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12-28-23, 06:08 PM
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I think it's attributed to over 40 years of avid cycling.
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12-28-23, 06:09 PM
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Note: I spent no time in the 70's at a California institution of higher learning.
12-28-23, 06:11 PM
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12-28-23, 06:14 PM
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12-28-23, 06:17 PM
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I only know one person who has actually lived there outside the university world and he's a stand-up guy who’s been very nice to me, but he’s off-puttingly wealthy. He bought David Crosby’s schooner off him and restored it a few years back.
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12-28-23, 06:21 PM
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12-28-23, 06:21 PM
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I took the opposite approach and prepared for rain. I wore an Aqua Zero jersey with baselayer, knee warmers, and Velotoze over my shoes and wool socks. And I mounted the fender on the bike. And I stuffed a rain cape in my pocket. These preparations not only prevented the rain from falling during my ride, but also kept my ass dry, since the roads were wet in a number of places.
Th Velotoze worked at treat! They got covered in mud and grit and my shoes stayed dry and my feet nice and warm. Possibly TOO warm, because my socks were a little wet, but from the inside. I did a nice fun 35 miles scored a couple 3rd-best times on segments I've done hundreds of times. I credit the Southerly breeze. That, and the Canyon is just plain fast. Much as I love the Litespeed - and that's a LOT - the Canyon is hands down my fastest bike.
The sky was looking all emotional over at Canada and 92...
Th Velotoze worked at treat! They got covered in mud and grit and my shoes stayed dry and my feet nice and warm. Possibly TOO warm, because my socks were a little wet, but from the inside. I did a nice fun 35 miles scored a couple 3rd-best times on segments I've done hundreds of times. I credit the Southerly breeze. That, and the Canyon is just plain fast. Much as I love the Litespeed - and that's a LOT - the Canyon is hands down my fastest bike.
The sky was looking all emotional over at Canada and 92...
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12-28-23, 06:27 PM
Feel free to provide all the necessary details as to what the uptake of Tc represents, in vivo, and how bone morphogenesis has nothing to do with calcium.
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12-28-23, 06:28 PM
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Back to cycling, I need to start working on plans for cycling destinations for the upcoming season
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12-28-23, 06:34 PM
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12-28-23, 06:35 PM
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It should remind you of this:
https://youtu.be/uejh-bHa4To?si=2yEksMf9Z7f2voqK
https://youtu.be/uejh-bHa4To?si=2yEksMf9Z7f2voqK
12-28-23, 06:35 PM
Silver Comet Fred
12-28-23, 06:35 PM
A friend had a Stephen cookie cutter made for me, complete with tipped ear.
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12-28-23, 06:38 PM
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It did but here solo stuff doesn't get enough airplay. Remember when Vol posted Nick Cave singing at Shane's funeral? Here's Aimee singing aLeonard Cohen tune that was on Nick Cave's first album...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASjn1Z83g9c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASjn1Z83g9c
12-28-23, 06:49 PM
A little background, I started as a paid intern at IDOT (Illinois) while going to college. I was 18 years old and 11 days. So, by the time I was 54, I had 36 years of service and had virtually never took vacation, sick leave, or paid overtime. A search of computer records and paper records showed that I had almost 2 years of leave coming so I took that and bought the last two years of service to get a full pension.
I did contract work for consulting firms for the next 4 years basically working full time about 8 months out of the year and traveling the rest of the year. By then, I was tired of what I was doing and volunteered to work in a hospital pharmacy making floor deliveries of drugs and anything else they needed done. I did that three days or more a week for another 4 years.
By then, I was 62 and had been dealing with medical stuff since I was 52 (still am) and I finally decided it was time to do nothing but travel and ride my bike which my wife and I do to the max, traveling extensively and averaging 12,000 miles a year between us.
So retiring young and enjoying life was the proper decision for me.
I did contract work for consulting firms for the next 4 years basically working full time about 8 months out of the year and traveling the rest of the year. By then, I was tired of what I was doing and volunteered to work in a hospital pharmacy making floor deliveries of drugs and anything else they needed done. I did that three days or more a week for another 4 years.
By then, I was 62 and had been dealing with medical stuff since I was 52 (still am) and I finally decided it was time to do nothing but travel and ride my bike which my wife and I do to the max, traveling extensively and averaging 12,000 miles a year between us.
So retiring young and enjoying life was the proper decision for me.
In our family, the only person who retired before the age of 60, is my brother-in-law.
His reasons were a little unusual but in the mid-term to long-term outlook, it worked out quite well for him.
He had a few partners in his private practice (as an anesthesiologist), the wall-street thugs offered way too much money to buy off the practice so they consolidate services in the area (you know the monopoly thing). Partners couldn’t refuse the offer, my brother-in-law didn’t want to sell but the majority prevailed. The rest of the partners stayed on as employees of the company that took over. My brother-in-law refused to work for ‘investors’, took his share and retired at the age of 56.
He is quite happy, as is his family because he can spend time with them, which wasn’t so easy earlier.
I have tried to convince him to start bicycling but so far, I’ve been unsuccessful - still working on it.
12-28-23, 06:55 PM
Oh joy to you. You've now had the pleasure of interacting with Koyote. In case you're wondering, he's one of the good guys on this little slice of the internet.....
12-28-23, 07:02 PM
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With today's ride, I'm at 5679 miles (IRL and ITG) for the year, with probably one more ITG and one more IRL to go. I'm gonna see if I can break 5750 total. 4012 IRL miles, which will be more like 4070 by the end assuming nothing unforeseen.
The Canyon got the most miles, but that's because it's my trainer bike (I like the solidity of clamping the thru-axle rather than the QR on my wheel-on trainer. But the Litespeed has almost as many IRL miles as the Canyon. The rest of the bikes got a LOT fewer miles. It's pretty clear than once I got the Litespeed, it supplanted almost all the other bikes. What can I say? It's a damn good bike!!!
The Canyon got the most miles, but that's because it's my trainer bike (I like the solidity of clamping the thru-axle rather than the QR on my wheel-on trainer. But the Litespeed has almost as many IRL miles as the Canyon. The rest of the bikes got a LOT fewer miles. It's pretty clear than once I got the Litespeed, it supplanted almost all the other bikes. What can I say? It's a damn good bike!!!
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12-28-23, 07:13 PM
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12-28-23, 07:18 PM
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Something is wrong. I'm seeing all these posts quoted but I didn't see the original post. It's like they were quoted then the original was deleted. I'm all discombobulated because of these holidays. I can't keep the day of the week straight.
In other fun news I messaged my Surgeon's office for an appointment. It's been 4 weeks since surgery and I'm still sore. Maybe he'll tell me to give it a little more time. I'm worried about a hernia or infection. I don't have a fever so that would rule out infection but I defer to the Docs.
In other fun news I messaged my Surgeon's office for an appointment. It's been 4 weeks since surgery and I'm still sore. Maybe he'll tell me to give it a little more time. I'm worried about a hernia or infection. I don't have a fever so that would rule out infection but I defer to the Docs.
12-28-23, 07:20 PM
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Mom retired at 65, and between books she hadn't read yet, coffee she hadn't drunk yet, and naps she hadn't taken yet, as well as travelling with Dad, also had plenty to keep her occupied. She lived 24 years after retirement.
My maternal Grandfather, OTOH, retired at 65 and died at 67. Don't know if he had much to do, but I rather imagine the Congestive Heart Failure limited that a lot.
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12-28-23, 07:21 PM
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It did but here solo stuff doesn't get enough airplay. Remember when Vol posted Nick Cave singing at Shane's funeral? Here's Aimee singing aLeonard Cohen tune that was on Nick Cave's first album...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASjn1Z83g9c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASjn1Z83g9c
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12-28-23, 07:30 PM
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I can’t recall seeing a bike ever going up that trail. It would take a very uncommon level of determination and skill. There are 3 more efficient ways to the top for riders. Hikers, on the other hand, take the uphill direction pretty regularly. Interactions between uphill hikers and downhill bikers get managed depending on the conditions of the exact spot. Most of the time, hikers find a way to step clear of bikes.
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