Bah Humbug

Put me down for one of each.

A dog would be nice too, actually.

MoAlpha

A solid 3.3.

LesterOfPuppets

+1

please post pic with L-series and a Vue in there ASAP.

LesterOfPuppets

If you get disc brakes, you no longer have to care if they're true.

rjones28 

If you have some stiff carbon hoops, you might not even notice a broken spoke for a while.

#truestory

WhyFi

But then your neighbor would just start up a back yard fire on all of the nice nights that you'd love to have the windows open. What? Nooo - not a personal experience or pet peeve or mine, at all.

phrantic09

Not sure what’s going on with those. Going to dethatch, top dress and seed those areas again. In all the years I’ve seen this house, I’ve never seen the lawn with these spots.

Bah Humbug

Windows open? Not in Texas.

Bah Humbug

Or stay on-point and just use a trebuchet on them.

WhyFi

Not even in the shoulder seasons?!

phrantic09

Have you asked them not to?

You don’t like backyard fires?

Bah Humbug

So short as to be almost non-existent. Unlike more-northern climes, we flip between hot and cold airstreams. We can be hot and humid one day, then the next a polar vortex swings down and it’s cold and windy. Three days later another tropical push comes and it’s hot and humid again. The daily average temps over a month look nice, but it usually isn’t, really.

Still better than -2* for weeks on end.

WhyFi

Back yard fires in the back yard are just fine, but I don't like back yard fire smells in my house. As far as asking them not to... no. First, there are multiple parties. Second, me asking people not to do something perfectly legal in their back yard seems a bit... entitled, maybe?

Bah Humbug

Bit... like a Kevin?

No, that won’t work; I have a coworker named Kevin and he’s great. The search continues.

phrantic09

Makes sense, it can make for a touchy situation for sure and does seem a little entitled, but you never know, they may have no idea they’re stinking up your house.

MoAlpha

In rare and spectacular cases, it looks great for decades and then asplodes on you.

genejockey 

But you know, the worst things creep out of the woods.......

MoAlpha

Do you live in Arkansas?

genejockey 

We used to do back yard fires whenever the stick pile got too big, but that was in a small town in PA, on 1 3/4 acres, and that backed onto fields and orchards. Nobody minded that. It was the dancing around the fire that attracted attention.

Around here, backyard fires are discouraged, lest they become your backyard on fire.

rjones28 

I hear that Californians get backyard fires whether they want them or not.

indyfabz

You smart physics/mechanical people help me out here:

If two people ae riding bikes at exactly the same cadence in the same gear wouldn't they both travel the same distance during a given amount of time?

Velo Vol 

What about coasting?

Bah Humbug

Assuming same tire circumference, yes. Unless I’m missing somehing.

WhyFi

rip.

indyfabz

Sorry. I forgot to mention same wheel/tire circumference.
I thought so, but I never completed physics. Some guy in my local club is claiming he got smoked riding with someone when they both pedaled at 90 rpm in the same gear over the same route. It's funny reading responses like "Weight could make a difference." While weight differences (and rider weight difference, and differences in aero properties) between the two bikes would affect the amount of energy required to produce the work, it would not change the distance covered over time assuming same gear, same cadence and same wheel/tire circumference. At least that's what my non-trained intellect tells me.