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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 03-27-24, 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Wrong reference.
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Originally Posted by big john

Still wrong reference, but truer words have not been spoken.
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Originally Posted by LAJ
Did you use a saddle height formula, or did you just grab a fistful of seatpost?
I typically run around at about 780mm so I just set it close to there. Should be able to ride it tonight and I'll keep a 5mm & 6mm in my jersey pocket for little adjustments if required.
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That pitch is a bucketful of nopes. I don't think I'd venture up there to hang Christmas Lights, and that's saying something.
Have never been on it. Won't get on it.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Kind of hilly there for no gears.
There's a rail trail where this will live most of the time, but I have a few routes that I'm reasonably comfortable with on this kind of gearing.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Settle down Paul Walker.
Walker was just a passenger.
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Originally Posted by ls01
contractor expected the homeowner to allow his employees to use the restroom in the home. She said no way Jose'. So every time an employee needs to tap a kidney, it's 30 minutes to ho take a leak. He has to pay that guy for that time. And he was pissed about it. Can't blame him.
Idiocy. On the home owner’s part. Personally, I would charge double time if I was the contractor. And charge for the coffee he picked up while there. I just don’t get it.
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Originally Posted by LAJ;[url=tel:23196132
23196132[/url]]Valygirl had to quit racing crits and road races due to concussions. She then transitioned to hill climbs and TT's. It's not easy for a crit racer to transition to that, but she ended up being a state champion crit racer and a state TT champ.
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Old 03-27-24, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by LAJ
That pitch is a bucketful of nopes. I don't think I'd venture up there to hang Christmas Lights, and that's saying something.
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Old 03-27-24, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by ls01
contractor expected the homeowner to allow his employees to use the restroom in the home. She said no way Jose'. So every time an employee needs to tap a kidney, it's 30 minutes to ho take a leak. He has to pay that guy for that time. And he was pissed about it. Can't blame him.
Why can't we all just get along?
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People here don't get it.
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Old 03-27-24, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Nope.
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Old 03-27-24, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Ran out of espresso while filling the espresso pot, kettle thingy. Used instant coffee to fill it to the top.


I’ve had worst things in my mouth, but not by much.
Instant is much stronger than ground, ounce for ounce
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Old 03-27-24, 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Walker was just a passenger.
That happened very near here.
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Old 03-27-24, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Basically all autoimmune disorders.
But women live longer than men. 5.8 years longer in the US, according to the CDC.

More men than women die from: heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries, diabetes, suicide, chronic liver disease.

More women die from: chronic lower respiratory disease, Alzheimers, stroke, influenza and pneumonia, kidney disease, septicemia.
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Old 03-27-24, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize2
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Indeed. As much for sticking with it as for excelling at it. It didn't happen overnight, and the struggle was real.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Why can't we all just get along?
what fun would that be?
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Originally Posted by LAJ
That pitch is a bucketful of nopes. I don't think I'd venture up there to hang Christmas Lights, and that's saying something.
spider man, spider man does whatever a spider can....

14/12 front to back 12/12 side? Moma that's steep! My ankles hurt just looking at it.
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Originally Posted by terrymorse
But women live longer than men. 5.8 years longer in the US, according to the CDC.

More men than women die from: heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries, diabetes, suicide, chronic liver disease.

More women die from: chronic lower respiratory disease, Alzheimers, stroke, influenza and pneumonia, kidney disease, septicemia.
In the end, we all die.
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Lol. I'm so sore! 800mg motrin. Still hurts to walk. Being 60 BLOWS!
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Originally Posted by ls01
spider man, spider man does whatever a spider can....

14/12 front to back 12/12 side? Moma that's steep! My ankles hurt just looking at it.
At least. I think there may be one pitch that is 16:12.
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Lol. I'm so sore! 800mg motrin. Still hurts to walk. Being 60 BLOWS!
From all the running?
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Lol. I'm so sore! 800mg motrin. Still hurts to walk. Being 60 BLOWS!
Try 66.

I'm sure someone will say, "Try 70!" And, I expect they will be right.
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In the end, we all die.
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People here don't get it.
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Old 03-27-24, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Try 66.

I'm sure someone will say, "Try 70!" And, I expect they will be right.
I'm only 65, so I'll be there soon.

As Denny Hamlin says.... I judge how the day will go by how long it takes to tie my shoes.
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