Great place for a wedding, I was expecting an afternoon trials!
The day before the wedding we had a trials as the Bachelor/Bachelorette party.
We set up 4 or 5 sections with a few markers to loosely guide the lines, but left wide open enough for variations. Then all of the trials riders of the group rode/put on a show for the non riders of the group.
It was great fun, and we tried to "one up" each other in the section. Adding something harder/different than the rider before us.
Travis Pastrana once said (paraphrase) "Compete the same way you practice"
so if your bike for competition is all pristine and set up perfect, your practice bike should be as well.
Or if your practice bike is clapped out, sand under the throttle, weak brakes etc.. your competition bike should be the same. (It would just be too hard to keep two bikes in exactly the same state of disrepair. So only own one)
If you normally practice hung over and tired you should compete hung over and tired. (When people say you drink too much, just remind them that you are training for race day)
(There. The other day I offended the Belgians, and now the Italians! Will I have any friends left?)
I'll be your friend.
I am a Murican. We offend everyone on a regular basis.
I have seen one GasGas frame crack. it was an 04 or 05 and was abused HEAVILY by the Expert class rider that owned it.
(there was also a stretch of Sherco frames that had cracking issues between the headstock and the radiator)
I have not personally witnessed a catastrophic failure of a GasGas gearbox.
I had a personal experience of a single tooth coming off the 2/5 gear of my 2003 and had difficulty sourcing a new one, but GasGas was in "difficulties" at the time. I believe it was an original gear from 2003.
Most GasGas issues are due to the owners not performing maintenance. (common problem with all makes).
Maintenance can be different between manufacturers, for example one may need to have bolts tightened regularly, another may need to have water drained from under the flywheel cover, another may need the airbox cleaned out more often.
floydbassman is correct, the best system "operational cost wise" is probably a heat pump (read reversible air con). They are typically 300% plus efficient. By that I mean for every unit of energy it uses it moves 3 units of energy (read heat). And as stated dries out your space and is fume free. A warning with burning propane or similar gas, the space needs to be well vented if there is no fume vent to outside, they produce CO2. There have been deaths with portable units for this reason.
Oh definitely, my furnace vents through the roof like a standard traditional furnace.
before the furnace was installed I used a "portable propane" heater, but my garage was not insulated and had two vents at the peak on each end. was very well ventilated.
Heater wasn't fabulous but kept my hands warm and kept a circle around where I was working warm(ish)
In my old garage I had a ceiling unit that burned natural gas, and a thermostat. set the thermostat at 40F and the cat was happy. When I went into the garage to work on stuff I would turn it up to 60F and in minutes be warm and happy to do garage type things.
My current garage (20ftX20ft) has a shorter ceiling, so the ceiling mounted option is not ideal. First thing I did was insulate the garage well. I now have an old Sears wall furnace, you know the ones that don't have any duct work, just sits in the corner has a flame and the is sucked in the top and blown out close to the bottom. I converted this one over to propane (annoying task on that old of a unit) and have 2 100LB tanks outside to run it. A tank lasts 2-4 weeks depending on outside temperature. I keep the thermostat set at about 44F (I need a new thermo, maybe digital) and again the cat is very happy, when I go out there to work I set it at 58 and in mere minutes it is T shirt temps.
Upside to keeping it above 40 is the tools don't get cold and condensation on them, so rusting is reduced. I also store my bikes in there about halfway on the other side of the garage. I have a cabinet full of paints, solvents etc.. I do most often spray off small parts with brake cleaner outside, so there is that small precaution.
note: the cat is named Trouble and has been with us for 14 yrs. she is an outside cat, but for the winters she lives in the garage. She also loves to get in the way when working on something on the work bench.
What if there was a disclaimer signed by all at the counter on receipt of the poisonous brew?
I can see the wording of the disclaimer now:
" This soup is poisoned. You partake of said soup with the full knowledge of it's poisonous content This binding contract absolves the server, cook, presenting bodies and all others associated with the poisoned soup of any and all responsibility and liability for any illness, sickness or gas it may produce."
I am not sure if I just don't ride as often as everybody else, but I get 2 seasons out of a set of chain and sprockets. When I run out of adjustment on the snail cams I get new chain and sprockets.
(This is not to endorse any supplier but to show what I personally use)
Most of the time I get the chain and sprocket package deal from Tryalsshop. it has gone up in price by $10 in the past few years, but still a good deal
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Hello, teenage beginner from germany.
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Welcome to wonderful weird world of trials.