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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 06-16-16, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Heathpack
True story: I'm a big huge over-planner and rarely do the little details of whatever escape me.
Huh, this has never been evident in your posting before.
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Originally Posted by Heathpack
True story: I'm a big huge over-planner and rarely do the little details of whatever escape me.
Funny, I have you nailed for a 'wing it' type. Guess I was wrong. . Interesting about the loss of power. Hey where's the power calculator loss for asthmatics? I would totally want to see where I rank before and after blasting on my inhaler.
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Originally Posted by thin_concrete
I've always wondered if people down south put their bikes on trainers during the summers like many of us northerners do.
We throw our bike in the pool and ride around the deep end.
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Old 06-16-16, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Ramona_W
But it's okay because there's a breeze. I'm talking through my hat, of course, because I've never been in heat like that. I'd like to try it though.
Imagine you're in an oven; now change it to a convection oven.

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I wonder which is worse: 120 degrees w/ low humidity or 90 degrees with high humidity
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The 120* will take you down the quickest.
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Originally Posted by 10 Wheels
The 120* will take you down the quickest.
He's from Texas, I trust him on the heat comparisons.
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We have high humidity here all of the time.

On a tour in AZ found out I didn't like the Dry Heat.
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Real talk- Are they all indoor cats with litter boxes? Words cannot express my annoyance at having to clean up those things with just 2 cats, much less 7. And that smell you get in your nostrils from breathing in the dust... Ugh.
They are. Having two clean four litter boxes every day is a bit of a pain, I can tell you. It's also annoying when they are sick, having to medicate the whole bunch. Still good fun all in all.

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Originally Posted by RPK79
I wonder which is worse: 120 degrees w/ low humidity or 90 degrees with high humidity
Growing up in Florida, I can say humidity is miserable. Is it worse than a dry heat? I can't tell you, but I wouldn't want to be in 120* heat.
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And these are my two cats:



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Also, f*ck humidity.
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Not you too, Pepe. Ugh.
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Originally Posted by topslop1
All I hear is people talking about how their Garmin scrolls through a ton of stuff to get to the right thing and OR that it's a PITA to sync stuff / takes a while. Maybe if there were more Bryton users around I'd hear about the issues with their particular units too though...
Er, there are other issues. Won't zero-offset a PM without an HRM paired. Eats the occasional workout. Lies about having satellite lock. And my 610 watch, when charged with any dried sweat on the contacts, would rapidly drain battery while on the charger. There are issues with Garmins.
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I'm happy with mine.
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Old 06-16-16, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by PepeM
The lower one here just looks so indolent.
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Morons 1 and 2 for us. They spend most of the day attacking each other, "playfully".
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Originally Posted by PepeM
I'm happy with mine.
Your garmin or your kitty?
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Originally Posted by Dan333SP


Morons 1 and 2 for us. They spend most of the day attacking each other, "playfully".
Awesome.

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Your garmin or your kitty?
Garmin. Well, both.
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Originally Posted by Dan333SP


Morons 1 and 2 for us. They spend most of the day attacking each other, "playfully".
Achoo. I just sneezed. Allerjesuskitty.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Yes and yes.

LoP wore out his backpack/hydration pack and has been using the small blue one I got from Walmart. It might be time to buy him a belated birthday present. Where did you get this?
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Oo that last guy has a super pretty coloration. Tuxedo kitty is handsome too.
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