14427015:r00kie said:
So I've been looking around for a narrower ski on and off for awhile, not in a rush but keeping an eye out. Never found that sweetheart deal so I never bought and qas fine with that. Today I went into Boise Gear Collective cause they're sadly going out of business and I still need climbing shoes. Low and behold they have used demo Mwnt Commander 98s on a decent deal. I wander the shop but I know I probably won't find a better deal so I suck it up and decide to buy them. While I'm in line to check out the lady in front of me finds out she has $200ish in store credit and wants to pass it off to me. I guess the gear she had on consignment there was her recently passed husbands and instead of collecting cash on it since the store was closing wanted to pass it onto me. In the end I got no climbing shoes but I got a nearly new setup for a fraction of retail price and got to meet an awesome person and hear a bit of her story. The outdoor community is awesome. And yes, I'll find a way to pass it on.
That is such a fucking score! I've been looking for some skinny sticks and it seems like the only ones available at the local outdoor consignment store are either from the early 2000's or 170cm or both.
Just got a big order of bike parts
-A new wheelset, Hope Pro4 Hubs (197r and 110f), laced to Ibis S35 alloy 29er rims
-Surly Dirt Wizard 29x3 (they measure at 2.6" on a 35mm rim lol)
-Cushcore Plus 29 (holy shit this one was a bear to get on and I think I fucked up my rim tape and need to re-do it)
-TRP Slate T4 and some adapters and rotors
-Used GX 11 speed shifter, derailleur, cassette
-Wolftooth 2 degree headset
-RS 130mm air spring
-26"x2.4 Ardent and 27.5"x2.4 Rekon for my partners MTB build
-DT Swiss 26" wheel
-Advent X drivetrain
-Advent X brifters for a drop bar build
And last but certainly not least, a Problem Solvers 6 bolt fixed cog for a quick and dirty simple fixed gear build on a prototype Sklar frame from 2013. It's very, very rusty, the seatstays are (maybe unintentionally) asymmetrical, and has an upside down (relative to a "normal" Sklar) toptube, doesn't have any brake mounts on the frame, seattube needs to be reamed, but overall it's a super interesting frame. I'm not sure how long I'll ride it fixed, or if I'll just pass it along to another co-op staff member, or use it as a practice frame to weld on disc tabs and braze ons, or just donate it for sale at the co-op. But it's got a ton of character, I think I'm gonna keep the rust and just do a light polish with WD-40, and put a comic sans Sklar decal upside down on the toptube.
End of season sales were good to me this year 
