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For you that have actual winter, do you stop riding outside for months?
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#2778
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#2780
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Cold days, you relish the climb, and dread the descent.
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I learned that the hard way. I used to climb up to 9000 feet and haul back down. Started packing extra layers for the descent after the first time.
It's harder if you're on a mountain ride with a group, especially if they have to wait at the summits.
It's harder if you're on a mountain ride with a group, especially if they have to wait at the summits.
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What elevations do you typically ride at, like on a group ride or fun ride when you're not doing something structured?
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Oh, you live in the real Vancouver? LesterOfPuppets
Vancouver BC, Canada.
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I wish I had like any confidence.
For those who don't know how bad my brain is, we got a bug report from prod at 3. I promptly wanted to puke on my keyboard, because it was code I had touched and goes very deep, but had been tested and worked on my dev machine and tested by QA. y supervisor asked me to look at it. My head was spinning and I had visions of getting fired because of not being able to figure it out and angry customers. Almost exactly two hours later, I discovered it was a conditional someone else had missed because it was a rare client type. Two lines to fix. Two hours of roller coaster. FML I hate my brain. So much.
For those who don't know how bad my brain is, we got a bug report from prod at 3. I promptly wanted to puke on my keyboard, because it was code I had touched and goes very deep, but had been tested and worked on my dev machine and tested by QA. y supervisor asked me to look at it. My head was spinning and I had visions of getting fired because of not being able to figure it out and angry customers. Almost exactly two hours later, I discovered it was a conditional someone else had missed because it was a rare client type. Two lines to fix. Two hours of roller coaster. FML I hate my brain. So much.
#2791
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I wish I had like any confidence.
For those who don't know how bad my brain is, we got a bug report from prod at 3. I promptly wanted to puke on my keyboard, because it was code I had touched and goes very deep, but had been tested and worked on my dev machine and tested by QA. y supervisor asked me to look at it. My head was spinning and I had visions of getting fired because of not being able to figure it out and angry customers. Almost exactly two hours later, I discovered it was a conditional someone else had missed because it was a rare client type. Two lines to fix. Two hours of roller coaster. FML I hate my brain. So much.
For those who don't know how bad my brain is, we got a bug report from prod at 3. I promptly wanted to puke on my keyboard, because it was code I had touched and goes very deep, but had been tested and worked on my dev machine and tested by QA. y supervisor asked me to look at it. My head was spinning and I had visions of getting fired because of not being able to figure it out and angry customers. Almost exactly two hours later, I discovered it was a conditional someone else had missed because it was a rare client type. Two lines to fix. Two hours of roller coaster. FML I hate my brain. So much.
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Vancouver, British Columbia was incorporated 29 years after the incorporation of Vancouver, Washington, and more than 60 years after the name Vancouver was first used in reference to the historic Fort Vancouver trading post on the Columbia River
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For me, there's temp and road condition, uh, conditions. I start to lose interest in riding outside when it dips below 20° or so, 15° if I'm desperate. Then there's the roads - I don't have studs and don't do ice. Snow can also really encroach on the sides of the roads, making them very narrow in the winter - I don't like battling over that with cars. Between the two of these factors, yeah, I usually have two-four months of indoor riding per year.
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AKA late-to-the-game Vancouver.
Vancouver, British Columbia was incorporated 29 years after the incorporation of Vancouver, Washington, and more than 60 years after the name Vancouver was first used in reference to the historic Fort Vancouver trading post on the Columbia River
Vancouver, British Columbia was incorporated 29 years after the incorporation of Vancouver, Washington, and more than 60 years after the name Vancouver was first used in reference to the historic Fort Vancouver trading post on the Columbia River
I've driven through Vancouver, Washington a few times usually on our way to Portland OR or Bend OR. Think we even stopped once to load up on good/cheap bourbon from Total Wine once.
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We used to fly the dash into there. Probably our best over night we ever had. Unfortunately the runway isn’t long enough for my Micro jet, but the larger jets can land there just fine.
Some good riding there, htfu, get wet and ride.
#2799
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I walk out my door and I'm at 5300 feet. Generally the foothills will get me to 7500 easily, with the Peak to Peak getting me to 9K. No reason to go higher at that time of the year.
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