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05-04-24, 07:47 PM
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05-04-24, 07:53 PM
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The Older Boy tells me he has cut-proof gloves for using the whirling blades of death in the meat department. I suggested he not test them too much.
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05-04-24, 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by big john;[url=tel:23231714
23231714[/url]]Have you tried Ride With GPS? I don't know if they have what you are looking for, but it's free.
05-04-24, 08:19 PM
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05-04-24, 08:23 PM
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05-05-24, 12:22 AM
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Awww. RIP ol' XTR top pulley.
Maybe it's time for Ceramic Speeeeeeed!
Maybe it's time for Ceramic Speeeeeeed!
05-05-24, 05:28 AM
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05-05-24, 05:29 AM
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Phillies scored 14 last night. The As scored 20 in their game.
05-05-24, 06:25 AM
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Should Be More Popular
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05-05-24, 06:37 AM
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05-05-24, 06:55 AM
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Weird ride today. 17 of us set out for Mulholland Drive, nobody went to the mountains because of wind. For some reason we went the wrong way from the start and when we stopped to get it straightened out, we encountered a group who left our club before 2020. Got to see some old friends and shake a few hands, which felt good.
Finally got going on Mulholland but came to a closure where a crew was working on a landslide and they weren't letting anyone through. I checked last night and there was no mention of the closure on the road closure page. We turned around and dropped down a beat-up canyon with sand and broken pavement and went into Beverly Hills for a coffee. Supercars raced by with open exhaust sounds. The worst driver we dealt with was in tour bus,, though.
Since we were off route, nobody had anything loaded on a Garmin so deciding where to go was a pain. We split up and I wanted to go with one group but missed it when they turned off. No problem, I like the other route and it has some good climbing. Unfortunately the riders on that route were not leaders and it turned into a cluster****.
A woman who is a good climber went to the front and missed a turn and a guy went with her. The rest of us chased until she stopped. Someone told her how to get back to the turn and she hammered away with one guy in tow. Miles of climbing, some of it steep, was ahead. She was gone and I found out later she dropped the guy and got lost again. I got tired of riding with the few riders I was with after a bunch of crazy stuff so I set off alone. Later I was waiting at a red light on top of the ridge and lost girl shows up. Tells me she found the rest of the group and they told her I dropped them. That's something I don't hear very often.
She wanted to wait for the others and when they got there they wanted to go a different way than we had decided on. Great. Just 3 of us went to the end from there and we stayed together even though she needed a little counseling.
Some of these riders need a leader, or at least a route in their Garmin, or they get silly.
Finally got going on Mulholland but came to a closure where a crew was working on a landslide and they weren't letting anyone through. I checked last night and there was no mention of the closure on the road closure page. We turned around and dropped down a beat-up canyon with sand and broken pavement and went into Beverly Hills for a coffee. Supercars raced by with open exhaust sounds. The worst driver we dealt with was in tour bus,, though.
Since we were off route, nobody had anything loaded on a Garmin so deciding where to go was a pain. We split up and I wanted to go with one group but missed it when they turned off. No problem, I like the other route and it has some good climbing. Unfortunately the riders on that route were not leaders and it turned into a cluster****.
A woman who is a good climber went to the front and missed a turn and a guy went with her. The rest of us chased until she stopped. Someone told her how to get back to the turn and she hammered away with one guy in tow. Miles of climbing, some of it steep, was ahead. She was gone and I found out later she dropped the guy and got lost again. I got tired of riding with the few riders I was with after a bunch of crazy stuff so I set off alone. Later I was waiting at a red light on top of the ridge and lost girl shows up. Tells me she found the rest of the group and they told her I dropped them. That's something I don't hear very often.
She wanted to wait for the others and when they got there they wanted to go a different way than we had decided on. Great. Just 3 of us went to the end from there and we stayed together even though she needed a little counseling.
Some of these riders need a leader, or at least a route in their Garmin, or they get silly.
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05-05-24, 07:39 AM
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Not actually Tmonk
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It is also raining pretty heavy in San Diego this morning, and I am reading live updates from the Giro. Looks like the elevation profile will be cause for some excitement fairly soon.
I had planned on riding my TT bike outside for an easy hour this morning, but it looks like it's going to be ITG
I had planned on riding my TT bike outside for an easy hour this morning, but it looks like it's going to be ITG
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05-05-24, 08:08 AM
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My friend who was with the other group after we split up, the group I wanted to be with, wrote to me last night. He said there were arguments, wrong turns, and guys leaving the ride in anger. Worse than the confusion in our group. Oh well. Nobody got hurt and I'm sure we can all still ride together again.
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05-05-24, 09:54 AM
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I love riding with a small cohesive group of friends. We trust each other, know each other’s quirks, and share the work and the joy. On the other hand, riding with a group of disparate riders with different goals and sense of what’s “safe/unsafe” is to be avoided.
05-05-24, 10:13 AM
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A lot of larger clubs have fixed routes (which may rotate) and different group/levels as well, which helps keeps things organized and predictable. The San Diego Bicycle club has 5 or so regular Saturday rides and even some pre-ride consultation for the developmental rides (D1-D3), and ride leaders for everything but the A ride. They are all well attended.
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05-05-24, 10:35 AM
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Funny, 3 hours ago I woke to see the skies very dark/gloomy, and raining quite heavily. Now, it's sunny, warm and mostly dry on the ground. Good thing I decided to ride the trainer while it was still raining 
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I guess one bonus is that I got the ride knocked out while Liz and baby were still sleeping. So now she doesn't need to watch baby while I get my hour of training in later, which will be a nice surprise for them both. So at least there's that.
.I guess one bonus is that I got the ride knocked out while Liz and baby were still sleeping. So now she doesn't need to watch baby while I get my hour of training in later, which will be a nice surprise for them both. So at least there's that.
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05-05-24, 10:42 AM
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Oh and I forgot to mention - John Scofield has a bunch of good stuff if you enjoyed that. His background is hard bob/straight-ahead jazz with some of the biggest names out there, but then he moved into a fusion / jam band kind of style, and there is a ton of great content out there. I recommend the "A Go Go" album, or anything he did with Medeski Martin and Wood (also worth checking out)
EDIT: like this. Isn't really fusion IMO (unlike much of their collective music), it's just a lot of fun
EDIT: like this. Isn't really fusion IMO (unlike much of their collective music), it's just a lot of fun
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05-05-24, 11:11 AM
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And don’t get me started on the people who had to use the bathroom just when we were ready to start or leave a 10 min. stop. Most of them had been gabbing away instead of attending to needs.
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05-05-24, 11:19 AM
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I've been reading more about AI lately. Makes me wonder how long until bicycle manufacturers start adding it to bikes somehow. Maybe AI-guided shifting? Or maybe my bike warns me before I do something stupid? Not sure I would want that though. I already think Siri yacks too much.
05-05-24, 11:33 AM
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Unless it was a 20 to 19 final the As shoulda saved some of those runs for another game, they need all the help they can get
Glad to see the Astros still at the bottom of the Division. Sad that the Angels are giving them some company though.
Glad to see the Astros still at the bottom of the Division. Sad that the Angels are giving them some company though.
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05-05-24, 12:14 PM
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Oh and I forgot to mention - John Scofield has a bunch of good stuff if you enjoyed that. His background is hard bob/straight-ahead jazz with some of the biggest names out there, but then he moved into a fusion / jam band kind of style, and there is a ton of great content out there. I recommend the "A Go Go" album, or anything he did with Medeski Martin and Wood (also worth checking out)
EDIT: like this. Isn't really fusion IMO (unlike much of their collective music), it's just a lot of fun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdj9kdpghEQ
EDIT: like this. Isn't really fusion IMO (unlike much of their collective music), it's just a lot of fun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdj9kdpghEQ
some Larry Carlton for ya … really gets cookin at around the 2 minute mark
the album this is on is outstanding - has some easy listening stuff and some where it is ramped up
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05-05-24, 12:23 PM
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such a beautiful day today, i decided to ignore all the injuries and ailments and moving work to do, took a bunch of ibuprofen, and went for a ride on the aethos. it hardly would qualify as a ride by last year’s standards (18 miles, 800 feet, 15mph) but it felt good. no arrhythmia. ribs hurt but completely tolerable.
i’ve only been riding eBikes lately, and while they’re nice e-bikes. there is definitely something magical about a completely silent 14lb road bike that fits me perfectly. it just disappears under you.
mood improved by about 100%. not sure if that’s addiction or therapeutic?
i’ve only been riding eBikes lately, and while they’re nice e-bikes. there is definitely something magical about a completely silent 14lb road bike that fits me perfectly. it just disappears under you.
mood improved by about 100%. not sure if that’s addiction or therapeutic?
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05-05-24, 01:23 PM
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05-05-24, 01:50 PM
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Just now realized you also have to actually click on the word Segments and make it turn orange, THEN you'll see them. Derp
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05-05-24, 02:05 PM
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Another weekend with no rest.
Now I'm working on the new house.
Now I'm working on the new house.