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Red hubs, silver spokes, black rims. If we have any Chris King or I9 fans here we could go all day.
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We stopped off at B&N when found ourselves with some time to kill after wrapping up a couple errands.
I went to my favorite section, Science Fiction and Fantasy, and was surprised to see that one of my favorite authors, and a guy that moves a goodly number of books, didn't have any books on the shelf. Shortly thereafter, it dawned on me that his name, Hamilton, would have appeared *much* deeper in to the section than alphabetical order would have you think. That's when I noticed names beginning with "A" and "B" in the middle of the section... what the hell?
I went to the start of the section - "A" names, obviously, then progressing quickly through the alphabet (oh, there's Hamilton!) to Z and then restarting in the middle. To repeat - what the hell?
Looking at the authors and the titles, I realized that someone had the bright idea of separating the Sci-Fi subcategory from Fantasy, hence two trips through the alphabet. But what about books that straddle the divide? What about authors that write both? As if in answer to this question, I came across LeGuin's Left Hand of Darkness in the Fantasy area and decided that it was just all too much to take, so I left.
I went to my favorite section, Science Fiction and Fantasy, and was surprised to see that one of my favorite authors, and a guy that moves a goodly number of books, didn't have any books on the shelf. Shortly thereafter, it dawned on me that his name, Hamilton, would have appeared *much* deeper in to the section than alphabetical order would have you think. That's when I noticed names beginning with "A" and "B" in the middle of the section... what the hell?
I went to the start of the section - "A" names, obviously, then progressing quickly through the alphabet (oh, there's Hamilton!) to Z and then restarting in the middle. To repeat - what the hell?
Looking at the authors and the titles, I realized that someone had the bright idea of separating the Sci-Fi subcategory from Fantasy, hence two trips through the alphabet. But what about books that straddle the divide? What about authors that write both? As if in answer to this question, I came across LeGuin's Left Hand of Darkness in the Fantasy area and decided that it was just all too much to take, so I left.
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My wife's grandfather was a college gymnast in his youth and even in his 80s, he could stand next to a kitchen counter with his palms flat on the counter and slowly raise and hold his body completely horizontal. He also still did handstands by bending over and slowly raising his body to vertical without using momentum.
The funny thing is, he looked like anybody's flabby old grandpa.
The funny thing is, he looked like anybody's flabby old grandpa.
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I doubt that. But with all the power geeks here someone should have a theory whether going all out, then resting, is a better strategy than a slower, more sustainable rate for the minute.
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A one-minute explosive effort is wildly different from the multi-hour efforts most of us work on. Like asking a marathoner about pacing a 400m.
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My wife's grandfather was a college gymnast in his youth and even in his 80s, he could stand next to a kitchen counter with his palms flat on the counter and slowly raise and hold his body completely horizontal. He also still did handstands by bending over and slowly raising his body to vertical without using momentum.
The funny thing is, he looked like anybody's flabby old grandpa.
The funny thing is, he looked like anybody's flabby old grandpa.
From a sitting position, with my hands on the arms of a chair, I used to be able to lift myself and rotate into a quasi-handstand, but I could never quite shoulder press all the way up.
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At any rate she basically tied the record in the first 33ish seconds and only did four/five more in the last 27 seconds.
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So, maybe not optimal then.
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Surprisingly, no!
I also mis-remembered. Got a freewheel threaded rear in the closet and a set attached to a late 90s Hardrock.
The two extra wheels that don't make a set are both rear. One mentioned above and then one I bought for it's flip flop hub.
Of the extra ones, one set is worth selling complete, two individuals need to have their hubs removed, and one nasty set of 27" just needs to go to recycling.
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However, that bike would probably look good to me with mono-silver components.
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The last wheel I built has both black and silver spokes and nipples. And the black nipples don't necessarily go with the black spokes. So what am I getting all worked up about? I'll tell you. Campy record hubs and tubular rims. Something quasi-extraordinary about the combo. In my little world anyway.
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It just occurred to me I've certainly ridden more real miles this year than driven. That's certainly never happened before.
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