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05-26-15, 08:26 PM
#2626
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05-26-15, 08:27 PM
#2627
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05-26-15, 08:28 PM
#2628
Has a magic bike
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Hahahaha
Cycling for middle-aged people pretty much boils down to discovering all the ways you can be humbled on a bike.
Saturday, we Nightcrawlers are riding the Ojai Century as a team, we want to do it in a fast time (for we middle-aged people). One of my Nightcrawler friends is the mama of a hotshot junior cyclist, currently I think #1 14 year old in the US. He wants to ride with us on Saturday. She assures us he will almost certainly either a. ride off with someone faster or b. be so bored that he will call his Dad to pick him up.
I'm all for it, this is my one chance to get dropped by a 14 year old. Totally awesome.
Cycling for middle-aged people pretty much boils down to discovering all the ways you can be humbled on a bike.
Saturday, we Nightcrawlers are riding the Ojai Century as a team, we want to do it in a fast time (for we middle-aged people). One of my Nightcrawler friends is the mama of a hotshot junior cyclist, currently I think #1 14 year old in the US. He wants to ride with us on Saturday. She assures us he will almost certainly either a. ride off with someone faster or b. be so bored that he will call his Dad to pick him up.
I'm all for it, this is my one chance to get dropped by a 14 year old. Totally awesome.
05-26-15, 08:28 PM
#2629
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05-26-15, 08:29 PM
#2630
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Hahahaha
Cycling for middle-aged people pretty much boils down to discovering all the ways you can be humbled on a bike.
Saturday, we Nightcrawlers are riding the Ojai Century as a team, we want to do it in a fast time (for we middle-aged people). One of my Nightcrawler friends is the mama of a hotshot junior cyclist, currently I think #1 14 year old in the US. He wants to ride with us on Saturday. She assures us he will almost certainly either a. ride off with someone faster or b. be so bored that he will call his Dad to pick him up.
I'm all for it, this is my one chance to get dropped by a 14 year old. Totally awesome.
Cycling for middle-aged people pretty much boils down to discovering all the ways you can be humbled on a bike.
Saturday, we Nightcrawlers are riding the Ojai Century as a team, we want to do it in a fast time (for we middle-aged people). One of my Nightcrawler friends is the mama of a hotshot junior cyclist, currently I think #1 14 year old in the US. He wants to ride with us on Saturday. She assures us he will almost certainly either a. ride off with someone faster or b. be so bored that he will call his Dad to pick him up.
I'm all for it, this is my one chance to get dropped by a 14 year old. Totally awesome.
05-26-15, 08:34 PM
#2631
Has a magic bike
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I have glanced back but have no idea what ya'll have been talking about. I'm not sure I want to know.
Something about @WhyFi trapped in his crawl space with a sharp knife?
Something about @WhyFi trapped in his crawl space with a sharp knife?
05-26-15, 08:34 PM
#2632
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05-26-15, 08:45 PM
#2633
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Why does bed time come so soon?
I did hot yoga today... I still suck, I wonder how many times I can use my mat without cleaning it?
Who want's fancy knives you can't throw in the dish washer?
I did hot yoga today... I still suck, I wonder how many times I can use my mat without cleaning it?
Who want's fancy knives you can't throw in the dish washer?
I always had a fondness for patterned steel, but it is very labor intensive in manufacture.
05-26-15, 08:46 PM
#2634
Still kicking.
Straight blade.
Ton of miles since Thursday.
Ton of miles since Thursday.
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Appreciate the old bikes more than the new.
Appreciate the old bikes more than the new.
05-26-15, 08:51 PM
#2635
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Hubby sent me this text..."What is a good cheap street bike that I can buy to ride around on black top track?"
*Evil rubbing of hands together* Finally! My plan has worked! Muah hahahahaha!!!!!!
I told him this: It's components seem better than the cheapest specialized allez.. didn't look at the wheels though.
*Evil rubbing of hands together* Finally! My plan has worked! Muah hahahahaha!!!!!!
I told him this: It's components seem better than the cheapest specialized allez.. didn't look at the wheels though.
05-26-15, 09:03 PM
#2637
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Hahahaha
Cycling for middle-aged people pretty much boils down to discovering all the ways you can be humbled on a bike.
Saturday, we Nightcrawlers are riding the Ojai Century as a team, we want to do it in a fast time (for we middle-aged people). One of my Nightcrawler friends is the mama of a hotshot junior cyclist, currently I think #1 14 year old in the US. He wants to ride with us on Saturday. She assures us he will almost certainly either a. ride off with someone faster or b. be so bored that he will call his Dad to pick him up.
I'm all for it, this is my one chance to get dropped by a 14 year old. Totally awesome.
Cycling for middle-aged people pretty much boils down to discovering all the ways you can be humbled on a bike.
Saturday, we Nightcrawlers are riding the Ojai Century as a team, we want to do it in a fast time (for we middle-aged people). One of my Nightcrawler friends is the mama of a hotshot junior cyclist, currently I think #1 14 year old in the US. He wants to ride with us on Saturday. She assures us he will almost certainly either a. ride off with someone faster or b. be so bored that he will call his Dad to pick him up.
I'm all for it, this is my one chance to get dropped by a 14 year old. Totally awesome.
05-26-15, 09:05 PM
#2638
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Hubby sent me this text..."What is a good cheap street bike that I can buy to ride around on black top track?"
*Evil rubbing of hands together* Finally! My plan has worked! Muah hahahahaha!!!!!!
I told him this: It's components seem better than the cheapest specialized allez.. didn't look at the wheels though.
*Evil rubbing of hands together* Finally! My plan has worked! Muah hahahahaha!!!!!!
I told him this: It's components seem better than the cheapest specialized allez.. didn't look at the wheels though.
If he doesn't like drop bars, have him check out the Absolute
05-26-15, 10:17 PM
#2639
Friendship is Magic
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05-26-15, 10:19 PM
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05-26-15, 10:23 PM
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05-26-15, 10:26 PM
#2642
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05-27-15, 04:31 AM
#2643
Speechless
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Hey Mr. @rjones28, I may need to borrow your spoke tension meter. I just ordered spokes to get the SS touring wheels where I want them. Replacing straight gauge Wheelsmith spokes with DT Revolutions front and DT Competition rear. My only paranoia at this point is I ordered the Revolutions 1mm shorter than the straight gage spoke was, figuring they will stretch like rabid weasels.
Hope that works out for me.
Hope that works out for me.
05-27-15, 05:05 AM
#2644
Should Be More Popular
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Speaking of which, my midweek club ride is called the "Usual Suspects" because it's typically the same people every week. We will be rolling in a bit.
05-27-15, 05:38 AM
#2645
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Hey Mr. @rjones28, I may need to borrow your spoke tension meter. I just ordered spokes to get the SS touring wheels where I want them. Replacing straight gauge Wheelsmith spokes with DT Revolutions front and DT Competition rear. My only paranoia at this point is I ordered the Revolutions 1mm shorter than the straight gage spoke was, figuring they will stretch like rabid weasels.
Hope that works out for me.
Hope that works out for me.
05-27-15, 05:43 AM
#2646
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Thanks Robert! I'm a noob at wheel building, but it made sense from a physical property standpoint when I impulse bought them. More wheel building practice for me.
More wheel building practice for me.
05-27-15, 05:46 AM
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In my non-professional opinion modern multi-blade razor cartridges don't degrade in performance as much because they get dull as because we use up the lubricating gel they start out with. Sharpening them wouldn't do all that much good. Now OTOH BITD my dad used the cheapest of the common double edge blades, the so-called Gillette "Thin" blades, the red ones, not the blue ones. He had a heavy beard and shaved every day, but still was able to use them for weeks and weeks. The secret was stropping them on the palm of his hand before each shave. But there was no lubricating strip on the razor back then, so it was only about the edge on the blade. So the methods shown in the videos do make sense to me.
No matter what else we believe, I think we can agree that the high price of multi-edge cartridges is absolutely ridiculous.
No matter what else we believe, I think we can agree that the high price of multi-edge cartridges is absolutely ridiculous.
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05-27-15, 05:47 AM
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05-27-15, 05:54 AM
#2649
Token Canadian
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What makes the Japanese method so fantastic is they were able to take ****e for ore and craft an ingeniously engineered blade.
...but there's nothing *magic* about that method. If you start with a blank of any modern high-carbon steel, you've got access to steel far, far better than anything a Japanese smith could craft - and something like 300M is practically adamantium in comparison.
Lots of myths and bull**** abound when people talk swords.
05-27-15, 06:35 AM
#2650
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Hey Mr. @rjones28, I may need to borrow your spoke tension meter. I just ordered spokes to get the SS touring wheels where I want them. Replacing straight gauge Wheelsmith spokes with DT Revolutions front and DT Competition rear. My only paranoia at this point is I ordered the Revolutions 1mm shorter than the straight gage spoke was, figuring they will stretch like rabid weasels.
Hope that works out for me.
Hope that works out for me.