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05-13-20, 06:56 AM
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You could get these shelving brackets and then you'd get to learn drywall installation as well. Should make for a "fun" time.
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05-13-20, 07:00 AM
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My wife and I met a guy at a small town convenience store yesterday on our ride. He was changing a flat tire on his truck and we struck up a conversation. Turns out, he had driven 60 miles to do a gravel race course up our way. We had a common acquaintance, so when we got home, my wife told our acquaintance friend that we had met this guy, blah, blah, blah.
Our friend said the guy had gone out on his bike later that afternoon and got hit by a truck and was life-flighted to a trauma center in Springfield, IL. Multiple broken bones.
Be careful out there.
Our friend said the guy had gone out on his bike later that afternoon and got hit by a truck and was life-flighted to a trauma center in Springfield, IL. Multiple broken bones.
Be careful out there.
05-13-20, 07:01 AM
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My wife and I met a guy at a small town convenience store yesterday on our ride. He was changing a flat tire on his truck and we struck up a conversation. Turns out, he had driven 60 miles to do a gravel race course up our way. We had a common acquaintance, so when we got home, my wife told our acquaintance friend that we had met this guy, blah, blah, blah.
Our friend said the guy had gone out on his bike later that afternoon and got hit by a truck and was life-flighted to a trauma center in Springfield, IL. Multiple broken bones.
Be careful out there.
Our friend said the guy had gone out on his bike later that afternoon and got hit by a truck and was life-flighted to a trauma center in Springfield, IL. Multiple broken bones.
Be careful out there.
05-13-20, 07:11 AM
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05-13-20, 07:35 AM
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05-13-20, 07:58 AM
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05-13-20, 08:01 AM
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anybody have any experience with the Meilan M4 cycling computer? Suppose to be bluetooth and Ant+. My sigma still won’t function properly looking, and I am just looking for a cheap replacement for now.
I really only use the cycling computer for situational awareness. I like to be able to see my speed, and cadence. I use strava for logging my miles, but my phone stays in my back pocket. I have to find a phone mount that can handle my case, and I really don’t want to remove my phone from the case when I ride.
I really only use the cycling computer for situational awareness. I like to be able to see my speed, and cadence. I use strava for logging my miles, but my phone stays in my back pocket. I have to find a phone mount that can handle my case, and I really don’t want to remove my phone from the case when I ride.
05-13-20, 08:18 AM
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My wife and I met a guy at a small town convenience store yesterday on our ride. He was changing a flat tire on his truck and we struck up a conversation. Turns out, he had driven 60 miles to do a gravel race course up our way. We had a common acquaintance, so when we got home, my wife told our acquaintance friend that we had met this guy, blah, blah, blah.
Our friend said the guy had gone out on his bike later that afternoon and got hit by a truck and was life-flighted to a trauma center in Springfield, IL. Multiple broken bones.
Be careful out there.
Our friend said the guy had gone out on his bike later that afternoon and got hit by a truck and was life-flighted to a trauma center in Springfield, IL. Multiple broken bones.
Be careful out there.
05-13-20, 08:24 AM
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Been watching some guitar, how to play videos, on youtube. While I always liked Kieth Richard's and the Stones , his alt tunings, have always put me off. Since I have an abundance of guitars I decided to make one of them a "g" and been screwing around with his stuff. I am in awe of how malleable is style is. Lots of fun.
05-13-20, 08:25 AM
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How heavy are they? If you plan to mount wood shelving I would say you definitely need to find the wall studs as opposed to just using anchors in the sheet rock.
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05-13-20, 08:28 AM
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anybody have any experience with the Meilan M4 cycling computer? Suppose to be bluetooth and Ant+. My sigma still won’t function properly looking, and I am just looking for a cheap replacement for now.
I really only use the cycling computer for situational awareness. I like to be able to see my speed, and cadence. I use strava for logging my miles, but my phone stays in my back pocket. I have to find a phone mount that can handle my case, and I really don’t want to remove my phone from the case when I ride.
I really only use the cycling computer for situational awareness. I like to be able to see my speed, and cadence. I use strava for logging my miles, but my phone stays in my back pocket. I have to find a phone mount that can handle my case, and I really don’t want to remove my phone from the case when I ride.
05-13-20, 08:30 AM
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I think it's an aesthetic choice. Any properly-installed shelf (see LAJ 's post) will work. I've used curios, track bracket, and floating. Track bracket is nice because you can change the shelf configuration easily, but it can look a little industrial.
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05-13-20, 08:35 AM
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05-13-20, 09:03 AM
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Not heavy - they’re a couple of pounds max. Still, I’ll be finding the studs prior to doing anything. The floating look would be ideal, and it’s not like anything electronic or glass would be going on them in a worst-case scenario.
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I installed a fireplace mantle in one of my houses that was floating. However, I did build a bit of infrastructure into the wall first. You could probably stand on the thing, if you were so inclined.
05-13-20, 09:48 AM
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anybody have any experience with the Meilan M4 cycling computer? Suppose to be bluetooth and Ant+. My sigma still won’t function properly looking, and I am just looking for a cheap replacement for now.
I really only use the cycling computer for situational awareness. I like to be able to see my speed, and cadence. I use strava for logging my miles, but my phone stays in my back pocket. I have to find a phone mount that can handle my case, and I really don’t want to remove my phone from the case when I ride.
I really only use the cycling computer for situational awareness. I like to be able to see my speed, and cadence. I use strava for logging my miles, but my phone stays in my back pocket. I have to find a phone mount that can handle my case, and I really don’t want to remove my phone from the case when I ride.
anybody have any experience with the Meilan M4 cycling computer? Suppose to be bluetooth and Ant+. My sigma still won’t function properly looking, and I am just looking for a cheap replacement for now.
I really only use the cycling computer for situational awareness. I like to be able to see my speed, and cadence. I use strava for logging my miles, but my phone stays in my back pocket. I have to find a phone mount that can handle my case, and I really don’t want to remove my phone from the case when I ride.
I really only use the cycling computer for situational awareness. I like to be able to see my speed, and cadence. I use strava for logging my miles, but my phone stays in my back pocket. I have to find a phone mount that can handle my case, and I really don’t want to remove my phone from the case when I ride.
05-13-20, 09:49 AM
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05-13-20, 10:13 AM
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05-13-20, 10:21 AM
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@datlas - The family in CT mentioned that my grandmother was having issues seeing people in Skype/Zoom calls on the phone screens people were taking to her, so I’m shipping her my old laptop. I say this because at the same time I dug out my old Surface Book, which has a discrete graphics card and will give CVRcade a try tomorrow morning. First impression is that the UI is a hot mess, and it might functionally require a keyboard across the handlebars. But I’ll see how it goes in the morning.
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05-13-20, 10:45 AM
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I tried a novel thing today - I decided to ride with purpose and maintain a cruising wattage, actively using the power meter that I've had for a couple years.
What I learned is that, left to my own devices, I'm not terribly disciplined. On the flats, I tend to accelerate with good effort, but when I get up to speed, I tend to spin at 100+ and then ease off the power - that puts me right at my endurance effort, which would be great if I were going out for 3+ hours, I guess, but not so much for shorter rides or when, you know, tryin' to get stronger. Anyway, I found that just shifting once more, keeping the pedals a little heavier and cadence in the 95-100 range, made it easy for me to stay at my target of ~90%. Then, of course, there were the undulations and downhills. I'm prolly not the only one that slacks off and enjoys the free ride, but it sure makes a difference when you stay on the pedals.
What I learned is that, left to my own devices, I'm not terribly disciplined. On the flats, I tend to accelerate with good effort, but when I get up to speed, I tend to spin at 100+ and then ease off the power - that puts me right at my endurance effort, which would be great if I were going out for 3+ hours, I guess, but not so much for shorter rides or when, you know, tryin' to get stronger. Anyway, I found that just shifting once more, keeping the pedals a little heavier and cadence in the 95-100 range, made it easy for me to stay at my target of ~90%. Then, of course, there were the undulations and downhills. I'm prolly not the only one that slacks off and enjoys the free ride, but it sure makes a difference when you stay on the pedals.
05-13-20, 10:52 AM
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Oh, and then, prolly about an hour and twenty in to the ride, Pssst Sssst Sssst Sssst. 
Took a pretty good cut to the front tire, about 1/4", and it just wouldn't seal. Tried out a bacon strip and that got me a couple miles, but again, the cut was just a little too big and it wanted to push out. Rather than resort to a tube, I gave it one more try - this time I tied the strip in a knot and then jammed it in the cut, getting the knot inside of the carcass. That did the trick and held pressure the rest of the way home. Undecided as to whether I'll keep it in there and see how it fares or if I'll pull the tire and internally patch... I'm also tempted to pop on the new tires that I have waiting in the wings, but the whole reason for waiting on them was to spare them from the debris that's still on the road, which is obviously still a problem.
Took a pretty good cut to the front tire, about 1/4", and it just wouldn't seal. Tried out a bacon strip and that got me a couple miles, but again, the cut was just a little too big and it wanted to push out. Rather than resort to a tube, I gave it one more try - this time I tied the strip in a knot and then jammed it in the cut, getting the knot inside of the carcass. That did the trick and held pressure the rest of the way home. Undecided as to whether I'll keep it in there and see how it fares or if I'll pull the tire and internally patch... I'm also tempted to pop on the new tires that I have waiting in the wings, but the whole reason for waiting on them was to spare them from the debris that's still on the road, which is obviously still a problem.
05-13-20, 10:54 AM
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I tried a novel thing today - I decided to ride with purpose and maintain a cruising wattage, actively using the power meter that I've had for a couple years.
What I learned is that, left to my own devices, I'm not terribly disciplined. On the flats, I tend to accelerate with good effort, but when I get up to speed, I tend to spin at 100+ and then ease off the power - that puts me right at my endurance effort, which would be great if I were going out for 3+ hours, I guess, but not so much for shorter rides or when, you know, tryin' to get stronger. Anyway, I found that just shifting once more, keeping the pedals a little heavier and cadence in the 95-100 range, made it easy for me to stay at my target of ~90%. Then, of course, there were the undulations and downhills. I'm prolly not the only one that slacks off and enjoys the free ride, but it sure makes a difference when you stay on the pedals.
What I learned is that, left to my own devices, I'm not terribly disciplined. On the flats, I tend to accelerate with good effort, but when I get up to speed, I tend to spin at 100+ and then ease off the power - that puts me right at my endurance effort, which would be great if I were going out for 3+ hours, I guess, but not so much for shorter rides or when, you know, tryin' to get stronger. Anyway, I found that just shifting once more, keeping the pedals a little heavier and cadence in the 95-100 range, made it easy for me to stay at my target of ~90%. Then, of course, there were the undulations and downhills. I'm prolly not the only one that slacks off and enjoys the free ride, but it sure makes a difference when you stay on the pedals.
The SLT is my most aggressive fit, with a steep seat tube angle and probably 4" of drop from the saddle to the tops of the bars, so if I don't keep the pedals heavy I can get a lot of pressure on my hands. The end result was my heart rate about 10-15 bpm over my usual endurance effort and probably my quickest ride of the year in average speed terms.
05-13-20, 10:55 AM
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I tried a novel thing today - I decided to ride with purpose and maintain a cruising wattage, actively using the power meter that I've had for a couple years.
What I learned is that, left to my own devices, I'm not terribly disciplined. On the flats, I tend to accelerate with good effort, but when I get up to speed, I tend to spin at 100+ and then ease off the power - that puts me right at my endurance effort, which would be great if I were going out for 3+ hours, I guess, but not so much for shorter rides or when, you know, tryin' to get stronger. Anyway, I found that just shifting once more, keeping the pedals a little heavier and cadence in the 95-100 range, made it easy for me to stay at my target of ~90%. Then, of course, there were the undulations and downhills. I'm prolly not the only one that slacks off and enjoys the free ride, but it sure makes a difference when you stay on the pedals.
What I learned is that, left to my own devices, I'm not terribly disciplined. On the flats, I tend to accelerate with good effort, but when I get up to speed, I tend to spin at 100+ and then ease off the power - that puts me right at my endurance effort, which would be great if I were going out for 3+ hours, I guess, but not so much for shorter rides or when, you know, tryin' to get stronger. Anyway, I found that just shifting once more, keeping the pedals a little heavier and cadence in the 95-100 range, made it easy for me to stay at my target of ~90%. Then, of course, there were the undulations and downhills. I'm prolly not the only one that slacks off and enjoys the free ride, but it sure makes a difference when you stay on the pedals.
