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Full Spectrum Cycling #210 – Saddle Tips, Lake Express, Bike Fed Ride Guide and More!
Apr 28, 2023
Full Spectrum Cycling #210 – Saddle Tips, Lake Express, Bike Fed Ride Guide and More!
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0:00
There we go.
0:01
[mumbles] [upbeat rock music] Yeah. All right.
0:19
Hey, that, that was a good catch, 'cause, uh, we only wasted, like, 30 seconds, 'cause- Instead of a whole three show... [laughs] forgot, instead of the whole show. Forgot to push the button, folks.
0:29
But now- This is why the push the button is- Says right on the board- Yes... turn on. And, uh- Yes, I need- Turn on... yes. See- Even in the same color it should be on more And the Tony says that... a lot.
0:41
Maybe it says turn me on, maybe it should say. Right? Yeah. And Tony's a push the button. Yes, I don't, I'm not insistent on it, but I'm eh, meh, meh. Whatever. All right. Well, we did that.
0:52
So, and now we're- Yes, and now we're good. We're back. Hello. And now we're, and now we're doing this. And, uh, this is Full Spectrum Cycling Show number 210. 210. And- Sounds like the, whatever. I'll shut [laughs]
1:08
We have JK resplendent in his new Nomad, uh, tuque. What? On your cranium. Oh, shit. Yeah. Uh, also Tony Burger. Hi, Tony. Hello. [laughs] Uh, I'm Sven.
1:21
This is, again, Full Spectrum Cycling, and, uh, thank you for stopping by. Thanks. Thanks for having me here. [laughs] All right, the f- the photographer is in the house. I was getting a little skittish.
1:35
Took a lot of pictures this weekend since it was prom. Ah, yes. Well- Well, no, I think we did see some of those... but I was able to get one. Yep. Crazy. Prom pictures.
1:46
I don't, the boy doesn't go to prom, so I don't have to worry about that. Just 'cause he says he doesn't go to prom doesn't mean he doesn't go to prom, man. Doesn't go to prom. Yeah. That's what he says.
1:57
I was the guy, yeah. Just [mimics engine revving] yeah, you swoop in like a fucking awesome guy. [laughs] Is that what you did? Yeah. [laughs] Awesome. Uh, I don't know what's going on out there.
2:13
You guys went to- Prom, dude... yeah, not- It's all about prom. [laughs] Prom's over. Prom's done. Fuck prom. [laughs] Uh,
2:21
would be the, it was a swinging door day except I didn't know what time you guys were going, so I- You get down there when you get down there It was crazy, me dropping my wallet at my client and him finding it in, next to the elevator.
2:33
You lucked out. I got really lucky, 'cause I- I was trying to figure out where it was... put that- Is it on, like, 10th and something? Zilber?
2:40
Yeah, well, there's a- Zilber's right, it's right around the corner from Best Place. Right. Okay. And- 'Cause there's a lot of Zilber stuff- Oh... 'cause it, they're property developers- Right... all that.
2:47
And by the way, our great shortcut where we go past the Salvation Army and then jump through the city and take the little bridge over, yeah, that does not work right now because they are taking out all of the c- the sidewalk areas there- Oh, yeah...
3:01
to build out, you know, road slowing measures. Okay. Yeah, sidewalk, sidewalk rather. So I had to climb the hill and go back down twice. You're on an electric bike, what do you care? Having fun.
3:11
[laughs] But, you know, I was on an electric bike. Yeah. 'Cause I saw it parked at Swinging Door. 'Cause I saw it. [laughs] Who was in my goddamn parking spot? Yeah, on the wrong side of the thing.
3:19
[laughs] Yeah, I come up, the guy- 'Cause the electric bike was too heavy to tip over... I come up the alley and I'm like, I'm like, "Dude, dude, who's in my parker for-" I don't care. I was getting a damn hotdog.
3:27
I'm like, "Wait, schlong, schlong." Although I will admit- Oh, shit. I gotta look at little schlong... the bloody Mary looked really good, so I had a bloody Mary to go with my hotdog and beer.
3:34
And don't get a bloody Mary there. [laughs] 10 bucks, not very good. Shelly's bloody Mary is not very good is what you're saying. Is it Shelly was behind the bar today? Well, it's her supposed recipe, so.
3:46
No, I would go with- She's the owner... the bloody Caesar. Yeah, I, I, it, it just didn't spark joy. Just, yeah. Yeah. No, no. A bloody Mary at $10 should spark joy. Yeah, 'cause I could've got six PBRs.
3:58
[laughs] How did the, uh, hotdog taste, though? Fan-fucking-tastic. [laughs] And the Caesar salad too. Garlicky Caesar. Yes. That thing is the bomb. All right. [laughs] We plug a lot of places a lot.
4:11
Swinging Door, WMSC, you know, things that we really like. This is one of them. That's okay. The Door is a thing. The Door is a thing, yeah. Well, while you guys were lunching, I was on the south side- Oh. [laughs]...
4:22
and I had to, I had to get on the freeway coming back over the Hoan Bridge, and know what I noticed over there? Hmm? Lake Express is sitting in the water over there. Wow.
4:33
Did- So I went over there by Lake Express and was like, "What's going on with this Lake Express thing?" And it's, uh, it's getting ready to go. May 5th they start floating across the lake again. Wow. Nice.
4:42
Nice, nice, nice. This is good to know. They have a spring schedule through June, end of June. I don't know time-wise, I think they- Love it, rock it... don't run quite as many.
4:51
I thought they had an off-season special too. I did not notice that. It's like a buck 85 round trip plus your bike at 15, so two hundo. Oh, not bad. Uh, that's a really fun way to get across. Goes really fast.
5:03
The vomit comet. And if it's anything below, like, 75 outside, it's really cold on the upper deck in the wind. [laughs] On the deck.
5:11
[laughs] We are- If you're, yes, if you're a smoker that's supposed to not smoke, uh, yeah. Smoker, no smoking. It's hard. That would be Swiper. [laughs] No swiping. You haven't been watching that anymore, have you? No.
5:28
No, uh, very little. We have moved on. Oh. Daniel doesn't like it anymore? Uh, he's, he is, you know, he's gone on to some more entertaining things like Phineas and Ferb and, and, uh, some other stuff like that.
5:40
I want, a- actually, I, I, I really want to re- go back to Ren & Stimpy. Oh, yeah. I, I, I started- I was not much into Ren & Stimpy during- I, I started to go, "Oh, dude, you idiot"... Yeah.
5:55
That, that and, uh, S- SquareBob SpongeFace. Yeah, I didn't do that either. No. But didn't go on either Ren's Stimpy- I'm okay with that...
6:02
Ren's Stimpy hit me right at the right place in the 90 It was at the right time... oh, right at the 90. Oh, you idiot. Yes. So, yes. Copy that. Uh- I'm getting-... J- JK had a, had a, a,
6:17
a startle when he walked in the door of the shop today. [laughs] There's a humongous, a humongous bike right inside the door. Yeah, it looked like a anus, anus face? It's a, it's a Rad, what is it called? A Rad Wagon?
6:30
Power Wagon. Rad Power Rad Wagon or something. It's a big- It's, it's the Rad-... long... yeah, Power Wagon... with the seat on the back, and this one has the contraption that you...
6:39
Apparently JK came up with to use for it, although the kids are two, that are in there, so f- they probably can't work a lighter. Yeah, just to smoke. [laughs] Yeah.
6:47
It's a three, yeah, it's a three-pronged whatever, but it's a- Well, well, it's, it's a big thing... just put that item in the show notes. It's a pretty big bike. [laughs] I'll have a picture of it.
6:57
It's, it's what we're, it's, it's what we're getting known, we keep getting these... Okay, folks, here's the thing. Here it is... and you buy one of these bikes, and you assemble it at your house. Guess what?
7:08
You're not a bike mechanic. Yeah, take it in. Don't do that. You're just gonna bring it to us anyway.
7:13
We're gonna charge you the money anyway, and then you're gonna have ridden it and maybe screwed some stuff up, like on this one there's some- Or, or hurt yourself. Yeah, just, I mean, it's not worth it, folks.
7:21
Have it delivered here. Call ahead of time. I'll sell it. But it looks like it could- But, uh- It looks like you could sit in the back and smoke. [laughs] Yes, it- It really does... it certainly does.
7:30
[laughs] I guess people listening to the show, that that guy is probably a bike mechanic- [laughs]... so he would know how to put it together, but oh well. And he's just going, "Ah, ah."
7:37
Well, this thing has a, this thing has a loose headset. It's got the chains routed incorrectly. It's got a- And it's got a lot of chain... it's got a bent rotor. Yes, it has way too much chain.
7:46
I mean- So I don't know, just s- throw down and, and take it to- You-... your local shop and have somebody who knows what they're doing do what they know how to do, for crying out loud.
7:56
Yeah, y'all, and, and this bike, it, that's got nothing to do with it being an e-bike. It's just as to being a bad assembly. Any kind of bike that you buy- Yeah, any-... in a box... mail order. Mm-hmm. Right.
8:05
Do not be afraid to go to your- Oh, hey, I'm a professional car mechanic. I can put a bike together r- ruff, ruff. No, it doesn't work like that. Do not be afraid to go to your local wrench. I grow plants. Yeah.
8:15
I can put a bike together. I, I do any- I fix computers. I do- I can't put a bike together... I do anything but, I'm a professional bike mechanic, uh, I can't put a bike together, you know? So
8:26
get, get to your local shop. Yeah. God- For your own safety... damn it. I mean. Speaking of God damn it, segue-wise, did you see that? I tried. God Damn Gallows next Friday. Ah, with the fourth.
8:40
I- That's, uh, Hank 3's kid. Oh, right on, yeah. Yeah. You know this? Is this that, uh- Now it, now you know this. Now I know this. Now you know this. Okay- Hank-... the four- It's Hank-...
8:50
four in the strange, that means Hank IV. It's Hank... Hank G- Hank III's- Hank 3's fourth kid... Hank 3's kid. Fourth kid. Yeah. Is Monk, Monk... So are they at- [laughs]... are they at the Girabaudi? Uh, Shank. Oh.
9:07
But- Well, Shank's all right. Whatever. Oh, whatever. Shank's all right. It's closer. It's reasonable. It's closer. It's closer. All right. Terms are reasonable.
9:12
[laughs] So also throw- throwing a wrench in the works, besides last week we talked about River West 24, uh, sign up, blah, blah, blah, is the 7th.
9:21
This is on the 5th, Friday, where we're supposed to be going to Iowa, so. Right. Now it's weather dependent. If it's crappy in Iowa, we see God Damn Gallows and do the thing.
9:31
If not, we're in Iowa, and I'll give you my, uh, I got my sign up thing, so you just have to- Hand it in, boy... hand it in if you're gonna be there, which you'll be there. Of course. Um, 24 bucks. You got cash? Cash.
9:43
You got cash on you? Cash. I'm broke. Cash or, uh, check. You can do it. Damien's buying for our team this year, and T-shirts. Oh. All right, man. Well, there you go.
9:50
So now I gotta print it out and find out what our name is. I stopped by there and talked to him a little bit about that. Damn it, Tony, I'm here slash... [laughs] With your fucking ham? Yeah. Did you have any?
10:01
And, well, yeah, as I was walking up, actually as I was waiting for my ham wrap to get made, which I- Nice... like, my buddy Chris and his mom were walking...
10:09
I, I went outside to get my phone I left in the car, and C- Chris and his mom are walking up, and they do a lunch every week. And- Oh, uh- Chris Allen. Oh, gotcha... and so as, like, "Oh, they're, they're closed.
10:20
They ran out of food." I was just like, I was just locking the door, and he's like, "Oh." I go, "No, I'm kidding." So I just made- [laughs]... I made sure that they got a nice seat and that Damien said, "Hey, hi."
10:29
You know, like, "These are good guys. This is the guy that owns the joint." And he was very, uh, very nice and, uh, t- took care of them and whatever, you know? The- Uh- They ordered hot dogs, though.
10:39
The Sicilian hot dog with the onions and stuff? Don't know. They do have a fancy hot dog. Molly said it's pretty good. I don't know. If I'm doing hot dogs, I'm going to- Right... Dairy Queen- Right...
10:48
like everybody else that likes a good hot dog. Um. Mm. [laughs] I don't know. My hot dog there was pretty outstanding. Um- Wednesday. Although I... That hot dog- Wednesday, Wednesday...
10:58
the, what makes that hot dog outstanding is the barbecue sauce and the bacon. Yes, exactly. It could be put on pretty much anything else- Yeah... and still be just as good. You could just put anything.
11:05
Yeah, you could put a load of- Yep... fucking whatever, tofu right behi- But-... underneath that. Just the texture. But he, um- Sh- fuck it. Yep. [laughs] I went in on Saturday with, with, uh, Sam, and
11:18
his dad made the ham and cream arancini, which was so good I took- Oh... the rest of them home. I bought the rest of them he had. [laughs] I'm like, "How many are there?" Wow. That's a lot. He's like, "There's two."
11:29
I'm like, "All right, I'll take those two as well." What's, what you doing over there, JK? And, uh- Rolling doobies. Roll- rolling- And tobacco doobies... scrubbies. Tobacco doobies. So I got to- Or stubbies...
11:40
stub- or I got to, uh... Stubbies, yeah, right. Rest in peace, Stubbies. I know, yeah. I got to, uh, Black Husky just in time to see Ronald win the Strongman Competition. I think it was the Timvitational.
11:54
It's not a- Uh, it-... it was a little different. Well, it is a Strongman Competition, it's just not sanctioned, but yes, it is the Timvitational. Timvitational And Sam- That's the early- Uh, and oh, oh...
12:04
did Sam ride his bike? Uh, Sam did not. He brought his dog over to meet- Did he get to the top of the hill?... Maddie Pulsar. He didn't, but maybe he should. [bell ringing] There we go.
12:13
Tony, would you get out the show beer that- Oh, it's right here. Allow me... JK brought from- All the way... from, from the, from the- All the way from Brady's... from the Smith? I think- Ooh... I'm just- Nice...
12:25
I'm wary of- This is exciting... I'm wary of their freshness factor, [laughs] so I'm gonna- Open carefully... I'm gonna hold it away from the- Oh, yes Tap and open. Tap and open... from the electronic stuff. Yep.
12:34
Fair enough. Here we go. One, two- 132... one more, one nine, over... one. Aha. [can opening] All is well. Fresh as a daisy. Oh, man. It tastes like a dandelion. Does it? I guess.
12:48
[laughs] I haven't, I haven't, I have [laughs] not put it to my face yet. It is now, this is the Three Floyds. I, we've had this before, haven't we? Barbarian- Uh... Haze IPA. Boo, boo. Maybe. I don't think so. I know.
13:00
Any- anything from Three Floyds- Three Floyds is gonna be good. [laughs]... is likely to be- Three Floyds is-... hopped forward, too, and whatever Yeah, Three Floyds- In fact, I think they even say that on the-...
13:08
War Pigs, and the other whatever... W- Wilbur the Pig. Yeah, whatever the other one is. Uh, the, these guys say that this stuff is, uh, it's a hazy. Yeah.
13:18
It's, it, no, s- blah, blah, portfolio hop forward, flavorful and unfiltered. Whoa. Barbarian Haze. Took the hopping- Tasty. Oh, it's- Whoa... dry hopped, blah, blah, blah. New Age Brewing Alchemy, et cetera, et cetera.
13:30
Old school heavy-handed approach, this and that. Jesus. ABV 6.5- Delicious... IBU 63. It's kind of a- 6.5 isn't... is, I would think this was more than that. It's not an EK.
13:40
I just, I, all I'm saying is the, uh, there's a weak- [laughs]... weakness to the integrity of the can. Oh, you have made a crunchy, squishy thing. Yeah. No, I'm not, n- I'm trying not to.
13:57
Do you have a koozie that protects it? It's, it's kind of- It's like neo- it's a neoprene thing you put around the outside of it. Yeah. Just saying. Yeah. I got one. Look out. I'll use it for you.
14:06
Oh, you got my stolen 12 on 4. You left it on the counter for me again. I know. That's my thing. That's what I do now. You do. Wait, this sounds like you said this last week. We did. Yeah. Sort of. Yeah, man.
14:18
We're recapping. Yeah, man. We're rehashing and recapping. Oh, good. Hey, guess- So wait, I sent something to the show notes... hey, hey, hey- We don't really have a show tonight, so...
14:24
I sent something to the show notes... hey, hey, guess what? What's, what's- Next, this weekend, I don't have to go to a fucking funeral. Yay. Sweet. Ugh. That is pretty good. Says you.
14:32
I- There's still a couple days left... oh, bullshit. [laughs] Fuck off, you. That fucking is awesome. I'm like, God damn. What did I do save it for the show? That's like a ha- a half.
14:43
Oh, it was something about- Oh, the-... what was the brewery?... 608 Brewing gets a, this is where, isn't this where you guys go once in a while is, uh- No... Sawmill Brewing? No, no, no. Oh.
14:53
I don't even know what you're talking about. Well then, never mind. We're not talking about that on the show. Fuck that. Well, it's a Madison brewery, I believe. 608. Uh- Uh, go to Pearl Street Brewery.
15:04
I got- It's in a, it's in the 'burbs... slightly here... where it's- That's why I have the thing They, they won a thing... 608. They did a deal. They, they won an award. They did a deal. Merrill, Wisconsin. Yeah.
15:13
Channel3000.com. That is not the Sawmill Saloon- Okay... which is not a brewery. It's just a Sawmill Saloon. Never mind. Never mind. No. Which apparently got bought up there in Seely.
15:24
I d- I don't know if Dave mentioned that last week, but somehow talking to him, somebody bought it, and it's gonna be more- [burps]... back to more cycling oriented and silent sporty, I think. We'll see. [sighs] Okay.
15:35
Actually, when you, like, take the exit to go to Holy Hill- Yeah... there's the sawmill, and- There is, yeah. You're right... so that's- There's another saw- there's many sawmills. You know why?
15:48
That's the one, that's the one- Because people at Sawmills-... you didn't want to say. You're like, "Okay," and you keep going. That's a good place. They've been cutting wood in Wisconsin- No, it's not really that g-...
15:55
for years. Uh- It's like a, it's like a machine shed or a- It's as, it, it's as good as you want it to be. That's like, uh- Some nice, nice roads to take your bike around over there...
16:02
it's like a, it's like a Cracker Barrel. It's like a Cracker Barrel kind of thing. Yes, yes, yes. Only it's, only it's a one-off deal or whatever. Yeah. Yeah.
16:08
You just, you hope you have, like, just enough space between people just so you don't have to deal with them. Right. Do you guys have any, do you guys have any rides planned for this summer yet? Uh, I do not.
16:21
I'm, but I'm finally at the stage with the house and stuff that I might actually be able to do it without feeling guilty. We'll probably make up our own rides, but if you can't make up your own ride, guess what's out?
16:33
Oh, uh- The 2023 Wisconsin Bike Fed ride guide. Oh. Apparently you didn't ask me. [laughs] Why? Do you know what's out? Oh, in my head? [laughs] Fuck yeah. Oh, okay. Keep going. Yep, yep, yep. That's all right.
16:47
So that's out. I did, we- [laughs]... we'll high- we'll highlight a ride or two out of there. I'm sure there's a bunch of good ones in there. In for my head? There usually are. From my head?
16:55
Including the ride across Wisconsin, I would imagine. From my head. But yeah, it's a thick thing. It's, it's, the paper smelled freshly printed, which I so much love getting a nice magazine that smells freshly printed.
17:10
I agree. Kind of like when you get one of the, uh, bike packing magazines. It's German printing, so it just smells better. That's my thing. Think it's the air? Don't know. Maybe it's the trees.
17:23
Maybe it's Black Forest old growth. It was packed in the tobacco. Been, that tree's been there for 1,000 years, and now it's your magazine. In the tobacco. It was packed with the tobacco.
17:33
I don't know, but I do know this: the ride guide is out. There you go. That's exciting. I know there's a lot of exciting stuff. Otherwise, I just think you should just go ride your bike.
17:44
Oh, I rode the bike, I rode a bike around inside the building today. It was awesome. Nice. I got my, uh, electric bike- You gotta get-... out today for the first time this year. Yeah. He parked it in my goddamn spot.
17:55
And, and it gave me some bar palsy on my ride, so I'm gonna have to... I think the seat's a little too high. The hell's bar palsy? Where your hand goes numb Uh, after- Uh- Does not happen from being on a handlebar to me.
18:06
And, and, oh, it happens to me all the time- Yeah, yeah... on certain bikes. Two, two, two and a half miles. That's how you get- Two and a half miles. It's like- That's how you get The Stranger. [laughs] Sorry.
18:15
[laughs] I, I literally like, yeah, I was, I had to shake it. I had to like shake my hand. Yeah. Yeah, that's what I do too, but that's, I'm just saying it's different. Two and a half miles.
18:22
[laughs] I'm just saying it's different. Two and a half miles. Stranger shows up. You may wanna, you may wanna look at the angle of your saddle. That may do something for you. Oh, my.
18:29
I d- people forget that nose tilt or tail tilt, up, down, up, down. Right, right. [laughs] Shit. Please explain.
18:40
All right, just so that it, it makes a big difference, just a small amount of change in the angle of the saddle. That's a good idea. I- It's one of the most overlooked things. No. And why people go, "My saddle sucks."
18:51
It's like, do it like this, and they're like, "Oh, that saddle's the best saddle I ever had." No, that's what...
18:56
I, I knew my saddle was all the fucked up, and I could not figure out what the hell, so I was like, boom, and I rode it in there and I looked like I was riding a, like riding a wheelie. Chopper.
19:09
No, just riding a wheelie. And like, wee. [laughs] Oh, nose high? Oh, and like, da, na, just- Yeah... gotta get like three blocks away. Boom, boom. Oh, just this way backed out. Way better. Perfect.
19:26
Does it move on its own? Dude. Dude. You saw the, how bad that was. Wait, weren't, weren't, weren't we supposed to get an update on your, your, uh- Crash... low side? Did you get your tire changed too? I moved
19:40
the bicycle in question. That'd be a no. In the house. I moved that out of the way so I could get to the other bike. [laughs] So, no, it's not there. Okay. I'll give you an update next week.
19:55
All right, here's another saddle tip. I like saddle tips because- I, yeah... people don't think about them. I need saddle tips.
20:00
Well, everybody wants their saddle to be dead nuts straight down the center line of the bike. Not me, it's always to the left. But it... Right. Sometimes. I mean, usually- Correct...
20:09
you've got- It's the word you're looking for... correct. Uh, mine is to the right, though, is what I was saying. [laughs] Dude. Just saying that a slight change- Right...
20:17
of the orientation of the schnozola- 'Cause your, everyone's hips are different. Right... and also leg lengths are different. A lot of things are different. Right. Right...
20:24
just don't wanna, you don't wanna look like a freak, but you want- Right... it to be comfortable. Right. Career. That's true. I, I say throw a Selle Anatomica on there and call it a day. Such a great saddle.
20:34
Unless you're mountain biking, and then it's not. Uh, and mine- Didn't he get the same-... today mine caught my pocket of my club ride a lot. [laughs] And I'm like, "Wait, what's going on here?"
20:42
Yeah, you, you cannot move around on them. Yeah. They don't have a droppy nose enough, but they are anything else. They're c- comfortable.
20:47
Yeah, if you're gonna ride 100 miles, you only want well, that or a very well broken in Brooks. We're gonna go ahead and have saddle tips every week from now on. We should. We should. And do you use- Talk about them...
20:58
do you use Shammy Butter? Well broken in. I do not. Do you use- Shit. Do you use D's Nuts? Do you use, uh- I use absolutely nothing... do you use Camp, Camp, sh, Camparil or- Greaser.
21:05
If I'm, if it's gonna be hot- Greasy old grease... if it's, if it's gonna be really hot- [growls]... I s- I take a fresh shower and I baby powder the crap out of myself. Grease. Just baby powder, baby powder.
21:16
You don't, you don't wear- Those poor sad babies that they crushed up to make that powder for me. Yeah. They're nice. Tasty. They had to grind them all up and make that. They're tasty babies. But it works. I, and I-
21:27
You- Let's face it, I'm not a serious rider, you guys. I j- I just ride every day. But you never, you never ride with any kind of shorts or anything that are made for cycling, right?
21:36
Um, River West 24 I ride padded shorts. That's pretty much it. Yeah, longer rides, over like 50 miles I would say that's a good thing. I still ride regular shorts for that. I would, I would be on that. The very th...
21:47
I want the old school chamois. I don't want this new- Chamoise... new-fangled puffy crap. Yeah. Puffy butt one. I bought that- Yeah... for like four bucks at a- It-...
21:59
Virginia Beach fucking Walmart, and it gave me the fucking scratches and the shit for like, like two weeks. The fucking- 'Cause it wouldn't let go of all the moisture... oh, oh. Right. Oh, Christ. Yeah, no.
22:12
Oh, dude, I burned that- No one- Starts with some chafing... I burned that shit in effigy, man. No one needs that agony. Oh, I know. Nope. That's why I- Speaking of, uh, burn-... I will say fuck that...
22:22
speaking of burn, it was the River West, uh, neighborhood cleanup and every one on my block got cited for stuff in their yard. So I burned so much stuff this weekend. Stuff. What do you mean cited for stuff?
22:34
What kind of stuff? Construction material is what I had and, and that tree that we cut down- Oh, stuff. There was like-... that wasn't stacked properly. Oh, for crying out loud.
22:41
Needless to say, my yard looks a billion times better. You can't really burn in Milwaukee either, can you?
22:45
You're not supposed to, but I had a fire pit and it became a door pit and- Yeah, everybody- You wanna know what makes great kindling?
22:51
No, no, there, there, there's a thing where you can say, "Oh, well, yes, I can charge you with this because you are n- uh, within 40 feet of the- Oh, yeah... close," blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. This was great.
23:04
And yes. We took a basement hollow core door, and it was sitting outside, and of course it, hollow core so it, it dried out. That makes the best kindling 'cause it's just layers of super thin veneers,
23:18
and you just break them up and it starts a fire in a heartbeat. It's awesome. I burned a lot of shit this weekend. I like that idea. I burned a lot of shit this weekend.
23:27
I'm going with the, I'm trying to g- I'm gonna somehow get the gas pipe coming out of the house so I can have a natural gas- I got a hammer drill, dude. Let me know. Yeah, I got one with a one-inch thing.
23:37
That's big enough for a pipe. Yeah, absolutely. Just drill a hole through it. You're golden. Put it under the deck, put it through the middle of the deck. Goes to the grill, goes to the thing. Boomity-boom.
23:44
That's not hard. I just- Yes. You only gotta be, what, two feet? I just don't, I just don't know if it's legal [laughs]- Yes... in my neighborhood. You can get away with that. Yes, yes, yes.
23:51
Um, the village president of White- Yes, yes... burying it... you're in Whitefish Bay. Yes. This is true. Yes. Um, the village president's husband- Yes... had a natural, had a natural gas pipe run-... to his gas grill.
24:04
Right. Did it have to be buried four feet, or did it just- No, it actually came right out of the garage... sticks out of the wall. It s- Yeah, man. It came out of the garage wall You got the bing, bong, dink- Yep...
24:13
you know, whatever We do it 18 inches, two feet down, and then bring it straight up. You're, you're golden. Doesn't matter. Nobody uses these shit. That's just gonna come out of the wall and go under the deck. Yeah.
24:20
And, as a matter of fact, you know what's really cheap right now? Um- The, the easiest way it goes out- Believe it or not, in construction materials, from what I-... the easiest way it goes Let's- Is- Black pipe...
24:28
outdoor... No. Wait, no. Don't use ever black pipe again. Don't ever use that. Black pipe? Um, CSST. Outdoor CSST. So useless, man. Corrugated stainless steel tubing. Hmm. It's flexible. Ah. It's a piece of cake, man.
24:42
You'll love it. It's flexible shit. It works great. All right, we'll have to look into that 'cause that's on the agenda. Once you see it, you won't black pipe ever again. [laughs] Geez.
24:52
Remember how you were talking about how e-bikes are cool? Why's it gotta all be that racist? Right? The, I, I will use them [laughs] to make a base for a table, for sure. They're gonna be- Well, that, yeah, absolutely...
25:01
inside for my- That'd be great for that... for my Artie table. Yeah. Uh, so e-bikes must be cool. I, I, I'm okay with e-bikes. You know why? Salsa's making one now. No. Full suspension. E-bike. Ooh. Eh.
25:16
I know they've been cool 'cause Surly's been making them for years, but they're utility. They're not- You know what I haven't seen- [laughs] What are you doing over there?
25:22
You know what I haven't seen in ages is the Big Easy. I'm trying to stay out of the fucking frame. Remember when we took that thing for a ride and we were the f- one of the first people to take it for a spin?
25:28
Careful now. Exactly. Do not, do not whack your head again on the thingamajigger. We c- we couldn't, we couldn't tell anyone for, like, a week. Yeah, that was a good thing. And it was, it was cool. That was fun.
25:38
I haven't seen any of those in the wild. A big sleazy. The Big Easy, baby. The big sleazy. Yeah. Well, that's good stuff right there. Hey, g- more good stuff. I got it.
25:50
I, w- was, okay, so if you really wanna know what would happen at Sea Otter, which, I don't know, maybe people do, go to the bikepacking.com site and y- there's three different stories on shit that happened at Sea Otter.
26:03
Some of it's interesting. Some of it, eh. But what was really cool was, I don't... Do you know Duro tires? As in Enduro? No, no, just Duro, D-U-R-O. Uh, they- Oh.
26:15
Oh yeah, I've seen a couple of 'em, but- They make some decent tires. I guess, I don't know, I wanna try these out 'cause I was burned by Vee Tire and their shitty rolling resistance. Hey, Ruby.
26:23
However, these are now in both 27.5 and 29, 3.25 inch tires. Wow. I believe a show or two ago I was lamenting the lack of 29 plus tires. And now suddenly we have some.
26:36
And suddenly, people must listen to the show- Oh, hallelujah... 'cause here they are. Hallelujah, hallelujah. They're here, man. 3.3- Hallelujah. 3.25. I'm gonna have to measure.
26:45
So they are 82- I will send, I will send you the GIF... and a half millimeters. If they're on, like, a 50 millimeter rim, a wider, you know, but not fat bike rim, 82 millimeters, so I know they'll fit on my- Speed?...
26:58
uh, my Tatanka for sure. They're gonna be great. I will say- On the bike with the roll-off, they're gonna be... I already have three inch on there, but I can go to 3.25 now. That sounds pretty cool.
27:09
So that's bigger and better. Bigger is better in this case. I'm gonna stick with that. Are they... Obviously they're, they're knobby-esque. Yes. They are made for- The rim that's showing on the side of the bike?...
27:20
multiple riding surfaces. Yes. Not sure about where they work the best, but eh. On the trail. They, they have the volume, so you get the cushion. Right. Cush for the push. Cushion for the pushing. Yes.
27:35
Okay, so remember Big Sexy? Yes. Do. Sure do wish he'd call again. Why? But there's another guy I'm kinda curious about. His name is Michael. Hi. He's got a website now called Fat Bike America.
27:47
Somehow he got fatbikeamerica.com. Yeah, he's riding- He's riding his fat bike- He's riding a fat bike, bike?... to all 48 states. We're gonna have him on the show at some point, I'm pretty sure 'cause- Fat bike Mike?
27:58
Fat [laughs] - Just saying. Yeah. [laughs] You're a different guy. I'm just saying. You're the same guy. But yeah, I just like, I don't know how long he's been doing it. I just saw today. Sure shit, yeah, yeah, yeah.
28:09
But he's, he's social media-ing the shit out of stuff That, that's pretty cool. He was at Sea Otter, apparently. That's how I kind of- Okay... came up with it. All right, all right.
28:15
But, uh, yeah, so it's, uh, it's, uh, F- Fat Bike Mike. It's happening. Oh. The Michael- Today- The Michael-ness... uh, can I have a, a- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa...
28:24
something that dawned on me while I was working this weekend in the yard. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wha... What? If Michael will let you, you can say whatever you want. [laughs] I, I had my Dewey Gill
28:36
Sunday morning T-shirt on, my WMSC T-shirt- Nice... which has a turntable and a cat. And I'm like, "It's kind of a weird T-shirt." But then it dawned on me as I was listening to WMSC, and
28:52
the director of the Milwaukee Film Festival has a little commercial there, and he talks about how his favorite thing to do is read the Sunday paper, listen to- So did he go, "Read it in the Sunday paper"?
29:10
Re- listen to Dewey's show with his wife, his daughter, and his cat, Carmelo. Mm-hmm. I'm like, "Oh my God, this is all because of this commercial." I'm like- Sounds, sounds like a setup to me...
29:23
it was, I'm like, "I cannot believe I just realized this now." I've had that shirt since the day it was released. Mm. Since... Who doesn't love listening to that, that show? I love that morning show. [laughs] Exactly.
29:34
It's like, oh. Making breakfast on a Sunday is the best when you're listening to that. Here's one of the benefits, folks, of, uh, if you're doing a podcast, uh- You deal with people like us...
29:43
both, both JK and I have, uh, boom mics, but Tony's got a headset mic on, so he can just wander all over the room. He's, uh- Grab some beers, and it, and the microphone stays exactly where- Mm-hmm... where he put it.
29:54
And now he's drinking a beer. And on the microphone. Whoa. Yeah, and there he is. This is a very, uh, uh, an unrealized gain of wearing a headset mic is- [laughs]... how easy it is to go grab beers. [laughs] Headset mic.
30:07
What? Not that Mike is wearing a mic. Not Fat Bike Mike. Wait, you're a headset. You're a head case. Mike, your mom's a headset. [laughs] What? What? Oh, Mike just got on the mic. Oh, thank God.
30:20
[laughs] We wasted another half hour of your time, folks, but you know what? I don't know. It didn't really feel like it was that long. [sniffs] Yeah, right. [upbeat music] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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