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09-05-20, 01:53 PM
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I still feel awful. I hope she's ok. I know the feeling of being unsure of which way to go and knowing the wrong decision could be life threatening.
As for GPS, one of the off-road recovery guys I watch on video frequently rescues people who followed the GPS into the boonies in a rental car until they are stuck.
As for GPS, one of the off-road recovery guys I watch on video frequently rescues people who followed the GPS into the boonies in a rental car until they are stuck.
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09-05-20, 02:03 PM
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Silver Comet Fred
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Today:
Ride
Eat lunch
Cut grass
Spray 1 gallon of weed killer on my steep slopes on the side of my house (no questions will be taken about this @Velo Vol)
trim a shrub that got too big too fast
2.5 hours of outside work but at least it wasn't too hot/humid. All of this was done without any coffee. That's dumb..
Now it's nap time.
Ride
Eat lunch
Cut grass
Spray 1 gallon of weed killer on my steep slopes on the side of my house (no questions will be taken about this @Velo Vol)
trim a shrub that got too big too fast
2.5 hours of outside work but at least it wasn't too hot/humid. All of this was done without any coffee. That's dumb..
Now it's nap time.
09-05-20, 02:05 PM
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Sunny and hot, with a high near 116. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
I left at 6:45 with the mtb and climbed the hill behind the neighborhood. First 5 miles gains about 2000 feet. I passed a young couple on mountain bikes and she was hurting already and he was waiting for her up the road. She said she was hot and we were still in the shade. Uh oh. Top of the hill I go 2 miles to the fire station and refill my 100 oz Camebak. It's all dirt at this point. Coming back down a walker flags me over. He is lost and looking for the road 2 miles back, the one I climbed. He doesn't speak any English and he doesn't have any water or anything with him. I told him there was water at the fire station so he went that way, I think.
I pass the road I climbed to take a rough dirt road back down and I catch up to the couple I saw on the climb and she has a front flat and they are walking. They are miles from the bottom and cars can't go there. This could be bad, so I offer to try and patch the tube. He says no, it has to many holes from thorns/goatheads. They don't have a tube and he refuses to try and pump it up and ride until it goes flat again. I only have a 27.5x 3.0 tube and the flat is a 26er. We might be able to stuff it in there but he clearly doesn't want my help and has underestimated how far they have to go.
He tells me they have GPS and we are in cell service but I tell him there is a gate at the end of the road and you have to know how to get out. I explain it and ride off.
After a while I encounter 3 women walking and they have come from the next valley over and also don't know where they are. They appear strong and are moving quite well and they have water. I tell them how to get out and ride to the bottom. I started worrying about the couple because it's getting hot. I ride to the bottom to confirm the 12 foot gate is closed,, then I have to climb back up but I really start worrying then. I took a stick and wrote "gate" and "no" in the sand and put sticks in the shape of arrows pointing to the trail out. I then started riding up the hill and eventually saw the 3 women. They were tired but close to the bottom where they could call for a ride. I told them how to get out and went up some more looking for the others but I never saw them. A guy on a horse said he saw them but I waited a long time and a runner came down and he didn't see them.
They must have taken one of the horse trails down. I was running out of water and I don't know what else I could do, so I went home. Tragedies happen like that and I would hate to think there was more I could have done They're probably fine and I just worry too much. He could have put her on his bike and rode hers on the flat, I've done it before. I wish he had let me try and fix the flat. It was already 100 when I got home.
I left at 6:45 with the mtb and climbed the hill behind the neighborhood. First 5 miles gains about 2000 feet. I passed a young couple on mountain bikes and she was hurting already and he was waiting for her up the road. She said she was hot and we were still in the shade. Uh oh. Top of the hill I go 2 miles to the fire station and refill my 100 oz Camebak. It's all dirt at this point. Coming back down a walker flags me over. He is lost and looking for the road 2 miles back, the one I climbed. He doesn't speak any English and he doesn't have any water or anything with him. I told him there was water at the fire station so he went that way, I think.
I pass the road I climbed to take a rough dirt road back down and I catch up to the couple I saw on the climb and she has a front flat and they are walking. They are miles from the bottom and cars can't go there. This could be bad, so I offer to try and patch the tube. He says no, it has to many holes from thorns/goatheads. They don't have a tube and he refuses to try and pump it up and ride until it goes flat again. I only have a 27.5x 3.0 tube and the flat is a 26er. We might be able to stuff it in there but he clearly doesn't want my help and has underestimated how far they have to go.
He tells me they have GPS and we are in cell service but I tell him there is a gate at the end of the road and you have to know how to get out. I explain it and ride off.
After a while I encounter 3 women walking and they have come from the next valley over and also don't know where they are. They appear strong and are moving quite well and they have water. I tell them how to get out and ride to the bottom. I started worrying about the couple because it's getting hot. I ride to the bottom to confirm the 12 foot gate is closed,, then I have to climb back up but I really start worrying then. I took a stick and wrote "gate" and "no" in the sand and put sticks in the shape of arrows pointing to the trail out. I then started riding up the hill and eventually saw the 3 women. They were tired but close to the bottom where they could call for a ride. I told them how to get out and went up some more looking for the others but I never saw them. A guy on a horse said he saw them but I waited a long time and a runner came down and he didn't see them.
They must have taken one of the horse trails down. I was running out of water and I don't know what else I could do, so I went home. Tragedies happen like that and I would hate to think there was more I could have done They're probably fine and I just worry too much. He could have put her on his bike and rode hers on the flat, I've done it before. I wish he had let me try and fix the flat. It was already 100 when I got home.
09-05-20, 02:10 PM
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09-05-20, 02:13 PM
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Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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Hubris. Everything works great, till it doesn't work at all.
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09-05-20, 02:19 PM
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Thing to hoist cell booster antenna which wife wants for upcoming cruise so she can communicate with daughter and read the paper every morning.
09-05-20, 03:32 PM
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shaken, not stirred.
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my wife has had a close exposure to a person who has tested positive to cv-19 with flu like symptoms. This was a week ago and my wife wasn’t notified until last night. So, off to a testing facility this am. Neither of us has symptoms though we both have had light headaches which is unusual for both of us. I have a chest ache but this is common for me during hay fever season.
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09-05-20, 03:37 PM
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Creme cheese is gross.
Gradient?
Weight savings offset by superfluous water.
Papers still come out in the morning? 
Spray 1 gallon of weed killer on my steep slopes on the side of my house (no questions will be taken about this @Velo Vol)
Weight savings offset by superfluous water.
09-05-20, 04:03 PM
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Actually unpainted bikes are the fastest. #Science
09-05-20, 04:05 PM
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09-05-20, 04:06 PM
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No nap
no ride,
and I said F it to the grass
Just picked up a trailer to help with the move tomorrow but the light plug is doesn’t plug into my van so I have to run back to the store and get an adapter.
Painting is complete.
no ride,
and I said F it to the grass
Just picked up a trailer to help with the move tomorrow but the light plug is doesn’t plug into my van so I have to run back to the store and get an adapter.
Painting is complete.
09-05-20, 04:10 PM
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Big maritime disaster down Bah Humbug way.
09-05-20, 04:17 PM
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Big maritime disaster down Bah Humbug way.
09-05-20, 04:28 PM
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Man, you're doing serious work. Unlike mowing the yard.
09-05-20, 04:42 PM
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serious cyclist
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09-05-20, 04:49 PM
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09-05-20, 04:50 PM
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09-05-20, 04:54 PM
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How far can one pick up cell service? Isn't it limited by curvature of the earth?
I've been wronger before. I'm on solid footing here.
I've been wronger before. I'm on solid footing here.
09-05-20, 05:12 PM
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09-05-20, 05:14 PM
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09-05-20, 05:16 PM
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09-05-20, 05:25 PM
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Correct.
Incorrect.
Correct.
Correct.
09-05-20, 05:36 PM
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09-05-20, 05:37 PM
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Reported.
Oh... well that's not what I'd expected.
Didn't happen.
TWSS.
Oh... well that's not what I'd expected.
Didn't happen.
TWSS.
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