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1d ago
inHot take: the farmers market on N. Courthouse Rd changed how I shop after one bad Saturday
The "truck comes from everywhere" line got me too, heard almost the same thing from a guy selling "local" corn that still had Florida tags on the crate. What worked for me was just asking straight up where the stuff was picked that week, and watching how they answer. The ones who actually farm it will tell you the name of their place and what is in season right then, and they do not get weird about it. The ones who are just reselling get vague fast or start talking about their supplier network. I also started going earlier, like right at open, because the real growers sell out of the good stuff by 10 and the resellers are the ones still stacked at noon. Ask about next week too, a real farmer knows what they will have, a reseller has no clue. Sticking to one or two stands that pass that test beats wandering the whole market every week.
13d ago
inVent: ran my tires at 5 psi on hardpack for 2 seasons before a guy in Moab asked why my sidewalls were cracked
5 psi for 2 seasons is wild. Sidewalls didn't stand a chance on Moab rock.
13d ago
inTIL that tapping the mast section with a wrench before every pick tells you more than any load chart app
hear how that one rings flat" sounds good in a story but that's not a real test, that's a guy who already knew where to look because he'd been around that machine for years. Tap a mast on a cold morning versus a hot afternoon and it rings different just from grease temps and how the pins are sitting, so you'd be chasing ghosts half the time. The app and the chart exist because your ear can't tell you pin boss wear down to a thousandth, and telling new guys to trust a wrench tap over the numbers is how somebody drops a boom.