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Old 11-08-22, 08:26 AM
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big John, are you taking about Costco or Walmart? Costco has one of the lowest employee turnover rates in the retail business.
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big John, are you taking about Costco or Walmart? Costco has one of the lowest employee turnover rates in the retail business.
Wal Mart, where the ex worked. And Costco, where the current Mrs took me one time for pharma.
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Today is a bike ride day. Excited! I can go weeks and not ride much, nor look forward to riding. But once I take it up again, every other day, it's all I want to do. I would ride every day, but I have other things that need doing, and I also need that day's rest.
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Old 11-08-22, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by datlas
I am pretty sure I have never been to a CostCo. I confuse that with Sam's Club, but I don't think I have been there either.
We had a BJ's membership for about a minute, decades ago.
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Never heard of BJ's
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize2
never heard of bj's
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That'll raise the average a bit.
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almost ate it today. The last sprint section of the group ride, a 4 person group broke away. I ended up chasing them down and catching up to them. The guy in the back went to pass everyone and try to breakaway again, and I got on his wheel. The number one guy saw him trying to make a break for it and immediately swung over to take his wheel. Issue, I was on that wheel. He never saw me, I ended up slamming on my brakes and giving up the chase.

No harm no foul, but for a second I thought I was heading to the hospital.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
almost ate it today. The last sprint section of the group ride, a 4 person group broke away. I ended up chasing them down and catching up to them. The guy in the back went to pass everyone and try to breakaway again, and I got on his wheel. The number one guy saw him trying to make a break for it and immediately swung over to take his wheel. Issue, I was on that wheel. He never saw me, I ended up slamming on my brakes and giving up the chase.

No harm no foul, but for a second I thought I was heading to the hospital.
That's a squirrelly move and perhaps something should be said to him. Glad he didn't take you down.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
almost ate it today. The last sprint section of the group ride, a 4 person group broke away. I ended up chasing them down and catching up to them. The guy in the back went to pass everyone and try to breakaway again, and I got on his wheel. The number one guy saw him trying to make a break for it and immediately swung over to take his wheel. Issue, I was on that wheel. He never saw me, I ended up slamming on my brakes and giving up the chase.

No harm no foul, but for a second I thought I was heading to the hospital.
solution:

don’t race Cat 6
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Old 11-08-22, 11:53 AM
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don’t race Cat 6
Or if you do. make sure you know and trust the other racers.
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Without much fanfare, I realize I recently passed 7K miles for the year. I think 8K is possible but 7500 might be more realistic, given the impending winter.
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize2
Never heard of BJ's
Another warehouse club. Started back in the 80s. Might be an East Coast thing.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
almost ate it today. The last sprint section of the group ride, a 4 person group broke away. I ended up chasing them down and catching up to them. The guy in the back went to pass everyone and try to breakaway again, and I got on his wheel. The number one guy saw him trying to make a break for it and immediately swung over to take his wheel. Issue, I was on that wheel. He never saw me, I ended up slamming on my brakes and giving up the chase.

No harm no foul, but for a second I thought I was heading to the hospital.
Did you yell at him?
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Without much fanfare, I realize I recently passed 7K miles for the year. I think 8K is possible but 7500 might be more realistic, given the impending winter.
I’ll be happy with 6000
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Did you yell at him?

No. one of the other cyclist did. He apologized, never saw me, didn’t expect me to chase them down for the win.


In other news the SRAM force threw the chain again this morning. I was shifting to the big ring and I gave it adequate time before I started shifting the rear derailer. Took me longer to figure out what happened than it should have. I thought I shift down too much and that’s why I had so much slack in the pedal. Luckily the chain fell on the outside and not the inside. Quick fix. Last time it fell on the inside and I had to bust tools out to get it fixed.
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5540, including virtual. Real world miles are probably about 1000 less, IIRC. Dunno. I have an Excel file on my computer at home.
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8757. but my goal this year was 10,000, no real reason. Just wanted to prove to myself that I could do it, and I’m pretty hard on myself when I set goals.






My brand new garmin rally pedals had a moment yesterday. How I wish this number was true.
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872.3 km, on RideWithGps. It's been awhile since I made any effort to keep track.
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I don't record anything, don't use any electronics on my bikes, but I think I will be over 7K for the year, based on doing 150 miles per week. Doesn't really matter, though. Could be more. I think around 300K feet of gain, conservatively. Could be quite a bit more. It's really not a lot. A friend has been doing over 600K every year for years and he is a lot slower than I am, he just concentrates on the climbing.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
almost ate it today. The last sprint section of the group ride, a 4 person group broke away. I ended up chasing them down and catching up to them. The guy in the back went to pass everyone and try to breakaway again, and I got on his wheel. The number one guy saw him trying to make a break for it and immediately swung over to take his wheel. Issue, I was on that wheel. He never saw me, I ended up slamming on my brakes and giving up the chase.

No harm no foul, but for a second I thought I was heading to the hospital.
This is why I carry a long stick on group rides. Totally sucks for aero, but I have something to throw at the other rider’s wheel when I feel the need.
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
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don’t race Cat 6
Cat 5 is worse.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
No. one of the other cyclist did. He apologized, never saw me, didn’t expect me to chase them down for the win.


In other news the SRAM force threw the chain again this morning. I was shifting to the big ring and I gave it adequate time before I started shifting the rear derailer. Took me longer to figure out what happened than it should have. I thought I shift down too much and that’s why I had so much slack in the pedal. Luckily the chain fell on the outside and not the inside. Quick fix. Last time it fell on the inside and I had to bust tools out to get it fixed.
The Bianchi threw the chain off the front ring on a REAR shift on Sunday. I haven't had that happen before. I was in the big ring and IIRC I shifted to a smaller cog. Suddenly no tension in the pedals, and an odd noise. I was able to shift the FD to the small ring and pedal it back on while still coasting, then back onto the big ring. Probably time to fiddle with my limit screws,
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Originally Posted by genejockey
That'll raise the average a bit.
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6/6 for me. I had the first 3 letters in the right place on the 3rd try. It turns out that's the start of quite a few words.
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