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Old 12-08-23, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
Yes. Couldn’t tell the ones that I had from road shoes. They were shaped and made just like a road shoe with a hard sole except they had a recessed cleat. My wife had a pair of Sidis like that many years ago.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Wheels were fantastic this morning. Hub sounds like the enve wheels when coasting, that quiet mechanized hummmmmmm. Out of all the wheels I have owned these are quickest to engage.

I must have done something when I put the wheel back on, because the shifting is now horrible. The cassette came off the wheels I swapped so it can’t be that. Going up and and down it’s missing shifts, occasional ghost shift, and won’t go onto the biggest cog or the littlest cog. I am hoping to just drop it off at the shop today but not sure that will happen.
Sounds like it's time for you to learn how to adjust your derailleur.

Moving a cassette from one set of wheels to another, it's not unusual to need to make small adjustments to accommodate for differences in the hubs. Sometimes everything lines up exactly the same. Sometimes not. However, the adjustments are usually pretty easy.
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
I thought about those but I was trying to get away from the raised front like my normal road shoes.
Not the thing for outrunning enraged motorists.
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Originally Posted by TMonk
It is the time of year when I need to give my wife my race calendar. This year will feature no events outside of the county, no RRs or stage races, only a couple local criteriums and TTs. Maybe a track night or three.

There are some legacy San Diego road races that have made comebacks this year, which is great. I will not have the legs required for those, maybe in a subsequent season when we are past this infancy and I can get more long rides in.
Do they still do the Boulevard RR (late January-ish, I think it was)? Somehow, I always allowed myself to get talked into doing that one, knowing full well it was going to be a day of suffering and a lousy result for a 160+lb sprint monkey.
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Did y'all see that crazy bass flute that Flute Guy was rockin?

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Contrabass. Mrs. rjones28 has one. It looks like his was made by the same guy.

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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
Yes. Couldn’t tell the ones that I had from road shoes. They were shaped and made just like a road shoe with a hard sole except they had a recessed cleat. My wife had a pair of Sidis like that many years ago.
Wow, a few years ago I thought they were becoming more common, but a quick search and I'm getting a lot of three-hole only shoes.

Some bargain Giros here though

https://www.merlincycles.com/en-us/g...es-208714.html
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Old 12-08-23, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
Getting ready for a Caribbean cruise:

Pedicure - check
haircut - check
Speedo - check
Dual nipple rings - pending

#JustKidding
about which one?
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
If I ever get back to riding and I need new pedals or shoes I think I'll go spd so I can walk with them on. At this point in my life I ain't foolin' anyone that I'm a serious cyclist.
I don't think he wants the walkable kind, he's going for full blown clackers!

Oh nope, I was wrong. Recessed cleat he says.

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Originally Posted by LAJ
I have more than a modest collection of zip ties.
The rjones28 workshop only has a modest collection of zip ties.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
The rjones28 workshop only has a modest collection of zip ties.
Likewise. I think I have just 2 sizes currently on hand.
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
Getting ready for a Caribbean cruise:

Pedicure - check
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#JustKidding
About the cruise or the nipple rings?
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Old 12-08-23, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Eric F
Do they still do the Boulevard RR (late January-ish, I think it was)? Somehow, I always allowed myself to get talked into doing that one, knowing full well it was going to be a day of suffering and a lousy result for a 160+lb sprint monkey.
They brought it back this year! But, participation was low and I do not see it on the calendar, bummer. This year it was hot AF and it was total attrition from heat acclimation at the bottom of the course. Top of the climb wasn't so bad, but still mid/high 80's. I won the Master's 35+



I changed out of kit b/c I felt like crap and they took too damn long

San Luis Rey RR is back as well and hopefully here to stay. It also ends with a moderately long climb but its a lower gradient and a generally less harsh course.


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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
Mine might have been Specialized also. I was thinking they were Shimano but my old shop carried both brands so may well have been Spec.
I got a pair of Fizik Terra Powerstrap X4s this time around. Essentially, an SPD compatible sole under a road upper. I like them.

They also have the X5, if you want Boa closure.
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
I thought about those but I was trying to get away from the raised front like my normal road shoes.
Seems like about half the gravel shoes have roadish styling.
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The rjones28 workshop only has a modest collection of zip ties.
One must have "more than" if one does even a modest amount of Christmas decorating. Of course, modest is in the eye of the installer.
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Originally Posted by Eric F
Sounds like it's time for you to learn how to adjust your derailleur.

Moving a cassette from one set of wheels to another, it's not unusual to need to make small adjustments to accommodate for differences in the hubs. Sometimes everything lines up exactly the same. Sometimes not. However, the adjustments are usually pretty easy.

I must have been lucky so far in my career. I have swapped cassettes so many times and have never had an issue, so I figured I must have fudged something.
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Originally Posted by TMonk
They brought it back this year! But, participation was low and I do not see it on the calendar, bummer. This year it was hot AF and it was total attrition from heat acclimation at the bottom of the course. Top of the climb wasn't so bad, but still mid/high 80's. I won the Master's 35+



I changed out of kit b/c I felt like crap and they took too damn long

San Luis Rey RR is back as well and hopefully here to stay. It also ends with a moderately long climb but its a lower gradient and a generally less harsh course.


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Nice!

I remember San Luis Rey. I had a 6th place finish (Cat 3) the one time I did it.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
I must have been lucky so far in my career. I have swapped cassettes so many times and have never had an issue, so I figured I must have fudged something.
I have two wheelsets for Mrs. Peel. One has clincher rims and a Uniglide freehub that takes 6-speed cassettes. The other has tubular rims and takes a 6 speed freewheel. When I switch them, I need to remember to adjust the limit screws or I could casually shift the chain into the spokes, if I went from freewheel to freehub, or shift the chain into the rear dropout if I went from freewheel to freehub.

So, a mm or so when changing wheels is nothing.
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Contrabass. Mrs. rjones28 has one.
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What was on the menu? What was your favourite?

I know of a family of Arners who were in Delaware whose son is my second cousin (I think), but I never heard that they ran a restaurant.

Did you know any? Delaware seems like the kind of place where everyone knows everyone.
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Contrabass. Mrs. rjones28 has one. It looks like his was made by the same guy.
This must be the extracontrabass


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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
Getting ready for a Caribbean cruise:
Good idea. I, on the other hand, am planning on going somewhere dumb next week. And by dumb, I mean north of the 36th parallel.

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Speaking of dumb, who would want to go to a cold location for a bowl game?

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Good idea. I, on the other hand, am planning on going somewhere dumb next week. And by dumb, I mean north of the 36th parallel.

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Are you going to the Crazy 80's Car Museum?



Man I loved the Chevy Nova version of the Toyota Corolla back then, something about those quad headlamps.

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Speaking of dumb, who would want to go to a cold location for a bowl game?

https://twitter.com/CFBcampustour/st...66186395746651
Proper football fans would I'm sure. Might have to plan it after the teams are decided though, wait for the right matchup with fans from cold climes like Bills vs Packers
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