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02-19-24, 09:46 PM
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cowboy, steel horse, etc
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And I've played much older machines than 1970s, the most primitive was from the early 20th century and didn't have flippers, it was essentially table style pa*****o
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02-19-24, 09:51 PM
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As for how tough..."Expect to climb Old La Honda in 21 minutes or less."
That's 3.1 miles of 7.4% average gradient in 21 minutes. Bike Calculator says to do that, I'd have to put out 333 w for 21 minutes.
As for how long, a quick perusal of their recent rides indicates they're often in excess of 70 miles. The distance and amount of climbing sounds like you, but I don't know about the pace.
That's 3.1 miles of 7.4% average gradient in 21 minutes. Bike Calculator says to do that, I'd have to put out 333 w for 21 minutes.
As for how long, a quick perusal of their recent rides indicates they're often in excess of 70 miles. The distance and amount of climbing sounds like you, but I don't know about the pace.
I've done some climbing rides but not fast. Terry would drop me on my best day even if he was having a bad one.
02-19-24, 10:21 PM
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02-19-24, 10:21 PM
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02-19-24, 10:23 PM
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02-19-24, 10:27 PM
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02-19-24, 10:30 PM
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02-19-24, 10:34 PM
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02-19-24, 10:57 PM
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What's so notorious about that one? There's been chatter about it in "the 33" over the years. I don't recall it having a bad rap, but it's been a while since we had regular west-bay users in that subforum.
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02-19-24, 11:12 PM
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Back when I first got the Litespeed, I would periodically hear a loud bell-like sound when hitting sudden bumps. I was going down a bit of road that had been trenched, then poorly patched, and it made sounds like a pinball machine.
So I named it "Pinball Wizard", or Wizard for short.
Turns out it was the flange on the pump handle of my Zefal HPx striking the underside of the top tube. Titanium rings like that. I now stuff something spongey in the gap so it doesn't do that.
So I named it "Pinball Wizard", or Wizard for short.
Turns out it was the flange on the pump handle of my Zefal HPx striking the underside of the top tube. Titanium rings like that. I now stuff something spongey in the gap so it doesn't do that.
02-20-24, 12:22 AM
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climber has-been
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Here's the Alto Velo A Ride route from yesterday.
A pretty fun route to the coast and back, but not fun at the pace they go.
A pretty fun route to the coast and back, but not fun at the pace they go.
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02-20-24, 04:46 AM
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Should Be More Popular
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02-20-24, 06:15 AM
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02-20-24, 06:17 AM
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02-20-24, 06:20 AM
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I don't recall signing a waiver to ride with Pen Velo, though when I actually joined the club it was probably part of it, and they don't mention waivers on their site. OTOH, Alto Velo requires a signed waiver on file to ride with them, member or not.
IIRC, Larry was complaining about being asked about a waiver when he tried to join an Alto Velo ride. So he showed them by shadowing the ride without actually joining.
IIRC, Larry was complaining about being asked about a waiver when he tried to join an Alto Velo ride. So he showed them by shadowing the ride without actually joining.
02-20-24, 08:06 AM
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Fat n slow
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HVAC on a screen is a recipe for disaster. I’m fine with the rest, but put it as actual buttons so someone isn’t distracted flipping through screens.
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02-20-24, 08:15 AM
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My body battery was 50 this morning.
I’m normally in bed by 9:15 with a 4:30 wake up, last night I was up until nearly 12 trying to get the fork on the soloist wrapped. It was a huge pain in the balls and I ended up giving up- just couldn’t get it lined up right.
We also went to our trainer last night for upper body. Set weight for bench is up to my body weight now, which I guess is good. Was a pretty solid workout where we ended on alternating waves on the battling ropes, 30s on, 30s off for 4 sets. My number of waves were 125,115,112 and 110. Not shabby.
Tonight is lower, moving up to 200 set weight for deadlifts, will do backward lunges with 50 in each hand and who knows what else.
Tried a threshold ride and just didn’t have the juice to do it. Then lost interest in continuing on with a recovery workout.
Tried the wrap again this morning and got the first piece down and bubble free in 15 minutes, clearly it wasn’t my night last night.
Verbal diarrhea over…
I’m normally in bed by 9:15 with a 4:30 wake up, last night I was up until nearly 12 trying to get the fork on the soloist wrapped. It was a huge pain in the balls and I ended up giving up- just couldn’t get it lined up right.
We also went to our trainer last night for upper body. Set weight for bench is up to my body weight now, which I guess is good. Was a pretty solid workout where we ended on alternating waves on the battling ropes, 30s on, 30s off for 4 sets. My number of waves were 125,115,112 and 110. Not shabby.
Tonight is lower, moving up to 200 set weight for deadlifts, will do backward lunges with 50 in each hand and who knows what else.
Tried a threshold ride and just didn’t have the juice to do it. Then lost interest in continuing on with a recovery workout.
Tried the wrap again this morning and got the first piece down and bubble free in 15 minutes, clearly it wasn’t my night last night.
Verbal diarrhea over…
02-20-24, 08:25 AM
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Here's the Alto Velo A Ride route from yesterday.
A pretty fun route to the coast and back, but not fun at the pace they go.
A pretty fun route to the coast and back, but not fun at the pace they go.
I want to do one for my 70th in April and probably do it solo. I haven't done the Heartbreak loop in a few years, used to love that ride. Or the Two Tujungas. Did that twice around my 68th and I can do it from home. Still time to chicken out.
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02-20-24, 08:27 AM
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02-20-24, 08:28 AM
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02-20-24, 08:29 AM
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02-20-24, 08:34 AM
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My body battery was 50 this morning.
I’m normally in bed by 9:15 with a 4:30 wake up, last night I was up until nearly 12 trying to get the fork on the soloist wrapped. It was a huge pain in the balls and I ended up giving up- just couldn’t get it lined up right.
We also went to our trainer last night for upper body. Set weight for bench is up to my body weight now, which I guess is good. Was a pretty solid workout where we ended on alternating waves on the battling ropes, 30s on, 30s off for 4 sets. My number of waves were 125,115,112 and 110. Not shabby.
Tonight is lower, moving up to 200 set weight for deadlifts, will do backward lunges with 50 in each hand and who knows what else.
Tried a threshold ride and just didn’t have the juice to do it. Then lost interest in continuing on with a recovery workout.
Tried the wrap again this morning and got the first piece down and bubble free in 15 minutes, clearly it wasn’t my night last night.
Verbal diarrhea over…
I’m normally in bed by 9:15 with a 4:30 wake up, last night I was up until nearly 12 trying to get the fork on the soloist wrapped. It was a huge pain in the balls and I ended up giving up- just couldn’t get it lined up right.
We also went to our trainer last night for upper body. Set weight for bench is up to my body weight now, which I guess is good. Was a pretty solid workout where we ended on alternating waves on the battling ropes, 30s on, 30s off for 4 sets. My number of waves were 125,115,112 and 110. Not shabby.
Tonight is lower, moving up to 200 set weight for deadlifts, will do backward lunges with 50 in each hand and who knows what else.
Tried a threshold ride and just didn’t have the juice to do it. Then lost interest in continuing on with a recovery workout.
Tried the wrap again this morning and got the first piece down and bubble free in 15 minutes, clearly it wasn’t my night last night.
Verbal diarrhea over…
02-20-24, 08:40 AM
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