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rjones28 05-04-22 09:30 AM


Originally Posted by bampilot06 (Post 22494823)
Yall are going to think I am crazy but I’m gunna order a pair of the carbon bars off amazon. 50 dollars I can swallow, 399.99 for bars I cannot. The bars have solid reviews.

I sense another lesson coming soon.

Make sure your dental insurance is paid up.

Mojo31 05-04-22 09:30 AM


Originally Posted by bampilot06 (Post 22494823)
I just don’t know why he stopped. I don’t go to the front here because then people pass me aggressively to get onto the on ramp. I hate looking like an idiot but m, but oh well, somethings can’t be helped.

New stem is dope. Super stiff, and super low. Feels like i’m dragging my chin along the ground now. The blender system was a bonus. Was able to mount my garmin unit to the stem, which frees up my mount for the Ritchey. I wish I could mount the light too, like I have it on my Madone, but this is the original blender system so I think you can only mount one or the other.


Yall are going to think I am crazy but I’m gunna order a pair of the carbon bars off amazon. 50 dollars I can swallow, 399.99 for bars I cannot. The bars have solid reviews.

Should be able to do both with the Duo Base that fits your stem.

rjones28 05-04-22 09:31 AM


Originally Posted by bampilot06 (Post 22494826)
The pedal went vertical and I could get it to give me the correct side so I shot a look down to see which direction the pedal was facing.

Don't do that.

seedsbelize2 05-04-22 09:33 AM


Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22494838)
Should be able to do both with the Duo Base that fits your stem.

A blender on a bike! What'll they think up next?

Mojo31 05-04-22 09:33 AM


Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 22494829)
The shipping still cost money. The retailer is just not passing the cost....

... oh, nevermind.

You don't get what you don't pay for.

Mojo31 05-04-22 09:37 AM


Originally Posted by seedsbelize2 (Post 22494842)
A blender on a bike! What'll they think up next?

The OTW High Performance Universale Package | Rock The Bike


DougRNS 05-04-22 09:41 AM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22494275)
Why bother? There's literally nothing there.

it's superior. Obv.

bampilot06 05-04-22 09:41 AM


Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 22494839)
Don't do that.


Now I know, and Knowing is half the battle. Thank you GI-Joe!

bampilot06 05-04-22 09:43 AM


Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22494838)
Should be able to do both with the Duo Base that fits your stem.


You are probably right, I will have to ask.

genejockey 05-04-22 09:44 AM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22494820)
Why? You can't see the clip even if you look down.

I find with Keos I end up having to look down about 1 out of 10 times. They spin too easily and I end up with the cleat against the back of the pedal. I have to look down to make sure I get the right orientation. I almost never had this problem with Deltas.

DougRNS 05-04-22 09:45 AM


Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 22494487)
Wee hours deuce!

Wordle 319 2/6

🟩⬛🟩🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I don't wordle but sometimes drop a wee hours deuce.

Velo Vol 05-04-22 09:50 AM


Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 22494829)
The shipping still cost money. The retailer is just not passing the cost....

... oh, nevermind.

Shopping online--how does it work?

Originally Posted by genejockey (Post 22494860)
I find with Keos I end up having to look down about 1 out of 10 times. They spin too easily and I end up with the cleat against the back of the pedal. I have to look down to make sure I get the right orientation. I almost never had this problem with Deltas.

I've average at best at clipping in, but with Shimano there's no point in looking down. Just got to learn to do it by feel.

Velo Vol 05-04-22 09:51 AM


Originally Posted by DougRNS (Post 22494854)
it's superior. Obv.

Post a random song from your playlist and I'll see if I like it.

datlas 05-04-22 09:52 AM

Got a quick ride in. Now must do my husbandly duty and accompany mrs datlas to the NC Arboretum.

#HappyWifeHappyLife

Bah Humbug 05-04-22 09:52 AM


Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 22494805)
I just wish that you would stop teaching us at such a furious pace.

Eventually I got out of that business.

Mojo31 05-04-22 10:18 AM


Originally Posted by datlas (Post 22494873)
Got a quick ride in. Now must do my husbandly duty and accompany mrs datlas to the NC Arboretum.

#HappyWifeHappyLife

Posing?

WhyFi 05-04-22 10:24 AM


Originally Posted by bampilot06 (Post 22494823)
I just don’t know why he stopped. I don’t go to the front here because then people pass me aggressively to get onto the on ramp. I hate looking like an idiot but m, but oh well, somethings can’t be helped.

People do **** that doesn't make sense all of the time.


Originally Posted by bampilot06 (Post 22494823)
New stem is dope. Super stiff, and super low. Feels like i’m dragging my chin along the ground now. The blender system was a bonus. Was able to mount my garmin unit to the stem, which frees up my mount for the Ritchey. I wish I could mount the light too, like I have it on my Madone, but this is the original blender system so I think you can only mount one or the other.

There are dual Blendr mounts available, as long as it's the one that just clips in the gap of the face plate.


Originally Posted by bampilot06 (Post 22494823)
Yall are going to think I am crazy but I’m gunna order a pair of the carbon bars off amazon. 50 dollars I can swallow, 399.99 for bars I cannot. The bars have solid reviews.

For which bike? $400 is a lot for carbon bars, but there are always carbon bars out there from legit manufacturers at $120 or so. I would do that rather than $50 bars from who-knows-where.

Mojo31 05-04-22 10:39 AM


Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 22494914)


For which bike? $400 is a lot for carbon bars, but there are always carbon bars out there from legit manufacturers at $120 or so. I would do that rather than $50 bars from who-knows-where.

This. I found my Trek carbon bars on Ebay for far less than retail price. A Trek dealer was moving old inventory.

Mojo31 05-04-22 10:41 AM


Originally Posted by bampilot06 (Post 22494856)
Now I know, and Knowing is half the battle. Thank you GI-Joe!

Don't feel to bad. I almost fell over reaching to hit a crosswalk button a couple of weeks ago. Ended up hugging the pole with one foot clipped.

But, I'm not a racer. :innocent:

rjones28 05-04-22 10:45 AM

It's gonna be a wet ride to the bike shop this afternoon.

rjones28 05-04-22 10:47 AM

I don't have an Awesome Marigold Jacket. But, all of my lights and electronics are fully charged and my rain gear is by the door.

genejockey 05-04-22 11:33 AM

The Older Boy is working an early shift this week - 6 AM. And his new store is NOT along a simple public transit route, so I'm driving him. Which means the last 3 days I've been up at 5:30, then home at no later than 6:05. The last two days, I've been hitting the virtual road by 7:00 and getting in an hour or more's ride on Zwift. I confirmed that I can go at least 90 minutes with nothing but coffee, and it's not a bad start to the day. Maybe better than riding in the evenings, I dunno. But I'm still a night owl - my 'awakeness' actually increases after 9 PM, which makes going to bed early tough. I thought Monday night or last night I'd be so exhausted from lack of sleep that I'd be able to crash early, but no.

This can't be good for me, overall. As Benjamin Franklin never said, "Early to rise and late to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy, and dead."

DougRNS 05-04-22 11:33 AM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22494871)
Post a random song from your playlist and I'll see if I like it.


bampilot06 05-04-22 11:38 AM


Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 22494914)
People do **** that doesn't make sense all of the time.



There are dual Blendr mounts available, as long as it's the one that just clips in the gap of the face plate.



For which bike? $400 is a lot for carbon bars, but there are always carbon bars out there from legit manufacturers at $120 or so. I would do that rather than $50 bars from who-knows-where.


Throwing the carbon bars on the cervelo.

bampilot06 05-04-22 11:39 AM


Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22494927)
Don't feel to bad. I almost fell over reaching to hit a crosswalk button a couple of weeks ago. Ended up hugging the pole with one foot clipped.

But, I'm not a racer. :innocent:


And now people in texas think you have an infatuation with light poles.


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