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#7401
serious cyclist
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Austin
Posts: 21,147
Bikes: S1, R2, P2
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#7403
Mostly Harmless
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: At Large
Posts: 57,064
Bikes: Have two wheels
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#7404
serious cyclist
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Location: Austin
Posts: 21,147
Bikes: S1, R2, P2
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#7405
serious cyclist
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Location: Austin
Posts: 21,147
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#7406
serious cyclist
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Austin
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And to be clear, I love you all, even if I'm not always the best friend.
#7407
serious cyclist
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Location: Austin
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Also, it just occurred to me that my Custom User Title while I was on my huge riding kick was mostly "runner" with a location of "on the trainer". Now that I'm off the bike and on the trainer and working back to running, they're "serious cyclist" and my actual location.
Irony.
#7408
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: In the foothills of Los Angeles County
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#7409
So it is
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Westminster, CO
Posts: 21,863
Bikes: Luzerne, 684, Boreas, Wheelhouse, Alize©®, Bayamo, Cayo
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I just stayed drunk. I likely never dropped below a .05, and that was after I'd been awake for most of the day. Carrying a .3 was cake, and I remember every second of the time they took blood and pulled a .34. Blackouts only happened with Tanqueray, so I stayed away from that.
Once I became a non-drinker instead of someone who quit drinking, it became easy. Easy is also relative.
Once I became a non-drinker instead of someone who quit drinking, it became easy. Easy is also relative.
#7410
Should Be More Popular
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Malvern, PA (20 miles West of Philly)
Posts: 43,635
Bikes: 1986 Alpine (steel road bike), 2009 Ti Habenero, 2013 Specialized Roubaix
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#7411
Should Be More Popular
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Malvern, PA (20 miles West of Philly)
Posts: 43,635
Bikes: 1986 Alpine (steel road bike), 2009 Ti Habenero, 2013 Specialized Roubaix
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#7412
serious cyclist
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Austin
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#7413
Fat n slow
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Saratoga, NY
Posts: 4,323
Bikes: Cervelo R3, Giant Revolt
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Also, it just occurred to me that my Custom User Title while I was on my huge riding kick was mostly "runner" with a location of "on the trainer". Now that I'm off the bike and on the trainer and working back to running, they're "serious cyclist" and my actual location.
Irony.
I’ve chosen the route of let it build up and explode once in a while. Seems healthy enough.
As for WWIII - not gonna happen, nobody, even P, is that nuts
#7414
Should Be More Popular
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Malvern, PA (20 miles West of Philly)
Posts: 43,635
Bikes: 1986 Alpine (steel road bike), 2009 Ti Habenero, 2013 Specialized Roubaix
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#7416
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Greenville SC
Posts: 4,268
Bikes: 1975 Motobecane Grand Jubile, 2020 Holdsworth Competition, 2022 Giant Trance 29 3
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FWIW I've got their 650b x 38mm extralights on my Trek and its like riding on a cloud. Lasting surprisingly long, too. I'm at about 2700 miles on the rear and while it's squared off there's no threads showing or anything like that at all. I've been thinking about retiring all the 650b road stuff but kind of want to see how long this tire will go And I'm not exactly a featherweight, either
One of my first rides on them I crossed some rumble strips and barely felt anything. Weird but super awesome. I think I was running much lower pressures then than I do now though.
I'm faster on cheaper 28s than on those fancy 38s for sure, but I wonder how much of that is a ~20lb modern road bike vs a 30lb 40 year old Trek.
One of my first rides on them I crossed some rumble strips and barely felt anything. Weird but super awesome. I think I was running much lower pressures then than I do now though.
I'm faster on cheaper 28s than on those fancy 38s for sure, but I wonder how much of that is a ~20lb modern road bike vs a 30lb 40 year old Trek.
#7417
Administrator
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Hudson Valley, NY
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Bikes: Merlin Cyrene '04; Bridgestone RB-1 '92
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That's one of the existential threats, yes. But only one. I have no idea how people are just working and arguing sports and everything else. There are at least three or four... maybe I need some of that denial. I'm just trying to not melt down for AG, but I have no idea how to look past this exact moment.
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#7418
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Good thing we have an age limit so they can't just barge into our senior softball league in frustration. Although I must concede most have enough spare change to just buy me out if they want.
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#7419
So it is
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Westminster, CO
Posts: 21,863
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Because the weirdness that's gone on may be nothing in comparison to what someone may have actually lived through IRL. As said, it's all relative.
#7420
So it is
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Westminster, CO
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#7421
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Because there is a feeling of hopelessness, and talking about other things helps push that feeling aside?
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#7423
Administrator
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But alas, I've possibly said more than I should. They will dock my pay.
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See, this is why we can't have nice things. - - smarkinson
Where else but the internet can a bunch of cyclists go and be the tough guy? - - jdon
#7424
Mostly Harmless
Join Date: Jul 2008
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People talk about bikes in here?
#7425
Stephen is like that when I get home from my tours. I don’t mind if he hangs on the couch with me. It’s the following me around that gets annoying.
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