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Nothing wrong with that, but it really seems like the majority of infection is person-to-person via airborne droplets.
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Last week a woman pulled out of her parking space in front of my house with her tailgate open. I yelled to her and she stopped. I am surprised I haven't done it.
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Yeah, the few group rides I did years ago were super fun, I totally get why people do it.
The biggest thing I wish I had was a reliable group of friends to ride with - out of my tiny little friend group I'm the only one that rides road bikes.
I'm usually pretty okay by myself but if there were other people counting on me showing up to a ride I'd probably ride a lot more, especially on weekends. Not sure what's gotten into me but the last couple of weekends I've had zero motivation to ride.
The biggest thing I wish I had was a reliable group of friends to ride with - out of my tiny little friend group I'm the only one that rides road bikes.
I'm usually pretty okay by myself but if there were other people counting on me showing up to a ride I'd probably ride a lot more, especially on weekends. Not sure what's gotten into me but the last couple of weekends I've had zero motivation to ride.
The visibility/safety aspect is great - many roads that I'll avoid solo aren't much of a concern with even as few as four riders.
Flying along faster than you could sustain by yourself is awesome, too (funny enough, though, is that my solo rides often have a higher average speed than the group rides). The camaraderie and competitiveness is fun and are great motivators, also.
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Similar thing happened around here a few years back, except it took out a pedestrian bridge.
https://cnycentral.com/news/local/se...-east-accident
https://cnycentral.com/news/local/se...-east-accident
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Yeah, the few group rides I did years ago were super fun, I totally get why people do it.
The biggest thing I wish I had was a reliable group of friends to ride with - out of my tiny little friend group I'm the only one that rides road bikes.
I'm usually pretty okay by myself but if there were other people counting on me showing up to a ride I'd probably ride a lot more, especially on weekends. Not sure what's gotten into me but the last couple of weekends I've had zero motivation to ride.
The biggest thing I wish I had was a reliable group of friends to ride with - out of my tiny little friend group I'm the only one that rides road bikes.
I'm usually pretty okay by myself but if there were other people counting on me showing up to a ride I'd probably ride a lot more, especially on weekends. Not sure what's gotten into me but the last couple of weekends I've had zero motivation to ride.
I actually prefer to ride alone. The two reasons I do group rides, A. I really do believe they will help make me faster, gets me out of my element. B. When I am in a group ride, I am so focused on not hitting the guy enfront of me, I don’t think about anything else.
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I was in their place a handful of times, and I got in some snuggles with their pitbull, but I only met Rachel once. Strangely, she didn't seem too interested in all of the audio and home integration stuff that we were working on.
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There's also a railroad bridge just outside the city that gets hit by trucks on the regular. Clearance; 10'9". Commercial vehicles are specifically banned from this route. And there are dozens of signs, flashing lights, reflective orange safety paint on the bridge (just in case you don't take the designated truck route) to no avail.
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You'd think that they'd grow accustomed to keeping an eye out for clearance... then again, you'd think that cyclists with roof racks would be even more keyed-in on their own limitations, but we've seen all of the pictures.
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There's also a railroad bridge just outside the city that gets hit by trucks on the regular. Clearance; 10'9". Commercial vehicles are specifically banned from this route. And there are dozens of signs, flashing lights, reflective orange safety paint on the bridge (just in case you don't take the designated truck route) to no avail.
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I had a similar problem with my Seven, couldn't keep the headset tight enough. Turned out the star nut (or whatever it's called) inside the steer tube was loose enough to creep up the steer tube. I took the cap off and the nut has a hex, I think it's 6mm, to lock it in place.
Kinda like the second one in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...ature=emb_logo
Kinda like the second one in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...ature=emb_logo
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How to social distance..... It took another corner to convince the fellow on my wheel to adhere to the rules. Sadly, a couple laps later, no one followed the rules, and I was swamped.
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There's also a railroad bridge just outside the city that gets hit by trucks on the regular. Clearance; 10'9". Commercial vehicles are specifically banned from this route. And there are dozens of signs, flashing lights, reflective orange safety paint on the bridge (just in case you don't take the designated truck route) to no avail.
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About half the league, or 125 players, are >80. Most can still bat and catch well enough to be competitive (amongst themselves), but running is often the weakest point. Many need a pinch runner. One noticeable exception is my buddy Lance, an ex-Marine who can still run with the best of them at 88 years old . . . it's incredible to watch him get down the line to first base.
How long since you lived in the U.S.?
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Every morning we have to fill out a health questionnaire and I’m positive other families will not be truthful about where they’ve traveled or if the kids have fevers.
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Some how, some way, the kids need a classroom. I see the people I deal with, and I know they have kids at home, and I know there is no discipline at all to not only encourage the kids, but enforce the online rules. Heck, I've heard of a dress code now, yet their parents can't even get out of their jammies to go to the store.
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IKR. A friend and I were discussing this analogy the other day, it’s like kids playing on an abandoned rail line, only now there’s an invisible runaway train on the line that the kids are used to playing on, but they’re insistent on playing regardless like they’re accustomed to.
A lot of today’s “adults” are just not accustomed to any kind of constraints.
A lot of today’s “adults” are just not accustomed to any kind of constraints.
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Yeah, the few group rides I did years ago were super fun, I totally get why people do it.
The biggest thing I wish I had was a reliable group of friends to ride with - out of my tiny little friend group I'm the only one that rides road bikes.
I'm usually pretty okay by myself but if there were other people counting on me showing up to a ride I'd probably ride a lot more, especially on weekends. Not sure what's gotten into me but the last couple of weekends I've had zero motivation to ride.
The biggest thing I wish I had was a reliable group of friends to ride with - out of my tiny little friend group I'm the only one that rides road bikes.
I'm usually pretty okay by myself but if there were other people counting on me showing up to a ride I'd probably ride a lot more, especially on weekends. Not sure what's gotten into me but the last couple of weekends I've had zero motivation to ride.
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Just to be clear, you're saying if you need to go that high to tighten it up, once you've tightened the stem bolts, back off the preload bolt?
My question is, do you really want the front wheel off the ground when you're doing this? Because it seems to me then you are fighting gravity to pull your fork up snug into the bottom race. If it's standing on the front wheel, you're really mostly taking up the slack at the top.
I don't know. I never fiddled with headsets till last month the Bianchi's was loose, so I watched a couple videos and did what they showed.
My question is, do you really want the front wheel off the ground when you're doing this? Because it seems to me then you are fighting gravity to pull your fork up snug into the bottom race. If it's standing on the front wheel, you're really mostly taking up the slack at the top.
I don't know. I never fiddled with headsets till last month the Bianchi's was loose, so I watched a couple videos and did what they showed.
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I did the vast majority of my riding solo until a few years ago - once every blue moon, I'd ride with one or two other people and I'd do the occasional charity ride, but that's about it. I still enjoy riding solo, and sometimes I'll skip group rides because I just want that alone time, but group rides are a nice change of pace and have some great benefits.
The visibility/safety aspect is great - many roads that I'll avoid solo aren't much of a concern with even as few as four riders.
Flying along faster than you could sustain by yourself is awesome, too (funny enough, though, is that my solo rides often have a higher average speed than the group rides). The camaraderie and competitiveness is fun and are great motivators, also.
The visibility/safety aspect is great - many roads that I'll avoid solo aren't much of a concern with even as few as four riders.
Flying along faster than you could sustain by yourself is awesome, too (funny enough, though, is that my solo rides often have a higher average speed than the group rides). The camaraderie and competitiveness is fun and are great motivators, also.