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11-05-20, 06:24 PM
#3901
Super Modest
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Did I miss anything, today? I’m not going back and reading every thing.
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11-05-20, 06:28 PM
#3902
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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We hit 99° today!!!!
Gonna be tricky for the stock car racers. Many will qualify in ninety something degrees tomorrow, then race in 60 something degrees.
Gonna be tricky for the stock car racers. Many will qualify in ninety something degrees tomorrow, then race in 60 something degrees.
11-05-20, 06:37 PM
#3904
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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11-05-20, 06:39 PM
#3905
Mostly Harmless
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11-05-20, 07:00 PM
#3906
Senior Member
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11-05-20, 07:17 PM
#3907
serious cyclist
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11-05-20, 07:25 PM
#3908
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Years ago the 41 was a lot more fun. It stopped being so fun and I started hanging around the 33. This year, with no racing the 33 slowed, too, and I dropped in here.
I should thank the regulars for accepting me and not telling me to get lost. It could still happen, I suppose.
I should thank the regulars for accepting me and not telling me to get lost. It could still happen, I suppose.
11-05-20, 07:33 PM
#3909
VFL For Life
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11-05-20, 07:38 PM
#3910
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A SRAM BB30 crank bolt is 40nm, the new Dub crankset specifies 54 nm. I probably over did it when I swapped the chainring a few months ago. When I removed back then, I snapped 1/2"-1/4" adaptor in the process.
11-05-20, 07:39 PM
#3911
VFL For Life
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11-05-20, 07:40 PM
#3912
VFL For Life
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11-05-20, 07:42 PM
#3913
Silver Comet Fred
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11-05-20, 07:50 PM
#3914
Silver Comet Fred
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@Velo Vol what do you think? A nice early Christmas gift from your pal DougRNS - some gravel related accessory to get you riding on the dirt? Or, i could just spend the money on a couple of good bottles of wine for me and Mrs. RNS. You decide.
11-05-20, 07:52 PM
#3915
serious cyclist
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Years ago the 41 was a lot more fun. It stopped being so fun and I started hanging around the 33. This year, with no racing the 33 slowed, too, and I dropped in here.
I should thank the regulars for accepting me and not telling me to get lost. It could still happen, I suppose.
I should thank the regulars for accepting me and not telling me to get lost. It could still happen, I suppose.
I mean, there are a bunch of new people here in the last few years and I don't think anyone's been rejected. Y'all even understand my twice-yearly or so meltdowns.
11-05-20, 08:02 PM
#3916
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11-05-20, 08:03 PM
#3917
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Years ago the 41 was a lot more fun. It stopped being so fun and I started hanging around the 33. This year, with no racing the 33 slowed, too, and I dropped in here.
I should thank the regulars for accepting me and not telling me to get lost. It could still happen, I suppose.
I should thank the regulars for accepting me and not telling me to get lost. It could still happen, I suppose.
11-05-20, 08:03 PM
#3918
VFL For Life
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@Velo Vol what do you think? A nice early Christmas gift from your pal DougRNS - some gravel related accessory to get you riding on the dirt?
11-05-20, 08:05 PM
#3919
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11-05-20, 08:06 PM
#3920
Silver Comet Fred
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I wish you the best with your meltdowns. From afar via the internet you have a lot going for you. A good job, competently doing cool stuff for your company, a good fitness level - tri athlete and marathoner. A similarly active supportive spouse. And a gorgeous, now quiet house. You are probably 1 Marigold jacket away from awesomeness.
11-05-20, 08:16 PM
#3921
VFL For Life
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I HTFU and rode anyway.
I was coming off a hill, with momentum, and there's utility trucks blocking one side of the road ahead. Got a flagmen on both ends who, oddly were both displaying "stop" as I approached.
I'm slowing, waiting for the guy in my direction to change from "stop" to "slow" as there's no one coming in the opposite direction. But he doesn't.
I don't feel it proper to ignore him, as he's standing right there with the stop sign. Not until I had almost stopped and was clipping out did he say, "You can go."
I was coming off a hill, with momentum, and there's utility trucks blocking one side of the road ahead. Got a flagmen on both ends who, oddly were both displaying "stop" as I approached.
I'm slowing, waiting for the guy in my direction to change from "stop" to "slow" as there's no one coming in the opposite direction. But he doesn't.
I don't feel it proper to ignore him, as he's standing right there with the stop sign. Not until I had almost stopped and was clipping out did he say, "You can go."
11-05-20, 08:41 PM
#3922
Senior Member
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Yes, I've been in and out of there a few times over the years. The first impression I got was a lot of old bikes and people who can't afford new stuff. nttawwt
But I tried to ask questions there and got nothing.
But I tried to ask questions there and got nothing.
11-05-20, 08:51 PM
#3924
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The Southern California regional forum was great at one time. There was one lady who used to organize rides and we sometimes had 50 riders on a Bike Forum ride. I met a lot of other members and some of them joined my road club. A couple ass-clowns started bullying her and one of her friends started another forum and it worked for a while but it's now defunct. She got tired of the bullying and never came back which ended the Bike Forum rides, at least the big ones that I knew about.
11-05-20, 09:21 PM
#3925
Administrator
Thread Starter
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Yep, it definitely was. Now everyone is always trying to be the smartest one in the room. Sad. SMH
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