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Just saw an Amish guy on a “skateboard bike.”
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I did have to walk to a pay phone once with my TR-6. I ran it out of gas. The gas gauge didn't work properly and I mis-judged the mileage.
Naturally, it was raining.
Naturally, it was raining.
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In my business, we'll often hire people as temps, then convert to permanent if they work out. I HATE THIS SYSTEM, but it's prevalent in the industry, and when I hired another Associate Scientist a few years back, this was the only way the company would let me do it.
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#6355
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Correct.
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My shop got sued by the owner of an X1/9. It was ridiculous but we lost anyway. Never worked on a Fiat after that. A shop I worked for got sued by a Volvo owner, she won. It was also quite ridiculous.
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commuted home last night. I leave my car at my parents house so I won’t have to pay parking fees, so my parents picked me up at the airport. Driving to their house we get ran off the side of the road by a mercedes. Collided with the passenger side of our car, and they took off. Looked like he was trying to flee the scene but we caught up with them and the police showed up. My parents paid the car off in July.
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Does the number of shift matter? I thought it was shift is you need to. I shift more in williamsburg than I do in newport news.
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commuted home last night. I leave my car at my parents house so I won’t have to pay parking fees, so my parents picked me up at the airport. Driving to their house we get ran off the side of the road by a mercedes. Collided with the passenger side of our car, and they took off. Looked like he was trying to flee the scene but we caught up with them and the police showed up. My parents paid the car off in July.
Yes. People here shift when they don't need to.
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It matters very little but likely a factor on shift cable longevity.
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At my last house in the canyon I would have owls in the trees right outside my bedroom window. I think their sound is very soothing and I could go to sleep easily when they were talking.Definitely not screech owls.
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I rode 72 miles today, longest ride in a while. Not too hot, maybe 92-94 at the highest, and not too smoky since the wind shifted. I shifted too, probably hundreds of times and a bunch on the front, too. I shift more when riding with faster riders, even when they are taking it easy on me.
Oddly, one of them got stuck in the small chainring after our last break. He thinks it's a battery issue with his DI2. I just know I could drop him on the flats for the first time but he would catch back up on the climbs. He's 35 and 170 pounds.
Oddly, one of them got stuck in the small chainring after our last break. He thinks it's a battery issue with his DI2. I just know I could drop him on the flats for the first time but he would catch back up on the climbs. He's 35 and 170 pounds.
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commuted home last night. I leave my car at my parents house so I won’t have to pay parking fees, so my parents picked me up at the airport. Driving to their house we get ran off the side of the road by a mercedes. Collided with the passenger side of our car, and they took off. Looked like he was trying to flee the scene but we caught up with them and the police showed up. My parents paid the car off in July.
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I was very surprised to learn that the owls that make that horrible screech are not, in fact, Screech Owls. It's Barn Owls.
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I guess I’ve been duly chastised by pros on the net on my overuse of my shifters. I posted the pic because I happened to see it today on my Garmin and thought it interesting in regards to earlier discussions. I’m guessing that many people shift more than they think but don’t have the ability to record it.
Personally, I would think that a lot of shifts indicates a highly experienced rider making efficient use of his gears.
Personally, I would think that a lot of shifts indicates a highly experienced rider making efficient use of his gears.
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I guess I’ve been duly chastised by pros on the net on my overuse of my shifters. I posted the pic because I happened to see it today on my Garmin and thought it interesting in regards to earlier discussions. I’m guessing that many people shift more than they think but don’t have the ability to record it.
Personally, I would think that a lot of shifts indicates a highly experienced rider making efficient use of his gears.
Personally, I would think that a lot of shifts indicates a highly experienced rider making efficient use of his gears.
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I think this cycling season with lots of high intensity workouts has trained me to burn all my energy stores over 1-4 hrs and left me unable to cope with sailing all day in a lot of wind and the cold. IOW, oy am I tired!