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Post by Hofmeister on Sept 9, 2016 15:29:55 GMT
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Post by Rob on Sept 9, 2016 16:41:38 GMT
If if you knacker the dog out going one way.... will you carry it back home? :-)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2016 16:51:54 GMT
Lovely dog.
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Post by Hofmeister on Sept 9, 2016 20:02:23 GMT
If if you knacker the dog out going one way.... will you carry it back home? :-) Journeys are planned as a two way thing, dog running there and back, which is why I am stepping her distances up little by little. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2016 20:04:55 GMT
My dogs would get bored if they didn't have breaks every now and again to have a good sniff and investigate. With them it wasn't so much absolute fitness or total distance/time, it was all about interest levels.
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Post by Hofmeister on Sept 9, 2016 20:38:45 GMT
My dogs would get bored if they didn't have breaks every now and again to have a good sniff and investigate. With them it wasn't so much absolute fitness or total distance/time, it was all about interest levels. I'll make a video of her doing a 100 metre two hour old track, and finding objects in a 15 metre search square if you want sniffing videos. |
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Post by Humph on Sept 10, 2016 8:33:48 GMT
Just watched your vid Z. Gosh, she's enjoying that isn't she? Fab.
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Post by Hofmeister on Sept 15, 2016 13:38:39 GMT
Well we got up to 14km in the hour, but nearly came a cropper at one point when a squirrel leapt across the tow path, and then proceeded to shoot ahead of us on a parallel path. Now I am a good dog trainer, with a very well trained dog as can be seen by my vid, but I cant overcome the primeval prey chase desire to rip its bleeding head off that lurks deep within her, so she shot off in front in a snaking path and a sharp 90 degree turn under my front wheel.
The centre pull brakes on my old 1995 halfords special were never up to the job new, and have not improved with age, so I nearly cut the dog in half.
Lurking in the back of my garage is my sons barely used Carrera Banshee X 7005 T6* with disk brakes. So just spent a day or two servicing it, and learning new stuff on new bikes. Freed up a stuck rear disk, bled the brakes, put in a new front derailleur cable, pumped up the suspension parts, cleaned it, oiled it, did a quick 6km run with the dog and adjusted seat post and suspension along the way to my weight and likes, decided to run with the rear suspension more or less locked out - it has a small amount of fast travel, to deal with the tree roots on my likely terrain. Oh and I put a gel saddle cover on it, as the existing saddle was a device invented by the Marquis De Sade.
Do I need to buy some lycra and a shirt with "K9 Peleton" on the front?
* Apparently the full spec is
* Lightweight 7005 T6 alloy frame with 4 bar horst linkage suspension
* Suntour Raidon-X2 LO-R air suspension fork with damping, lockout and 140mm travel
* Suntour Epicon AMLODP air shock rear suspension with rebound adjuster and 140mm travel
* Cartridge roller bearings at every suspension pivot
* Alloy double wall rims with 26" x 2.20" Continental Mountain King tyres
* Clarks SX hydraulic disc brakes
* SRAM 27-speed gearing with SRAM X5 rear mech
* SRAM X5 trigger shifters
Whatever that means
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Post by Humph on Sept 15, 2016 18:38:54 GMT
Good enough bike Z, in truth, unless you're going to get frisky with it you'd be best just locking out all the suspension. Leaving it open just means you're expending energy flexing the suspension. Pressure the tyres about 40psi. Hard enough to roll freely but soft enough to absorb the bumps and resist punctures. Take real care never to get any lubricant near the brake pads. More or less impossible to clean it off them.
Avoid Lycra.
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