So are the days of our lives...
03-29-15, 10:26 AM
#7253
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03-29-15, 02:43 PM
#7255
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Holy crap, I AM that idiot driver. Haven't felt this s***ty in a while. Right turn into my apartment, cut off a cyclist who hit the rear side of my car. Low speed he and bike were ok, I apologized profusely, but seriously, nothing I can say makes it ok to cut off a cyclist. I think he noticed I was pretty much losing it cause he was cool about it. But I feel like utter crap now. I mean, I'm the one commuting 90 miles a week and complaining about bad drivers. I think I'm scarred for life.
03-29-15, 05:37 PM
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03-29-15, 05:55 PM
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Congrats Grolby.
03-30-15, 05:31 AM
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Decided not to race my team's home stage race this year, so I worked registration and drove the wheel truck for the P/1/2/3 and Cat 5 races. It was the first time I got to watch an entire race close up while not being part of it. The course was a 15 mile loop in a rural area with different numbers of laps for each cat. The P/1/2/3 race was fast but somewhat boring; a few one or two man breaks that never stuck, yellow line rule strictly enforced the whole race since the course was open to traffic. One guy decided he needed to move up anyway about a km before the finish and crossed the yellow line almost into the rear fender of an oncoming duallie - the moto ref was behind the peloton because of the oncoming traffic. My race caught the Master's race on the last lap and the two pelotons intermingled for a while, rather than the Master's self-neutralizing; took some effort from the moto refs to sort that out. Bunch sprint at the end.
The Cat 5 race was slower but had the usual huge spread of abilities, so a break went off never to be seen again. Got to see my first in-person bikes-whirling-through-the-air crash, too, on a clear, open straight. Unfortunately, it included a teammate, the second-oldest guy on our team (I'm the oldest); a couple of guys crashed themselves ahead of him and he had nowhere to go. Apparently the worst injury was bruises, but my friend's helmet was visibly totaled from a hard impact on his head, and he went to the ER for a precautionary cat scan. At one point the peloton was doing ~18 mph into a slight headwind, and I wanted to yell at them to get the lead out.
Looks like the same group of guys pulled almost the whole race.
Pretty much fun overall.
The Cat 5 race was slower but had the usual huge spread of abilities, so a break went off never to be seen again. Got to see my first in-person bikes-whirling-through-the-air crash, too, on a clear, open straight. Unfortunately, it included a teammate, the second-oldest guy on our team (I'm the oldest); a couple of guys crashed themselves ahead of him and he had nowhere to go. Apparently the worst injury was bruises, but my friend's helmet was visibly totaled from a hard impact on his head, and he went to the ER for a precautionary cat scan. At one point the peloton was doing ~18 mph into a slight headwind, and I wanted to yell at them to get the lead out.
Looks like the same group of guys pulled almost the whole race.Pretty much fun overall.
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Demain, on roule!
Regards,
Chuck
Demain, on roule!
03-30-15, 07:09 AM
#7267
Ninny
Today was supposed to be the first day of my kids' spring break. But they had so many snow days that it's a give-back day so they were supposed to go to school. But it's snowing and they canceled school. I think a wormhole is now opening.
Go home, mother nature, you're drunk.
Go home, mother nature, you're drunk.
03-30-15, 07:53 AM
#7268
out walking the earth
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btw waki haters might be interested to know he raced this weekend, placed fairly well in the 35+ at sunny king (truth be told I'd need to be talked off a ledge with his result) and a cat 1 next to his name.
03-30-15, 08:39 AM
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Asked a shopowner I like to price out a Udi2 upgrade for me. He told me he can't get close to what it's available for online and that I should order it online, have it delivered to him, he will install everything and I will come out ahead. I'm taking him up on the offer. This should be an interesting experiment. It feels kind of dirty to me...
03-30-15, 08:48 AM
#7271
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Asked a shopowner I like to price out a Udi2 upgrade for me. He told me he can't get close to what it's available for online and that I should order it online, have it delivered to him, he will install everything and I will come out ahead. I'm taking him up on the offer. This should be an interesting experiment. It feels kind of dirty to me...
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03-30-15, 08:50 AM
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He is a great guy and runs a good business. I recommend him to EVERYONE. I only wish I lived closer to him. He is near my old town in another state, I get there sometimes, but not often enough.
03-30-15, 09:49 AM
#7273
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Thanks you guys. It's exciting. Lots of work ahead for the next month or so, and after that as well though probably a little less frantic once we're moved in. We somehow managed to land the first house we put a bid on, from our very first (and only) day looking. With the way the market is looking for this spring, we're feeling very lucky indeed.
Nice. Glad to hear it.
Nice. Glad to hear it.
03-30-15, 09:53 AM
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