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Old 04-17-21, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
$3.99 at Home Depot, but that is the marine version sold at West Marine for $28.99 each.
Naturally.
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Got out for a decent ride.

The rear tire, with bacon strip from the run-in with glass last week, has been holding air like a champ, so I'm just going to let it roll and see iffin that plug stays put and for how long.

Legs felt better than they have all year, too. Not really from a power perspective - I wasn't really hammering it - but from a joint harmony perspective. I've just felt tight, from the hips to the ankles, and my knees have felt out of balance, in particular. The last handful of days, though, I've been stretching and hitting the foam roller at least twice a day, and it's paid off - felt much more supple today. The whole episode has me considering looking in to doing something dumb, like yoga for cyclists.
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Oh, and Mpls is armed to the teeth. Saw a bunch of (I assume) National Guard, rifles in-hand, at key points through the city. I'm hoping that they throw the book at this dude and that the Guard has a very boring visit to the cities, though.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Ain't skeert.
Me neither but I'll avoid if I can. I'd think a twelve pack schtupping would be more appropriate than a 6-pack schtupping when such hubs are involved
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So I'm looking at my flybys and... do you remember those experiments when they gave spiders acid and the spiders would spin some ****ed up webs?



I'm thinking, "who the hell would do this for 60+ miles?"

Then it hit me - bike messenger/delivery. I looked at his activity with the time breakdown and yeah - lots of lulls and they're mostly at the same location. Huh. Not a bad day's work, I guess.
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Old 04-17-21, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
$3.99 at Home Depot, but that is the marine version sold at West Marine for $28.99 each.
No, it’s the HD version, literally, I think.
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Old 04-17-21, 05:12 PM
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Should I get 2 chains and 1 connector to get free shipping? The chain is supposed to work for all 11 speeds. It's budget friendly. Hopefully they will be in stock. Someday I'll be riding again.
Oops, it's a 12 speed connector.
11 Speed same price. vvv

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Old 04-17-21, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by DougRNS

Should I get 2 chains and 1 connector to get free shipping? The chain is supposed to work for all 11 speeds. It's budget friendly. Hopefully they will be in stock. Someday I'll be riding again.
Oops, it's a 12 speed connector.
11 Speed same price. vvv

I found the chain to be noisy, but if you don’t mind noise then go for it.
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Old 04-17-21, 06:04 PM
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I found the chain to be noisy, but if you don’t mind noise then go for it.
Thanks for the input.
I've got years of experience ignoring noise. I'm married.
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Old 04-17-21, 06:23 PM
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Club ride today. This thing happens to me where I feel strong one weekend and crappy the next. I didn't really feel bad but I blew up trying to stay at the front too long on a 20+ mile climb. Then I had to face the headwind by myself for a few miles. They waited at the turn, I wasn't last, and some even turned back. Then came a couple miles with some 9% and strong headwind. That split everyone apart.
Later when descending the canyon we had swirling wind with tailwinds at times pushing us up to speed. One guy and his wife rode up alone and didn't do all of the climb but in the middle of the descent she motored past me like it was easy. I couldn't summon the energy to go after her, she was flying. Later I asked her if she had a turbo on that bike.
A short section of mup near the end had 2 of us chatting and almost ran over a big red snake.
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Originally Posted by big john
Club ride today. This thing happens to me where I feel strong one weekend and crappy the next. I didn't really feel bad but I blew up trying to stay at the front too long on a 20+ mile climb. Then I had to face the headwind by myself for a few miles. They waited at the turn, I wasn't last, and some even turned back. Then came a couple miles with some 9% and strong headwind. That split everyone apart.
Later when descending the canyon we had swirling wind with tailwinds at times pushing us up to speed. One guy and his wife rode up alone and didn't do all of the climb but in the middle of the descent she motored past me like it was easy. I couldn't summon the energy to go after her, she was flying. Later I asked her if she had a turbo on that bike.
A short section of mup near the end had 2 of us chatting and almost ran over a big red snake.
Happens to me too. I think it’s old age and depressingly slow recovery.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Happens to me too. I think it’s old age and depressingly slow recovery.
Agreed. Plus some normal biologic variability.
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I did my hill climb festival today.

Goal of >100 feet/mile achieved.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
That article is needlessly complicated. I just used the wheel building chapter in Lennard Zinn's bike maintenance book and an online spoke calculator, when I built my first wheelset.
I use his method for lacing.
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So I'm looking at my flybys and... do you remember those experiments when they gave spiders acid and the spiders would spin some ****ed up webs?
Ah yeah I think I've seen that documentary
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
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I sure hope I never have to lace up hubs with one big ass flange:
Why not? Does it make lacing harder in some way?
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I feel like I repaid (or maybe prepaid) some karmic debt today.

Helped some folx move a treadmill and an upright piano

​​​​​The treadmill went from one basement to another, naturally...

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Originally Posted by abshipp
Why not? Does it make lacing harder in some way?
Feeding the 16 spokes through the small flange would require some spoke bending, seems like it might be a pain in the ass. Maybe they make their spoke holes a little bigger and/or more radiused to make it easier?
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Feeding the 16 spokes through the small flange would require some spoke bending, seems like it might be a pain in the ass. Maybe they make their spoke holes a little bigger and/or more radiused to make it easier?
Ahh that makes sense.
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Originally Posted by abshipp
Ahh that makes sense.
I'd definitely want butted spokes for that build!
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Happens to me too. I think it’s old age and depressingly slow recovery.
Last Saturday I was climbing about as fast as I have in years. Felt good on Sunday solo ride, good on Tuesday and Wednesday and probably went out too hard this morning.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
I'd definitely want butted spokes for that build!
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