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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 01-13-24, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize2
I used to ride rollers, long ago and in a land far away.
Same. 800-1000 miles a winter. I had Kreitlers exactly like in Jadmt's pic. Went through a couple belts.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Estimated odds of survival to next week: 50/50.
With those odds, I would move to Florida if I were you.

Or you could move to Cali and hang with our west coast guys. They'd love to have you.
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I came down with something the other day, covid test neg yesterday and today. Had to scratch cycling yesterday and today, as just going up the stairs was uncomfortable for my respiratory situation.

On a snack break during a low intensity stroll right now.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Or you could move to Cali and hang with our west coast guys. They'd love to have you.
I don't do the bong.


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Originally Posted by lesterofpuppets
on a snack break during a low intensity stroll right now.
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smh
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Old 01-13-24, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
smh
You expect me walk 3km w/o a snack? That's crazy talk
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Originally Posted by TMonk
I've also never learned to ride rollers. It's the pro way to warm up for a race for sure
I rode rollers until I got a dumb trainer and never fell. I'm no bike handling wizard. You can do eet!
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
You expect me walk 3km w/o a snack? That's crazy talk
I walk three miles without a snack or a break and do just fine.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I walk three miles without a snack or a break and do just fine.
Hydration report:

16 oz yerba mate drink
Halfway through a 28oz Powerade. I'm sure I'll have that killed off before I get back home
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I don't do the bong.


Dougs don't do drugs
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I walk three miles without a snack or a break and do just fine.
*or water
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
Dougs don't do drugs
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Plastic is lighter. My Casio F-91W is light as a feather. I would consider one in Ti if it were an option.
There's a G-Shock version in titanium. It may cost more than a Habanero frame.

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
*or water
Beware of kidney stones.
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Originally Posted by jadmt
Y'all got a Corvallis in MT too?
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Y'all got a Corvallis in MT too?
about 40 miles south of missoula
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Beware of kidney stones.
Am I at risk?
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I think they just make up the numbers once it's below zero.
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Originally Posted by jadmt
about 40 miles south of missoula
I haven't driven that stretch of 93 yet, it's on my list of things to do though.
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I think there's a Corvallis in Oregon too
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Am I at risk?

I think they just make up the numbers once it's below zero.
At 40 below, F and C are at parity, which surely makes that the ideal temperature.
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I think there's a Corvallis in Oregon too
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
You take delight watching the suffering of others?
...sometimes. They even have a name for it, "schadenfreude". Thinking of using this for a popular song motif, using the tune to "Wunderbar".

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With those odds, I would move to Florida if I were you.

Or you could move to Cali and hang with our west coast guys. They'd love to have you.
Originally Posted by Velo Vol
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Here It Is! Alice B. Toklas’s Recipe for Hash Brownies
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Originally Posted by genejockey
I finally gave in to the "Own a Titanium bike, wear a Titanium watch" thing. But, as with the bike, I went cheap. An Alba (sub brand of Seiko's), not sold in the US. Saw it on a video last night. Titanium case, titanium bracelet, quartz movement. Not expecting much out of it.

Of course, normally I prefer vintage mechanical, but I need a Coffee Watch - the one I put on for early morning, coffee and breakfast, before showering. Normally it's a 1960 Lord Elgin US Steel retirement watch on a metal bracelet, but that's started running a little fast, so it needs servicing and I can't be arsed to do it.
I have two titanium watches, both mechanical. Worlds lighter than my stainless mechanicals.
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