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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 01-29-20, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
I still use a command-line at work, so all you whippersnappers can shut it.
All of our imaging analysis software is command-line and it’s the youngsters who do all that work.
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Technics must have sold 5 million of those turntables BITD, I swear. Every time I look around I see one at someone's house.
The 1200 - the DJ's choice.
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Originally Posted by LAJ
Nothing at all wrong with high viz, and short fuse.

Be safe and be careful.
If you say so. Will do!
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I didn't know Pandora is available via LP.
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Originally Posted by datlas
Dumb question:

I want to redo my cables and housing this winter. I somehow have two sets of Shimano shifter housing. Can I use the shifter outer housing for my brake cables? I believe the brake cables are thicker than shifters but have no clue if it will work with shifter outer housing.

Anyone know?
no wont work. different diameter inner to outer cables , brake cables are thicker shifter housings are smaller.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
I prefer the plural. RIP Kim.

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
This thread reeks of death.
Sorry, that was me, I farted on my way out.
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Old 01-30-20, 06:21 AM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
I think a mirror hit my right buttock on Friday, right here deep, in the azure, cobalt, cerulean bleeding heart of affluent, elite, lib country.

In other news, I will ride a bicycle wearing hi viz yellow tomorrow. Where do I hand in my roadie card?
i hope the issues get resolved soon.

I do have a hi-viz rain jacket that I almost never wear as i get way too hot in it, but;
a) being a #cheapskate and it being on sale made it a “must buy”,
b) never having been a carded roadie made the Fredly purchase easier.

Funny thing though, when I was commuting to my previous place of work, 80+% of the commute was on non-vehicular trail. Of course, purple line construction @#*+;/(! that now
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what does carded a roadie mean? sorry for my ignorance.
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Old 01-30-20, 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
We’re legal now in Illinois but we can’t smoke in public buildings.
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Originally Posted by ls01
no wont work. different diameter inner to outer cables , brake cables are thicker shifter housings are smaller.
Also, brake housing has a coiled Metal liner to prevent compress less as opposed to a linear metal liner on shift cable.

In my lowracer recumbent days, the brake runs were very long and tortuous and required higher cable pull forces. I made the mistake of using shifter housing and ruptured it where it made a bend. Also, the braking was mushy.

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Old 01-30-20, 06:45 AM
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I'm so happy Mi. Adopted a 3 ft passing law. Motorists completely deflate when they see a camera and know it a couple hunerd bux fine. I was privileged, on my last ride out of doors, to call 5 oh on a guy for close passing me and being a complete a55 when I caught up to him. He was upset about my use of profanity in the presence of his son. It was ok when he practically murdered me, but how dare I use bad words in the presence of his little boy! That was his justification. Humans suck. People are so disconnected from each other that the turning of a power steering wheel is too much effort.
Man, I gotta go have my coffee. Think I woke up under my bed...
Be careful out there Mo, all ya'll be careful.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
what does carded a roadie mean? sorry for my ignorance.
I meant it as “a person with a roadie card”. Nothing of importance, as per my usual posting practices
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Old 01-30-20, 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by kissTheApex
I meant it as “a person with a roadie card”. Nothing of importance, as per my usual posting practices
Probably a serious road cyclist.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Nice frame.

Technics must have sold 5 million of those turntables BITD, I swear. Every time I look around I see one at someone's house.
That's an Audio-Technica LP120. Nothing fancy, but does everything I need it to.

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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
We’re legal now in Illinois but we can’t smoke in public buildings.
AK has legalized on site consumption and the first two licensed venues will be open soon - one in Fairbanks and one in Ketchikan.
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Originally Posted by datlas
All the cool kids are moving to Asheville NC. You can ride up Mt Mitchell too.
I seriously think Asheville would be a good fit for us.

I've always wondered what it would be like to do a real climb. All my riding has been in pancake flat TX and IL. A few rides in WI were hilly but those are more steep punchy rollers.
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Originally Posted by abshipp
I seriously think Asheville would be a good fit for us.

I've always wondered what it would be like to do a real climb. All my riding has been in pancake flat TX and IL. A few rides in WI were hilly but those are more steep punchy rollers.
I really like climbs. The longer, the better. I went out to SF a few years ago and did Diablo. That was great. Last year a group of us did Whiteface Mountain in NY State, it's 8 miles at 8% which was also not bad. Sadly, the longest climbs around here are only about 1 mile if you want 7%+. There is one that is 2+ miles but only 4% so I don't count that.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Rather than rubbing shoulders, I'd be concerned about rubbing elbows with mirrors.
Most midwesteners are quite courteous drivers, I've found. You get the occasional idiot who just can't wait to get around you and passes before cresting a blind hill, but the vast majority seem to be pretty chill.

Originally Posted by LAJ
Rubbing calves with pit bulls teeth. Janie Hayes, and many of the other TABR participants, had nothing but fun with dogs in Tennessee.
I've never been terribly partial to dogs, although every once in a while I meet one that softens my heart a little bit. But that turns into total distrust and anger when I see them out on the road. I have never been bitten or hit but I've definitely been chased. I cannot stand it.
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Hey CNY people!

I posted this in "regional" but no one reads that. I am thinking of a destination hillclimb ride for later this year (late spring or summer) and best candidate seems to be Platt Cove Rd/Devil's Kitchen. Anyone ridden it and have comments on road conditions, traffic, etc??
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
what does carded a roadie mean? sorry for my ignorance.
Someone who is too cool to wear a yellow vest, e.g., I until this morning.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Someone who is too cool to wear a yellow vest, e.g., I until this morning.
At long last, have you left no sense of decency?​​​​​​?
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Originally Posted by datlas
I really like climbs. The longer, the better. I went out to SF a few years ago and did Diablo. That was great. Last year a group of us did Whiteface Mountain in NY State, it's 8 miles at 8% which was also not bad. Sadly, the longest climbs around here are only about 1 mile if you want 7%+. There is one that is 2+ miles but only 4% so I don't count that.
I just dug through my Strava. According to their elevation tracker the most significant hill I've gone up and over was about 200' in 1/2 mile. I heard from some people I was riding with that the grade topped out at ~12% or so. So very steep, but also very short.
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Originally Posted by datlas
At long last, have you left no sense of decency?​​​​​​?
Just call me "Tail Gunner Mo" from now on. My wife is very pleased.
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Someone who is too cool to wear a yellow vest, e.g., I until this morning.
That's why there's electric pink.

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