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Old 12-09-20, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
First time tonight that I hit 20 miles right at 1 hour. Pretty stoked, this was my goal when I started this crazy sport over a year ago.
Nice!
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Following the change in the rules, German Jens Voigt became the first rider to attempt the hour, on 18 September 2014 at the Velodrome Suisse, Grenchen, Switzerland.[23][24] He set a new record of 51.110 km (31.758 mi)

Just a little over 19 is my best solo. I've only tried a couple of times though.
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Nope. Kind of hard to imagine a knockoff being way off on the colour, though. Maybe it came from New York.

Do you have a spreadsheet where you're keeping track of the contest? We're at 0.7 inches.
No need. Somebody's already keeping track.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
First time tonight that I hit 20 miles right at 1 hour. Pretty stoked, this was my goal when I started this crazy sport over a year ago.
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Old 12-09-20, 07:50 PM
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First time tonight that I hit 20 miles right at 1 hour. Pretty stoked, this was my goal when I started this crazy sport over a year ago.
20 miles is my fastest ever timed hour, achieved in the Addiction Virtual Time Trial BITD.

Location: Corridor Park Blvd. (office park)

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No need. Somebody's already keeping track.
Where is Knoxville in the standings?
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Old 12-09-20, 07:53 PM
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the Addiction Virtual Time Trial BITD
Man I am sad I missed that.
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Man I am sad I missed that.
Maybe thread historian rjones28 can pull up when that was. I'm terrible using search.
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First time tonight that I hit 20 miles right at 1 hour. Pretty stoked, this was my goal when I started this crazy sport over a year ago.
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Old 12-09-20, 08:05 PM
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thanks wife said I had 60 mins, and I thought the route I picked was going to only be 17.
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Those were some fun days.
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Update from the realm of the one true ball sport: The D-backs have a new double-A team, the Amarillo Sod Poodles!!!

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Old 12-09-20, 08:27 PM
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I just noticed, today’s cold ride put me over 9K miles for the year. 10K is a bridge too far.
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Update from the realm of the one true ball sport:
Multiple sports use a ball.
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Multiple sports use a ball.
They all pale to America's pastime.
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They’re house pets here, whose owners evidently think have some sort of natural right to maraud on other people’s property. I have a slingshot and clay ammo for them. Some day I’ll hit one.
I could hit them with my pea shooter pretty easily since it has optics. But, it would get me in trouble pretty quickly. Our police chief lives two streets over, and he would be the first one there to handcuff me. Even though we are good friends.
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I need to plug my steering wheel back in to the computer. I was doing daily laps on the Nordschleiffe and was really close to breaking 8:00 in the BMW M3 E30, gotta break that barrier.

That's way better than the IRL best time, but well short of the Assetto Corsa best time.
I never managed to do it in GPL . Got within 3 seconds but no further. 1967 layout of course.

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If we’re not talking motion platform, it’s amazing what you can do with a discarded seat from a Prelude and some 2x4s.
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If we’re not talking motion platform, it’s amazing what you can do with a discarded seat from a Prelude and some 2x4s.
The wife would never allow that in her house.
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Where is Knoxville in the standings?
Doesn't even make the top 50. Abilene, TX is #50 with 0.8 inch.
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10 year ago...

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Doesn't even make the top 50. Abilene, TX is #50 with 0.8 inch.
Only 0.1" away!
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Rain ride tomorrow!!!!

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Only 0.1" away!

wut



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Originally Posted by Mojo31
I could hit them with my pea shooter pretty easily since it has optics. But, it would get me in trouble pretty quickly. Our police chief lives two streets over, and he would be the first one there to handcuff me. Even though we are good friends.
Kinky!

I confess ignorance of the law in this case, but I know your cat isn’t supposed to be stalking in my yard.
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I recall the Addiction TT. Not sure why I did not participate. Prolly was working and/or lazy.
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