{"id":1602,"date":"2011-06-11T15:55:46","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T23:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/?p=1602"},"modified":"2013-04-10T14:08:12","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T22:08:12","slug":"ride-em-work-on-em","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/ride-em-work-on-em\/","title":{"rendered":"Ride &#8216;Em, Work On &#8216;Em"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So thankful that summer actually seems to be rolling around with some nice, sunny days. Still super green from all the spring rain, but now the skies are blue and the sun is out. Riding conditions are great.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/SunnyAndGreen.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1603\" title=\"Sunny And Green\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/SunnyAndGreen.jpg\" alt=\"Sunny And Green\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/SunnyAndGreen.jpg 500w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/SunnyAndGreen-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mountain bikes are pretty amazing vehicles. They take a lot of abuse and there&#8217;s not a lot of material there; a few tubes, some aluminum parts and a couple tires. From time to time, you have to do a little maintenance on them or you might wind up walking home from the middle of nowhere. Today, Don S. from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gorgedelights.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gorge Delights<\/a> and I put in a little time buffing out a couple eleven year old front forks so a couple of riders can get back on the trail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/ForkRebuild.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1604\" title=\"Fork Rebuild\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/ForkRebuild.jpg\" alt=\"Fork Rebuild\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/ForkRebuild.jpg 375w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/ForkRebuild-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even though Don is utilizing the hammer here, it is skill, not brute force, that got the job done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So thankful that summer actually seems to be rolling around with some nice, sunny days. 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