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07-20-17, 11:36 AM
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I walked down to the Subway to get a sammich for lunch and ran into an old coworker from 6 years ago or so.
07-20-17, 11:54 AM
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07-20-17, 11:55 AM
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07-20-17, 11:56 AM
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Went for a ride early today and got rained on, dried out, rained on again.
Great ride!
Great ride!
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07-20-17, 12:08 PM
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07-20-17, 12:16 PM
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Should Be More Popular
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07-20-17, 01:06 PM
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As I anticipated, needs work. Good avatars need high contrast. Gotta change that background.
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07-20-17, 01:13 PM
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07-20-17, 01:14 PM
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07-20-17, 01:14 PM
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07-20-17, 01:16 PM
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07-20-17, 01:23 PM
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I'm not either. It's a pain to install since you can't stretch it or it wears prematurely. It's expensive. Even without stretching I've had some durability issues. However, the dark blue lizard skin tape matches the dark blue on my bike really well so I live with it for vanity reasons.
07-20-17, 01:31 PM
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Swimming is stupid.
I've got the 100k charity ride with @WhyFi this Sunday and then my second duathlon of the year the following Sunday. My cycling calendar opens back up after that until September when I have my last du of the year.
I've got the 100k charity ride with @WhyFi this Sunday and then my second duathlon of the year the following Sunday. My cycling calendar opens back up after that until September when I have my last du of the year.
Signed up for a 40 miler charity, would like to do the hotter than hell, but I'm thinking cutting it in half and doing the 50 mile option for right now would make sense. Especially as a crappy non heat ready northerner.
07-20-17, 01:40 PM
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I'm not either. It's a pain to install since you can't stretch it or it wears prematurely. It's expensive. Even without stretching I've had some durability issues. However, the dark blue lizard skin tape matches the dark blue on my bike really well so I live with it for vanity reasons.
07-20-17, 01:43 PM
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Same here. Had it put on when I bought my new road bike a few years ago. Stuff started wearing away in less than one full season. It's still on but there are some worn spots.
Got my touring bike bars re-taped this spring. A LBS gave me a great discount on some tape they were no longer carrying. (Can't remember the brand, but I like it so far. One mechanic there told me they don't like Lizard Skins. He said it is a great "race day tape" but does not hold up well over the long haul.
Got my touring bike bars re-taped this spring. A LBS gave me a great discount on some tape they were no longer carrying. (Can't remember the brand, but I like it so far. One mechanic there told me they don't like Lizard Skins. He said it is a great "race day tape" but does not hold up well over the long haul.
07-20-17, 01:57 PM
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Disagree, I'd do swim and bike all day and drop the run from any event if I could. At the speed that I run I should do just aquabikes, but training weaknesses makes you great or some such thing, right?
Signed up for a 40 miler charity, would like to do the hotter than hell, but I'm thinking cutting it in half and doing the 50 mile option for right now would make sense. Especially as a crappy non heat ready northerner.
Signed up for a 40 miler charity, would like to do the hotter than hell, but I'm thinking cutting it in half and doing the 50 mile option for right now would make sense. Especially as a crappy non heat ready northerner.
07-20-17, 02:05 PM
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So it is
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07-20-17, 02:13 PM
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smelling the roses
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The Trek Alpha is ready when I get back from the weekend. I had to change the pedals, and buy tire levers, pach kit, and borrow a pump. How many cyclists do you know who don't carry these things? I don't leave home without them. I also bought a tube, for good measure.
07-20-17, 02:15 PM
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The Trek Alpha is ready when I get back from the weekend. I had to change the pedals, and buy tire levers, pach kit, and borrow a pump. How many cyclists do you know who don't carry these things? I don't leave home without them. I also bought a tube, for good measure.
07-20-17, 02:17 PM
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Yeah, who knows. I don't want to go through the effort of finding another one. Besides as much as I sweat on the bars doing indoor training it's good to take off the tape and clean them once a year.
07-20-17, 02:20 PM
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smelling the roses
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