It looks like the Crunchit is just hitting the market. I expect un- bundled tools will be available soon based on links like this:
http://www.trailspace.com/gear/jetboil/crunchit/ Bill On Dec 14, 1:53 pm, SFF <jgre...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Well, I'm off work (thanks to vacation and Holidays) for the rest of > the year and I'm going to take the opportunity to squeeze in as much > riding as I can. Today the weather gods did their part (sunny 70) and > I did mine. I took the Hillborne for a 4 hour ramble over mixed > terrain with no particular goal in mind, no particular destination and > no particular time limit - my favorite type of riding! > > One thing I did want to do was take my Primus camp stove and some tea > along for a little trail-side tea break. Not sure who mentioned this > idea (Rob?) but it stuck in my mind as something fun to do. I like to > drink lots of hot green tea, so why not bring some along? I have a > canister based stove system and over the past several years have > accumulated several canisters that have just a little bit of fuel left > in 'em - not enough fuel to risk taking on an overnight trip. So hey, > what a great way to use them up! Yes, I know, then what do you do with > the canister? You shouldn't put them in the trash and you can't > recycle them (I don't think)...what to do? > > In yesterdays REI mailer (page 6), there was a new product called > Jetboil Flash Crunchit Bundle. It is a whole stove system that comes > with a "Crunchit" tool that "preps empty isobutane fuel cans for > recycling". Thats all well and good but it costs $99!! Seems to me > that REI, or any store that sells the fuel canisters, should take them > back and use the Crunchit tool on them and recycle them for > free...thats the trend, if you sell it - you should recycle it too. > Does anyone know if REI will recycle fuel canisters? Has anyone used a > Crunchit tool? > > I'm breaking in a new saddle - a VO model 5 sprung saddle. At this > point, the saddle is winning the war. Man, this is a hard saddle. Two > weeks and it is still brick hard. I'm missing my B17 (on the Betty Foy > now...maybe forever). > > Learned a poem today too...just my length: > This present moment > that lives on > to become > long ago > (Gary Snyder) > > Well thats my ramble for today. Happy riding!! > > Joel > (All my molecules are happy molecules...) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
