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John Prine got the virus and is on a ventilator in grave condition.
Truly sad.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OVhA01J0Zsg
Truly sad.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OVhA01J0Zsg
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just saw this. The turns are unreal, how far he leans it over.
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And Joe Diffy passed yesterday.
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You've had an unridden bicycle for 36 years?
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They were bought and the old brain trust left. The new bikes were technically good, but the fits became much taller and shorter. They’ve slowly been reverting to classic geometry, but there were years when most of their bikes had really relaxed geometry. And people who had been riding them for the old geometry were
upset.
upset.
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Relaxed geometry and tall HTs. All the race geometry was gone and I couldn't fit a Cervelo without a -17 stem, which looks silly. I think the Specialized Roubaix came out around this time as well. My R3SL is the old geometry and fits perfectly.
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Those medical ships are incredible. I've been on the Mercy and have hats from both, although the Comfort's hat is cooler.
I lived in Dubai as a kid. The UAE has always been a major US base and the US presence was the only reason we didn't get invaded during the Persian Gulf War. As a kid growing up, there were always frigates, destroyers, aircraft carriers, and medical ships in the docks.
We would have US servicemen over during holidays - Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas. My mom would feed them and my dad managed the housing complex we lived at, so they would all go down to the beach and use the pool. One year for Thanksgiving, we had the doctors over.
I lived in Dubai as a kid. The UAE has always been a major US base and the US presence was the only reason we didn't get invaded during the Persian Gulf War. As a kid growing up, there were always frigates, destroyers, aircraft carriers, and medical ships in the docks.
We would have US servicemen over during holidays - Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas. My mom would feed them and my dad managed the housing complex we lived at, so they would all go down to the beach and use the pool. One year for Thanksgiving, we had the doctors over.
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It’s not called a bicycle anymore, it’s called a clothing rack.
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I have an oldie in my shed, now called utility storage.
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I crashed my R3SL in 2015, which happened to coincide with the return of the old Cervelo geometry. I wanted this bike as my crash replacement. Cervelo customer service loved my old R3SL and convinced me not to do it. He said some of them had been working there a long time and believed the early bikes were their best.
I was also running out of time with my wife. I fixed the R3SL, bought a NIB 2008 SLC-SL from R&A, returned it, and then bought the TMR01. I got my aero bike.
I was also running out of time with my wife. I fixed the R3SL, bought a NIB 2008 SLC-SL from R&A, returned it, and then bought the TMR01. I got my aero bike.
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"Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko proposed having his drivers deliberately infected with coronavirus in the hope that they’d be immune by the time the Formula 1 season starts."
Then there's the other side.
https://racer.com/2020/03/30/marko-w...-for-immunity/
Then there's the other side.
https://racer.com/2020/03/30/marko-w...-for-immunity/
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I did ok with it but takes a lot of patience. Worth doing IMO for your "nice/fancy" wheelset/tires.
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I crashed my R3SL in 2015, which happened to coincide with the return of the old Cervelo geometry. I wanted this bike as my crash replacement. Cervelo customer service loved my old R3SL and convinced me not to do it. He said some of them had been working there a long time and believed the early bikes were their best.
I was also running out of time with my wife. I fixed the R3SL, bought a NIB 2008 SLC-SL from R&A, returned it, and then bought the TMR01. I got my aero bike.
I was also running out of time with my wife. I fixed the R3SL, bought a NIB 2008 SLC-SL from R&A, returned it, and then bought the TMR01. I got my aero bike.
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Nope. We're well stocked. Even with produce atm.
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In other consumerism news, I ordered a product that just shipped from a New Jersey warehouse. It should take about three days to get here, but I'm considering leaving it in the box for an extra day just for kicks.
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They were bought and the old brain trust left. The new bikes were technically good, but the fits became much taller and shorter. They’ve slowly been reverting to classic geometry, but there were years when most of their bikes had really relaxed geometry. And people who had been riding them for the old geometry were
upset.
upset.
I crashed my R3SL in 2015, which happened to coincide with the return of the old Cervelo geometry. I wanted this bike as my crash replacement. Cervelo customer service loved my old R3SL and convinced me not to do it. He said some of them had been working there a long time and believed the early bikes were their best.
I was also running out of time with my wife. I fixed the R3SL, bought a NIB 2008 SLC-SL from R&A, returned it, and then bought the TMR01. I got my aero bike.
I was also running out of time with my wife. I fixed the R3SL, bought a NIB 2008 SLC-SL from R&A, returned it, and then bought the TMR01. I got my aero bike.
How extensive was the repair?
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During the month of March, I have given up sugar, gluten, and dairy. And I have joined the ranks of the intermittent fasters. My energy level is through the roof. And my focus too. What with not having coffee or breakfast, my mornings are much more productive. I might just get caught up on my long list of projects during this isolation period.
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I'll probably keep the regular road pedals on the roadie for the foreseeable future, as it's a bike that I clip in once and don't get off the bike until I'm back at home. Plus I've still got a pair of road shoes and cleats with lots of life left in them, and using one of those 3 bolt -> 2 bolt cleat adapters doesn't really give me any advantage over what I've got now.