I've done nothing much in regards to winter projects. Funny how that goes, in Fall I think of all that I'll be able to do over ther winter. Then Winter sets in, Life Happens in unexpected ways that fills my "free" time. I don't think of the bike much except for riding on rollers every other day for 20-30 minutes. Yesterday I rode outside for the first time this year. It was sunny and 15F, little wind. I too a 5 minite ride over to a friends house to clear some snow around her yurt. After that, and all warmed up, I rode some around our hilly and thus invigorating neighborhood, which was wonderful. My favorite stop was a home with a large lot with three doggies, two of which are Hunskies and one in particular and I seem to enoy each others company, merrily wagging his-her tail when he/she sees me and jaunts up the yard to greet me. Despite said doggie keeping a certain distance halfway in the yard, he/she rests in the snow, gazing in curoisity, playfulness and delgiht. I'm not sure if that distance is because electronic collars or what, but it doesn't matter. It's a lovely time, and the communication can't be put into words of course, it's un-spoken-speak, so to speak. Genuine heartwarming quality as Being Itself.
There is a distinct loveliness that Winter offers, in the slowing down and appreciating all the things overlooked in the midst of "just passing by" in the warm seasons seeming intention of "getting somewhere" and "accomplishing something". I see now that there is no place like where I'm at, no time but NOW, no place like HERE ! No Gift Like The Present, the Gift that keeps Giving Unconditionally, For-Ever and Ever and Ever. Inexhaustable. Time-less. So, you know, what will be will take care of Itself as It always does. Que Sera Sera. And what-so-ever that may be, it be guaranteed to be Good. So like the Songbird that sings by virtue of being the Songbird, such is Life Itself. On Friday, February 6, 2026 at 7:42:01 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > I guess I need to put a pretty big asterisk beside that claim about TPU > tubes. I had some grit or something inside my rear tire that caused a > couple of flats. I have the feeling that butyl tubes would not be quite so > "sensitive." I have also had no luck with patching the TPU tubes. They > all come with patches, which is nice, but they have all failed even when > I've been careful with installation. Also, because of the material not > being stretchy, installation is a little harder. > > All that said, the brands I've gotten are "Ride Now" and more recently > "cyclami." > > I say all this as if I actually ride a bike. There's so much snow right > now that I can't even get my bikes up and out of the basement. Heading out > to do some XC skiing now with a stop afterwards at Sadie's Bikes in > Turner's Falls, MA to do penance for having bought my tubes off of > AlieExpress. > > On Friday, February 6, 2026 at 7:12:30 AM UTC-5 Bernard Duhon wrote: > >> >> >> Yours sincerely, >> >> >> >> RH has been very good about replacing "defective" Tpu tubes. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> on >> behalf of Patrick Moore <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Thursday, February 5, 2026 10:42 PM >> *To:* rbw-owners-bunch <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* [RBW] Cheaper TPU tubes [Winter time projects/Tinkering] >> >> Kesler: After a bout of bad luck with the valve/tube connection with 3 >> expensive Rene Herse TPU tubes (in particular, the 30 to 50 mm wide, 559 >> and 584 bsd model), I’ve been wondering about alternatives. >> >> Can you say which makes and models you’ve found successful? And where you >> bought them? >> >> Thanks, Patrick >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM Kesler Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> … I’ve been messing with using the cheaper TPU tubes mostly with success. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvD%3D%2B96zCe6EtvP07z%2B%3Dt4-ydOriJD8KMWcXQXRQZgjTg%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvD%3D%2B96zCe6EtvP07z%2B%3Dt4-ydOriJD8KMWcXQXRQZgjTg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/413493c0-123b-4363-8b98-f1967b994eaen%40googlegroups.com.
