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This is the only kind of car to get excited about. One without a human driver. (contains cycling content)
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#9327
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#9328
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Covid leave ends tomorrow. Back to Charlotte I go for 5 days of On call.
Good news, I actually got a schedule for July. No sitting in Charlotte for me!
Good news, I actually got a schedule for July. No sitting in Charlotte for me!
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#9330
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#9331
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Been gone for a bit, but it's good to be back. I had some schedule challenges, a nasty cold, and some motivation struggles that kept me off the bike for a while, and likewise didn't feel motivated to hang out here. I'm back on my bike on a more regular basis over the last couple of weeks, and threw some retail therapy at my motivation with the purchase of a new (used) MTB. C'mon UPS!!
My youngest daughter graduated HS a couple of weeks go, and has just 5 more weekends of travel softball tournaments. At the end of Sept, she will be off to college. It's going to be a very different lifestyle for my wife and I. For the last 10 years, softball has dictated the schedule of our life pretty much every day, all year long - practices, lessons, games, travel, etc. It's been an exciting journey, and I'm bummed it's coming to an end, but I am looking forward to slowing down the pace of our life a bit...and riding my bike more...and building some stuff...and maybe playing music again...
My youngest daughter graduated HS a couple of weeks go, and has just 5 more weekends of travel softball tournaments. At the end of Sept, she will be off to college. It's going to be a very different lifestyle for my wife and I. For the last 10 years, softball has dictated the schedule of our life pretty much every day, all year long - practices, lessons, games, travel, etc. It's been an exciting journey, and I'm bummed it's coming to an end, but I am looking forward to slowing down the pace of our life a bit...and riding my bike more...and building some stuff...and maybe playing music again...
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#9332
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Been gone for a bit, but it's good to be back. I had some schedule challenges, a nasty cold, and some motivation struggles that kept me off the bike for a while, and likewise didn't feel motivated to hang out here. I'm back on my bike on a more regular basis overt the last couple of weeks, and threw some retail therapy at my motivation with the purchase of a new (used) MTB. C'mon UPS!!
My youngest daughter graduated HS a couple of weeks go, and has just 5 more weekends of travel softball tournaments. At the end of Sept, she will be off to college. It's going to be a very different lifestyle for my wife and I. For the last 10 years, softball has dictated the schedule of our life pretty much every day, all year long - practices, lessons, games, travel, etc. It's been an exciting journey, and I'm bummed it's coming to an end, but I am looking forward to slowing down the pace of our life a bit...and riding my bike more...and building some stuff...and maybe playing music again...
My youngest daughter graduated HS a couple of weeks go, and has just 5 more weekends of travel softball tournaments. At the end of Sept, she will be off to college. It's going to be a very different lifestyle for my wife and I. For the last 10 years, softball has dictated the schedule of our life pretty much every day, all year long - practices, lessons, games, travel, etc. It's been an exciting journey, and I'm bummed it's coming to an end, but I am looking forward to slowing down the pace of our life a bit...and riding my bike more...and building some stuff...and maybe playing music again...
What kind of bike did you get?
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2019 Trek Procaliber 9.9 SL. It 's a 20 lb, go-fast, pure XC machine, but it has a 10-52 cassette that should allow me to ride up the side of a building.
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That's a world cup bike! only 12 pounds lighter than my bike. I thought something like that, maybe a Top Fuel, would make a nice gravel bike. Except for the no drop bar part for the road sections.
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cowboy, steel horse, etc
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Saving my MTB money for a Spec Epic full squish.
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I think they have a hardtail and also a "soft tail" with a little bit of travel.
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Unfortunately, it has a Solo Cup motor. I was considering buying a gravel bike, but decided to update the MTB part of my stable instead. I'm not sure where I would really ride a gravel bike around my area. Seems to me like a hardtail MTB is more useful for the kind of riding I do (or want to do).
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The Supercaliber with the short-travel rear suspension is really attractive to me, but way out of my price range. I was also considering a BMC Twostroke (new, mid-level spec), but this Trek was too good to resist, and decided to stretch my budget a bit. Former owner had done some sexy parts upgrades (wheels, brakes, cassette), too.. I'm going to spoil the purity of the Procal a bit with a dropper post. I haven't used one, but am curious to give it a try. We're starting to see more and more riders on the XC World Cup circuit using them.
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congrats on the bike Eric!
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Unfortunately, it has a Solo Cup motor. I was considering buying a gravel bike, but decided to update the MTB part of my stable instead. I'm not sure where I would really ride a gravel bike around my area. Seems to me like a hardtail MTB is more useful for the kind of riding I do (or want to do).
I highly recommend a dropper, btw.
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So the Ism prologue seat I have on the cervelo, has never given me any problems. It has always worked well for me, but today I could not get comfortable. I’m still feeling it in my region hours after the ride. Seems weird that it would bother me now all of a sudden.
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#9346
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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#9347
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What I remember about being hit in the lip with a bee at 35 mph last year....
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#9348
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#9349
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