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03-12-21, 01:25 PM
#9301
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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03-12-21, 01:25 PM
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03-12-21, 01:27 PM
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Along those lines, why do I have 5 guitars when I can barely play the first one.
03-12-21, 01:30 PM
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Silver Comet Fred
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03-12-21, 01:35 PM
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Still no coupler, or email saying it has shipped or really any response from Ritchey at all. Maybe it’s a holiday.
03-12-21, 01:53 PM
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That 2.8 series Cannondale is still taunting me, for $65 less than his lowest offer to me. But like I said, any addition to the collection has to make sense. This is just something I wanted back in 1996. And if I blow money on it, and the perfect 58 cm bike with Shimano Sante pops up, I won't be able to buy it.
Or I could just ride what I have and stop obsessing over bikes I don't.
Or I could just ride what I have and stop obsessing over bikes I don't.
03-12-21, 01:56 PM
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I you snap your bar, it's a hint that you need to work on your core.
03-12-21, 02:01 PM
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03-12-21, 02:08 PM
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True, it won't tell me where I am, but I can use it to determine my heart rate. Takes both hands, though. And about a minute, to be accurate.
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03-12-21, 02:23 PM
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Fat n slow
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Wow - they're that old? My old H+Sons were anodized and they wore silver within a couple months of trying to slow my (m)ass, though this was also in the wet and gritty spring. But yeah, if the brake tracks aren't going to silver any time soon, the gumwalls might be a nice visual break; that's one of the reasons that I want some for the Zipps.
Maybe they were removed intentionally.
03-12-21, 02:32 PM
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And super fast "charging".
03-12-21, 02:34 PM
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03-12-21, 02:38 PM
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Also, you can use your analog watch as a compass. I remember having to do that during an orienteering course BITD.
03-12-21, 02:50 PM
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03-12-21, 03:01 PM
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cowboy, steel horse, etc
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Lake Minnetonka ice report: Definitely don't want to drive onto it anymore.
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03-12-21, 03:16 PM
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he said member
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03-12-21, 03:18 PM
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So, the guy I pipped at the line in my first Zwift race? He was also in the race I did on Wednesday. He won by 10 seconds - good on him! I was shadowing him till he put in a big effort I couldn't match, then he just stayed 8-10 seconds ahead the rest of the race.
Yesterday, I signed up for the same race this afternoon as I rode last week. This morning I looked, and so did he. This time, I'm not going to wear myself out on the warmup. Also not going to let him get away......
Yesterday, I signed up for the same race this afternoon as I rode last week. This morning I looked, and so did he. This time, I'm not going to wear myself out on the warmup. Also not going to let him get away......
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03-12-21, 03:18 PM
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he said member
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03-12-21, 03:19 PM
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03-12-21, 03:21 PM
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03-12-21, 03:22 PM
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03-12-21, 03:23 PM
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My Intervals.icu eFTP has been withering away over the winter, so I decided to try and bump it back up with a solid 3 min effort on the ride today. I thought that I had an okay hill for it, but it flattened out about 2 minutes in and I just couldn't stay on top of the pedals enough to maintain my target. Oh well - I did end up bumping my eFTP anyway, but I not quite as much as I'd been shooting for. I need to think of a better 3 min hill, but the sad thing is that I think of one within 35 miles or so. ******' flatlander. 
03-12-21, 03:25 PM
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Someone's coming to look at the Camaro tomorrow.
Someone's coming to look at the Camaro tomorrow.
03-12-21, 03:27 PM
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Fat n slow
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My Intervals.icu eFTP has been withering away over the winter, so I decided to try and bump it back up with a solid 3 min effort on the ride today. I thought that I had an okay hill for it, but it flattened out about 2 minutes in and I just couldn't stay on top of the pedals enough to maintain my target. Oh well - I did end up bumping my eFTP anyway, but I not quite as much as I'd been shooting for. I need to think of a better 3 min hill, but the sad thing is that I think of one within 35 miles or so. ******' flatlander.
03-12-21, 03:27 PM
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Nah! When you look at the torque figures of these stupidly strong guys, you'll realize that they don't have enough body weight to put the necessary torque to the pedals - what they're doing is leveraging against their bars, typically pulling up forcefully whilst slam-dancing on the pedals.
