So…
Does esk8 change the very fabric of time and space?!?
Something weird happened this morning.
I had to take my car in for an oil change.
The drive there was only 2 miles.
But the ride back took 7.5 miles…
So weird!
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So.
Is it poetic justice, or plain stupidity?
Taking the mayden voyage of the fixed Gravel Boi in the rain?!?
I had to go pick my car up.
A storm had rolled through…
It was still sprinkling.
I could have had my wife drive me. But where is the fun in that.
So out we go on wet ground.
This is more what I had in mind when I think of being reasonable to take a board out in the rain.
Ground was wet… It was sprinkling some, steadily, but it was no longer raining hard.
This was nothing like the heavy rain I rode through when I killed it.
So it was fine.
And the board felt great.
Glad to have this one back too!!!
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When I was rolling back on the Flux yesterday is when I first saw the City back in action.
They came back and, brushed, swept up, and scooped the excess gravel.
It is way, way, way less of a shit show now…
Gonna need those bigger MAD wheels now…
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It has been raining here quite a bit recently…
Which is different because we were in a drought…
So I tinkered a whole bunch and took a million, billion tiny steps towards the Demonseed.
Going to give pneumatics a try here.
Which I have really not ridden any, on DKP.
I did a bunch of stuff, but I’ll catch up on that later.
More importantly at 1 am it had mostly dried up and I got out for a ride!!!
Wet gravel roads call for the Gravel Boi.
Ended up doing a cool 7 miles. Got to see some cool lighting.
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What do you use to get them off? I just use a pulley puller, works like a charm.
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Here is my pulley puller team.
I managed to get the other side off clean…
I was probably more patient with the torch, and dialing the width of the jaw…
I do wish the tips of the jaw were a couple mm longer to clear the flange better…
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Don’t dig the old ring out. Assemble the bearings again — or assemble new ones in the old ring — and then pull the whole bearing out.
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Well…
You got me feeling inadequate…
I need to see a picture of video of this thing in action…
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Brian. We talked about my level of patience before.
You know it’s very unlikely I would take the long route for anything…
So here I just dug at them with a tiny screwdriver.
And until the gears explode mid ride, I am going to assume it was ok.
Here ya go Pittsburgh Bearing Separator and Puller Set 62593 Harbor Freight - YouTube
Covers the gist of it, I use the smaller set for motor pinions. I needed something that could really wedge between the motor pinion and the motor.
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I wonder how many hundreds of dollars in pulleys this could have saved me…
Wow…
On further news regarding Gravelpocalipse:
The tiny rocks are sharp enough to puncture the Enduro tire on my Onewheel…
So yep…
Dude wtf that’s super annoying
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The Demonseed DKP on tires felt awesome!!!
It’s just what I needed for this crazy road.
I love Esk8!!!
Also, it didn’t work…
With 15/60 had insane tooth skipping.
So back on the bench…
I put 18/60 on… Kinda worked…
I was able to ride 3 miles…
It has to be changed.
The Six Shooters are going to a museum case.
And I need to sort out what wheels and tires to put on here.
So bittersweet…
DIY is a disease…
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I can’t believe this didn’t hit me earlier.
But I am totally calling this the Gravel Demonseed.
I rode around in front of the house…
Got to 1.5 miles…
It’s kind of a big deal I have a board I can tool around in front of the house again.
Being able to turn on a dime and do tight figure 8s was fun.
The 6x2s had amazing grip on the chipnseal…
I had not really spent time with Pneumatics on DKP.
So this is kind of a new world.
Looking forward to getting some new wheels on here to get a smooth drive going.
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Cruising in front of the house
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