griskins

Too great. Thanks a million!

Before I go and buy one, it has to be sheer as heck to fit. Are they?

Great idea. I have a version of that already. I'm going to give it a try right now.

Thanks. You are the third recommendation for them. My wife recommended that I just use surgical tape to tape the cannula to my face. It worked pretty well, but taking it off after the ride was like pulling off that hair removal goo. But at least I got to ride, and that was really heartening in an otherwise bleak time in my life.

Yes, I use a cannula that goes over the ears and gathers at the throat. Apparently the neck pads on the helmet peel down my ears and do the same with the cannula. The ears spring back, but not the cannula. I cannot reposition it after the helmet is on- no room to get my fingers in back of my ears.

Not so much a gear review as a gear question. I am recently on supplemental oxygen. I tried to put on my full face helmet today (the only kind I'll use) and it pulled off my oxygen cannula every time. Anyone got a solution for this? Has anyone tried wearing a cannula under a modular helmet?

These aren't bucket list rides for me, because I have done them so many times they are routine. But they should be bucket list rides for you. Why? Well engineered, little traffic, few speed tax collectors, lovely scenery, no tree tunnels. CA 96 from I5 to Willow Creek. Downsides: Occasional rocks in road, tar snakes. CA 36 from I5 to Fortuna. There are two nearly contiguous 5 mile sections that are basically paved wagon roads where they did NO grading. Tight and unpredictable. Unexpectedly airborne. Downside: 100 degrees on the east, and drizzly on the coast. Also check out the minor roads and route up Lassen on the east of I5. John Day watershed. Basically any road between Prineville and John Day on the south and Wasco and Pilot Rock on the north. Downside: Up to 70 degree temperature swings. I tend to park my butt at the River Bend motel in Spray and do day rides out from there.

Wow! Thanks for the tip on this, Open1Mind! I'm a get it this afternoon and check it out. After years of frustration, I have mostly just defaulted to the "map in the tank bag' technique, and I am fairly techie.

Cruizin, I'd pay big app bucks for one that worked well and comprehensively. What I have been unable to find is one that does all the following: 1) doesn't require a separate device, 2) allows me to plan a route on the PC, and get it on my phone or tablet, 3) allows me to share it with others, 4) allows me to pause it when I stop for the day on a multi-day ride, 5) doesn't kill my battery in 37 minutes, and 6) shows me a real map view with instructions. Icing on the cake would be a provision for it to record my route when I am out exploring. Between Google Maps, a defunct Tom Tom, Rever and Co Pilot, all this functionality is there, but no one ever zipped it up into one package, which I find astounding. You tell your guy that Griskins would pay $50 US for his app w/o batting an eye.

I've just had the same problem after adjusting my chain. After getting the nut off the axle and discovering that both nut and axle are trashed, which must have been the work of the last guy to mount my tire, since I never completely removed the nut, I thought I would share a really simple solution to keeping the left side from spinning while applying 47,000 foot pounds of torque to the nut. This little fix is so simple. I rotated the left side via the nut until its flat sides were parallel to the swing arm dropouts. I then measured the clearance between the dropouts and the flat spots on the axle head using I/O calipers. Then off to the hardware store for some appropriate flat-sided stock. On the way I remembered exactly what I need. So, dear readers, here is your simple but elegant solution: Go to your local hardware store and buy 2 1" X 3/8" square keys, as pictured in the photo. They fit perfectly, and will even stay in place so the whole operation can be done by one person. They don't gouge the swingarm or noticeably mar the paint, and they cost me a whopping $1.50 USD. If you need them, I'll sell them to you for $.75, since they are slightly used. Well, it is off to find a replacement axle and nut...

I just ordered and installed the 2" mirror extenders from Adventure Tech ( http://www.adventuretech.biz/). They got here fast, screwed right in and really fit the bill. I told Rick there "I just wanted to tell you that my side stand foot and mirror extenders arrived and I have them installed. The fit and finish is great and they look OEM. You even put Loctite on the screws! Great job, and thanks!". I am not often so satisfied. These are THE solution to shoulder vision.

I ride through the high desert in Oregon every summer and after a couple of years at close to 100 degrees and getting literally frantic to get off and cool off I bought an evaporative cooling vest (ECV). The ECV holds probably 3/4 of a gallon of water and you put it on over your shirt but under your jacket with the vents closed, and the water cools you while it evaporates over a couple of hours. It made me quite comfortable despite wearing a completely waterproof set of gear. You can look at 'em here: http://store.soundrider.com/collections/ride-cool

Easy but eminently handy farkle: Take a small binder clip and zip tie the bottom loop to your handlebars between the risers with the business end of the clip facing you. Now you have a secure spot to hold on to the parking lot ticket or toll cash so you don't have to remove your gloves, fish around for your money, get your change, put your gloves back on, etc. while the blonde texting in back of you who is going to try to kill you 2 miles down the road scowls impatiently.