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08-13-20, 09:22 AM
#1901
So it is
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08-13-20, 09:23 AM
#1902
Should Be More Popular
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Was supposed to be taking Heidi to LA this week. I decided to still take off today and tomorrow to get in some extra riding and chores and continuing medical education etc., did a quick 50 on the local MUP. It was my first MUP ride since March. I got passed by one cyclist but he was riding an E-Bike so not sure who “won” that one.
It’s really humid out.
It’s really humid out.
08-13-20, 09:25 AM
#1903
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08-13-20, 09:32 AM
#1904
So it is
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Our air is hammered crap. The further up you go, the worse it is. I'm sure glad all I'm doing is weights this week.
08-13-20, 09:34 AM
#1905
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08-13-20, 09:40 AM
#1906
So it is
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I-70 is closed due to fires. That's weird to read, but it's 2020.
08-13-20, 09:54 AM
#1907
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Southern California has been having small fires every day, plus a couple of large ones. Fortunately, it hasn't been super windy. A new fire started north of here yesterday and I read that some homes were lost. It's in an area where my LBS guy lives, pretty remote, and his house is alone on a hilltop. I'm hoping it's ok.
08-13-20, 10:51 AM
#1908
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Went to REI to pick up more Orange Seal, I've been goin' through it, and the checkout was nuts. There were only two registers open and one of the two cashiers felt the need to walk all the way around the line of registers to wipe down the counter and card reader between customers. The queue was 18 deep when I left and there was a line to get *in* the store because they couldn't get people out of the store fast enough. 
08-13-20, 10:57 AM
#1909
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Went to REI to pick up more Orange Seal, I've been goin' through it, and the checkout was nuts. There were only two registers open and one of the two cashiers felt the need to walk all the way around the line of registers to wipe down the counter and card reader between customers. The queue was 18 deep when I left and there was a line to get *in* the store because they couldn't get people out of the store fast enough.
to pick up several 5 gal barrels of hand sanitizer for her practice and hoik them up a flight or two of stairs.
08-13-20, 11:03 AM
#1910
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08-13-20, 11:12 AM
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08-13-20, 11:33 AM
#1912
Mostly Harmless
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I'm good until 2027.
08-13-20, 11:45 AM
#1913
serious cyclist
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08-13-20, 11:53 AM
#1914
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08-13-20, 11:54 AM
#1915
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08-13-20, 12:02 PM
#1916
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08-13-20, 12:07 PM
#1917
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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I renewed by mail in 2017 at 59 and I'm good till 2022, when I'm 64 - Will you still need me? Will you still feed me?
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08-13-20, 12:13 PM
#1918
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I'm going to go take apart the rear hub on my mtb. It's popping under load. I hope the hub is ok, I replaced the rim last year and saved the cheap hub because I'm cheap.
08-13-20, 12:19 PM
#1919
smelling the roses
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I could stick with 28s if I had to, which is good if I want to keep riding vintage steel. I'm getting the itch to grab another '80s Tenax-tubed Schwinn like a Tempo but they've got a pretty hard stop at about 28mm, on some of the earlier ones you could probably squeeze in a 30. I really want a Centurion Ironman but you're probably dreaming if you even think about putting anything bigger than 25 in a late '80s tri frame.
I mean, I'd ride it too out of necessity, but I wouldn't enjoy it
I mean, I'd ride it too out of necessity, but I wouldn't enjoy it
08-13-20, 12:21 PM
#1920
smelling the roses
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I passed a Georgia Mae look-alike, this morning on the way home from Cancun. Appeared to be a street dog in a small village
08-13-20, 12:28 PM
#1921
Full Member
My next visit to the DMV will be in 3 weeks. Son is 16 years old and time for his behind the wheel test.
This was the quite the controversy in the household with "but why do I have to take the test". In WI due to the virus, one doesn't need to pass a drivers test to get their license if both parents sign off. No way was I allowing a pass on that. The most dangerous thing we allow teenagers to do is drive, and I want an independent assessment. Wife indicated to son that we would sign off - she figured she would convince me, well at times I still can stick up and win on occasion it seems.
I don't even want to think on how the implications when I'm out riding...
This was the quite the controversy in the household with "but why do I have to take the test". In WI due to the virus, one doesn't need to pass a drivers test to get their license if both parents sign off. No way was I allowing a pass on that. The most dangerous thing we allow teenagers to do is drive, and I want an independent assessment. Wife indicated to son that we would sign off - she figured she would convince me, well at times I still can stick up and win on occasion it seems.
I don't even want to think on how the implications when I'm out riding...
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08-13-20, 12:32 PM
#1922
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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I posted last week about the spoke holes on the rear rim of the Fulcrum Racing 5s on my Bianchi. 27 hole rims, so I figured I'd never find a replacement and I'd have to buy a new wheelset. I found NEW, 2020 Fulcrum Racing 5s on PBK for $250, with free shipping!
Then somebody found replacement rims on Ebay! I figured, great! I'll get them and have my LBS rebuild them, and not end up with a broken rear and orphan front wheel!
$120, shipped from Italy for $32, with $10 in tax. $162.
Contacted the one LBS I'm sure would rebuild the wheels right, properly tensioned and all. He said, "Sure! Labor would be $125." It's not just building the wheel, it's unlacing the old one. $125 plus $12 tax.$137.
Total: $300.
So, one partly new wheel for $300, or a whole new wheelset for $250. Hmmmmmmmm.......
Then somebody found replacement rims on Ebay! I figured, great! I'll get them and have my LBS rebuild them, and not end up with a broken rear and orphan front wheel!
$120, shipped from Italy for $32, with $10 in tax. $162.
Contacted the one LBS I'm sure would rebuild the wheels right, properly tensioned and all. He said, "Sure! Labor would be $125." It's not just building the wheel, it's unlacing the old one. $125 plus $12 tax.$137.
Total: $300.
So, one partly new wheel for $300, or a whole new wheelset for $250. Hmmmmmmmm.......
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08-13-20, 12:34 PM
#1924
smelling the roses
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08-13-20, 12:38 PM
#1925
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