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05-07-20, 09:26 AM
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BTW the descent can be as scary fast as you want. I rode my brakes some because I get nervous when my speed goes over say 40MPH but you can certainly go much faster than that if you dare.
05-07-20, 09:41 AM
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The bears here are still hibernating if they're smart. #Winter 
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05-07-20, 09:54 AM
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05-07-20, 10:07 AM
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smelling the roses
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My wife has a Bianchi Grizzly. Her town bike. Her only bike. We paid US$75 at a yard sale in Merida. Yes, we paid the premium, because it was already here.
05-07-20, 10:09 AM
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05-07-20, 10:14 AM
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Yeah something like that. It's almost all straight, with one switchback at the top. I expect you will be able to ride up, even if the road is "closed" but do check.
BTW the descent can be as scary fast as you want. I rode my brakes some because I get nervous when my speed goes over say 40MPH but you can certainly go much faster than that if you dare.
BTW the descent can be as scary fast as you want. I rode my brakes some because I get nervous when my speed goes over say 40MPH but you can certainly go much faster than that if you dare.
I thought they were pretty strict on the 25 limit?
05-07-20, 10:24 AM
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It's pan francais. Almost as popular as tortillas.Soft skin, soft inside.
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05-07-20, 10:29 AM
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It gets deep - the metals alloyed with the iron, even in small quantities, have huge effects on the carbides (the bits that make it steel instead of iron) and huge piles of other metallurgical terms I barely understand. A very lightly-alloyed steel, for example, can have very very fine carbides and can be easily sharpened to a fine edge, but that edge can be so smooth it has a hard time "biting" into tough pepper skins. Hitachi calls those "white" steels. The "blue" steels contain more added metals like bits of chromium, vanadium, and tungsten, by my memory. This gives it carbides of varying sizes (and a longer edge life) that gives it a "toothy" edge that bites into tough skins. It's slightly harder to sharpen, and won't take the sort of edge a sushi chef would want.
The trick with stainless is it's gummy - when you try to sharpen it, it feels nasty on the stones. Worse, instead of easily grinding off a layer of steel, it rolls a gummy sliver of steel to the edge, where it hangs on and then just flips back and forth as you try to sharpen each side. It sucks. The newer stainless steels (R2 especially) are much better about that, but still don't feel as good and aren't as easy as non-stainless. It's worth it for some things like paring knifes and the knife I use for pineapple, though.
The trick with stainless is it's gummy - when you try to sharpen it, it feels nasty on the stones. Worse, instead of easily grinding off a layer of steel, it rolls a gummy sliver of steel to the edge, where it hangs on and then just flips back and forth as you try to sharpen each side. It sucks. The newer stainless steels (R2 especially) are much better about that, but still don't feel as good and aren't as easy as non-stainless. It's worth it for some things like paring knifes and the knife I use for pineapple, though.
05-07-20, 10:38 AM
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05-07-20, 10:39 AM
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05-07-20, 10:40 AM
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), including one with sharpening via peening. Fascinating stuff.
05-07-20, 10:42 AM
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05-07-20, 10:47 AM
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Fun history fact: the imagery of the Grim Reaper arose during the Black Death as a metaphor for death reaping people like blades of grass. Apropos of nothing, I assure you.
05-07-20, 12:20 PM
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Is everyone actually busy working? The thread's gone awfully quiet.
05-07-20, 01:13 PM
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05-07-20, 01:14 PM
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05-07-20, 01:17 PM
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So it is
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Zoom meetings.
We have to now list our temperature before coming to work.
We have to now list our temperature before coming to work.
05-07-20, 01:20 PM
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05-07-20, 01:22 PM
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Two Zoom meetings and paperwork all day.
But I did get email confirmation from FedEx: wheels have been delivered! It would be a bike-building weekend but I'm going to wait for the power meter to get here, too (backordered).
But I did get email confirmation from FedEx: wheels have been delivered! It would be a bike-building weekend but I'm going to wait for the power meter to get here, too (backordered).
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05-07-20, 01:25 PM
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05-07-20, 01:25 PM
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05-07-20, 01:29 PM
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05-07-20, 01:33 PM
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05-07-20, 01:41 PM
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05-07-20, 01:45 PM
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I realized a couple of months ago that I was going to have some actual honest-to-god free time on my hands as I finish up grad school. And I'm tired of puttering around on my parts-bin bicycles- I want to get better at it and maybe, you know, actually physically fit. So I've "invested" in some new stuff (while still using the C&V Bianchi frame that I like the feel of):
R7000 group set
Conti GP5000 tires
PSIMET wheels
Garmin 830
Garmin Varia
Stages Left crank PM
New handlebar, stem, and pedals to tweak the fit a bit.
I feel like there's something missing...oh, I got new shoes, too.
Also, y'all are a bad influence
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Pictures were going to be shared as before and after once everything is in hand.
R7000 group set
Conti GP5000 tires
PSIMET wheels
Garmin 830
Garmin Varia
Stages Left crank PM
New handlebar, stem, and pedals to tweak the fit a bit.
I feel like there's something missing...oh, I got new shoes, too.
Also, y'all are a bad influence
.Pictures were going to be shared as before and after once everything is in hand.
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