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Bah Humbug 09-01-21 08:29 AM


Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22210276)
I was surprised how warm a sunny 69 was in Colorado. Here that's cool and calls for a light sweater. There it was shorts and a t-shirt.

Even 40° and sunny there is nice. Much nicer than “similar” conditions in Austin. The problem is when it’s 5° with howling wind.

MoAlpha 09-01-21 08:41 AM

Could have ridden into work today on roads no more than damp, but conditions are supposed be little short of Noachian by the time I can leave.

LAJ 09-01-21 08:43 AM

It's a dry cold.

big john 09-01-21 08:47 AM


Originally Posted by MoAlpha (Post 22210334)
Could have ridden into work today on roads no more than damp, but conditions are supposed be little short of Noachian by the time I can leave.

lol @ Noachian

indyfabz 09-01-21 08:57 AM


Originally Posted by datlas (Post 22210243)
Not riding due to rain/wet roads. Am watching La Vuelta instead. It’s wet there too. Exciting stage to watch.

Is it on any cable network?

Trsnrtr 09-01-21 08:58 AM


Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 22210368)
Is it on any cable network?

I’m watching on Peacock which is provided free by Xfinity/Comcast.

LesterOfPuppets 09-01-21 09:04 AM


Originally Posted by Bah Humbug (Post 22210312)
The problem is when it’s 5° with howling wind.

^ ideal cycling weather

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...fc93770206.png

indyfabz 09-01-21 09:05 AM


Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 22210372)
I’m watching on Peacock which is provided free by Xfinity/Comcast.

I have FiOS. But my office is across the street from the Comcast world headquarters.

genejockey 09-01-21 09:13 AM


Originally Posted by big john (Post 22209959)
Those guys are racing. The guys I see aren't wearing that much gear but they do have helmets, knee, elbow, and wrist pads, at least. The street luge guys wear it all, though.
I was driving home from the store Sunday, it's about a 1.5 mile steady grade with stop signs and speed bumps, and there was a guy on a board coming down. He was shirtless, no helmet, and lying on his stomach. First time seeing that around the 'hood.

Larry Sellerz?

datlas 09-01-21 09:21 AM


Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 22210368)
Is it on any cable network?

Free live feed on cycling.today

genejockey 09-01-21 09:22 AM

I was riding ITG (In The Garage) vs IRL last night, and tried a new route on Makuri Island which turned out to be gravel, so I stopped and changed to the Zwift Gravel Bike, which was faster on gravel but real damn slow on the paved sections. If Zwift had its wits about it, instead of merely making road bikes much slower on gravel sections, they'd send downward spikes of zero resistance to your trainer to mimic wheel slip. I know it would require a lot more sophisticated program, and I have no idea how to implement it, but here I am with a perfectly splendid idea and nobody will pay me for it.

Mojo31 09-01-21 09:26 AM


Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 22210336)
It's a dry cold.

Cold is cold.

LesterOfPuppets 09-01-21 09:28 AM


Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22210432)
Cold is cold.

Reminds me of this


Velo Vol 09-01-21 09:32 AM

Back from assignment, wherein I drove through metro Jefferson City, TN.

Bah Humbug 09-01-21 09:32 AM


Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 22210390)
I have FiOS. But my office is across the street from the Kabletown world headquarters.

There we go.

Velo Vol 09-01-21 09:35 AM


Originally Posted by Bah Humbug (Post 22210312)
Even 40° and sunny there is nice.

No.

Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 22210063)
Don’t let Big Coffee (or anyone else) decide what season it is for you.

I don't. The sun does. It went bye bye. :(

Eric F 09-01-21 09:35 AM


Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 22210368)
Is it on any cable network?

I watch it on the Olympic Channel, which I get on my Dish Network service.

big john 09-01-21 09:36 AM


Originally Posted by genejockey (Post 22210404)
Larry Sellerz?

I didn't see any home crafted aero bars.

LesterOfPuppets 09-01-21 09:37 AM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22210441)
Back from assignment, wherein I drove through metro Jefferson City, TN.

Did you drop in to see if they'd set up the Echo Valley Corn Maze yet?

Velo Vol 09-01-21 09:41 AM


Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 22210457)
Did you drop in to see if they'd set up the Echo Valley Corn Maze yet?

Nope. I only saw what was visible from 11E.

phrantic09 09-01-21 09:41 AM


Originally Posted by genejockey (Post 22210424)
I was riding ITG (In The Garage) vs IRL last night, and tried a new route on Makuri Island which turned out to be gravel, so I stopped and changed to the Zwift Gravel Bike, which was faster on gravel but real damn slow on the paved sections. If Zwift had its wits about it, instead of merely making road bikes much slower on gravel sections, they'd send downward spikes of zero resistance to your trainer to mimic wheel slip. I know it would require a lot more sophisticated program, and I have no idea how to implement it, but here I am with a perfectly splendid idea and nobody will pay me for it.

Aren’t the Zwift gravel sections really just dirt?

Mojo31 09-01-21 09:47 AM

Poseur upgrade time for the Domane.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...01e2ae6c8d.jpg

Yeah, I know.

genejockey 09-01-21 09:51 AM


Originally Posted by phrantic09 (Post 22210469)
Aren’t the Zwift gravel sections really just dirt?

Dunno. I'm on fairly low res. Also I don't make any distinction - off road is off road.

Jack Tone 09-01-21 09:53 AM


Originally Posted by datlas (Post 22209274)
I could look into this but with Ti you need to have a welder who really knows what they are doing. At this point I may just stick with cable shifting vs. bite the bullet and get Etap, I think the marginal rip-off cost of the SRAM eTap is less than the marginal cost of getting a professional welder to update the 12 year old Ti frame plus cost of internal wired Di2.

I watched the whole GNC preview of the new groupset, and the said that DuraAce and Ultegra would be available in rim brake versions. I'm not sure if they would be wireless, though.

genejockey 09-01-21 10:04 AM


Originally Posted by Jack Tone (Post 22210492)
I watched the whole GNC preview of the new groupset, and the said that DuraAce and Ultegra would be available in rim brake versions. I'm not sure if they would be wireless, though.

Only the disc brake versions are wireless. Also, the rim brake STIs don't get the new shape.


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