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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 06-30-21, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
If you allow people to get on the race course, accidents are going to happen.
Yup, due to gross negligence.
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Old 06-30-21, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Wow, 14 guys on one pole. The instructor with the safari helmet looks like the same guy that taught me.
Reported. Family forum.
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Old 06-30-21, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by datlas
That was a hot and humid ride. Glad I found my Halo or I would have had burning eyes.
Ever since I had Shingles in my right eye, that eye is a lot more sensitive to sweat and sunscreen. I'm usually ok on road rides unless there's a really slow climb, but when I do long slow climbs on the mtb it starts burning so bad I have to stop. I've never tried a Halo.
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Old 06-30-21, 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
I would love a utility e-bike - something for groceries, towing the little girl around in the trailer, etc. I think that a road e-bike might be cool to really extend range, but I don't think that I'm ready to do that personally.
I had to replace my car a couple years ago and I very strongly considered one for my 30-mile commute to work, but the realities of winter around here plus the need to haul more cargo than a bike can haul, plus my wife's unwillingness to consider being a one-car family, eventually took that out of consideration.

Instead I bought a stick shift that she can't drive. That's not why I bought it but still kinda funny.
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Old 06-30-21, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
That's different than a lawn.
A lawn is a field not used for planting. Like, literally.
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Old 06-30-21, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by ksryder
I had to replace my car a couple years ago and I very strongly considered one for my 30-mile commute to work, but the realities of winter around here plus the need to haul more cargo than a bike can haul, plus my wife's unwillingness to consider being a one-car family, eventually took that out of consideration.

Instead I bought a stick shift that she can't drive. That's not why I bought it but still kinda funny.
Putting aside the stick, you would let your wife drive your car?

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Old 06-30-21, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by BillyD
I'm inclined to agree with this man in this regard.
Me too. How rare!
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Old 06-30-21, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by big john
Ever since I had Shingles in my right eye, that eye is a lot more sensitive to sweat and sunscreen. I'm usually ok on road rides unless there's a really slow climb, but when I do long slow climbs on the mtb it starts burning so bad I have to stop. I've never tried a Halo.
There are not a lot of products I heartily endorse, but the Halo is one I do. It’s a sweatband (I believe they also make a cap) with a thin strip of silicone embedded in it just above the eyebrows, so if it gets saturated the sweat runs down your temples/cheeks and stays out of your eyes. There is also something called a sweat gutr that might work even better but it has a firm plastic “gutter” which I suspect is less comfortable than the Halo.
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Old 06-30-21, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Stuff like that is always happening. This time it just involved a lot of riders. She was careless and it shouldn't have happened, but I have a hard time believing this rises to the level of a criminal act or gross negligence.
They have to set an example to discourage future tragic incidents. "Life is rough" is what my latin teacher Father Gannon was fond of saying.

For all we know one of the guys injured and unable to continue may well have been the eventual Tour winner, now ROBBED of his chance in the spotlight. VERY Sad.
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Old 06-30-21, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by datlas
Me too. How rare!
It was hard for me to type, I'll tell you that.
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Old 06-30-21, 03:32 PM
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THE END IS NEAR! (possibly)
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Old 06-30-21, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by BillyD
They have to set an example to discourage future tragic incidents. "Life is rough" is what my latin teacher Father Gannon was fond of saying.

For all we know one of the guys injured and unable to continue may well have been the eventual Tour winner, now ROBBED of his chance in the spotlight. VERY Sad.
Agree 100%

There are certain courtesies one adopts when attending a bike race. If they aren't followed, there can be tragic consequences. If you choose to put your face on camera so you can wish grandma a happy birthday, or whatever the sign says, rather than follow the rules, maybe bike racing isn't for you. I can about promise she will have a bad taste in her mouth after all the civil suits are done with.
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Old 06-30-21, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Stuff like that is always happening. This time it just involved a lot of riders. She was careless and it shouldn't have happened, but I have a hard time believing this rises to the level of a criminal act or gross negligence.
Remember, we're talking criminal offense here.

As you said, there are people on the road all the time. If they're serious about their law, they wouldn't just be charging this woman.
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Old 06-30-21, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by LAJ
Agree 100%

There are certain courtesies one adopts when attending a bike race. If they aren't followed, there can be tragic consequences. If you choose to put your face on camera so you can wish grandma a happy birthday, or whatever the sign says, rather than follow the rules, maybe bike racing isn't for you. I can about promise she will have a bad taste in her mouth after all the civil suits are done with.
Well, on the plus side, she certainly DID get her face on TV!
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Old 06-30-21, 04:27 PM
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last leg of a four day trip and Charlotte has turned into a cluster. Storms in the area shut the ramp down, not looking good getting back to charlotte or making my flight home. sigh.

Atleast I am not tour de france lady.
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Old 06-30-21, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by datlas
THE END IS NEAR! (possibly)
Happy Q3 Eve!



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Old 06-30-21, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by LAJ
I rode the single speed to the shop. Before coffee.
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Old 06-30-21, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by big john
My main club banned e-bikes a few years ago. There was quite a kerfuffle with club board members quitting and some riders vowing to never come back. Strangely, I think most of the quitters were anti-e-bike. There has been talk of revisiting the decision but so far the ban still holds.

The other club I ride with doesn't have an official policy as far as I know, but I have never seen an e-bike on one of their rides.
There's a local cadre of old (65+) riders on e-road bikes. I haven't heard any complaints about them. They mostly have e-bikes because they need to keep their heartrates down.
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Old 06-30-21, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Real cyclists don't e-bike.
See post #2758
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Old 06-30-21, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Don't feed the trolls or they will all want to move here.
I'm good.
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Old 06-30-21, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
There's a local cadre of old (65+) riders on e-road bikes. I haven't heard any complaints about them. They mostly have e-bikes because they need to keep their heartrates down.
That's why my friend got his, doc's orders. His wife had to get one, too, even though when she trains a bit she becomes a super mountain goat.
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Old 06-30-21, 06:13 PM
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Happy Q3 Eve!



enjoy some free baseball.
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Verizon. They were divorced by then.


Cool.
He said the guy’s name isn’t John.
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THE END IS NEAR! (possibly)
June is the best month of the year, and it's not even close. I miss it already.
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Old 06-30-21, 06:48 PM
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enjoy some free baseball.
No. I'd rather watch a Hallmarkesque movie there.
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