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Forum: Road Cycling
08-15-06, 08:03 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 7,347
Posted By johnMfisk

Hey Kewl. ... and you've got the bike on...

Hey Kewl.

... and you've got the bike on eBay that you rode to victory doing the 80-90 mph down the freeway for the low, low price of...

Oops! We dropped that thread a couple months ago ;)
...
Forum: Road Cycling
08-15-06, 07:55 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 5,537
Posted By johnMfisk

Arrrggghhhh!!!!! I'm in LOVE! Great bikes!!...

Arrrggghhhh!!!!! I'm in LOVE!

Great bikes!! Thanks for the wonderful pics. Enjoy.

Johnny
Forum: Road Cycling
08-15-06, 07:48 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 3,327
Posted By johnMfisk

lokerola: sorry to hear about the nasty accident...

lokerola: sorry to hear about the nasty accident -- glad to hear that you got good care. Bummer about losing the last couple months of the cycling season, but at least you've got PT to look forward...
Forum: Road Cycling
07-14-06, 08:18 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 2,510
Posted By johnMfisk

Wow! Congratulations! You're looking like most of...

Wow! Congratulations! You're looking like most of *wish* we did.

What's your current %BF?

Also, I'm looking a lot more like your BEFORE picture than your AFTER. Cutting intake is definitely the...
Forum: Road Cycling
06-06-06, 08:17 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 896
Posted By johnMfisk

bluecd: take comfort my friend, your aches and...

bluecd: take comfort my friend, your aches and pains are right on schedule.

For reasons that I don't completely understand but have seen on too many occasions to count, injuries in 30+ year olds...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-30-06, 02:21 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 3,073
Posted By johnMfisk

Hip, don't let it bother you -- Knaves don't...

Hip,

don't let it bother you -- Knaves don't procreate. They divide and multiply by acytokinetic meiosis. The chick was merely fascinated by this fact...

cheers,
Johnny
Forum: Road Cycling
03-21-06, 01:21 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 2,400
Posted By johnMfisk

Hmmm... $450 -- 1991 quarter ton, deep...

Hmmm...

$450 -- 1991 quarter ton, deep southern Tennessee bred Ford Ranger pickup blue book value

$1,450 -- 2003 Giant TCR Elite with Bontrager Race Lite's, Speedplays, and some Ritchey bits
...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-21-06, 11:00 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 3,401
Posted By johnMfisk

[WARNING] Long-winded post [END WARNING] ...

[WARNING] Long-winded post [END WARNING]

This falls into the 'if I can do it' bucket I think...

Last summer, my wife, two kids, and WAY too much stuff moved from CT to upstate NY -- Syracuse to...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-21-06, 09:49 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 566
Posted By johnMfisk

Congrats! My favorite "all purpose" quickie...

Congrats!

My favorite "all purpose" quickie ride from home is an 18.5 mile loop, the first 9 miles of which are variably-pitched hills. No great shakes, but long enough, occasionally steep enough,...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-20-06, 04:35 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 3,414
Posted By johnMfisk

WOW... these guys are NUTS! somebody buy...

WOW... these guys are NUTS!

somebody buy these guys helmets, or at least get them tissue-typed so we harvest organs after the bus smushes 'em :EEK:
Forum: Road Cycling
03-20-06, 04:26 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 4,252
Posted By johnMfisk

18 lbs - Giant TCR Elite, Bontrager Race Lite,...

18 lbs - Giant TCR Elite, Bontrager Race Lite, some Ritchey bits (this is BR scale method so who knows: probably +/- 1 or 2 lbs)

25 lbs - early 1980's Peugeot CP-12 aluminum touring bike
Forum: Road Cycling
03-20-06, 04:14 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 972
Posted By johnMfisk

725 miles on the old touring-bike-on-the-trainer...

725 miles on the old touring-bike-on-the-trainer (1160 km)

20 miles on the new bike outside -- about froze my behunkies off, but it was great to get back outside between snow squalls
(man I hate...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-19-06, 02:12 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 21,747
Posted By johnMfisk

If you're serious about buying a good leather...

If you're serious about buying a good leather Brooks, you might try Wallingford bikes: Bill Laine is a terrific guy and he offers a 6 month unconditional satisfaction guarantee:
...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-19-06, 01:59 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,733
Posted By johnMfisk

bananas and Beth Boomer's 'Corn Syrup Energy...

bananas and Beth Boomer's 'Corn Syrup Energy Bars' -- make 'em with almond or cashew butter, brown rice syrup, and HEAPS of chocolate powder plus a little cinnamon:
...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-19-06, 01:36 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 697
Posted By johnMfisk

1+ Just bought a B.17N from Nashbar at the...

1+

Just bought a B.17N from Nashbar at the $59 price less the 10% coupon. Arrived in a couple days -- gorgeous new saddle [YUM!]. Nashbar has about the best price I've seen on these.

I'd give...
Forum: Introductions
03-15-06, 10:38 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 208
Posted By johnMfisk

Warmest greetings from snowy Siberi-cuse ;) ...

Warmest greetings from snowy Siberi-cuse ;)

I started out on a MTB a couple years ago -- mostly just to get back into recreational riding. Lived in CT and went cycling around the local parks and...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-15-06, 10:28 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 4,546
Posted By johnMfisk

Best I've found to date: - hot soaks in the...

Best I've found to date:

- hot soaks in the tub twice a day
- smear a good antibiotic cream on and put a bandaid over it: change the bandaid out if it gets soaked with blood/pus

Should heal up...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-13-06, 08:45 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 2,060
Posted By johnMfisk

Like everyone else -- double checked the OP's...

Like everyone else -- double checked the OP's math and it was correct.

The reason that the climb LOOKS like you're ascending the Matterhorn is because of the severe difference in the dimensions...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-09-06, 04:43 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 916
Posted By johnMfisk

Hey, I'll start... I have one "I Did It!" and...

Hey, I'll start... I have one "I Did It!" and another "I'm Getting There"

- Goal: 1,000 miles on the trainer by mid-April (when the snow more or less is gone up here in upstate N.Y. -- I've got...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-09-06, 02:55 PM
Replies: 165
Views: 10,560
Posted By johnMfisk

Hey!!! I got it, I got it!!! Someone email...

Hey!!! I got it, I got it!!!

Someone email this dude and ask him if he would kindly put up a picture of himself on the bike -- tell him that you're new to cycling and someone said something about...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-08-06, 05:20 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,802
Posted By johnMfisk

Hi all, I'd appreciate some advice or ideas. ...

Hi all, I'd appreciate some advice or ideas.

I'm planning some training rides through upstate N.Y. farm country -- pretty snowy right now but in the summertime it's absolutely gorgeous. But having...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-08-06, 05:02 PM
Replies: 165
Views: 10,560
Posted By johnMfisk

Whoa there fella! :eek: The BF cabal...

Whoa there fella! :eek:

The BF cabal successfully torpedo'd his first entrepreneurial effort, I'm not sure that we should encourage him into another venture. Although... he'd be much more...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-08-06, 07:49 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,014
Posted By johnMfisk

Basic black... Man, what a great looking bike! ...

Basic black... Man, what a great looking bike!

Congrats! And have fun ridin'

--
Johnny
Forum: Road Cycling
03-07-06, 04:40 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 414
Posted By johnMfisk

Hi TAinOP, welcome aboard! If you're just...

Hi TAinOP,

welcome aboard! If you're just getting going and serious about keeping to a $300 cap:

1) you might check your local classified ads, Penny Saver, etc. There are a LOT of old bikes in...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-07-06, 12:57 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 4,645
Posted By johnMfisk

Please... no offense, but YOU'RE CRAZY! In...

Please... no offense, but YOU'RE CRAZY!

In another lifetime several years back I was a general surgery resident and had to take trauma call -- I still remember the 17 year old kid that they...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-07-06, 12:30 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,093
Posted By johnMfisk

Actually, the story is a bit more involved, but I...

Actually, the story is a bit more involved, but I didn't want to ramble on.

The rest of the story is that I emailed the guy after a couple days to get a tracking no. No reply. Then, I notice that...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-07-06, 12:19 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,093
Posted By johnMfisk

Thanks. Actually, I've already exchanged...

Thanks.

Actually, I've already exchanged email with Bill Paine at Wallingford bikes (http://www.wallbike.com) -- I belatedly found out about him after reading some older posts about Brooks...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-06-06, 01:46 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,093
Posted By johnMfisk

Yet another eBay debacle...

Heads up.

Just got suckered into yet another eBay scam:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7222246303

The guy had 100% positive feedback when the item was posted. Answering...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-27-06, 07:11 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 676
Posted By johnMfisk

Heck, that's the gearing I use to climb trees...

Heck, that's the gearing I use to climb trees when one of those big mangy curs comes snarling after me and I'm all out of Pooch-B-Gone :D
Forum: Road Cycling
02-27-06, 06:52 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 2,884
Posted By johnMfisk

Oh, oh [waves hand frantically in the air...]...

Oh, oh [waves hand frantically in the air...] definitely in the 'luck man' group!

My wife loves to ride -- presently just MTB around the local parks and along the Erie canal trail that meanders...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-27-06, 03:58 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 1,802
Posted By johnMfisk

2 1/2 hrs max to date. Spinervals or other Coach...

2 1/2 hrs max to date. Spinervals or other Coach Tony-like DVD definitely helps.

pros (um... scratches head momentarily...)
- certainly not weather-dependent, unless the pipes burst in the...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-27-06, 11:35 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,272
Posted By johnMfisk

Ahhh... parenthood... I remember the days...

Ahhh... parenthood...

I remember the days before kids when our immune systems were still feeble and naive: we consoled ourselves of childlessness with spontaneous walks, vacationing in warm sandy...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-26-06, 06:00 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,796
Posted By johnMfisk

I just bought my first 'real' bike from a seller...

I just bought my first 'real' bike from a seller on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7219155696

should arrive on Wednesday (I'll post pics here soon...). I'd concur with...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-17-06, 01:37 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 841
Posted By johnMfisk

DIY Power Bars?

Just got through reading the 'Cheap Stuff That Works' thread and it got me thinking: does anyone make up their own power bars or equivalent? How much do ppl spend monthly during peak riding season?...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-16-06, 04:17 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 826
Posted By johnMfisk

+1... the medical literature would concur: I did...

+1... the medical literature would concur: I did a quick PubMED (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search&DB=pubmed) search and there's no reported link between cycling and testicular...
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