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09-09-23, 12:21 PM
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I am lately feeling like my old self. I didn't"t know if I ever would again. Come winter I might even be doing fifty milers without a second thought
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09-09-23, 12:24 PM
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Oh, I asked afterwards what happened. Apparently an oncoming driver turned left into the group. The leader was at the front and did not see it directly, but apparently driver took a wide turn too soon, taking out the two women. I don’t know if they were the last two but am guessing so. Sad!
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09-09-23, 12:29 PM
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09-09-23, 12:29 PM
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Oh, I asked afterwards what happened. Apparently an oncoming driver turned left into the group. The leader was at the front and did not see it directly, but apparently driver took a wide turn too soon, taking out the two women. I don’t know if they were the last two but am guessing so. Sad!
09-09-23, 12:36 PM
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The Pennsylvania edition of Mrs. rjones28's tour of America cancer rides is in Birdsboro, PA this Sunday.
Breakthrough Challenge 2023 Penn Medicine Abramson Cancer Center (ms-stride.org)
Looks like we're gonna get wet.
Again.
Breakthrough Challenge 2023 Penn Medicine Abramson Cancer Center (ms-stride.org)
Looks like we're gonna get wet.
Again.
09-09-23, 12:38 PM
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I've never had trouble with dogs on rides. There was a friendly pup once that wanted to follow me for a bit.
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Rhetorical question on bike fit. Why did I never hear of it until recently? Why have I been able to ride various bikes for 65 years and never need a bike fit? My knees are fine. Have we raised a couple generations who can't figure out how to not hurt themselves while riding a bike? Next thing we'll be being fitted before buying a car. Furniture. Homes.
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09-09-23, 12:39 PM
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09-09-23, 12:44 PM
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Had a rez dog pace me for about 5 miles once but in general, reservation dogs are the worst.
09-09-23, 12:46 PM
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09-09-23, 12:50 PM
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Rhetorical question on bike fit. Why did I never hear of it until recently? Why have I been able to ride various bikes for 65 years and never need a bike fit? My knees are fine. Have we raised a couple generations who can't figure out how to not hurt themselves while riding a bike? Next thing we'll be being fitted before buying a car. Furniture. Homes.
There have been a couple of cars that were on the verge of non-drivable for me. Most recently a 2014 Nissan Versa Note. To get my legs right I wound up too far from the steering wheel for long-distance comfort, I was dying for a telescoping steering wheel.
09-09-23, 01:03 PM
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09-09-23, 01:30 PM
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approached a stop sign to turn left this morning. 5:15 am not that it matters. A car was approaching from the left but approaching really slow, like 10 mph. So I went for it. They of course honked and rolled down their window and yelled all kinds of obscenities at me.
09-09-23, 01:37 PM
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Nope. Rode to a pancake breakfast in a dinky town, probably less than 75 people, that at onetime was a going concern but the demise of the railroads (used to be three RRs in town) and the interstates have passed it by, but they still do breakfast once a month in the Allentown Union Hall built in 1892.
You can count on me to only be a partial idiot. Most of me is doing just fine.
09-09-23, 01:42 PM
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Just heard this on the way home from lunch/dinner. I haven't heard it in a while. It's pure pop perfection.
09-09-23, 01:43 PM
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Rhetorical question on bike fit. Why did I never hear of it until recently? Why have I been able to ride various bikes for 65 years and never need a bike fit? My knees are fine. Have we raised a couple generations who can't figure out how to not hurt themselves while riding a bike? Next thing we'll be being fitted before buying a car. Furniture. Homes.
It reminds me of my Dad, looking at my fancy running shoes back in the late 70s and asking why people needed such fancy shoes to run in, because in high school they'd run in the 1930s equivalent of Converse track flats. I asked how many of the guys he ran with were still running in their 20s and 30s. None, of course.
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09-09-23, 01:49 PM
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I haven't had any problems with dogs as an adult, but when I was a teenager riding the back roads of Adams County PA, there were lots of loose farm dogs which all seemed to be some variety of German Shepherd cross. They'd come running out after me barking up a storm, but I had no problem getting away from them. Except one time. I was on Quaker Valley road, grinding up the hill past Dively's in the lowest gear I had. I'd just about reached the crest of the hill when two dogs came ripping out of the yard, chasing me. I was pedaling like mad, but they were gaining on me! I almost panicked! Then I realized I was STILL in that lowest gear - a few *clunk*s later and I was speeding away from them, down the hill towards Bill Willson's orchard.
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approached a stop sign to turn left this morning. 5:15 am not that it matters. A car was approaching from the left but approaching really slow, like 10 mph. So I went for it. They of course honked and rolled down their window and yelled all kinds of obscenities at me.
09-09-23, 01:54 PM
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I've had dogs follow, one followed me all the way home (approx 4 miles). I kept telling him to go home but he wouldn't. I thought for sure I could drop him on a downhill and he did end up about 50 yards back, but he caught me on the next climb
Had a rez dog pace me for about 5 miles once but in general, reservation dogs are the worst.
Had a rez dog pace me for about 5 miles once but in general, reservation dogs are the worst.
09-09-23, 02:00 PM
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09-09-23, 02:12 PM
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Before my ride today I had to put a new tube in my rear wheel. On thursday I suited up and I noticed my rear tire was flat. (Pinch flat) It must've been right at the end of the previous ride because it didn't hold air very long when i pumped it up. Even though I was disappointed that I couldn't ride, I felt grateful that I didn't flat a mile away from the office where I started.
I put the tire on using my hands and didn't have much trouble. I use "tire irons" to remove the tire. I still have the set i bought from the local Scwinn dealer in the late 80's for $3. Only one of the 3 are fully functional so I'm going to order some new ones. Also going to get some new gloves. It's a good feeling to be wearing bike stuff out.
I put the tire on using my hands and didn't have much trouble. I use "tire irons" to remove the tire. I still have the set i bought from the local Scwinn dealer in the late 80's for $3. Only one of the 3 are fully functional so I'm going to order some new ones. Also going to get some new gloves. It's a good feeling to be wearing bike stuff out.
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09-09-23, 02:22 PM
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Before my ride today I had to put a new tube in my rear wheel. On thursday I suited up and I noticed my rear tire was flat. (Pinch flat) It must've been right at the end of the previous ride because it didn't hold air very long when i pumped it up. Even though I was disappointed that I couldn't ride, I felt grateful that I didn't flat a mile away from the office where I started.
I put the tire on using my hands and didn't have much trouble. I use "tire irons" to remove the tire. I still have the set i bought from the local Scwinn dealer in the late 80's for $3. Only one of the 3 are fully functional so I'm going to order some new ones. Also going to get some new gloves. It's a good feeling to be wearing bike stuff out.
I put the tire on using my hands and didn't have much trouble. I use "tire irons" to remove the tire. I still have the set i bought from the local Scwinn dealer in the late 80's for $3. Only one of the 3 are fully functional so I'm going to order some new ones. Also going to get some new gloves. It's a good feeling to be wearing bike stuff out.
should have gone tubeless.
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09-09-23, 02:26 PM
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Nope. Rode to a pancake breakfast in a dinky town, probably less than 75 people, that at onetime was a going concern but the demise of the railroads (used to be three RRs in town) and the interstates have passed it by, but they still do breakfast once a month in the Allentown Union Hall built in 1892.
Here's a pick of the Hall and also a pic of the 'pick' of pumpkins for VV:
Here's a pick of the Hall and also a pic of the 'pick' of pumpkins for VV:
