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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 09-10-21, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
I’ve did a good portion of it in 2018, but broken into two days. The part after Chester, MA is tough. Slog up then a steep climb with a ruling grade of a little over 14%. A little beyond Monterey, MA and into NY will be new. In the past I dropped down into CT from Monterey.
It looked to be a tough stretch on a bike hauling your living quarters, including the kitchen.

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Old 09-10-21, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Are you saying the Nati doesn't have traffic? I'm pretty sure it does. That photo was at ~2:00 p.m.
I'll just have to believe you without any convincing proof.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Seek help.
Maybe I should take up knitting, then I could do that while listening to the Mariners game.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Maybe I should take up knitting, then I could do that while listening to the Mariners game.
Or maybe just keep posting here, but the phone thumb is getting tired already.
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Pretty sweet C&V home for sale in Pennsylvania:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1...78138843_zpid/
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Old 09-11-21, 01:42 AM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
One of mine.
A bit unclean
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Old 09-11-21, 04:30 AM
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Getting ready to ride and the Habanero has a flat tire.

Looks like a fine day to ride the Roubaix.
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Old 09-11-21, 04:40 AM
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Up and at 'em.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Up and at 'em.
I’ve been up since 5.
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Old 09-11-21, 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Maybe I should take up knitting, then I could do that while listening to the Mariners game.
There's plenty of better stuff to watch online. Like this. Visitor alert!

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=58...31343709347437
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Originally Posted by datlas
Getting ready to ride and the Habanero has a flat tire.

Looks like a fine day to ride the Roubaix.
A puncture from a frayed shifter cable. Prolly.
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Old 09-11-21, 06:21 AM
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Crushed the ride to the train station!



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Old 09-11-21, 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
On Labour Day, prior to the Xenia restaurante fiasco, we went hiking at John Bryan State Park/Clifton Gorge




You wouldn't guess this place is in the middle of soybean/corn fields, but that's how they roll in Dumbdumb Land.




I'm happy to report that the seven people in our party combined carried 0 ml of water on this hiking activity. Mojo31


I don’t carry water on strolls around the local park either.
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In other cockpit news, I was briefly convinced I needed these on all my bikes.





Then the sticker shock set in. One US retailer wanted $70, and another wanted $82.
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Old 09-11-21, 07:53 AM
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Looks heavy.
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Cool
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Oh boy.
Originally Posted by Mojo31
I don’t carry water on strolls around the local park either.
It was a proper hike! On a rocky rim trail, down into the gorge, and up again. Lasted more than an hour.
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Originally Posted by oliullah
Cool
Reaction to post #8311, one assumes.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Looks heavy.
I'd probably order a Ti bolt to go in there

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A little over a half hour til

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Originally Posted by velo vol
reaction to post #8313 one assumes.
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Was right behind an ugly crash today. We were going about 35 mph with a trash truck blocking the opposite lane. A driver behind the truck pulled pulled out across the double yellow, people hit the brakes, and one rider went down hard. Looked like a fractured clavicle and very painful. Felt terrible and glad I wasn’t involved. The driver and trash men both treated us to a stream of invective as they drove off.
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People are ugly^^^^^
I'm settling into my new persona. I can become anybody I want to become. Perhaps I'll become Velo Vol 2.0
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
A puncture from a frayed shifter cable. Prolly.
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Old 09-11-21, 11:18 AM
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Slow day. Everyone but me must be riding or playing softball. Or something.
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