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Addiction LXXIX

Old 09-19-20, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
During my very brief stint with brifters(I happened to buy my first new road bike in 15 years when they were brand new tech), I probably shifted a lot too, cause why not? But that doesn't make it right.
That's a rather Puritanical view on it.
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Just saw an Amish guy on a “skateboard bike.”
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
You always say that but we have no way to fact check you so...
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.
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Old 09-19-20, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol

Most jobs don't have try-out day.



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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Old 09-19-20, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
AG's current job required an all-day on-site interview spending an hour or two with each of several teams. Pre-Covid, obviously, but it absolutely is a thing for many good jobs.
Were walk-ins welcome?
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Regarding number of shifts per ride, this is from a flattish 28 mile ride:
SMH
Originally Posted by seedsbelize
During my very brief stint with brifters(I happened to buy my first new road bike in 15 years when they were brand new tech), I probably shifted a lot too, cause why not? But that doesn't make it right.
Correct.
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Old 09-19-20, 04:31 PM
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We're still in the smoke zone. It must be taking several degrees off the high temperature. Feels like October.
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Old 09-19-20, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
There was an X 1/9 I was tempted to buy, BITD. But $700 was a lot of money for a 20 year old in the early 80s, so I kept driving the Beetle.
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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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
We're still in the smoke zone. It must be taking several degrees off the high temperature. Feels like October.
Great Smoky Mountains, eh?
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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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Originally Posted by datlas
Great Smoky Mountains, eh?
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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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Old 09-19-20, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
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.
Yikes.
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Does the number of shift matter? I thought it was shift is you need to.
Yes. People here shift when they don't need to.
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Old 09-19-20, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
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.
It matters very little but likely a factor on shift cable longevity.
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Old 09-19-20, 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
I rode across the damn during a ride from Kennett Square to Baltimore. I’ve heard several screech and great horned owls this trip. A few nights ago two of the latter held a lengthy conversation until nearly 5 am.
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.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol

Yes. People here shift when they don't need to.
This is America, pardner. We don't need to need to shift to want to shift.
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Originally Posted by big john
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.
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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Originally Posted by bampilot06
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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Originally Posted by genejockey
I was very surprised to learn that the owls that make that horrible screech are not, in fact, Screech Owls. It's Barn Owls.
I'll be dipped. The owls we had made a nice "who" sound. It made me feel like everything was OK.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
This is America, pardner. We don't need to need to shift to want to shift.
They don't do all this gratuitous shifting in Canada, probably.
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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.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
They don't do all this gratuitous shifting in Canada, probably.
That's because they're socialist. Here in America we shift for ourselves....
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Originally Posted by datlas
I hate yellow jacket wasps “bees” they are aggressive and can sting repeatedly. Evil.
Especially at this time of year.
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
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.
Before today I don't think I ever heard anyone mention the quantity of someone else's shifts. And I've done 2000 group rides in the last 20 years, lots more before that.
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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!
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