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Addiction LXXVIII

Old 06-16-20, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Thinking of GWTW will make you crazy? Or thinking about how many people haven't seen GWTW will make you crazy?
I'll think about it tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
I'll think about it tomorrow.
Must be obscure movie reference day.
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I'm rolling a 12 speed road bike today.

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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
I'm rolling a 12 speed road bike today.
What time is it per the sundial?
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
It's a stack of assumptions and guesses. I'm fairly certain that they're just looking at your best 20-min power (probably within 6 weeks) and then taking 95% of that. If you don't have a power meter or a location suitable for that type of steady output (7+ mile stretch that's relatively uninterrupted), they're FTP estimate isn't going to be very good.
Ill have to wait til I get a power meter I think. 7 miles uninterrupted would be close to impossible.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Ill have to wait til I get a power meter I think. 7 miles uninterrupted would be close to impossible.
And, frankly, until you get a power meter, it doesn't really matter.

edited to add: that's not to say that you need a power meter. You can train without one, but it's just a tool to be a little more effective.
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33 km on the 414. It tired me out, gave me an appetite, and restored my humanity.
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Originally Posted by noodle soup
My new mountain bike is 1x12, but I have no interest in 12 speed for a road bike, and I have no need/desire for a gravel bike.
12 speed is my favorite configuration in road bikes. Six speed freewheels and cassettes are decidedly not easy to find anymore.
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Old 06-16-20, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by SwtBadger
When I lived in Michigan this was one of the great things, close to the western edge of the time zone and north meant late evenings. Not sure of exact sundown, but was still biking and kayaking past 9pm w/visibility.
Currently in northern lower peninsula Michigan. Sunset at 9:30 today.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
I'm rolling a 12 speed road bike today.

What's the tubeset?
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
12 speed is my favorite configuration in road bikes. Six speed freewheels and cassettes are decidedly not easy to find anymore.
So, in genuine curiosity, what makes 12 better than 10 or 14?
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One more question. Do I need to be manually flexing that finger now, with all the inflammation, or can I wait til it loosens up some. I don't want to wait too long yet again
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Must be obscure movie reference day.
Every day is exactly the same.
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Old 06-16-20, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
12 speed is my favorite configuration in road bikes. Six speed freewheels and cassettes are decidedly not easy to find anymore.
We have six speed freewheels and cassettes in stock.
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
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One more question. Do I need to be manually flexing that finger now, with all the inflammation, or can I wait til it loosens up some. I don't want to wait too long yet again
Without the benefit of knowing what's really going on, my first piece of advice would be to be gentle and avoid anything that hurts too much. There is some risk that any scar tissue will retract with time and make things tighter, but you really don't want to risk reinjuring the finger. If it's just muscle and healthy connective tissue that should be able to wait.
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
What's the tubeset?
Tenax.
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day 2 of rain. I feel myself already forgetting what sunlight is.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Every day is exactly the same.
Are you not entertained?
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
day 260 of not-summer. I feel myself already forgetting what heat is.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
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A little.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
So, in genuine curiosity, what makes 12 better than 10 or 14?
It just feels right. I really prefer a six speed rear to a seven, for no real reason. And frankly, I don't have much experience with five. I have a five speed corncob here, that I've been awaiting the right application for. Whatever I have back there, I never use them all, unless I'm in the US, where they have actual hills. What makes friction shifting preferable to indexed? Same question/same answer.

Edit: Actually, the six speed rear more easily fits into 126 mm dropout spacing as well.

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
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Originally Posted by rjones28
We have six speed freewheels and cassettes in stock.
Are the grooves for the freehub all equal? That's what I'm looking for. Cassette wise. I can buy new six speed cassettes here, but the don't fit my freehubs.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
What time is it per the sundial?
It was approx 1/4 after 10 according to the sundial. Cell phone said 10:13. Not bad sundial, not bad.
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