datlas 

I think the fredliness from the mirrors and the periscope cancel each other out. Amiright?

indyfabz

Black sea bass tonight.

LAJ

bampilot06

No riots in the OBX.

Velo Vol 

No word from abshipp . Probably forgot to pre-hydrate and ended up in a ditch by the goat field.

Velo Vol 

Needs someone to organize it.

LesterOfPuppets

I was surprised I ended up really liking Outer Banks on Netflix.

I haven't been there since 1977 or so

bampilot06

First time back in 6 years. It’s amazing how much it has changed, and at the same time it hasn’t changed at all, if that makes any sense.

bampilot06

Or he took a picture of something that didn’t want it’s picture taken.....

seedsbelize 

How fresh could it be? All the way from the Black Sea.

Velo Vol 

wut is a periscope?

abshipp 

Barely adequate pre-hydration. Made it with careful rationing.

Glad I had a heart rate monitor, it was hot enough that my HR was getting really high without feeling like I was working much at all.
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Too hot for pictures. I did see a bunch teenagers going to go swim in a quarry though. I think it's posted "no trespassing". Damn kids these days SMH.

Velo Vol 

How much did you drink? (in American units)

seedsbelize 

I was there in '84 or thereabouts

big john

Uncut steer tube protruding above the stem. Duh.

indyfabz

Duh. A mouthwash that treats periodontal disease.

Bah Humbug

Speaking of my fredly bike, I bought another thing to hang on it: the Varia RTL515. Seemed like a good idea with adding a bunch of new on-road riding, especially around daybreak. I know WhyFi approves, and at least I know they're not about to release a new one on me.

bampilot06

that’s one of the things on my ever growing amazon list. My wife is cute, she looks at the list but doesn’t read what things are. She bought me a regular light the other day which I already have. Her response was she saw the Varia on Amazon so she bought one that looked like it.....

seedsbelize 

It's raining

bampilot06

that’s unfortunate.

abshipp 

Throughout the day? 5 or 6 17fl.oz bottles plus a couple mugs of coffee.

On the bike was a single 20fl.oz bottle.

rjones28 

Quality

WhyFi

The only problem with the Varia is the anxiety of not having it (forgot to charge it or whatever) after you've grown accustomed to it.

Also, if you haven't seen, you can pair it to as many head units as you'd like - there's no pairing mode, it's always open broadcasting - so both you and AG can have the readout. The person that's piggybacking just has to be aware that the indicated car positioning is relative to the light, obv, not their own position (but you two stick close together, anyway, it seems).

Bah Humbug

This is why AG and I literally don't surprise each other with gifts. Economists will actually tell you that gift-giving, as at Christmas or birthdays, is inefficient: depending on which study you look at, between 10% and 30% of a gift's value is wasted (in terms of price vs value to the recipient). Great for the holiday-industrial complex; terrible for your wallet and happiness. It's much better to make sure that if you buy someone a gift, it's something they would do for themselves. The exception would be things like how I would likely not actually buy myself an R5 (or P5X), but if AG paid that premium for a gift (she doesn't read this so it's not a hint, and I'm not getting a new bike until the new DA drops and we see what Shimano's next direction is), I'd cherish and enjoy that great bike that I wouldn't buy myself. Those are rare cases, though; most surprise gifts are things the recipient doesn't want as much as they cost, and thus are stupid and wasteful. It gets worse the wealthier you are, because you're more likely to have already bought yourself the things you find valuable for the cost.

WhyFi

Are you not a serious cyclist?