Originally Posted by ls01 (Post 22380020)

I must have been tired to bring it inside and leave it there and not remember doing it.

Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22380081)

Done that more times than I care to admit.

I always find the stuff in the last place I look.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 22380136)

Supposed to do it every three months with purified water or softened water.

Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 22380147)

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Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22380081)

I always find the stuff in the last place I look.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 22380126)

Please do. I've only had it a month or so but I'm shocked how fast it loads my sensors from 3 different bikes without hesitation and that's a lot of sensors. Besides my HR and Varia, that's three different PMs and electronic shifting systems. It seemed like I always fiddling with sensors on my Garmins. Also, the thing uploads to Strava quickly by using my phone as a hot spot. My Garmins would upload for a week or two and then decide to just screw it.

Anyway, tell him that I'm happy. :thumb:

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 22380136)

I have a softner but my Gaggia seemed to have trouble with the three-way solenoid plugging up. My Rancillio doesn't seem to have that problem. In fact, I would see mineral bits in the water when descaling my Gaggia but I couldn't't detect any in my Rancillio.

As for frequency, Rancillio wants you to run a little through the machine and then wait 25' and do it a 1/4 tank at a time. Then rinse with two tanks of fresh water. That's a couple hours. Supposed to do it every three months with purified water or softened water. I use both.

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 22380210)

French press needs no descaling. Low maintenance. :innocent:

Originally Posted by seedsbelize2 (Post 22380219)

We were a couple of days without internet. We went to the Guatemala border and down the Usamacinta River to the ancient Maya site of Yaxchilan, a ruin that's been on my list for 35 years, due to its location. It can be reached by river or by air(and probably on foot). We stayed two nights in the Lacandon forest.

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 22380220)

Pics??

Originally Posted by seedsbelize2 (Post 22380225)

We don't do pics. We imprint memories in our psyches.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 22380021)

That was supposed to be one of my chores for today but instead, I got waylaid by dismantling my Kickr (belt inspection/tensioning), riding my Kickr, descaling my espresso machine (2 hours), book reading (Lincoln Highway), and lastly, now wasting my time on here.

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22380254)

I'm eating Brussels sprout. #Supper

Originally Posted by Eric F (Post 22380258)

Just one?

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22380254)

I'm eating Brussels sprout. #Supper

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22380254)

I'm eating Brussels sprout. #Supper

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22380262)

At a time.

Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22380077)

That's another $150 or so. The gettin just keeps gettin better!

Originally Posted by seedsbelize2 (Post 22380246)

I have the Lincoln Highway Companion on my Scribd reading list. Don't know when I'll get to it.

Originally Posted by genejockey (Post 22379863)

Boringly technical discussion of bike geometry and fit follows. Feel free to scroll past:

I was puzzling over why the saddle on the Litespeed seems to be slammed forward in the cradle of the zero setback post I bought. After a bit of analysis, I conclude it's a combination of several factors.

1. Because I have short thighs for my leg length, my saddles are generally farther forward than average.
2. Because my legs are long for my height, and I point my toes when I pedal, my saddle height is higher than average.
3. Because the virtual seat tube angle at 73 degrees is more slack than my other bikes
4. Because the ACTUAL seat tube angle is even more slack than 73 degrees, since the seat tube is curved to shorten the seat stays
5. Because the clamping part of the saddle rails on the Fizik Aliante VSX is about 1 cm farther forward, relative to the contact points, than my other saddles.

The funny thing is, with the saddle slammed all the way forward in a zero-setback post, the saddle setback (measured saddle nose to center of BB) is about a cm greater than my other bikes with different saddles. So I measured the distance between what is functionally the back of the saddle and the tip of the nose, and the Fizik is a cm shorter. Which just goes to show you that measuring setback that way only works when all your saddles are the same.

In any case, Sunday's ride confirmed that the saddle height and setback are correct, no matter how odd they may look.

Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22380274)

Had real food for supper - chicken enchiladas with a verde sauce, and cilantro-lime rice.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 22380021)

That was supposed to be one of my chores for today but instead, I got waylaid by dismantling my Kickr (belt inspection/tensioning), riding my Kickr, descaling my espresso machine (2 hours), book reading (Lincoln Highway), and lastly, now wasting my time on here.

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22380289)

If you're suggesting that Brussels sprout isn't real food, then you're wrong, mister!

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22380065)

Why not?

I'm nice to almost everything.