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05-29-22, 05:39 AM
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I got roped into going to a fake downtown “Main Street” in King of Prussia with my wife and daughter yesterday. The do have an REI so I checked out their cycling items. I was pleasantly surprised that they had a decent amount of basic needs, but I felt like their merchandise was in a 5+ year time warp. Their Shimano cassettes were all Ultegra 6700. Their Garmin compueter showed the 130 not the 130+. Even so, was fun to look around while mrs datlas and heidi were shopping.
I’m waiting for delivery of a new mattress. Haven’t been able to find the leak in my current one. It’s extremely small. Going to try the bathtub approach again.
05-29-22, 05:42 AM
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We’ll played, Wordle. Well played.
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05-29-22, 06:37 AM
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I got roped into going to a fake downtown “Main Street” in King of Prussia with my wife and daughter yesterday. The do have an REI so I checked out their cycling items. I was pleasantly surprised that they had a decent amount of basic needs, but I felt like their merchandise was in a 5+ year time warp. Their Shimano cassettes were all Ultegra 6700. Their Garmin compueter showed the 130 not the 130+. Even so, was fun to look around while mrs datlas and heidi were shopping.
05-29-22, 06:39 AM
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Sounds like my kind of place then.
05-29-22, 06:43 AM
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I've had old heads tell me that constant pedaling, even when lightly braking, makes you a smoother wheel to follow. While some wheels are certainly smoother to be on than others, I can't say that I've noticed a direct effect.
05-29-22, 06:50 AM
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But we know what you really wanted to say was:
"Wordle, you son of a *****.
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"Wordle, you son of a *****.
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05-29-22, 07:03 AM
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Interesting dialogue. Glad I checked in this morning.
05-29-22, 07:04 AM
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11 speed stuff has been hard to get. We couldn't get standard (non-SL) 11 speed chains for a while. But, we really stocked up early on, so there were only a couple of weeks of only having the $100 chains.
05-29-22, 07:06 AM
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05-29-22, 07:13 AM
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There is an African-American Corvette group that regularly gathers in a local shopping center on Saturday evenings. Those guys can really deck out a car. Some are really cool in a motorsport kind of way, and some are really out there (picture 25” wheels with spinners and neon lights). It’s pretty cool and fun to see what they come up with.
05-29-22, 07:13 AM
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Yeah, I gathered that when I picked up some chains over the winter. Nothing 105/Ultegra online at/under MSRP. Only one local store had stock, and they were pretty sure that it was an inventory error until they checked on my behalf - they were as surprised as I was when they laid hands on small box of 'em. I should have bought 4 or 5, but wanted to be a nice guy and leave some for others. #dummy
05-29-22, 07:51 AM
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05-29-22, 08:03 AM
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05-29-22, 08:23 AM
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05-29-22, 08:32 AM
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Right here. Right now.
05-29-22, 08:44 AM
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05-29-22, 08:48 AM
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Almost 3 hours in the saddle doing zone 1 is too long.
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05-29-22, 08:49 AM
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That was a doozy alright
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05-29-22, 08:50 AM
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There is an African-American Corvette group that regularly gathers in a local shopping center on Saturday evenings. Those guys can really deck out a car. Some are really cool in a motorsport kind of way, and some are really out there (picture 25” wheels with spinners and neon lights). It’s pretty cool and fun to see what they come up with.
Speaking of spinners. I know what my mini van needs. Do they help with gas mileage?
05-29-22, 08:51 AM
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05-29-22, 08:53 AM
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There is an African-American Corvette group that regularly gathers in a local shopping center on Saturday evenings. Those guys can really deck out a car. Some are really cool in a motorsport kind of way, and some are really out there (picture 25” wheels with spinners and neon lights). It’s pretty cool and fun to see what they come up with.
05-29-22, 08:55 AM
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05-29-22, 08:56 AM
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05-29-22, 09:08 AM
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05-29-22, 09:10 AM
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