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10-23-20, 09:25 AM
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10-23-20, 09:26 AM
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It's supposed to get stupid cold for a few days starting this weekend through the middle portions of the country.
https://weather.com/forecast/regiona...rockies-plains
https://weather.com/forecast/regiona...rockies-plains
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10-23-20, 09:44 AM
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10-23-20, 09:46 AM
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"When the warm weather comes, it will disappear. Like magic".
10-23-20, 09:56 AM
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Something I keep wondering about - why am I so much slower on my Trek than my Schwinn? Like on average by around 2mph, regardless of ride length.
38mm tires vs 28mm? (Compass extralights vs Panaracer GK slicks)
Much less aggressive position plus big ol' handlebar bag on the Trek?
30-35lbs vs 22lbs?
Not sure what I can do fit-wise. The frame is so big, and the stem can only go so low...
Sometimes I feel like just embracing the slow life and throwing flat pedals on the thing. But I'm also frustrated at how slow I am when I'm on it.
38mm tires vs 28mm? (Compass extralights vs Panaracer GK slicks)
Much less aggressive position plus big ol' handlebar bag on the Trek?
30-35lbs vs 22lbs?
Not sure what I can do fit-wise. The frame is so big, and the stem can only go so low...
Sometimes I feel like just embracing the slow life and throwing flat pedals on the thing. But I'm also frustrated at how slow I am when I'm on it.
10-23-20, 09:58 AM
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10-23-20, 10:08 AM
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Happy Friday nevertheless.
10-23-20, 10:10 AM
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10-23-20, 10:10 AM
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10-23-20, 10:12 AM
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10-23-20, 10:17 AM
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Something I keep wondering about - why am I so much slower on my Trek than my Schwinn? Like on average by around 2mph, regardless of ride length.
38mm tires vs 28mm? (Compass extralights vs Panaracer GK slicks)
Much less aggressive position plus big ol' handlebar bag on the Trek?
30-35lbs vs 22lbs?
Not sure what I can do fit-wise. The frame is so big, and the stem can only go so low...
Sometimes I feel like just embracing the slow life and throwing flat pedals on the thing. But I'm also frustrated at how slow I am when I'm on it.
38mm tires vs 28mm? (Compass extralights vs Panaracer GK slicks)
Much less aggressive position plus big ol' handlebar bag on the Trek?
30-35lbs vs 22lbs?
Not sure what I can do fit-wise. The frame is so big, and the stem can only go so low...
Sometimes I feel like just embracing the slow life and throwing flat pedals on the thing. But I'm also frustrated at how slow I am when I'm on it.
10-23-20, 10:29 AM
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I'm hoping we here in the NE don't have an intense early winter like we did last year . . . which soon turned into a bizarre, abnormally warm winter and a really bizarre and abnormal spring, resulting in an unusually bizarre and abnormal summer. #climatechanging
It's going to be almost 80F today and it'll fall to the mid-30s by lunch tomorrow.
10-23-20, 10:31 AM
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10-23-20, 10:32 AM
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10-23-20, 10:33 AM
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What's the kind of sail called? Maybe there's YouTube demonstrating it.
10-23-20, 10:35 AM
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10-23-20, 10:37 AM
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10-23-20, 10:38 AM
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10-23-20, 10:39 AM
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10-23-20, 10:40 AM
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on the piano.
10-23-20, 10:40 AM
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10-23-20, 10:42 AM
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So I guess that might be what I'm trying to figure out.
Or what about surface type - do you avoid gravel on the Schwinn?
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10-23-20, 10:46 AM
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10-23-20, 10:48 AM
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