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Addiction LXXVII

Old 01-15-20, 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by kissTheApex
had white tape once. It was white only for the 10 minutes into my first ride.
I've had great luck with white Fizik tape in the past. Doesn't really get dirty at all. And it's easy to clean. Cheap too!

I don't really mind dingy white tape though, especially if it's cotton. Makes a bike feel well-used and comfortable.

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
These people who live north of the Mason-Dixon line just don't get it.
I lived in Texas for ~10 years.

It has it's own pros and cons.

Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
My family still thinks I'm going to miss winter eventually. Meanwhile, I keep trying to talk AG into retiring early to Belize or Malaysia or some such place. Get away from the Texas winters.
I still think I'll take an Illinois winter over a Texas summer.
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Does anyone have a recommendation for a weather app on your phone?

The latest Wunderground app update is terrible.

Very interested in good radar as well as push notifications for severe alerts.
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Originally Posted by datlas
If you don’t have kids, you can likely do that sooner rather than later. How about Yucatán? Our own seeds can give you the inside scoop.
Well and that's what I told her. No kids, no family we're like super close to in the sense of needing to see every month or help raise kids of, and we clearly can fly to them anyway as much as we do from here.

The hard part would literally be convincing her that it's ok to retire ever, as a concept.
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Originally Posted by abshipp
I lived in Texas for ~10 years.

It has it's own pros and cons.

I still think I'll take an Illinois winter over a Texas summer.
People in cold climes like to brag about how tough they are to the cold. I find it odd no one brags about how tough they are to the heat.
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Originally Posted by abshipp
Does anyone have a recommendation for a weather app on your phone?

The latest Wunderground app update is terrible.

Very interested in good radar as well as push notifications for severe alerts.
Agree the update sucks, but the models and secret sauce they use are distinctly superior to virtually all of what's out there, most of which seems to repackage GFS and NAM info. The only other free app I've seen with ECMWF for the US is Windy, which is great if you're into meteorology and the big picture, but isn't as good for ultra short-term and hi res info.

For radar, RadarUS beats everything else I've seen.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
People in cold climes like to brag about how tough they are to the cold. I find it odd no one brags about how tough they are to the heat.
Very true. I don't know why, it's so much easier to deal with cold temperatures. Given enough clothing I can be as comfortable outside on a 0°F day as I can on a 70°F day.

I can't say the same for a 100°F day.
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Old 01-15-20, 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Agree the update sucks, but the models and secret sauce they use are distinctly superior to virtually all of what's out there, most of which seems to repackage GFS and NAM info. The only other free app I've seen with ECMWF for the US is Windy, which is great if you're into meteorology and the big picture, but isn't as good for ultra short-term and hi res info.

For radar, RadarUS beats everything else I've seen.
Gotcha. I frequent the Wunderground site, not only for forecasts but I also very much enjoy their blogs and news stories. Always found their website a little clunky and pictures don't always load, but the content is good.

Windy is a fun tool. I've got a private pilot ticket so I've been exposed to basic meteorology and its fun to look at the large scale air movements around the world. But I don't really fly anymore so anything outside of local weather is more of a curiosity than anything. Even then, the airplanes I flew were so slow that you didn't need to look too far ahead anyways

Looks like RadarUS is iOS only. Sad!
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Originally Posted by abshipp
Gotcha. I frequent the Wunderground site, not only for forecasts but I also very much enjoy their blogs and news stories. Always found their website a little clunky and pictures don't always load, but the content is good.

Windy is a fun tool. I've got a private pilot ticket so I've been exposed to basic meteorology and its fun to look at the large scale air movements around the world. But I don't really fly anymore so anything outside of local weather is more of a curiosity than anything. Even then, the airplanes I flew were so slow that you didn't need to look too far ahead anyways

Looks like RadarUS is iOS only. Sad!
Sailboats are even slower, but as they say, there's more planes at the bottom of the ocean than ships in the sky.

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On the subject of Manhattan, I've actually been there quite a few times over the past year and a half or so for work related stuff. I really enjoy when I do go there, but can't imagine actually living there. To enjoy the same comforts there that I do in North Texas where living is pretty darn cheap (We bought our 4 bedroom house 4 years ago for 155K), I would have to make something like 4 times what I make now. And as much as I enjoy (as in actually enjoy, not being sarcastic) the subway, I do enjoy driving a car on open roads.

The wife and I will take a long weekend there sometime in the near future. I've got quite a few favorite places I want to take her to and she's never been there.
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In fake miles news, I did a longer Zwift route last night with lots of climbing and it mostly sucked. I wanted to do another route of similar length with not as much, but still a good bit of elevation, but I didn't realize it was a level 12 and up route. I'm nearly there. Did the longer route for the bonus XP points and suffered immensely.
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Originally Posted by abshipp
Very true. I don't know why, it's so much easier to deal with cold temperatures. Given enough clothing I can be as comfortable outside on a 0°F day as I can on a 70°F day.

I can't say the same for a 100°F day.
And I'm the opposite - let me wear what I want and 100°F is fine. Put me in 30°F, or 55°F and cold humidity, and it sucks the soul straight out of me Raynaud's doesn't help.
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Originally Posted by WalksOn2Wheels
On the subject of Manhattan, I've actually been there quite a few times over the past year and a half or so for work related stuff. I really enjoy when I do go there, but can't imagine actually living there. To enjoy the same comforts there that I do in North Texas where living is pretty darn cheap (We bought our 4 bedroom house 4 years ago for 155K), I would have to make something like 4 times what I make now. And as much as I enjoy (as in actually enjoy, not being sarcastic) the subway, I do enjoy driving a car on open roads.

The wife and I will take a long weekend there sometime in the near future. I've got quite a few favorite places I want to take her to and she's never been there.
I have to ask, what do you enjoy about the subway? I haven't ridden it in Manhattan, but I rode it a bunch in HK and Rome, and both were miserable. HK's particularly is supposed to be better than the one in Manhattan, so I'm wondering what's nice about it. Do you just mean that it's easier in the city than dealing with a car and parking?
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
People in cold climes like to brag about how tough they are to the cold. I find it odd no one brags about how tough they are to the heat.
It gets hot here for a bit in the summer. I persist.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
I have to ask, what do you enjoy about the subway? I haven't ridden it in Manhattan, but I rode it a bunch in HK and Rome, and both were miserable. HK's particularly is supposed to be better than the one in Manhattan, so I'm wondering what's nice about it. Do you just mean that it's easier in the city than dealing with a car and parking?
Good question. I definitely did not mean the subway itself was an absolute pleasure and joy to be on, just that the convenience of it was amazing. I have been to places or work where I needed to get a rental car and one day alone is like 100+ bucks and I might put barely any miles on the car, but there just wasn't any other option. In NYC I can land at JFK, get on the airtrain, load up a metro card for about 25 bucks and get anywhere I need/want to for a few days.
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Originally Posted by WalksOn2Wheels
On the subject of Manhattan, I've actually been there quite a few times over the past year and a half or so for work related stuff. I really enjoy when I do go there, but can't imagine actually living there. To enjoy the same comforts there that I do in North Texas where living is pretty darn cheap (We bought our 4 bedroom house 4 years ago for 155K), I would have to make something like 4 times what I make now. And as much as I enjoy (as in actually enjoy, not being sarcastic) the subway, I do enjoy driving a car on open roads.

The wife and I will take a long weekend there sometime in the near future. I've got quite a few favorite places I want to take her to and she's never been there.
Mrs. rjones28 and I will be in NYC for a couple of days, pretty soon.

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Originally Posted by WalksOn2Wheels
In fake miles news, I did a longer Zwift route last night with lots of climbing and it mostly sucked. I wanted to do another route of similar length with not as much, but still a good bit of elevation, but I didn't realize it was a level 12 and up route. I'm nearly there. Did the longer route for the bonus XP points and suffered immensely.
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Silly country bumpkin.
Do you still bicycle ride? Or have you concluded a Peloton is a safer way to exercise these days?
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Mrs. rjones28 and I will be in NYC for a couple of days, pretty soon.

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Originally Posted by abshipp

Nice corn.

P.S. It is literally impossible to be comfortable when it's below freezing.
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Driving a car is dumb. Sadly, no subway in K-Town.
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Originally Posted by WalksOn2Wheels
Good question. I definitely did not mean the subway itself was an absolute pleasure and joy to be on, just that the convenience of it was amazing. I have been to places or work where I needed to get a rental car and one day alone is like 100+ bucks and I might put barely any miles on the car, but there just wasn't any other option. In NYC I can land at JFK, get on the airtrain, load up a metro card for about 25 bucks and get anywhere I need/want to for a few days.
Mirrors my experience almost exactly with spending 3 days in Chicago this last summer.

Not having to worry about a car is a pleasure not often afforded to us that don't live in metro areas serviced by reliable and accessible public transportation.

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Driving a car is dumb.
I wouldn't say driving a car is dumb, but being required to own a car in order to participate in society really is.
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Are you kidding? There are white tailed deer now in Central Park in Manhattan.
I guess that"in the wild" part is open to interpretation....
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