 20 because it is a bit heavier than the niner but i think it s a gearing that will let me ride longer on rides with friends not to mention the bike setup won t beat me up as much either leave a comment post navigation older posts flickr photos more photos create a free website or blog at wordpress com joshhan blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed joshhan join 28 other subscribers sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy joshhan subscribe subscribed sign up log in report this content view site in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email 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