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07-16-19, 10:40 AM
#726
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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So, I promise to shut up soon about the new, soulless, CFRP, bike, but I took it out for the first group thrash (flail?) this a.m. This ride is isn't fast by competitive standards and the average age has got to be >50, but the core are legit ex-racers and, while people are quite friendly, the idea is to go hard. Anyway, on the old bike, I simply couldn't hold on for more than the first hill and assumed it was me with my aging body, low mileage, and haphazard regimen. But guess what... It was the bike. 
This is actually more important than it seems because I am considering the option of retiring in a couple of years and being physically able to ride with fit, competent, people is a big factor in favor of having more time.
This is actually more important than it seems because I am considering the option of retiring in a couple of years and being physically able to ride with fit, competent, people is a big factor in favor of having more time.
https://cyclingtips.com/2019/07/two-...CREHhY4fu2cS4s
07-16-19, 10:41 AM
#727
Mostly Harmless
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Yeah, whatever happened to @patentcad? The whole thread is his fault.
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07-16-19, 10:41 AM
#728
Should Be More Popular
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So, I promise to shut up soon about the new, soulless, CFRP, bike, but I took it out for the first group thrash (flail?) this a.m. This ride is isn't fast by competitive standards and the average age has got to be >50, but the core are legit ex-racers and, while people are quite friendly, the idea is to go hard. Anyway, on the old bike, I simply couldn't hold on for more than the first hill and assumed it was me with my aging body, low mileage, and haphazard regimen. But guess what... It was the bike.
This is actually more important than it seems because I am considering the option of retiring in a couple of years and being physically able to ride with fit, competent, people is a big factor in favor of having more time.
This is actually more important than it seems because I am considering the option of retiring in a couple of years and being physically able to ride with fit, competent, people is a big factor in favor of having more time.
07-16-19, 10:41 AM
#729
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07-16-19, 10:42 AM
#730
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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07-16-19, 10:43 AM
#731
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I'm surprised they didn't wanna check for a motor. Be sure to keep your car keys at hand.
https://cyclingtips.com/2019/07/two-...CREHhY4fu2cS4s
https://cyclingtips.com/2019/07/two-...CREHhY4fu2cS4s
https://www.velonews.com/2019/07/bik...creo-sl_497261
Apparently.
07-16-19, 10:44 AM
#732
Peloton Shelter Dog
Yeah, whatever happened to @patentcad? The whole thread is his fault.
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07-16-19, 10:45 AM
#733
Peloton Shelter Dog
Don't even get me going about the AARP dating scene. God help me.
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07-16-19, 10:46 AM
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07-16-19, 10:49 AM
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07-16-19, 10:51 AM
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07-16-19, 11:01 AM
#737
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07-16-19, 11:01 AM
#738
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I was hoping @patentcad would be fighting off the groupies. Not so? Sad!
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07-16-19, 11:05 AM
#739
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I'm surprised they didn't wanna check for a motor. Be sure to keep your car keys at hand.
https://cyclingtips.com/2019/07/two-...CREHhY4fu2cS4s
https://cyclingtips.com/2019/07/two-...CREHhY4fu2cS4s
They'll do that if I actually make it to the front and start pushing the pace, but time isn't on my side.
07-16-19, 11:06 AM
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07-16-19, 11:15 AM
#741
smelling the roses
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Yeah, whatever happened to @patentcad? The whole thread is his fault.
07-16-19, 11:16 AM
#742
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07-16-19, 11:18 AM
#743
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07-16-19, 11:21 AM
#744
smelling the roses
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I'm finally getting the '80 Trek 414 tuned up properly (dialed in, for the hipsters among you). It's quite a nice ride--not as nice as MoAlpha's mind you. It won't be perfect until it has aero levers on it, and I have nowhere locally to source them. It'll just have to be good enough.
07-16-19, 11:31 AM
#746
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I need to spend my $10 Amazon cash that I got for shopping at WF.
07-16-19, 11:43 AM
#747
So it is
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Keep your brains in your head.
07-16-19, 11:47 AM
#748
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07-16-19, 11:55 AM
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Very sorry to hear about that, whoever the hell you are. Glad the cycling helps. Congratulations and thanks for this edifice of baboon grooming you started!
