They hardly need a brake at all, I reckon so many are running hydraulics (mostly XTR) just because that's what the sponsors give 'em.

I got an unbelievably good price on my upcoming flight back to Merida, but $85 in checked bag fees(2). The second being $55. Never heard of that.
On the health front, a good friend finally went to the doc, with a variety of mild symptoms. Stage three adrenal cancer. He survived the surgery-- they took a kidney, the adrenal gland and part of a major vein. He survived the radiation, and is now on chemo pills for five years, at least . We had a nice visit yesterday.
On the personal health front, my left knee has had enough of this daily hill riding. Yesterday I had pain in the legs while riding, a thing that never happens. Today I can hardly walk, due to said knee.

Oh, man, BITD I was IN AWE of the Porsche 917! I hear they're ridiculously uncomfortable, though, so I think I'll pass.

I don't have to worry about that. My check won't clear.

No.

I was G.M. electric car certified starting in 2009, took a lot of classes before the release of the Volt. Electric cars are quite complex and while they might not have a lot of scheduled maintenance they certainly have their share of failures and service issues. Some days I would only work on e-cars and I assume if there were millions on them on the road there would be a need for service technicians every day.
Don't forget that some dealers treat the service dep't. as a necessary evil and don't depend on service to keep them afloat. I worked at a dealer where the service dep't was treated as such.

I haven't been to Sharpsville in over 30 years.
If you're expecting the unexpected, can you be surprised by anything?

Dang! That takes me back to second year of medical school.

Why not stay in Ohio for a while?

When is it on? I'm getting tired of swimming. Does anyone actually swim the breast stroke in real life? It's dumb.

When I was at Buick there was a model which had that problem. The fix was to install an "after blow" relay to run the a/c blower after shut-down to dry the evaporator casing and prevent mold. We loved the name, after blow.

Me too! Oh, wait....

I've heard of 'afterglow'....

That tyre DougRNS gave me says minimum PSI is 110. That's pretty hardcore. 90-100 is what I roll at.

Link?

I often do a modified breast stroke wherein I keep my head out of the water, that way I don't have to give myself brain damage shaking the water out of my ears after a swim.

BMX finals were yesterday.

When I swim laps in my pool, I tend to use the breast stroke. By "laps", I mean swimming back to the shallow end after diving into the deep end, because I usually put my beer in the shade at the shallow end. I don't use my pool for exercise.

Are sporting events not real life?

I think they're interchangeable.

Why bother having one, then?

Search "Eurobike" on Amazon.

There is also a popular thread discussing its virtues.

Same here.

If you don't have a pool it can be hard to go skinny dipping.

I exercise in the pool some. Usually treading water with arms only. It's much easier than laps.

It's the weekend.

It was already there when we bought the house (we would have bought the house even if it didn't have a pool). My kids have gotten a lot of enjoyment out of it, and it also turns out that floating on a raft while enjoying chilled beverages with the wife and a few good friends is a really pleasant way to spend an afternoon. Sometimes those afternoons have extended late into the evening. However, that was before my youngest started playing travel softball. The pool gets a lot less use these days.