Doug Cutting

cutting@sfba.social

I used to write software. Now I spend time on trails. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#opensource</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/apache" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#apache</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/lucene" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#lucene</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/nutch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nutch</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/hadoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#hadoop</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/avro" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#avro</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bicycles" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bicycles</a> <a href="https://sfba.soc

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@NNN @sam @ai6yr @ascentale @bikenite Right, you only need the pliers to remove a quick link, not to install one. When the chain breaks you remove the broken link with the chain tool, insert the quick link with your fingers, then use your foot on the crank to tension the chain enough to pop the quick link closed, no pliers needed.
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Attempted to ride the Kokopelli Trail this week. Took the train to Grand Junction, Colorado. Rode Fruita to Westwater on Tuesday. Beautiful, but a tough day, with lots of hike-a-bike, 30 mph headwinds, and rain showers. Rained hard all night and through Wednesday in Westwater. Trail became too muddy to ride—with sticky, bentonite clay—so we bailed and just did some day rides on faster-drying trails nearby before heading home again on the train. Failed in our primary objective but still a great t...
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@morgan Im trying to leave my phone in another room more often. It stays downstairs at night so my bedtime reading is undistracted. I quit X when it was Twitter, but can waste as much time now on Mastodon. Just like I think I can multitask, I think I can control my phone use when it&#39;s on my person, but I really can&#39;t.
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Quick trip over the weekend on bikepacking.com&#39;s Basin &amp; Basolith route.