What did you do today 2026

[equakesfan]

Specialized Roubaix. No gravel bike for me.

I've been riding a Specialized Allez for about 20 years. Good choice

 

[ArmchairMillionaire]

Got all the primer completed yesterday (except maybe for a third coat of the window frames) and was even able to start painting the hard-to-roller areas.

Call me masochistic, but I like to use a 1-inch brush to do all the edges, even where a 2 or 3-inch brush would probably be more efficient.

I also do not use masking tape while painting. I've found that I like the results better if I overlap the colors a little after they've dried, and then come back and use the 1-inch brush to make the final transmission between the painted walls and the trim pieces. No matter what type of masking tape I've tried, the end results were never as good as what I can do without tape, so as long as I can still hold a brush steady and still see well enough to apply the paint, I'll just keep on painting without tape at the seams.

I do use tape to try to hold the plastic floor coverings in place, but it doesn't work all that well.

 

[Surewhitey]

Finished all the framing of DD's screen room yesterday (put SIL to work, helping). On to staining everything today and tomorrow. Then making the screens / frames...I have never planed so much cedar in my life.

1st coat is on.

 

[1242Vintage]

Cycled up into the forest today on my favorite gravel roads. Four hours, 43 miles and 3,800 ft of elevation gain.

Working on keeping my heart rate under control on the climbs … and staying off the brakes as much on the descents.

 

[COcheesehead]

Cycled up into the forest today on my favorite gravel roads. Four hours, 43 miles and 3,800 ft of elevation gain.

Working on keeping my heart rate under control on the climbs … and staying off the brakes as much on the descents.

Sorta similar. 45 miles, 3000 ft of climbing. One flat. The tire sealed eventually, but not after losing about half the air volume. CO2’d it back up, but has me thinking about buying one of those micro electric inflators. Do you use one?

 

[skyking1]

We had run out of small rock, so I ran up to the quarry with my brother to get some 1 man minus sized rock. I had called the office ahead of time, but there was a disconnect between the office and the quarry. They had nothing sorted that small.
The loader operator looked around and suggested the crew up the fork of the road ( NOT their crew) might help out. Surprisingly enough, one of those guys relented and got on an excavator and did some fine sorting for us. Tomorrow we hit it hard and see what we can get stacked ahead of the heat.

 

[1242Vintage]

Sorta similar. 45 miles, 3000 ft of climbing. One flat. The tire sealed eventually, but not after losing about half the air volume. CO2’d it back up, but has me thinking about buying one of those micro electric inflators. Do you use one?

I don’t use one or CO2. I carry a small hand pump and dynaplugs.

You’ll want to replace the sealant in the tire. CO2 and sealant react slowly causing the sealant to separate, dehydrate and harden after a while.

 

[TheWizard]

We had run out of small rock, so I ran up to the quarry with my brother to get some 1 man minus sized rock. I had called the office ahead of time, but there was a disconnect between the office and the quarry. They had nothing sorted that small.
The loader operator looked around and suggested the crew up the fork of the road ( NOT their crew) might help out. Surprisingly enough, one of those guys relented and got on an excavator and did some fine sorting for us. Tomorrow we hit it hard and see what we can get stacked ahead of the heat.

Crushed stone comes in standard sizes at most decent quarries.
Back when I was building a logging road, I would get a ton of 3/4" stone dumped into my F-150.
I would then shovel it out by hand into low lying and muddy areas on the "road"...

 

[COcheesehead]

I don’t use one or CO2. I carry a small hand pump and dynaplugs.

You’ll want to replace the sealant in the tire. CO2 and sealant react slowly causing the sealant to separate, dehydrate and harden after a while.

Thanks. Good to know. I will be replacing the tires soon too.

 

[skyking1]

Crushed stone comes in standard sizes at most decent quarries.
Back when I was building a logging road, I would get a ton of 3/4" stone dumped into my F-150.
I would then shovel it out by hand into low lying and muddy areas on the "road"...

2~4-5 man rock

I needed more 1 and minus man rocks.

 

[Ronstar]

Finished my dock and put a coat of sealer on today. Now to finish re-landscaping.

 

[Midpack]

Golf Mon-Wed-Fri. Pickleball Tue-Wed-Sat. Dinner out Tue-Wed-Sat. Breakfast out Thur. Broadway touring plays 8-9 times/year. Rinse and repeat. All sorts of other activities throughout the year…

 

[GBcycling]

30 mile ride at a nice 16mph pace. Then, had a CoCheesehead moment and went soft in back. Tire refilled when I got home. No evidence of green goo and tire has been holding 70psi for an hour. Appreciative of your explanations. A first for me...

 

[Kings over Queens]

Woke up and took coffee for an hour in a sunny spot in the screen room and enjoyed watching my cat hunting birds. If only she could get out side. Wife joined me and I told her I was blowing the day off. She commented "is today any different than yesterday?" Funny but true. I'm getting paid but don't really "work" except for keeping an eye on email or answering a phone call. Anyway, her sideways comment couldn't deter me on this bluebird day. We shared a nice romantic cup of coffee then I went on a 2.5 mile walk then 45 minutes on the patio listening to a podcast under the sun. She joined me for a half hour to describe the current situation with her gardens and plantings, then we broke for lunch, again on the patio.

After lunch I sparked up a cigar and poured a beer and read several chapters of my book, pausing to enjoy the action on the bird feeders and river behind my house. Lather, rinse, repeat for most of the afternoon. Did take a barefoot stroll on the grounds to "touch grass" as they say.

I'm going to shower now and then we're going to eat some leftovers and get back outside to watch the mets game and have a fire in the Chimenea. I think a bottle of red will be consumed.

Glorious day.

 

[COcheesehead]

30 mile ride at a nice 16mph pace. Then, had a CoCheesehead moment and went soft in back. Tire refilled when I got home. No evidence of green goo and tire has been holding 70psi for an hour. Appreciative of your explanations. A first for me...

I’ve had a couple other punctures with tubeless. You probably know this, but put the puncture on the bottom for a few minutes so the sealant flows into it. That usually lessens the air loss. I didn’t notice yesterday’s flat until half my air was gone so I had to top it off.
Still thinking about getting one of those micro inflaters.

 

[Kings over Queens]

Still thinking about getting one of those micro inflaters.

I'm still contempating you riding 45 miles with 3,000 of elevation gain.

I climbed the stairs today!

 

[COcheesehead]

I'm still contempating you riding 45 miles with 3,000 of elevation gain.

I climbed the stairs today!

LOL. Both start with just one step.

 

[CO-guy]

Went for a nice mountain bike ride this morning and then took the pups out hiking to cool down while they toasted up in the sun.

Oh, and I have a micro inflator in my Amazon cart, but haven't pulled the trigger. For my regular daily rides, I don't carry anything but a small multitool. The few times I've flatted over the years I simply walked home. One of the benefits of have single track nearly at your doorstep.

 

[COcheesehead]

Went for a nice mountain bike ride this morning and then took the pups out hiking to cool down while they toasted up in the sun.

Oh, and I have a micro inflator in my Amazon cart, but haven't pulled the trigger. For my regular daily rides, I don't carry anything but a small multitool. The few times I've flatted over the years I simply walked home. One of the benefits of have single track nearly at your doorstep.

All of my rides take me beyond walking distance and I have had to self rescue many times over the years. Old days with a hand pump, then CO2. The tubeless setup now changes the CO2 solution. Thanks @1242Vintage Thinking I am going to pull the trigger on a micro inflator shortly. Watch, I won't need it.

 

[Luvtoride]

This may not be the typical response here (no DIY project or physical activity) but I had a very special day with my 7 year old Grandson, Dylan (only boy in our family).

He’s a big hockey fanatic both as a player (he plays youth ice hockey) and a NJ Devils fan. I saw a post early Tuesday AM that the Stanley Cup would be at the NHL shop in NYC that afternoon from 3-6 PM. I let my daughter know that I would like to pick him up early from school and take him (we live in North Jersey just a 40 minute ride outside Manhattan). It was after she had already dropped him off to school so he didn’t know about it.

I picked him up from school at 2 pm, getting him out of his class early much to his confusion. I told him I had a surprise for him but he didn’t want to know what it was. We got into NYC and I gave him his NJ Devils jersey I had brought for him and we headed to the NHL shop. Still a bit confused, we walked upstairs at the store where the Stanley Cup was displayed and he was kinda shocked. We posed for pictures with the cup and Phil Pritchard the keeper of the cup who always accompanies it everywhere it goes. There were only a few people there so we had a chance to talk to him and examine the cup finding the 3 years of NJ Devils teams that won the cup!
We then walked around the High line and went up to the top of the Vessel structure nearby before getting ice cream and then heading back home so he could make it to his Baseball practice with his dad.

I truly fun day that will be a lasting memory for both of us! I love being retired and doing spontaneous things like this with my family!

 

[jazz4cash]

Went to a coach’s film session event for season ticket holders of the Washington Commanders held inside their practice bubble. Ran into a guy I’ve known since elementary school.
I had to miss my urban hiking group meetup but I went to the happy hour afterwards to check out the view.

 

[kgtest]

Funded my HSA! Boom. Done.

This is gold! I wonder if we can frontload the entire contribution. This would be best case especially given all the layoffs happening.

Typically we DCA throughout the year, but it makes me wonder if we could drop it all into DW employers plan Jan 1 like you. That is probably literally the best financial strategy IMHO... Just put it in, let the dividends compound right away and sleep great the rest of the year.

 

[COcheesehead]

This is gold! I wonder if we can frontload the entire contribution. This would be best case especially given all the layoffs happening.

Typically we DCA throughout the year, but it makes me wonder if we could drop it all into DW employers plan Jan 1 like you. That is probably literally the best financial strategy IMHO... Just put it in, let the dividends compound right away and sleep great the rest of the year.

Mine is a personal HSA tied to my ACA healthcare policy, not an employer plan.

 

[ArmchairMillionaire]

Mine is a personal HSA tied to my ACA healthcare policy, not an employer plan.

Ditto.

I funded ours in January when I took my annual 401(k) distribution.

 

[Out-to-Lunch]

This is gold! I wonder if we can frontload the entire contribution. This would be best case especially given all the layoffs happening.

[Emphasis added.]

Just remember that you must remain covered by a HDHP for the whole year to be eligible to make a year's worth of contributions.