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Old 10-21-20, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Everyone dodged the question.

I have nothing to add.
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Red hubs, silver spokes, black rims. If we have any Chris King or I9 fans here we could go all day.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
We stopped off at B&N when found ourselves with some time to kill after wrapping up a couple errands.

I went to my favorite section, Science Fiction and Fantasy, and was surprised to see that one of my favorite authors, and a guy that moves a goodly number of books, didn't have any books on the shelf. Shortly thereafter, it dawned on me that his name, Hamilton, would have appeared *much* deeper in to the section than alphabetical order would have you think. That's when I noticed names beginning with "A" and "B" in the middle of the section... what the hell?

I went to the start of the section - "A" names, obviously, then progressing quickly through the alphabet (oh, there's Hamilton!) to Z and then restarting in the middle. To repeat - what the hell?

Looking at the authors and the titles, I realized that someone had the bright idea of separating the Sci-Fi subcategory from Fantasy, hence two trips through the alphabet. But what about books that straddle the divide? What about authors that write both? As if in answer to this question, I came across LeGuin's Left Hand of Darkness in the Fantasy area and decided that it was just all too much to take, so I left.
The horror.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
The horror.
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
My wife's grandfather was a college gymnast in his youth and even in his 80s, he could stand next to a kitchen counter with his palms flat on the counter and slowly raise and hold his body completely horizontal. He also still did handstands by bending over and slowly raising his body to vertical without using momentum.

The funny thing is, he looked like anybody's flabby old grandpa.
And I look pretty fit!
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Originally Posted by rjones28
I have nothing to add.
I doubt that. But with all the power geeks here someone should have a theory whether going all out, then resting, is a better strategy than a slower, more sustainable rate for the minute.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
The horror.
That's in a separate section.
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
Even on silver rims? If it's a thing, I'll go ahead and buy them.
Even on silver rims, for me. I don't like any silver on the wheels for a modern-looking bike. For a classic-looking one it's fine.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I doubt that. But with all the power geeks here someone should have a theory whether going all out, then resting, is a better strategy than a slower, more sustainable rate for the minute.
Depends on her power curve, of course.
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Old 10-21-20, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I doubt that. But with all the power geeks here someone should have a theory whether going all out, then resting, is a better strategy than a slower, more sustainable rate for the minute.
A one-minute explosive effort is wildly different from the multi-hour efforts most of us work on. Like asking a marathoner about pacing a 400m.
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
My wife's grandfather was a college gymnast in his youth and even in his 80s, he could stand next to a kitchen counter with his palms flat on the counter and slowly raise and hold his body completely horizontal. He also still did handstands by bending over and slowly raising his body to vertical without using momentum.

The funny thing is, he looked like anybody's flabby old grandpa.
What a badass!

From a sitting position, with my hands on the arms of a chair, I used to be able to lift myself and rotate into a quasi-handstand, but I could never quite shoulder press all the way up.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
A one-minute explosive effort is wildly different from the multi-hour efforts most of us work on.


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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Everyone dodged the question.
What the hell should I know about pull-ups? She went most of the minute and we don't even know how many reps she beat the record by.
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Old 10-21-20, 05:10 PM
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You are a bad bad man and should be ashamed of yourself.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
You are a bad bad man and should be ashamed of yourself.
I was actually referring to my predilection towards the left side of the power curve, but now that you put it that way... um, yeah.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
So it's not to hot for riding, eh?

P.S. Where is the road?
It’s about 65F at sunrise, and only 93F at the warmest time of the day.

BTW, There is a dirt road in this photo.
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What the hell should I know about pull-ups? She went most of the minute and we don't even know how many reps she beat the record by.
Per the video, the record was 30 and she officially did 34. (the counter thing says 37, I guess three of them didn't count??).

At any rate she basically tied the record in the first 33ish seconds and only did four/five more in the last 27 seconds.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Per the video, the record was 30 and she officially did 34. (the counter thing says 37, I guess three of them didn't count??).

At any rate she basically tied the record in the first 33ish seconds and only did four/five more in the last 27 seconds.
So, maybe not optimal then.
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Originally Posted by noodle soup
same here.

It’s just too much work to find a buyer, and actually ship them.

hopefully someone local will need some 10spd wheels.
Ditto. Thankfully (?) only one of the extra sets is worth the effort.

Originally Posted by genejockey
Lemme guess - more fronts than rears?
Surprisingly, no!

I also mis-remembered. Got a freewheel threaded rear in the closet and a set attached to a late 90s Hardrock.

The two extra wheels that don't make a set are both rear. One mentioned above and then one I bought for it's flip flop hub.

Originally Posted by rjones28
Of the wheels with black spokes, only two of them don't have black nipples.
Another case of mis-remembrance. The H Plus Sons on the shiny bike are all black. My MTB wheels have silver nipples with the rest black.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
Same. I generally end up cutting the hubs out and throwing the hubs in a box. Rims go out by the curb and metal scroungers find them within a day or two.
Of the extra ones, one set is worth selling complete, two individuals need to have their hubs removed, and one nasty set of 27" just needs to go to recycling.
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
Even on silver rims? If it's a thing, I'll go ahead and buy them.
Silver spokes, silver nipples, black rims, silver machined brake track.

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Everyone dodged the question.
Well?

https://www.bikeforums.net/21753847-post2185.html
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Silver spokes, silver nipples, black rims, silver machined brake track.

It may just be me; that picture is a perfect example of the look that drives me crazy with the WickWerks chainrings. I never liked the two-tone DA, and even worse was the FSA attempt to ape the look with the Gossamer crankset that was universal on the bikes in my price range a decade ago.

However, that bike would probably look good to me with mono-silver components.
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Why do you ask?
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The last wheel I built has both black and silver spokes and nipples. And the black nipples don't necessarily go with the black spokes. So what am I getting all worked up about? I'll tell you. Campy record hubs and tubular rims. Something quasi-extraordinary about the combo. In my little world anyway.
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It just occurred to me I've certainly ridden more real miles this year than driven. That's certainly never happened before.
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