You still have keys?

The only key I need anymore is the one for the bike rack locks. Seems Kuat can't get with the program.

You can use that system, what, 3 months of the year?

Man, in the politics forum of another site there sure is a lot of fussing about the vaccine. One poster is even a doctor, allegedly.

Sadly I can't prove that the vaccine won't cause people to grow antlers five years from now.

That was my understanding as well. As with the Yankees and the Seychelles, the vaccines (even the less-effective ones) are highly effective at preventing hospitalization and death, but you can still be an asymptomatic carrier or get flu-like symptoms. It doesn't mean the vaccine didn't work or help.

Winter is coming.

sigh

My vaccine microchip doesn't seem to be communicating with the smart lock on my front door, so I'll have continue sticking my keys to my forehead, at least until I get another shot with a fully functional 5g chip.

There is one thing for sure - if you're dead you won't ever grow antlers.

Man, it's too bad that Season 8 never got made to wrap up the GoT. :(

In LA County, it's apparently ALL hospitalized patients are unvaccinated.
https://abc7.com/unvaccinated-covid1...ions/10887037/

Hope you don't get a defective one and start growing antlers.

When your 1600 sq ft postwar ranch house on 1/3 of an acre is worth >1.5 million, everything else seems cheap.

We do have a pretty nice bike trail system. I hit part of it occasionally and it's pretty quiet.

We were considering Austin once the kids move to college, but after looking at the real estate prices decided maybe to check out other cities. We still have the house in Marblehead that we'll unload when we move for a good penny, but I'm not really interested in paying a million bucks for a house in the city that's 900SF.

Tiny House FTW

Creaky BB is probably just grease needed

SS is great, as you know.

Kudos!

On the opposite end, I set a new 20 min mark for myself this morning. Sadly, it's below my FTP estimate; it'd be nice be closer to more open roads and have fewer interruptions to efforts.

Same with people smudging out license plates in photos. I never understood the privacy worry when we drive around with our plates in plain sight. :foo:

A cycling buddy of mine lives in Menlo Park. I looked at Zillow and the price you state is about right. That's nuts.

I signed up for this the other day, looks like it's going to be a good time:

https://www.peachamfallfondo.com/

also have a 66 miler with 6K on 8/15, it's something like 90% gravel. Better replace those gravel kings soon

Hilly gravel hurts me, if I were to do something like that, I'd probably replace my 50/34 with a 46/30, but it does look fun.

I saw a meme today that went something like, “You’ve been eating processed food all your life but you won’t get the vaccine because you don’t know what’s in it?”

there is a huge chip shortage at the moment. You may have to wait for a while.

It's very hard to put down a 20 min max effort in the real world.

Interestingly, my eFTP is stuck where it was in early Spring and significantly lower than last year, but I'm also faster than last year, i.e. probably more efficient in some way.

What's your mix of solo/group looking like compared to last year? Maybe you're better at surfin' wheels? Or maybe you're just more aero?

I'm finally starting to feel like I'm approaching the shape that I was in last year. Like you, my eFTP is about where it was in the Spring, but I've been feeling much better during hard efforts and it may just be that I haven't had the opportunity to really uncork it for an uninterrupted 3+ minutes.

Mostly packed. Mostly.

Hard to rule out and I am hanging longer on the fast rides, but I think my solo work (ahem) has also improved and I'm also feeling subjectively stronger. I don't know what it is about those 3 min max efforts, though. I just don't seem to be doing them. All of the > 3 min hills nearby have flat spots where I find it nearly impossible to maintain power.

Yup, this is my problem, too - it's just impossible to stay on top of the pedals when there's a flat or dip. Unfortunately, the only surefire steady hills in the area mean an 80+ mile round trip ride, which presents other problems w/r/t an all-out effort.

Revolt has a 48/32, which is fine for this. I'm still trying to get my fit dialed in on it, I can't seem to maintain similar power #s as the R3 and it makes no sense to me.

This is why I always roll my eyes when people try to tell me that everyone's leaving California.

You have a PM on the Giant, too? How far off are we talkin'?