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08-07-21, 03:18 PM
#3801
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welcome to my life when I am at work. A lot of walking in small towns.
Ithaca this week has the falls.
08-07-21, 03:20 PM
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08-07-21, 03:25 PM
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50 mile club ride today. Decent size turnout but only 4 of us did the 50. There was one guy who kept trying to push the pace but the other 3 of us wouldn't bite. Turned into a fun ride but after a coffee stop one of the guys crashed. He got up after a few minutes and finished the ride but couldn't explain why he fell. I looked around and there was a small gap which could have caught a wheel. I was right behind him and I don't know what happened.
A couple years ago I was with him when he tried to follow a car through a gate and the gate came down and hit him in the throat. Last year he crashed when the road narrowed and that time he broke his frame along with some ribs.
Other people have expressed concern about him in the past and today I was watching him and sometimes he seems oblivious to the dangers around him. Everyone likes him, he's a great guy but he worries me.
A couple years ago I was with him when he tried to follow a car through a gate and the gate came down and hit him in the throat. Last year he crashed when the road narrowed and that time he broke his frame along with some ribs.
Other people have expressed concern about him in the past and today I was watching him and sometimes he seems oblivious to the dangers around him. Everyone likes him, he's a great guy but he worries me.
I would be worried also about riding with your friend.
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08-07-21, 03:25 PM
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I did. And I got an e-bike ride in. Not quite what I had in mind, but I left the bike at the shop yesterday and needed to get it home.
08-07-21, 03:25 PM
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08-07-21, 03:28 PM
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cowboy, steel horse, etc
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08-07-21, 03:31 PM
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08-07-21, 03:37 PM
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I did a sub-5 hour century as part of a fund-raising ride a handful of years back. I'd like to do one solo, though, and have been considering the logistics recently. I'd kind of like to get it done this year, but I'd really need to sit down and plan.
08-07-21, 03:49 PM
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08-07-21, 03:51 PM
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08-07-21, 03:55 PM
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08-07-21, 03:57 PM
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08-07-21, 03:59 PM
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08-07-21, 04:11 PM
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08-07-21, 04:14 PM
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08-07-21, 05:24 PM
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Begs the question: how do they get the sailboats to the Olympics? Put them in a bigger boat?
LesterOfPuppets how long would it take you to get your rig to Tokyo?
LesterOfPuppets how long would it take you to get your rig to Tokyo?
08-07-21, 05:24 PM
#3817
So it is
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This sort of sucks.
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08-07-21, 05:26 PM
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08-07-21, 05:30 PM
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08-07-21, 05:32 PM
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The US has and will. A friend of mine sailed in the J22 class world championship regatta a few weeks ago with a guy from our area who has won 3 Olympic sailing medals. They won. That's kind of a big deal in sailing circles.
08-07-21, 05:33 PM
#3821
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Those hills are about 4 miles away, at the very most.
08-07-21, 05:34 PM
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08-07-21, 05:34 PM
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08-07-21, 05:35 PM
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Fixed or freewheel?
08-07-21, 05:41 PM
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Where were they last week?
