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01-19-21, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
February 2019 I weighed 265. Never thought I would fit in a size 32 again. I did save all my old clothes though, so once I lost the weight I didn’t have to buy a new wardrobe. The old big clothes I set on fire.
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01-20-21, 03:04 AM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
It all counts. It's all time between the desire for pizza and the first bite of pizza.
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01-20-21, 04:19 AM
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Originally Posted by ls01
I'm out of control . I just bought a trek gravel bike. Gotta go pick it up after work tomorrow. I dont even want to ride gravel. $400.00 ...what the heck.
You do want to ride gravel, you just haven’t realized it yet.
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01-20-21, 04:23 AM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
I was blessed with the amazing genes that allow me to be skinny fat. 511 165 pounds, best shape I have been in since college and yet with a shirt off or skin tight rich italian synthetic material I still look fat. It’s really an amazing gift.
01-20-21, 04:25 AM
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I had a dream last night that the guy who owns the LBS where I bought the revolt couldn’t source the bike I ordered and gave me the model with GRX 815 Di2 instead.
01-20-21, 05:32 AM
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01-20-21, 05:48 AM
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Originally Posted by big john
Power just came back on, it was off for an hour+. Wind is still loud and it's a little drafty in here. Not like our last house, that place the blinds would swing around and make a racket when it was even a little windy. And the bugs could get in at will including scorpions and the big centipedes. Someone told me to try glueboards for the scorpions. Caught 2 lizards on the glueboards.
Mrs John caught this centipede and claimed it.
Mrs John caught this centipede and claimed it.
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Addiction is all about class.
01-20-21, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
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01-20-21, 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
The 2021 crocket comes in a pretty sweet pink as well.
He had the cantilever version initially and was going to sell the frameset to me for a pretty good deal, but it was a size smaller than what I would really need and the previous owner cut the fork steer tube really short
01-20-21, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by abshipp
My buddy has one of the old Pepto pink disc Crocketts. I'm super jealous of it even though I don't have much use for a gravel bike.
He had the cantilever version initially and was going to sell the frameset to me for a pretty good deal, but it was a size smaller than what I would really need and the previous owner cut the fork steer tube really short
He had the cantilever version initially and was going to sell the frameset to me for a pretty good deal, but it was a size smaller than what I would really need and the previous owner cut the fork steer tube really short
01-20-21, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
There was one for sale in my area recently for 1200, used, I just don’t need a gravel bike. The fact that I didn’t have 1200 dollars wasn’t the issue at all.
Plus I've raced cyclocross enough to know that I don't really like it
01-20-21, 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by abshipp
In the end I'm kind of glad I didn't buy it since it's specifically a cyclocross bike, not a gravel bike. I think tire clearance is limited to around 40mm and my friend says that even on the size 58 he's got toe overlap.
Plus I've raced cyclocross enough to know that I don't really like it
Plus I've raced cyclocross enough to know that I don't really like it
01-20-21, 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
It looks like it could be fun. When I first started doing this sport that was one of the first style of races that I saw, and I was really interested. Now not as much.
I don't particularly enjoy feeling like I'm going to throw up, and it's even worse when you're feeling that way and getting lapped
01-20-21, 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
It counts as time spent waiting for the pizza, not time spent making the pizza.
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Originally Posted by Heathpack
Amateur bike racing is just a fun thing, as far as I know, there's no penalty for not winning.
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Originally Posted by abshipp
Riding a cyclocross bike is fun, especially on mountain bike singletrack. It's that the races themselves are just way harder than I'm interested in working
I don't particularly enjoy feeling like I'm going to throw up, and it's even worse when you're feeling that way and getting lapped
I don't particularly enjoy feeling like I'm going to throw up, and it's even worse when you're feeling that way and getting lapped
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Originally Posted by Heathpack
Amateur bike racing is just a fun thing, as far as I know, there's no penalty for not winning.
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I mean, max heart rate for 30 to 60 minutes while jumping off and on your bike over uneven ground? What's not to like?
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Originally Posted by Heathpack
Amateur bike racing is just a fun thing, as far as I know, there's no penalty for not winning.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
I mean, max heart rate for 30 to 60 minutes while jumping off and on your bike over uneven ground? What's not to like?
01-20-21, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by abshipp
In the end I'm kind of glad I didn't buy it since it's specifically a cyclocross bike, not a gravel bike. I think tire clearance is limited to around 40mm and my friend says that even on the size 58 he's got toe overlap.
Plus I've raced cyclocross enough to know that I don't really like it
Plus I've raced cyclocross enough to know that I don't really like it
01-20-21, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
I mean, max heart rate for 30 to 60 minutes while jumping off and on your bike over uneven ground? What's not to like?
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01-20-21, 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by abshipp
I certainly liked my CX bike. Shouldn't have ever sold it
I had a Colnago World Cup and a Garneau Steeple X. Sold them both. I'm too fragile for CX or gravel.
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01-20-21, 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
I had a Colnago World Cup and a Garneau Steeple X. Sold them both. I'm too fragile for CX or gravel.
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01-20-21, 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
There was one for sale in my area recently for 1200, used, I just don’t need a gravel bike. The fact that I didn’t have 1200 dollars wasn’t the issue at all.
01-20-21, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
I’m always amazed that anyone would want to participate in that sport. I feel like it’s the cycling version of a Spartan Race.
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
Why don’t you need one? There seems to be quite a bit of it within a reasonable driving range if you.
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