My Esk8s. A journal of sorts

These 3 videos are all on this little flat baby meandering mountain bike trail.

It just shoots off of the regular gravel trails for a minute.

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“We have @Pecos Tantrum build at home”

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It did not come.

Yesterday was one of those unusual days that I did not ride at all. I don’t think I even jumped on the Onewheel.

We did a family hike on a Bluff near the house and got to see an insane amount of Turkey Vultures really close up.

We also drove out to the river. Which is always fun.

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Today I got on it early on.

Late morning cruise on the Flux.

I gotta get it while the getting is good.

Look at this insane short forecast.

Monday it’s not very likely I will want to venture out.

In fact looks like January is going to be more winter like…

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So cool.

On my way home I took the long way through the neighborhood and ran into the other Luca out in the wild riding.

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We went on a ride out to the playground.

the abec 111s do pretty well on short winter grass.

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it’s Sunday and winter is coming.

It will be here late afternoon.

But this morning it was really nice out so I took the boys for a cruise on campus and downtown

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I got out this afternoon for 10 miles on the Almost a Flux.

I really enjoy the explorer tires and how planted they feel on the street and how capable they are off road.

This root ripped a hole through the enclosure, ripped off the bolt and insert. And held on to them.

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oh no.. i jynxed it. sry!

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The MBS 9 in are far better for off-road than the explorers IME. @stan_he can attest

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Yeah. That extra cushion and clearance is hard to beat.

I would say the Gravel Flux with the 9 inch mudpluggers gets around more easily on bumpy and rocky terrain and roots are way less of a worry.

But when I get off the trails and go on the road I’m liking the feeling of the Explorers way better…

One of these days I need to try the big 10 inch tractor tires.

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It’s true. At least we got out and did plenty of the caveman.

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Yesterday was another no ride day…

It was butt ass cold.

Today we are getting near freezing which is a good warm up.

But I went ahead and brought the GT inside so I can loosen up

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De ja vu.

It’s winter out there. But I’m charging up the Flux and hope to get excited about riding this afternoon.

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Last call ride.

Most likely won’t be riding later. But I got out for a big ride on the Flux.

And it’s a perfect way to close the year.

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Happy new year kids!!!

We got things started with the GT inside.

The Almost a Flux got ridden in front of the house for a second.

I was showing a buddy the super lean.

But today I braved the cold. Just above freezing.

And I got out on the Patton for 6 miles.

Did a bunch of carving, and all the usual stairs on Campus.

Good exercise to get things started.

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The GTVX is dead!

Welp, at least the battery.

Sad day. Not unexpected. But sad nonetheless.

I tried to connect to it this morning to check the battery level. No go.

I connected the charger. It stayed green.

And upon opening and checking the XT60 we got a whoping 9.88 volts.

This is the stock 18S2P P42A pack. So down close to .5 volts.

This has a Little Foccer 3.1 and the power button was the type that always stays on.

Which I have really enjoyed up until today. I liked having the One wheel in the house and being able to just jump on it and ride.

Today the price of that convenience seems steep.

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Perfect excuse to build a 20s2p meat pack :clap::call_me_hand:

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I worry about the space. I’m inclined to just build a 18S2P and actually use the FM spacers. So just upgrade the cells

I wish Mario @TheBoardGarage had his 19S2P pack parts already, but I probably won’t be able to wait for that.

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Today it was a no ride day…

Unless this counts somehow.

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