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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 01-01-24, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
It was easy for me to say.
you're being difficult again.
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
he's in the mountains and is 30 years older than you. Easy for you to say.
How do you know?
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where in the hell did this rain come from.

Just drove by a terrible car crash on the interstate. u-haul went off the road and was on fire. Judging by the driver side passenger seat being no longer in the shape of a seat I don’t think it was survivable. Sad.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
How do you know?

He, lives in CO.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
He, lives in CO.
It's mountain-free if he goes east.


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Only 4380' climbing over 100 miles.

Total flatlander fest
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
It's mountain-free if he goes east.


Rolling hills heading east. Foothills today, so only 4500-ish climbing.
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Originally Posted by LAJ
Rolling hills heading east. Foothills today, so only 4500-ish climbing.
Kudos.
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Originally Posted by LAJ
Rolling hills heading east. Foothills today, so only 4500-ish climbing.
Sorry I brought up your ride. In typical addiction fashion things went sideways.
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The fat lady is warming up in Pasadena.
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
Sorry I brought up your ride. In typical addiction fashion things went sideways.

better than upside down.
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
Sorry I brought up your ride. In typical addiction fashion things went sideways.
No sweat! Life is good. New Year resolution handled. Now I just have to work on being a nice guy.
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Old 01-01-24, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
It was easy for me to say.
Originally Posted by DougRNS
you're being difficult again.
It can't be "difficult" if it was "easy."
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Is that what that was?
Maybe
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Originally Posted by genejockey
I do my damndest to be funny. I just can't tell if it's working.
Neither can we.
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
It won't fly in Peoria.
#GetWellDennis
I've flown into Peoria Airport. It was pleasant.
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Originally Posted by LAJ
Rolling hills heading east. Foothills today, so only 4500-ish climbing.
But, also elevation. Don't underplay your accomplishment.
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Doing another zone 2 ride tomorrow. The following day garmin says 30-15s 3 sets of 10 zone 5. Which seems like a fun day.
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
Sorry I brought up your ride. In typical addiction fashion things went sideways.
I also laughed at what your brain tells your body to do. That was gold.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
I've flown into Peoria Airport. It was pleasant.

I have not. I have flown to Champaign. It was an airport.
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Old 01-01-24, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
But, also elevation. Don't underplay your accomplishment.
I'm so accustomed to this air that I forget how it messes with those that aren't. Thank you.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Im glad you asked. It’s about anything that springs to one’s mind . . . within reason. (We once had a guy in here who interpreted that concept literally and became a major pain in the ass posting every every one of his often wacky thoughts. That didn’t work out well for him when all was said and done.)

Think of Addiction as a Foo thread within the Road forum, where one can discuss all manner of topics without being off-topic. Personally, I think a reasonable goal would be to aim for a reasonable balance of topics. Specifically, at times last year I think the thread got too bogged down with cycling issues, which outnumbered and outweighed everything else. Among other things, humor suffered, and more than one person has privately complained to me about their dissatisfaction with the content of the thread. They said things had gotten very boring and the thread just wasn’t fun anymore, especially since the passing of Pcad, whom most know was all about fun and comical banter.

I see that as easily fixed. Before getting too cycling centric we might possibly remember that we are in a cycling forum where a topic will almost certainly find a wider body of interested souls outside of Addiction than what’s available inside Addiction. Let me be clear right away, I’m not saying we shouldn’t discuss anything cycling related in Addiction, but rather let’s try to find a balance where it’s more sporadic or, for example, it doesn’t take up one or two whole pages of chatter at a time. That’s a bit much for any topic. Move it out to the cycling forum where more help is available and where more can enjoy. There’s a big difference historically between the purpose and usage of the Water Cooler/Chit Chat thread and the purpose and usage of the Addiction thread. I definitely don’t think it would be much fun if all of the Road Cycling topics gradually migrated into the Addiction thread. It could happen. Some might say it’s happening now.

I realize of course everyone can’t be as witty as Pcad, and the thread will never be the same without him, or Coasting, but we can try at least to be a little more considerate of a wider audience.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Doing another zone 2 ride tomorrow. The following day garmin says 30-15s 3 sets of 10 zone 5. Which seems like a fun day.
How long? Zone 2 wears you down. Be careful.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
It was pleasant.
The airport? Or the flight?
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Originally Posted by rjones28
I've flown into Peoria Airport. It was pleasant.
I had a brother in law in Peoria. He wasn't.
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