yes 
I’ve found that water stays cooler longer in Nalgene bottles than traditional bidons. Plus, cleaning the overly complex insulated (bike) caps/lids’ nozzles is a pain in the ass.
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I have a fancy insulated bivo and it leaks at the lid seal 
I could get an insulated bottle, but would it be a bidon that I purchased from a sweet little bike shop in Barcelona in 2016 on my tour of the southern coast of Spain?
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Overhauling my sister’s XO-1. The ergo bars are horrible, but they’re still better than mustache bars. It turns out Sugino chainrings for an XD triple are basically unobtainable in the US anymore (thanks, Trump tariffs). I’m building up a new wheelset because the original Shimano 600 hubs are shot. The frame is cosmetically rough but appears to be in remarkably solid condition. It’s also getting new pedals, new RD and cassette, new cables and housing, new bar tape. Maybe new brakes depending on whether a trip through the sonicator freed up the seized pivot on the rear brake. I had to dust off a corner of my brain that held on to a lot of random parts compatibility information.
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New bag for the bird’s bike. Fits perfectly on the woom bars and has a cool magnetic closure that’ll keep his rocks and cicada husks secure.
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Cute little pierogi bag.
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De-peened some of my old multitools in preparation for rust removal tomorrow. 5-6 years of chains I’d guess.
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Are you really breaking that many chains while riding? Or are you using a mini chain tool for shop use?
For shop use. I lost my full-size a long time ago and just grabbed a multitool off the closest bike whenever I needed to break a chain since then.
I have used them road/trailside a few times but it’s been many years since.
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Got a new chain & cassette, and some mildly used 7900 shifters installed. LBS had a 10s 11-34 XT in stock, unfortunately they sold me 3mm ID dropper post housing ferrules instead of shifter housing ferrules.
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Rode this in the woods. It was fun sliding around, trails slightly damp. Needs a clutch der and a nw chainring. Cantis were noisy as expected
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Installed SRM Exakt pedals
Pain in my fuckin ass
i installed some GRX RX820 stoppers on it.
wow, easiest hydro brake install/bleed i’ve ever done in my life and they feel awesome compared to the (probably broken somehow) 810s that i ripped off there
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New shimano figured out the bleed for sure
Made a new accessory for wife’s blackborow. New tray that got u bolted to my hitch basket turned bike rack. I’m probably going to order some magnetic trailer lights to stick on the basket since the bags totally block one tail light.
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That bike is so sick. How long did Salsa make it, 15 minutes?
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