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sohannabarberaesque · 5 months
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Imagining a group of close Trollmantics of the young sort, as led by Pixlee Trollsom and Blitz Lumpkin, taking an innertubing excursion in the troll fashion (even to the extent of wearing but themselves, in deference to natural Troll closeness to Nature) on a warm summer's day ... just sensing the utter fascination inherent, especially when taking some swimming breaks along the way.
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pcktknife · 2 months
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I watched pokemon concierge a while ago and it made me cry like 3 times
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flourbray · 3 months
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while fixing my flat tire this morning i pondered the question if and who of the cyclists know how to do it. like not only change a whole wheel, but get the tube out, find the hole, put the little sticker on it, get it back in (be so fucking frustrated bc now the brakes are making weird things and when they come back 20mins later the fucking tire is fucking flat again)? what do you think? which of them would feel me?
this is a SUPERB question and one that merits much consideration 🤔
i'm assuming/hoping they all at one point or other, did in fact know how to maintain their own bikes (hmmm. most of them at least.)
however, after many years of being handed a shiny new sponsor bike every January and spending almost all of their time riding a handful of minutes away from a team car/mechanic/NSV for spare bikes/wheels, it's entirely possible they've forgotten. having a crack team of mechanics servicing your bike's every need will undoubtedly lead to forgetting stuff
okay seriousness over let's get silly!
long gone are the days of pros carrying spare tubes over their shoulders (which is a shame because it's hot), but who, given the opportunity, would be capable of fixing a puncture?
direct evidence:
Wout van Aert ✔️
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growing up as a teenager in cross without an eminent father and the connections that brings, bikepacker in the off season, wout can 100% fix it himself and wash the bike at the end of the ride
at the opposite end of of the spectrum, G ✖️
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after eighteen years as a pro i'm not sure whether g remembers how to change rim brake pads let alone discs. the team give him a fresh pinarello and he rides it. simple. when it breaks a mechanic gives him another one. though once he retires the knowledge will come back to him
distantly justified gut feelings/completely unjustified Visions:
tadej ✔️ he can change tubes but always forgets the left pedal screws the opposite way
remco ✖️ owns at least one unnecessarily fancy multitool that he has never used. aero nerd but basic maintenance eludes him
mathieu ✔️ but it will take a fair while because he has not done it in soooo long and he doesn't remember to check the tyre for embedded sharps (this could be causing your repeated flat or the tube may be caught between tyre bead and rim)
jasper ✖️ forgets shoes and socks on training camp. has never bought his own inner tubes; begs one from someone else on the group ride and then struggles with a tyre lever for 20 minutes before someone takes pity
jonas ✔️ part time carpenter adept at handiwork, has been given the same unnecessarily fancy multitool as remco (BY remco? at the vuelta?) but it's unused in favour of an infinitely more practical one.
tom (pidcock) ✔️
joshy t ✖️ the lad vaguely knows what an innertube is and that you can pop them by putting the pressure too high but has never had to handle one himself
mads ✔️✔️ father (dads pedersen, if you will) runs a bike shop. not only can mads change a tube in under four minutes but he will show others how to look after their bikes and get irritated at poor maintence
matej ✔️✔️✔️ in another timeline it's moho instead of frank herzegh who invents tubeless tyres
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rederiswrites · 5 months
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I thought I'd get the house a new doormat for the back deck for Christmas--sexy, right? I'll make the spouse open it. He'll be happy. But what I'm looking for is an item which will sit in the rain, freeze, be beaten by sun, and continue to do a good job of removing wet clay and chicken shit from our shoes. And yet I find myself subjected to phrases like "can be a versatile design item throughout the year, depending on how you style it!" I'm going to style it with chicken shit. I'm going to style your hair with chicken shit. Go away.
Okay, I search for "farm doormat". Now I get bristly coir mats with phrases like, "If we don't answer, check the pasture." Which I would impulse-buy on the spot for the front door, if the image was a sheep instead of a cow. But when I said farm, I meant actually, not the country version of farmcore.
"Heavy duty" gave me lots of perfectly valid results for commercial applications, the sort of mat you pass over on your way into the doctor's office or bank. But we are not approaching the back deck from a wet parking lot. "Tire doormat" (I meant the kind made from recycled tire strips) brought out the absolute worst in Etsy. I cannot describe it all. Coir mats printed with "probably out riding" and "Let's Go Brandon." A caution yellow area rug with a huge simulated oil splash and tire tracks! Bicycle innertube jewelry that uh, I guess I can't stop you from wearing what you want.
The search continues.
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whyisablog · 4 months
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Had a dream recently where I was trying to get home from boston through the back roads (roads that obviously avoid the highway cause i hate driving on the highway irl) and driving through cities both kinda looked like driving home from work and walking through a mall/trader joes/omega mart, las vegas you know the one.
Anyway after checking a map, which was actually somewhat legible though was far too short of a distance to be plausible, me and my traveling companions passed through this coastal town that featured a salt water cranberry bog maze as it's main tourist attraction. Since we missed out on the local traveling carnival, we said fuck it, and decided to try it out.
The idea here was to go through the maze on your little paddle boat- imagine an innertube from a roaring rapids theme park ride but swan boat style -through the deep water with not only the bog spiders in mind, but also the cranberry dolphins that not only looked and acted like mini orca whales, but frequented the maze with the sole intent to terrorize patrons. Mostly because these paddle boats had open bottoms like flinstones cars and peoples feet looked like delicious, delectable swedish fish to these guys, but that's beside the point. (This was also, very much, a large part of the point.)
These dolphins immediately were the main concern over the bog spiders, as you can imagine. As soon as we found out about the dolphins, we paddled towards the exit.
The dolphins then capsized our vessel and we were forced to wade to the docks for safety.
My favorite part about this was not the burgandy psuedo orcas, but the little nature walk/dangerous jungle style signs warning us about them and the bog spiders, despite the spiders not even making an appearance, though the signs were kind of small and too far away from where the boats tended to travel to be great warnings... Also the cranberry bog looked more like an overgrown yet nicely organized saltwater marsh but taller and more jungle like.
#the visuals had me on the edge of my seat though#like the main voyage was immediately set aside for the side quest that was Cranberry Bog#also on the way to the city that had the cranberry bog there was a funhouse mirror style hall of elevators at this mall we stopped at#we were on our way down from the food court and had to use an elevator as you do#but for some reason the elevators in my dreams are incredibly fucked up#like sometimes they stop halfway or get pulled up when you want to go down#or drop through the ground instead of go a floor down like you wanted it to#anyway this hall of elevators was just#you know when you get to where the elevators are and there are like 6 elevators#there had to be at least eight on either side of this hallway and in each elevator the car was at varying degrees of stuck in the shaft#one of them was blocked off entirely because there was no car#a few of them the people inside them were stuck either half way up or halfway down and they were on their phones complaining#that they'd been stuck there for hours#this one lady said yeah I've been stuck here since 2002 i don't think you should use any of the elevators.#we ended up taking the stairs#which were also like a minecraft parkour#but im not about to get into that lol#also my dreams feature a lot of milkshake bars and im so totally into that oh my god#and driving to the grocery store#oh yeah there was also this one scene in my dream where i was walking down the street from this burger joint and i passed this guy#he was standing outside this pay to park car park selling free puppies for a dollar#and this girl walks past and she says oh i dont have any cash#just cards#and he says yeah thats fine it'll be 5 dollars.#he scams her out of 220 dollars leaving her with only 2 cents and doesnt even give her the dog#anyway haopy 2024 you guys cant wait to tell you more dreams#hey should i make a tumblr thats just a dream journal about my dreams? that would be dope#i know onetimeidreamt exists but thats not all HER dreams. im talkimg about a tumblr of just MY dreams#thats probably already been done but fuck it#sorry if the tags got a little long the dream itself had too many moving parts and i didnt want to make it too long
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hitmewithabusposts · 2 years
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hiii maybe hcs for a jackass pool party? like johnny taking you and showing you off or smth?
Yes 🫶🙌
Pool with the guys HC’s
Johnny
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Definitely wouldn’t take his eyes off you when he saw you in your swimsuit
Or his hands
“Isn’t she so beautiful?” he’d say talking to the guys, distracted by you lounging on a pool chair.
Making you be his partner in a game of chicken against the other guys and their girls
“Are you sure you don’t need help rubbing that tanning oil on sweetheart? I think you’re missing a spot you should really let me help you”
If he noticed another guy staring at you, he’d be right back beside you, a hand on your waist kissing up on your neck.
Stealing sips of your drink, even tho he had a beer of his own.
Steveo
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“Wow babe, you look amazing” he’d tell you when you’d show him your swimsuit.
Lounging on pool floats together
Until the guys would want to splash you guys, then that’s when you two got competitive
You’d team up, throwing buckets of water on the others when they weren’t expecting it, always keeping water guns in your cars during the summer as well
Champions at pool games. That’s all.
“Can you two stop making out on that innertube and grab us more beers?” One of the guys would ask, making everyone laugh including you and Steveo
Ryan
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He’d remind you to grab sunglasses before you left, but you’d insist you wouldn’t need them. He’d end up forcing you to take his after watching you squint into the sun for half an hour
“God I’m lucky” he’d say when you’d walk out of the house, revealing your swimsuit.
Holding hands while you guys floated on two separate pool floats
Would start a game of poolside cornhole or beer pong, always being partners
Using his tee shirt as a swimsuit cover when you guys got out of the pool
Putting aloe on your sunburn at the end of the day, “this looks like it hurts baby :(“
Bam
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Pushes you in the pool, for sure
“You look sexy babe, that looks amazing on you” when you showed him your swimsuit
Wrapping your arms around his shoulders and your legs around his middle so he can hold you out in the water
Dares you to do stunts into the pool, like flips, riding your board into the pool, anything dumb really
But sometimes this would get good footage when Lance was there with the camera.
“I won’t push you in if you give me a kiss” he’d say, holding your waist as you dangled over the edge, just getting done drying off. “Fuck you” you’d laugh, refusing to give in as you felt the cool water hit your body again
“Help me out at least babe” you’d say, as he’d offer his hand to pull you out, but you’d just pull him right in with you, and he’d come up and kiss you, both of you back in the water.
Pontius
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Definitely would get swim trunks to match your swimsuit
Try to get you to wear matching beach hats with him (he’d give you those big ole eyes and say ‘please’ and you couldn’t say no)
“I don’t think you can go to the party in that swimsuit babe” he’d say when you walked out in it before leaving. “Why not?” “Because I wouldn’t be the best looking there anymore” he joked, making you throw your towel at his head.
He’d make an awesome pool party mixtape
Flipping you off your float in the pool, swimming away giggling
Sitting with you in his lap around the bonfire that night with the guys, making s’mores and resting his head on your shoulder to talk to everyone else, occasionally turning his head to kiss your cheek or shoulder
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get-beached · 2 years
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GET BEACHED 2022
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It’s July already? well that must mean its time for another round of Get Beached!
This year, we’re going for Get Beached at the Resort!
take a little nibble from our prompts below and dive on in to our summer of Chub!
LOCATIONS
lakeside park
ocean pier
amusement park/theme park
water park
resort hotel
Cruise ship
Cabin in the Woods
Air BnB
beach/poolside
concert/show/special event
movie theater
Luau/cookout
fair/festival
Zoo
Dude Ranch
Ice Cream Parlor/Snow Cone Shack/Popsicle Stand
SITUATIONS
kidnapped
too hot/no A/C
snack cart sampling
Vacation Mishaps/reservation mixups/lost luggage
spell/curse/potion
weird science
stuck/beached
shipwrecked
family/group vacation
lost a bet
exploring/sightseeing
suntan lotion/sunscreen application
sunburn/awkward tan lines/freckles
summer job
summer fling
Stargazing/cloudgazing
Water Sports
Cannonball / Belly Flop Contest
Mythical Sea Creatures
TOO FAT FOR
The Waterslide
The Massage Table
The Ride Vehicle
The Hot Tub
The Swimsuit
The Airplane Seat
The Innertube
The Boat/Jet Ski
The RV
A Dive
The Hammock
The Furniture
The Buffet
The Surf Board
The Beach Towel
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daydreamers-sys · 2 years
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Me: ugh my tire is flat and it’s a problem with the innertube valve so I can’t just patch it :( I’m gonna have to walk to work for a week because the buses don’t come out here.
Partner&: just download the [regional on-demand transit] app? It’s like $2 per ride
Me: oh why didn’t I think of that?
Me: *goes to app store*
App store: *says “open” and not “get”*
Me: oh looks like someone already did…
(I’m only not saying the name of the app because it’s for a very small area where I live and I don’t want to give away our location 😬)
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ratsoh-writes · 2 years
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*I childishly stick out my tongue* fine, it was my fault for choosing that game. Okay... um... oh, I saw that one of the coffee shops that my boss loves is selling a rare type of coffee beans, just for today. I want that
*Meanwhile, with John*
John: just pull that small lever there gently and-
*Tempest, who wanted to ride John's wheelchair, pulled the lever not-so-gently, which make the wheelchair accelerate way too fast and towards the lake, luckily, the chair didn't go into the water, but Tempest...*
Jonh: I SAY FUCKING GENTLY, WHAT THE F*CK!
Boss sneers at the idea of coffee
Boss: HOW DARE YOU~
Meanwhile:
Tempest: YOUR F*CKIN’ CHAIR IS A MENACE!!
Ace: *still on his innertube* MWEHEHEH DO A FLIP NEXT TIME!
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rampantram · 2 years
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I don't know if it's all the MerMay stuff showing up on my dash, but I've recently started thinking about all the water-related incidents from my childhood where I probably almost died, so I decided to make a list of them here:
Got knocked down by a wave in the shallows and sucked under with the current and the only reason my tiny body didn't get dragged out to sea was because I ran into some guy's legs and wrapped around them like a snap bracelet
My school had a field trip to this water park where the metal slides (searing hot from the summer sun) were built around already existing bodies of water, and I fell off our innertube and just kind of floated around unable to find my way to the surface until a lifeguard yoinked me out of the water and banished me to the kiddie area which is where I was supposed to be but my mom was a teacher's aide at the time so I got to sneak onto the big kid rides with the teachers
Fell off a boat
Got stung by a jellyfish
My brother, who's two years older than me and has never been a great swimmer, was struggling in the deeper parts of the water so I tried carrying him on my back and I was just barely keeping my head above water, and I tried asking this guy for help and he was just like "you're fine" and left me to doggy paddle us both to shore
Almost swam face-first into a sea turtle (pretty sure it would've snapped my nose off if I got too close)
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kiphone1 · 1 month
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morgankussy · 1 year
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Outdoor Recreation in Snohomish County
Checking in with visitor information receptionist Erika Morris at the Darrington information center, the Mountain Loop Highway is a great highway/byway to begin venturing outdoors. Its history rests in lumber harvesting, old mining camps and railroads in the eerie boonies. Like Monte Cristo and Gothic Basin Trails. 
Also called the Mountain Loop, the Mountain Loop Highway follows the South Fork Stillaguamish and Sauk Rivers. For weekend getaway campgrounds nestled on the rivers, bring innertubes and kayaks for a calming float out west from the Cascade watershed. A substitute from the gym, a trek in the mountain loop is a breath of fresh air. Getting up close to the wilderness sets piece of mind and space to think.
Youth-on-age is a quarter mile paved interpretive trail to introduce the rich history of Snohomish County for young families. The Mountain Loop is the beginning stage to experience the outdoors. Fish Ladder and Old Robe Trail are short, relatively flat trails. A bite of fresh air and stunning evergreen brings about cravings to venture into natural beauty.
Familiar to Snohomish County residents is the 30-mile Centennial Trail. Near flat and paved, the trail is built on the old Burlington-Northern railroad line. Matt Tabor, President/CEO of Greater Lake Stevens Chamber of Commerce, reveals the trail is a popular location for bikes and family walks. Its popular during the warm summer months and autumn as the weather begins to cool.
Officially starting at Nakashima Heritage Barn North Trailhead, the trail winds through downtown Arlington, Industrial Lake Stevens and ends in the city of Snohomish City Center. Matt comments the 6-foot wide natural surface is popular for bike rides available to all with ADA accessibility and picnic areas and rest stops.
Mastering the Centennial and level mountain loop trails can prepare the venturous spirit for more advanced hiking and overnight camping. Ascending in difficulty from Mt. Pilchuck and Mt. Dickerman, Perry Creek is the most difficult terrain in the Mountain Loop. The trail ascends 3950 feet in five and a quarter miles for a 10.5 mile round trip. The trail sits in the eaves of Snohomish County. Unrecognizable from its uninhabited surroundings inspires victory of Snohomish County terrain.
Take a change of pace from city life. Explore the outdoors. Set your own pace and enjoy the journey. A trip outdoors resets stress levels for a fresh start. Don’t forget to stop in a visitor or ranger station. Find out what trails meet your skill level and outdoor experience. Prepare the 10 outdoor essentials. Be sure to stay up-to-date on wilderness alerts for wildlife migration and natural hazards like wildfires and mudslides. 
Time away from work and vacation expenses can add up to rough expenses. Stay close to home without the expense. Visit the Mountain Loop for a carefree weekend.
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mongayakai · 2 years
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Dreamt that my childhood classmate, Jayda, was having a birthday party, but I heard secondhand meaning I wasn't invited, rightfully so since we hadn't talked in ever. She lived in the fancy neighborhood across from the gas station by my childhood home, except in the dream the gas station was a mid class restaurant. So I rode my ebike to the restaurant and parked it outside. Went inside and shortly after I noticed Jayda's parents and party members show up. At first I thought the party mates were all little kids but upon further inspection they were all seniors in highschool and only 1 seemed like a 10yo in Dino footie pj's. It was apparently half an hour before the party and they were talking about it. The parents then brought me into the conversation, "oh weren't you Jayda's lil friend from school? Weird I don't see you on the invites. Why don't you ride with us and we can surprise her, she obviously just forgot to invite you"
Then I heard commotion outside and checked on my bike, and one of the tires was off the frame as if someone was trying to steal my innertube but just gave up and left it. It's a pain to get those tire grip things back on. So I went inside and the party people were all like "oh noo!! Now you HAVE to ride with us to Jaydas party, I bet she'll be so excited" and then we got there and she didn't remember me at all.
Oh yeah, irl I've got like this lighter skin spots on my arm here and there, but in the dream it was more prominent and all over my arm like asymmetrical spiderwebs
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glastocycles · 5 years
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the-gray-ghosty · 2 years
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Tfw2.0 at a water park [it's Cas and Jack's first time at waterpark]
• when they get there, dean picks out a shady spot underneath a tree for them to leave their bags/stuff
• sam dean and jack standing in line for a ride and joking around, and an older woman telling them that they are "such a cute little family"
• Dean getting all pouty when he has to sit in the front of the two person innertube because Sam is bigger than him (the typical rule is that the bigger person sits in the back), which of course leads to many short jokes from Sam
• Sam tying his hair back into a ponytail
• Fun swim trunks
• Sam and Dean nearly tipping over their inner tube halfway through one of the rides
• Sam and Dean both wearing swim shirts (because of their scars) but Sam wears a white shirt and when it gets wet it is very clear how ripped he is (which causes many people, men and women alike, to gaze at him in awe. Every time Sam notices he blushes)
• Dean and Cas let Sam stand in the sun to dry off if they're standing in shady lines waiting for rides so he doesn't get too cold. (Sam and cold dont mix well after the cage, and not that Sam would complain, but his family knows that it really affects him and they try to look out for him)
• Jack and Sam going down a crazy waterslide together; Dean and Cas can hear them laughing and screaming on the slide all the way from the bottom of the ride
• Sam making sure Dean keeps reapplying his sunblock
• they all get ice cream; Dean gets chocolate, Cas gets vanilla, and Sam and Jack get the fruity tropical sorbet flavor
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cooltf2facts · 2 years
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engie! remember the days with redneck slip n slides (tarp with soap and water) and corn hole? riding on an innertube tied to an atv and dragged through mud? rope swinging into a lake? i miss those days. [from a fellow texan]
“I remember,” Engineer chuckles. “Y’know, I used to angle up a wood plank against a bunch of cinder blocks, make a ramp with it, and then ride up it on my bike as fast as I could! Good times…amazing I never got brain damage.”
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