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New Bike Day! Building and Customizing my Epic 9 Sport
In this video I build up my Epic 9 Sport, and then switch out and upgrade parts. I replaced the alloy wheels with carbon, added an integrated bar/stem, swapped out the chainring for 36T, installed a spare X0 Cassette, a new saddle, and a few other things. In the future, I will be installing a new…
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Oct 7, 2026
From a $20 Frame to a Wireless Gravel Bike
How a $20 steel 26" frame from the St. George Bicycle Collective…
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Jul 30, 2026
Testing My 26" MTB to 700C Gravel Bike Conversion
This is a bike I built a while back and I wanted to see if it still…
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Jan 21, 2024
First Glance: SRAM Transmission
It's been a cold and dark couple of months here in the desert, so as…
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May 22, 2023
Custom Garmin Edge Splash Screens
Garmin offers two options for recovering a lost device. The first is…
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May 19, 2023
The Turkey Farm Loop: An Iconic and Scenic Gravel Route Through Southern Utah
This awesome 50-mile route starts out at the bottom of the ever-so…
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Apr 19, 2023
Homemade API Tokens Using PHP's Hash Functions
How hashes and HMACs work, and how to use PHP's hash_hmac() to build a…
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Apr 4, 2023
My NICA Why
Growing up, sports weren’t really my thing. I never fit in with the…
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Apr 3, 2023
About Me
Bike mechanic and computer hobbyist in St. George, Utah. Here's who I…