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Forum: Road Cycling
01-30-12, 10:10 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 2,308
Posted By Runner 1

Nevermind.

Nevermind.
Forum: Road Cycling
01-30-12, 03:00 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,062
Posted By Runner 1

I suppose with enough crashes, it eventually will...

I suppose with enough crashes, it eventually will become automatic.
Forum: Road Cycling
01-29-12, 11:45 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,062
Posted By Runner 1

A lot easier said than done. I had to emergency...

A lot easier said than done. I had to emergency stop for a dog the other day and flipped over the handlebars. It's difficult to remember to scoot your weight back in a situation like this.
Forum: Road Cycling
01-29-12, 11:43 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 2,308
Posted By Runner 1

It's 1 or 2 centimeters. Do you think human...

It's 1 or 2 centimeters. Do you think human muscles require such ridiculously precise alignment that it makes any difference at all?
Forum: Road Cycling
01-23-12, 09:27 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 6,724
Posted By Runner 1

Hey, where on your femur is the stress fracture...

Hey, where on your femur is the stress fracture located?
Forum: Road Cycling
01-19-12, 10:25 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 599
Posted By Runner 1

TORE your hamstring?? Years then before you get...

TORE your hamstring?? Years then before you get back to riding.

If you just sprained it, maybe a couple of weeks. Keep icing and take Ibuprofen.
Forum: Road Cycling
01-19-12, 03:23 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 7,587
Posted By Runner 1

... 208 And that completes the amount I have...

... 208

And that completes the amount I have memorized.
Forum: Road Cycling
01-19-12, 03:22 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 7,587
Posted By Runner 1

I don't know what my speed is, but I'd just like...

I don't know what my speed is, but I'd just like to interject that "flat" is about 10x easier than "almost flat".
Forum: Road Cycling
01-17-12, 12:27 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 497
Posted By Runner 1

I'm working on my own running/cycling log...

I'm working on my own running/cycling log website. I'll keep that feature in mind! I expect to be done in 3-4 months.
Forum: Road Cycling
01-15-12, 09:22 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 6,623
Posted By Runner 1

Equipment definitely matters. I can play a good...

Equipment definitely matters. I can play a good piano from morning until evening. A crappy one makes me leave after 3 minutes.
Forum: Road Cycling
01-14-12, 11:49 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 6,623
Posted By Runner 1

Funny you mention that. I've actually been...

Funny you mention that. I've actually been playing Liszt's Transcendental Etude No. 10 for a while now.

My post wasn't saying that there isn't technique -- it's that the technique is not nearly...
Forum: Road Cycling
01-12-12, 08:57 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 6,623
Posted By Runner 1

This is why I like piano. Technique isn't that...

This is why I like piano. Technique isn't that complicated.
Forum: Road Cycling
01-12-12, 07:59 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 2,303
Posted By Runner 1

Is it possible that you can increase your...

Is it possible that you can increase your camera's shutter speed? That would help a little with the clarity. I find these types of threads to be useful.
Forum: Road Cycling
01-12-12, 07:34 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 555
Posted By Runner 1

Chemical engineer here! For curiosity's sake, I...

Chemical engineer here! For curiosity's sake, I dug up the stress-strain curve of fiber reinforced nylon:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9699560/Fiberglass%20reinforced%20nylon.jpg

It seems to me...
Forum: Road Cycling
01-12-12, 07:05 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 6,623
Posted By Runner 1

I want to hear you :) Any links?

I want to hear you :) Any links?
Forum: Road Cycling
01-12-12, 03:44 PM
Replies: 189
Views: 8,195
Posted By Runner 1

Anyone who is slower than me just isn't working...

Anyone who is slower than me just isn't working hard enough. Anyone who is faster is genetically gifted.
Forum: Road Cycling
01-12-12, 01:24 PM
Replies: 189
Views: 8,195
Posted By Runner 1

Interesting... you're saying there is a genetic...

Interesting... you're saying there is a genetic component to willpower?
Forum: Road Cycling
01-12-12, 01:12 PM
Replies: 189
Views: 8,195
Posted By Runner 1

Haha, good one! With 10,000 hours I could design...

Haha, good one! With 10,000 hours I could design my own language, write an interpreter, write a JIT compiler, document it, optimize it, write a book about it, and still have 9,000 hours left.
...
Forum: Road Cycling
01-11-12, 12:13 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 2,533
Posted By Runner 1

This is why some people suck. I keep wanting to...

This is why some people suck. I keep wanting to get one of those little cameras you can attach to your bike because if I were in an accident, I would like nothing more than to walk up to the judge...
Forum: Road Cycling
01-08-12, 12:56 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,065
Posted By Runner 1

Thanks for the correction. I thought I might be...

Thanks for the correction. I thought I might be making a few too many simplifying assumptions there. (Kind of embarrassed I did though).

EDIT: Just out of curiosity, did you know those...
Forum: Road Cycling
01-07-12, 12:30 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,608
Posted By Runner 1

But, but... it's more comfortable and it's more...

But, but... it's more comfortable and it's more fun and it's not a 40lb timebomb death trap and it doesn't hurt my knees. Sigh...
Forum: Road Cycling
01-06-12, 10:14 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,608
Posted By Runner 1

Anyone take their bike *into* class?

I'm kind of tired of riding my cheapo bike around campus as it's not very comfortable and will probably fall apart on me at some point. Not to mention its poor fit exacerbates my knee injury. But...
Forum: Road Cycling
01-06-12, 01:27 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,065
Posted By Runner 1

Bump bump. Any thoughts? I'm actually kind of...

Bump bump. Any thoughts? I'm actually kind of curious about this.
Forum: Road Cycling
01-06-12, 01:45 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,065
Posted By Runner 1

A few of you posted that CO2 will leak out faster...

A few of you posted that CO2 will leak out faster than regular air, which got me thinking about it. Drawing on my chemical engineering knowledge, I am getting that CO2 should diffuse through the...
Forum: Road Cycling
01-05-12, 11:19 PM
Replies: 86
Views: 23,529
Posted By Runner 1

- ↑ That hyphen represents the difference...

-

↑ That hyphen represents the difference between 23 and 25 mm tires.
Forum: Road Cycling
01-05-12, 04:28 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,065
Posted By Runner 1

Yeah, so my wheels totally exploded on that ride....

Yeah, so my wheels totally exploded on that ride. I think if I had left the valve caps off they wouldn't have.








;)
Forum: Road Cycling
01-05-12, 12:26 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,065
Posted By Runner 1

Thanks, just what I was looking for.

Thanks, just what I was looking for.
Forum: Road Cycling
01-05-12, 12:20 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,065
Posted By Runner 1

How high of a pressure is too high?

I'm in a bit of a dilemma because I'm at home on Christmas break and I only have my bike. I left all my bike gear back at school. Well I'm going on a group ride in a couple of hours and I needed to...
Forum: Road Cycling
01-04-12, 09:11 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,508
Posted By Runner 1

Very true. A lot of runners I know will say...

Very true. A lot of runners I know will say "look at that fat person running" and laugh, which I find absolutely abhorrent. No one deserves to be made fun of, particularly when they are trying to...
Forum: Road Cycling
01-04-12, 09:05 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,292
Posted By Runner 1

This may be a silly question, but how do you tell...

This may be a silly question, but how do you tell if you have a leg length discrepancy? I mean, do you measure from the bend of your knee or from your hips or where exactly?
Forum: Road Cycling
01-04-12, 09:53 AM
Replies: 195
Views: 27,267
Posted By Runner 1

I leave them on my bike, as well as the dork...

I leave them on my bike, as well as the dork disc. Anyone that looks down on me because of that is probably not someone I want to be friends with anyway.
Forum: Road Cycling
01-04-12, 09:24 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 5,990
Posted By Runner 1

I really want one of those old, super-precise...

I really want one of those old, super-precise Avocets:

http://www.avocet.com/cyclopages/cyclo45tt.gif http://avocet.com/cyclofeatures/multipulse.gif

But until I can find one I'm using this:
...
Forum: Road Cycling
01-01-12, 01:44 AM
Replies: 112
Views: 4,896
Posted By Runner 1

Is anyone else scrolling through all of these to...

Is anyone else scrolling through all of these to see who has the highest? :)

My mileage was probably about 600-700 for the year unfortunately :(
Forum: Road Cycling
01-01-12, 01:33 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 1,867
Posted By Runner 1

Best ride: 45 miles on a Wal-mart bike to Stone...

Best ride: 45 miles on a Wal-mart bike to Stone Mountain with my friend. This was shortly after a knee injury abruptly ended my D1 running career and I was SO thrilled that I could still do...
Forum: Road Cycling
12-30-11, 12:39 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 3,947
Posted By Runner 1

Are you sure you want a CAAD? Those tend to be...

Are you sure you want a CAAD? Those tend to be more race oriented. My dad (215 lbs) got a Cannondale Synapse for $680 when REI had a sale this past year that seems to be more on the comfort side.
...
Forum: Road Cycling
12-29-11, 11:47 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,284
Posted By Runner 1

One for you: :popcorn And one for me:...

One for you: :popcorn

And one for me: :popcorn


Sometimes Bikeforums is more entertaining than riding a bike.
Forum: Road Cycling
12-29-11, 11:37 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,284
Posted By Runner 1

Haha, I don't know, but my $70 red Huffy has...

Haha, I don't know, but my $70 red Huffy has surprisingly made it thousands of miles. Maybe I got a lucky one. (Hope my CAAD holds up as well!)
Forum: Road Cycling
12-29-11, 10:25 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,284
Posted By Runner 1

"VirginBiker". Hmm. I really like Virgin Mobile...

"VirginBiker". Hmm. I really like Virgin Mobile too. Their $25/month plan is hard to beat.
Forum: Road Cycling
12-25-11, 11:28 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,370
Posted By Runner 1

Uh, we're totally going to need to see that CCTV...

Uh, we're totally going to need to see that CCTV footage. ;) Hope you had a merry Christmas otherwise!
Forum: Road Cycling
12-24-11, 10:17 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 8,191
Posted By Runner 1

:deadhorse2:

:deadhorse2:
Forum: Road Cycling
12-23-11, 05:26 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 8,191
Posted By Runner 1

Holy crap. I was in the middle of my family room...

Holy crap. I was in the middle of my family room when that picture popped up. Jeez...
Forum: Road Cycling
12-22-11, 11:50 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 1,885
Posted By Runner 1

I think your cycling ability seems quite a bit...

I think your cycling ability seems quite a bit more impressive.
Forum: Road Cycling
12-20-11, 10:52 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 5,544
Posted By Runner 1

Holy crap. And this is why I'm now leaning...

Holy crap. And this is why I'm now leaning heavily toward grad school in California.
Forum: Road Cycling
12-20-11, 12:33 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 3,571
Posted By Runner 1

Here's how I think about expensive purchases. Am...

Here's how I think about expensive purchases. Am I going to be spending a lot of time with the item I've purchased? So I'll splurge on a new monitor, or a new computer, or a bike, or running shoes...
Forum: Road Cycling
12-18-11, 02:36 PM
Replies: 170
Views: 23,893
Posted By Runner 1

Oh boy, this thread is killing me. There's...

Oh boy, this thread is killing me.

There's quite a few engineers on here that obviously know what they're talking about...

...and then there's a bunch of people arguing against them on the...
Forum: Road Cycling
12-14-11, 10:18 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 4,978
Posted By Runner 1

The torn ACL one confuses me. It seems like...

The torn ACL one confuses me. It seems like surgery would always be the better case, unless I'm missing something obvious??? I mean, the ligament is torn -- it's not just going to magically...
Forum: Road Cycling
12-14-11, 01:13 AM
Replies: 206
Views: 29,456
Posted By Runner 1

I've always liked how Cannondale makes bikes that...

I've always liked how Cannondale makes bikes that look very "bike-like", with the straight lines:

http://www.treefortbikes.com/images/raw/caad10_riv_2.jpg

The only thing that bothers me (and...
Forum: Road Cycling
12-14-11, 12:44 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 526
Posted By Runner 1

Lateral knee injury (status update)

Hey guys,

It's been a few months (July maybe?) since I posted about this last, so I thought I'd share with everyone how it's going and solicit a few more opinions.

As a refresher, I've had some...
Forum: Road Cycling
11-28-11, 12:40 AM
Replies: 203
Views: 7,906
Posted By Runner 1

I'm ignoring your "no injury" comment just...

I'm ignoring your "no injury" comment just because I'm able to.

Running sucks 'cause I'm on an 11 month cartilage injury with no sign of getting better. So there.


EDIT: That said, I miss it...
Forum: Road Cycling
11-11-11, 09:40 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,821
Posted By Runner 1

Haha, it's funny this thread came about. I...

Haha, it's funny this thread came about. I haven't seen the movie, but the first thing I noticed in the trailer for the Green Lantern was the bike in the background.
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