RtD Recap, Bad Beer, and Old Fat Slow

The Ride the Divide film event at the Paramount was a hit. Supposedly about 235 tickets were sold, so Charlottesville Community Bikes made some money! Waiting on the total $. The film itself was a bit of a downer. It really exposed the true limits of human strength and psyche in a 2700 mile back country mountain bike race. I'm glad I saw it, but mainly because now I know not to recommend it or ever watch it again.

Chris invited me to ride with the Old, Fat & Slow Mountain Bike Club (OFSMBC) today. You must be at least one of those things (Old, Fat, or Slow) to ride with that crew. I'm slow. 9:30am today, Biscuit Run. I'll bring Rachel's camera. Last night I worked on my Scott Paisley mountain bike for the ride today. It's a 26" rigid, fillet brazed, early Hope mechanical floating caliper disc brakes, set up right now as a 1x7 with a Dave's Crud Buster:

Scott Paisley mountain bike, rigid (minus seatpost) 26"

DCD - Dave's Crud Buster

Hope mechanical floating caliper disc brake.

I'm excited about my Hope brakes a bit more as of yesterday morning. I've had the hardest time finding good info on them, and came across a current retrobike thread about them.

Now, time for less talkie talkie, more ridie ridie.