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03-14-18, 11:30 AM
Should Be More Popular
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03-14-18, 11:33 AM
VFL For Life
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03-14-18, 11:55 AM
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03-14-18, 11:57 AM
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I primarily ride for the work - I don't get enough physical work in my day-to-day and I think that that often has a negative effect on mood and outlook in general, and not just with me, but people in general, I think. Scenery and cool breezes are dandy, but that's secondary, after enough work has been done to establish and maintain balance. Mileage varies, obv.
03-14-18, 11:59 AM
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03-14-18, 12:04 PM
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03-14-18, 12:05 PM
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03-14-18, 12:08 PM
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03-14-18, 12:13 PM
Should Be More Popular
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03-14-18, 12:21 PM
So it is
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03-14-18, 12:29 PM
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Nobody said she wasn't brave, I said she didn't have cojones . . . literally, not figuratively . . . and therefore she wouldn't need the extra roomy pants for the same reason a man would. That's all.
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03-14-18, 12:37 PM
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Not fair.
I proposed moving north to the snow belt once my wife retires. She looked at me like I was crazy.
I proposed moving north to the snow belt once my wife retires. She looked at me like I was crazy.
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03-14-18, 12:41 PM
shaken, not stirred.
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03-14-18, 12:43 PM
Approaching W. Glacier my ex was running out of gas. As we passed a mile marker I said something like "The good news is that we have only 8 more miles to W. Glacier. The bad news is that at the rate we are going, that's going to take an hour." (We still had another 10 miles after W. Glacier). We were going to get where we were going when we got there. I didn't need my computer feeding my brain the data to figure out when that was going to be. It simply didn't matter. Knowing the numbers dampened my spirits.
Amusing end to the story: My ex was so beat after the ride that when she reached the campground (I sped ahead in the park to secure a hiker-biker site) and went to use the restroom she couldn't figure out why there were women's room had urinals.
03-14-18, 12:46 PM
03-14-18, 12:46 PM
Casually Deliberate
03-14-18, 12:46 PM
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A couple weeks ago when I had a stuffy nose and went to the gym for an aero workout, I did some gum to avoid dry mouth. Why do you ask?
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03-14-18, 01:02 PM
Has a magic bike
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I can think of one instance off the top of my head. The nearly 100 mile day the ex and I had to do in MT to get around the closed Logan Pass in Glacier National Park. Once we hit E. Glacier we had a 12 mile climb to Marias Pass and then more than 50 miles to the west entrance to the park. All of that mileage was on the same road. Once we reached the top of the climb I in no way wanted to track the remaining mileage. I even tried to avert my eyes whenever we passed a mile marker on the side of the road. Unfortunately, I caught a glimpse of one at one point and couldn't help doing the math in my head. It was disheartening.
Approaching W. Glacier my ex was running out of gas. As we passed a mile marker I said something like "The good news is that we have only 8 more miles to W. Glacier. The bad news is that at the rate we are going, that's going to take an hour." (We still had another 10 miles after W. Glacier). We were going to get where we were going when we got there. I didn't need my computer feeding my brain the data to figure out when that was going to be. It simply didn't matter. Knowing the numbers dampened my spirits.
Amusing end to the story: My ex was so beat after the ride that when she reached the campground (I sped ahead in the park to secure a hiker-biker site) and went to use the restroom she couldn't figure out why there were women's room had urinals.
Approaching W. Glacier my ex was running out of gas. As we passed a mile marker I said something like "The good news is that we have only 8 more miles to W. Glacier. The bad news is that at the rate we are going, that's going to take an hour." (We still had another 10 miles after W. Glacier). We were going to get where we were going when we got there. I didn't need my computer feeding my brain the data to figure out when that was going to be. It simply didn't matter. Knowing the numbers dampened my spirits.
Amusing end to the story: My ex was so beat after the ride that when she reached the campground (I sped ahead in the park to secure a hiker-biker site) and went to use the restroom she couldn't figure out why there were women's room had urinals.
I have strong days, weak days, inexplicable days, fun days, miserable days, frustrating days, exhilarating days. So far my experience is: that's bikes.
03-14-18, 01:14 PM
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03-14-18, 01:28 PM
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...ouch.
On the bike computer thing: I require none of the information it provides, and I have to save weight somewhere if I want to keep riding old, heavy, steel bicycles with extra weight in the toe clips and straps.
PSA for [MENTION=419437]VeloV[/MENTION]ol : USPS.. Don't USE!!
On the bike computer thing: I require none of the information it provides, and I have to save weight somewhere if I want to keep riding old, heavy, steel bicycles with extra weight in the toe clips and straps.
PSA for [MENTION=419437]VeloV[/MENTION]ol : USPS.. Don't USE!!
03-14-18, 01:33 PM
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03-14-18, 01:38 PM
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03-14-18, 01:40 PM
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PSA for @VeloVol : USPS.. Don't USE!!
Never heard of bikeflight before.
03-14-18, 01:42 PM
Should Be More Popular
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