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Somewhere (can't find it now) I came across a web site that categorizes area demographics for real estate purposes. Our town, a rural village with a main street and picket fences, was categorized as "Mayberry USA" as in the Andy Griffith show. We joked that maybe it should be Methberry. It's funny that you live in an actual Mayberry.
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I personally don't think there really is no reason to pay cash for cars unless you have a tight monthly budget. Car loans are so cheap you are better off keeping the cash. I'd much rather have a larger emergency fund, the money invested, or even just having the cash sitting around when I get a 0% to 1.9% loan depending on new vs used. Just my preference. It can also help build credit (if that's something someone needs) and keep the other monthly costs a little lower if you budget in a car payment every month. Pros/cons though, like everything in this world.
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I personally don't think there really is no reason to pay cash for cars unless you have a tight monthly budget. Car loans are so cheap you are better off keeping the cash. I'd much rather have a larger emergency fund, the money invested, or even just having the cash sitting around when I get a 0% to 1.9% loan depending on new vs used. Just my preference. It can also help build credit (if that's something someone needs) and keep the other monthly costs a little lower if you budget in a car payment every month. Pros/cons though, like everything in this world.
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The real-life Mayberry is about an hour away from Topflightpro and I, Mount Airy North Cackalacky. I haven't been yet, but I hear it's kinda weird, like the town time forgot.
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Dammit, somebody already got his shoes!
Yes, I do ride in rural Louisiana.
Yes, I do ride in rural Louisiana.
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got a free frame off craigslist this weekend. a univega activa steel frame. was originally going to make a poor man's cx out of my current hybrid, but now that I have this, I can take my time and not risk putting the family ride bike out of commission. will have to put some elbow grease into removing a seized quill stem and possibly the drive side of the crank. but it'll hopefully be fun to work on a project and practice my mechanical skills
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My guess is that this guy was hit by a vehicle and killed, or almost, during the heavy rains and subsequent flooding last Wednesday. The road on which I was riding when I passed him still had water across it in one place, and it was Sunday. I can imagine some guy in a high 4x4 running over him at dusk and thinking he had hit a submerged log.
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I keep trying to talk myself into doing a 30+ masters race Saturday if I decide to race at all...
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The concept of 30+ Masters just boggles my mind.
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It's weird that if somebody has "approve followers" enabled on Strava, and they follow you, you still have to have them approve you following them. It's like stalker mode.
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Our team has done a 30+ masters race for several years. But that was because when we started doing the race, all of us were in our early 30s and doing a 30+ would let all of us race twice.
Now that we are all in our late 30s and early 40s, we are going to move to 35+.
That said, the cyclocross series around here have all gone 40+. They found that cutting out the 35-39 age range boosted participation.
Now that we are all in our late 30s and early 40s, we are going to move to 35+.
That said, the cyclocross series around here have all gone 40+. They found that cutting out the 35-39 age range boosted participation.
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Oh sh!!!, I'm almost 30. Don't tell me there is a master's category for that, I'm not old yet!!
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Rather silly. Male peak. In the USA maybe 40 is the fastest as the fastest USA 30 year olds are still pros in Europe.
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There's still a 30-34 Masters category at CX nationals (known as baby Masters). It's typically considerably slower than the 35-40 Masters category, for the reason @Doge says about road: the fastest 30-34 year-olds are still pros, racing in the elite race. And they're no longer allowed to race more than one event.
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I'll be doing our masters district championship race again this year. 30-34 again. Last year our team of like 5 cat 3s showed up, and 4 others. 9 total. One was dropped quickly. 2 of them were strong cat 1s and it only took them 30 miles or so do split us up, drop us, and ride away while we tried to get organized. And they were faster. I don't expect a big turn out this year either, but I expect a couple really strong dudes will show up and crush me lol.
Oh and we were also on the line joking about it being baby masters
Oh and we were also on the line joking about it being baby masters
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I haven't seen the numbers yet, but by eyeball 45+ men is our largest group every year.
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Sure it wasn't half-empty?
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Sometimes I hunt around on road-results and I've always thought it would be cool to see what races your friends are signed up for all in one place. All the data is already there, it just needs to be parsed.
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Glancing through the Orchard Beach photos .. funny pic of the field sprint winner posting up, apparently not realizing the break had lapped the field and the winner was behind him.