Adrian_D

Happy Birthday Kent ! ! ! !

Negative good buddy. Rich kills a diesel. The more fuel, the higher the exhaust gas temperature. And the more smoke. You add boost when you want to lower EGT and burn more fuel.

I'm a human heater too. During winter it's 55-58F in my room and I sleep in boxers and a t-shirt and only have one blanket. It's pretty fun to get into the office and my hands are burning. Granted I only pedal 10 minutes in the cold but last winter it was down to -5F in the morning

I have some old leaf springs, some of them are straight (overload leafs) and they are 5160 from what I can gather. Time to build a machete to keep in the car ?

Ok, maybe chopping up a limb but that doesn't happen very often

Can you link the ones you are looking at if possible? The first thing about EDC is that you will actually carry. Tell me also what you find yourself using a knife for most of the time and I can tell you how that blade type will work.I didn't EDC most of my life. I forget so damn often that I haven't spent money on a nice one for me yet. I buy gerbers on sale or even husky's and throw them in the truck. All are less than 10 bucks. I also love folding box cutters. Throw away blade FTW.Then again I used to handle stock and invintory, so it is a habit from dealing with boxes.All changed last Xmas when my BIL got me a little itty bitty nicer Gerber. I carried it ALL the time. My wife carries 3-5 EVERY day. One in her 5th pocket and then a billion in her purse. She is a little country when it comes to that. LoL Originally I was looking at this: http://www.opinel-us...l-folding-knife They're $15 locally But then I noticed these and thought they might be a better option: http://kershaw.kaius...site-blade-leek http://kershaw.kaius...ives/knife/leek Opening packages, cutting cardboard, stripping wire, cutting a fruit, those are the usual chores such a knife would see.

It's going to be cold but with a good bag you shouldn't have problems. I wouldn't venture out in the mountains over here during winter. Heavy snow-fall = certain death if you are inexperienced.

Good stuff, I've used tons which had a grinder. And then I mixed my own since the pre-mixed ones were much more expensive. Finding the red pepper was always a pain.

Matt, you seemed to be a knife geek, I want an every-day carry and I was looking at the Kershaw Leek (not the fancy pants Composite). Is it really worth stepping up to the composite and forking the extra dough ?

Time to clean the bike and oil the frame where most of the snow collects.

And the bumper finally got to the courier which is supposed to carry it from Germany to Romania. They are very reliable and very cheap. Who would've thought it would take a german shipping company from November 29th to today to ship a package within Germany ?

After 2 cold nights the snow turned into powder and I can easily ride in the deep stuff. Woohoo !

Fuck yeah ! Did you drink it ?

I had some for supper yesterday, does that count ? If it's that girl from your Facebook post, yes. The one in black

I had some for supper yesterday, does that count ?

What size knobby do you need? In the winter I run chains and studs usually, but play on ice a lot. 26x2.something I tried zipties quickly today but they catch on the brakes, since I didn't have time to get the brakes out of the way. With 9-10 inches of powder I really need good traction, it doesn't work with only the front studded. Pretty much ANY mountain bike tire will work that isn't a 29'er. Are you using a studbacker strip? Personally I really like the chains as well. Both studs and chains are a bit unpredictable on raw cement, but the combo on ice is sweet. For snow really you just need to be in the right gear and be diligent. A 28 is pushing it I've studded my own tire using screws. I head you on the right gear, although starting in high gear is not trivial, especially with a road tire in the rear. Huh? All Mt. Bike tires in the US are 26"ers. 29'ers of course not included. For some peculiar reason I thought there are 28" Mtb's. Nope 26" and 700c are the two hoop choices Granted my dad's bike is a city bike (steel framed Peugeot) but it has skinny 28" wheels. It's a hoot to ride on the road with light wheels and low rolling resistance.

What size knobby do you need? In the winter I run chains and studs usually, but play on ice a lot. 26x2.something I tried zipties quickly today but they catch on the brakes, since I didn't have time to get the brakes out of the way. With 9-10 inches of powder I really need good traction, it doesn't work with only the front studded. Pretty much ANY mountain bike tire will work that isn't a 29'er. Are you using a studbacker strip? Personally I really like the chains as well. Both studs and chains are a bit unpredictable on raw cement, but the combo on ice is sweet. For snow really you just need to be in the right gear and be diligent. A 28 is pushing it I've studded my own tire using screws. I head you on the right gear, although starting in high gear is not trivial, especially with a road tire in the rear. Huh? All Mt. Bike tires in the US are 26"ers. 29'ers of course not included. For some peculiar reason I thought there are 28" Mtb's.

Overkill

What size knobby do you need? In the winter I run chains and studs usually, but play on ice a lot. 26x2.something I tried zipties quickly today but they catch on the brakes, since I didn't have time to get the brakes out of the way. With 9-10 inches of powder I really need good traction, it doesn't work with only the front studded. Pretty much ANY mountain bike tire will work that isn't a 29'er. Are you using a studbacker strip? Personally I really like the chains as well. Both studs and chains are a bit unpredictable on raw cement, but the combo on ice is sweet. For snow really you just need to be in the right gear and be diligent. A 28 is pushing it I've studded my own tire using screws. I head you on the right gear, although starting in high gear is not trivial, especially with a road tire in the rear.

Get an ASIO capable sound card and with the right software (audio repeater / virtual cable and audiomulch) you can pretty much kill a single mini-dsp. That's how we did it in the 06 Passat install and it's a 4-way system.

People's faces are priceless when they see me ride in the snow

What size knobby do you need? In the winter I run chains and studs usually, but play on ice a lot. 26x2.something I tried zipties quickly today but they catch on the brakes, since I didn't have time to get the brakes out of the way. With 9-10 inches of powder I really need good traction, it doesn't work with only the front studded.

Be glad you're not working on a german car. I struggled for a few hours to put back the trim panels which hold the overhead upholstery. Hmm, couldn't disagree more. BMW's are the easiest by far. Basically no manual or schematic necessary as theyusually just make sense. Japanese shit is a fuck show and American in between. Fucking GM is horseshit as the panels tend to explode if you put any force on them. Errm, I forgot the slight detail that my comment was based on the 06 Passat experience

Be glad you're not working on a german car. I struggled for a few hours to put back the trim panels which hold the overhead upholstery. Hmm, couldn't disagree more. BMW's are the easiest by far. Basically no manual or schematic necessary as theyusually just make sense. Japanese shit is a fuck show and American in between. Fucking GM is horseshit as the panels tend to explode if you put any force on them. Errm, I forgot the slight detail that my comment was based on the 06 Passat experience

4 inches of snow so far. It took me 5 minutes to install the studded wheel in the front of the bike and then I took it for a test. It's absolutely brilliant, brakes work, grip is great, if I hit a snow drift at speed it doesn't want to slide around like with a non-studded wheel. All in all a very well spent $20 and 2 hours of work. Now if I could find a knobby tire for the rear it would be great.