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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 01-31-20, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Appreciate the above advice, Getting old sucks.

Today I drank chocolate milk after my ride, and after the 50 miler I ate a peanut butter honey sandwich. That’s about the extent of it. I was thinking about getting some more whey.
All the protein in my body has been replaced with whey many times over.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
We're on the road back home (finally). When we get home on Sunday, I'll have put ~7k miles on the VW in ~6 weeks. Oy.

Side note: I'm so ready to sleep in my own bed.
I'm sure it'll be nice to get back to a routine and a bit of normalcy in general.

But yeah, other than the big trips, I put like 6k miles a year on the car. Even with them it's like 10k.
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HAHAHA!.

This was captioned "According to the WYOMING DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION, a high impact winter storm will bring winter driving conditions to ALL of Wyoming..."

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Old 01-31-20, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
Y'all drive a lot.
54k miles on the 2017 VW Sportwagen.
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Old 01-31-20, 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
And now I will attempt to ride an upright bike a few hundred meters, and back again.
The upright was out of service so I took my fave road bike. No pain whatsoever. I'll give it a few more days, to maybe a week. Woo woo
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
I'm sure it'll be nice to get back to a routine and a bit of normalcy in general.
I don't even remember what that's like at this point.

Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
But yeah, other than the big trips, I put like 6k miles a year on the car. Even with them it's like 10k.
I'm probably somewhere around 6k/yr without the trips, too. The VW is coming up on 8 years old and has 97k on it. A lot a lot a lot of that is between MN and VA.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Appreciate the above advice, Getting old sucks.
.
You're 32, correct?
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Old 01-31-20, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
You're 32, correct?
and some change.
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Originally Posted by datlas
But is your car of legal drinking age?? The Saturn is.
My car is the seedsbelize of cars.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
249,000 on the minivan.
About to turn over 30,000 km on the Fit.
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Originally Posted by datlas
It’s good.



Working on it. Gimme more time.



No way. Bike too precious to go on roof, it travels inside with me.


Here it is....


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Originally Posted by WhyFi
We're on the road back home (finally). When we get home on Sunday, I'll have put ~7k miles on the VW in ~6 weeks. Oy.

Side note: I'm so ready to sleep in my own bed.
Travel safe, WhyFi
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Appreciate the above advice, Getting old sucks.

Today I drank chocolate milk after my ride, and after the 50 miler I ate a peanut butter honey sandwich. That’s about the extent of it. I was thinking about getting some more whey.
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Sadly DougRNS isn't here to enjoy this.

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Old 01-31-20, 07:34 PM
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Looks like a nice day out by Laramie. 24 vehicle pileup unfortunately...

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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Looks like a nice day out by Laramie. 24 vehicle pileup unfortunately...

That'll put a damper on your day.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
That'll put a damper on your day.
I wonder if truckers get paid extra to drive across Wyoming.
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I've really been slacking on the bike maintenance lately; looks like I've got some work to do: (just off the top of my head)

Basso: Lube Rear Der. Pulleys and chain, repack hubs.
Ellsworth:New rear tire
Preston:Tighten BB, add tubeless goop
Tandem: build new rear wheel, Remove link from timing chain, Adjust BB
Swobo: lube chain, install new seatpost clamp, eliminate creak
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Originally Posted by WalksOn2Wheels
So any of you addictionites know the best place to score a 105 R7000 group? Thinking it's time to upgrade.
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Merlin is always mentioned. I've never tried them, but prices seem good.

https://www.merlincycles.com/en-us/s...et-118524.html
I was going to suggest Merlin as well. No personal purchases either but frequently gets mentioned on BF. $446 for rim, $615 for disc group set it looks like.
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January snowfall = "T"
Y-T-D = 2.0"

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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Getting old sucks.
It's not the age, it's the inflammation.

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
My car is the seedsbelize of cars.
How's that?
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
My car is the seedsbelize of cars.
It’s got a bum shoulder??
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
All the protein in my body has been replaced with whey many times over.
No whey!

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Originally Posted by abshipp
How's that?
I don't want to characterize someone's age, but I think you get my drift.
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