Hello from Lost Wages
04-05-18, 01:15 AM
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Hello from Lost Wages
So the intro thing....basically, typical MAMIL and unrepentant Rule 17 breaker. 
I work to support my hobby habits...full time as a marketing director, and part time in EMS for a friend's company.
I used to ride a ton of BMX when I was a kid, but got out of riding bicycles for a long time, motorcycles and cars being much more fun when getting older. Now riding is much more fun, and I am 42. Still pretty much a newbie on road cycling.
Broke into wrenching on bikes around 2010 and figured if I was going to work on them, I should probably be riding them, so I got the CAAD 10 5 when it came out. Wasn't caught up on modern machines yet and the full carbon was a bad thing when I stopped riding, as in not super safe yet, which is why I went alloy haha. Futzed around on it a bit here and there, but only started riding frequently about a year ago. I was down with a medical condition called Guillain-Barre Syndrome for quite a while, and when I recovered I wasn't doing real well at my former loves of hiking and rock climbing. Plus my wife rode her commuter to and from work, so it was something we could do together.
Once we got used to riding frequently, we started to do charity rides, Tour de Cure and that kind of stuff. I had been in love with the Evo since it came out, and recently ended up with Lawson Craddock's practice bike from last year (Big Argyle fan.) 2017 Evo HiMod Di2 (non disc) Team edition. So that has been a huge plus for me, finally have the fancy stuff I have been drooling over for years. Now I ride 50+ miles a week and am really enjoying it. After a lot of deliberating, my wife just stepped up to a Liv Langma and it's been a real blast seeing her take a huge leap in her speeds and milage.
Other hobbies other than the stuff above include archery, ham radio, aviation archeology, reading and travel. Looking forward to reading the forum.
I work to support my hobby habits...full time as a marketing director, and part time in EMS for a friend's company. I used to ride a ton of BMX when I was a kid, but got out of riding bicycles for a long time, motorcycles and cars being much more fun when getting older. Now riding is much more fun, and I am 42. Still pretty much a newbie on road cycling.
Broke into wrenching on bikes around 2010 and figured if I was going to work on them, I should probably be riding them, so I got the CAAD 10 5 when it came out. Wasn't caught up on modern machines yet and the full carbon was a bad thing when I stopped riding, as in not super safe yet, which is why I went alloy haha. Futzed around on it a bit here and there, but only started riding frequently about a year ago. I was down with a medical condition called Guillain-Barre Syndrome for quite a while, and when I recovered I wasn't doing real well at my former loves of hiking and rock climbing. Plus my wife rode her commuter to and from work, so it was something we could do together.
Once we got used to riding frequently, we started to do charity rides, Tour de Cure and that kind of stuff. I had been in love with the Evo since it came out, and recently ended up with Lawson Craddock's practice bike from last year (Big Argyle fan.) 2017 Evo HiMod Di2 (non disc) Team edition. So that has been a huge plus for me, finally have the fancy stuff I have been drooling over for years. Now I ride 50+ miles a week and am really enjoying it. After a lot of deliberating, my wife just stepped up to a Liv Langma and it's been a real blast seeing her take a huge leap in her speeds and milage.
Other hobbies other than the stuff above include archery, ham radio, aviation archeology, reading and travel. Looking forward to reading the forum.
04-05-18, 06:20 AM
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Welcome to Bike Forums. Nice intro. 
Glad you joined us. 
Glad you joined us.
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I am a cyclist. I am not the fastest or the fittest. But I will get to where I'm going with a smile on my face.
04-05-18, 09:36 AM
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Welcome to Bike Forums, Vegasclimber! It's a nice pastime to share with you wife, and I'm glad you two found it.
04-05-18, 10:34 AM
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Welcome to BF! I am fairly new here as well. A wealth of info to be gleaned by some knowledgeable folks. I have learned a lot in a short time and oh how some advances in tech have changed many things in cycling.
04-06-18, 01:33 PM
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Welcome, everyone. Glad to have you.
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