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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

Addiction LXXVIII

Old 04-09-20, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
put in a round of wedge.
#Nascar
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Old 04-09-20, 07:25 PM
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OMG. Dream car alert. They don't even put a listing price on it, so I guess that's a "If you have to ask, ..." kinda situation.




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Old 04-09-20, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
I'm back on to calorie counting, and while a beer will always be the first indulgence of a given day, chocolate is for filling in the corners of the caloric budget.
Chocolate is essential. I would give up water first.
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Originally Posted by big john
I think if you're getting a wobble you never had before and the only change is the wheels, maybe the wheels are flexing a bit.

There have been threads on wobbling and many times there is no apparent reason discovered. It seems that certain combinations of bike/wheel/rider sets up a frequency that causes a wobble.
I had a friend who had a Miele with a wicked death wobble and nothing he did would stop it so he got rid of the bike. I've never had a speed wobble on a bike. Lucky me.
Damn things better not be flexing with all the hype about how stiff they are.
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Even though I have a slight cold (no covid symptoms) I couldn't stay off the trainer and Rouvy... so picked something short and easy for an easy spin - Lava Beds. This is a route in Oregon that is a bit rolling and mostly downhill. Only one very easy climb, and well, halfway up I've already forgotten I was going to take it easy and attack it. So much for an easy spin! It was super short though, so not much of a workout and not enough to really fatigue me, but it feels good to work up a bit of a sweat!

But dammit, couldn't get my new CLIMB to work. I can pair it to the CORE, or adjust it manually, but it never changes automatically... I must be missing something. Updated the firmware first thing. Enter wheel size and wheelbase in the app. But it just sits at what the app says is -1.9% (it's not, it's level, as verified by measuring axle heights). Have a support ticket for it.
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Old 04-09-20, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Damn things better not be flexing with all the hype about how stiff they are.
Maybe they're so stiff that you stiffening up leaves no place for the wobble energy to go?
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Old 04-09-20, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Chocolate is essential. I would give up water first.
Pissed off that I forgot to get some dark chocolate when I was in the store Tuesday.
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Old 04-09-20, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by big john
Pissed off that I forgot to get some dark chocolate when I was in the store Tuesday.
Should be plenty on discount after the weekend.
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Old 04-09-20, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by big john
Maybe they're so stiff that you stiffening up leaves no place for the wobble energy to go?
That’s why I am thinking of lowering the tire pressure a little.
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Old 04-09-20, 08:20 PM
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I've settled on classical guitar. For the time being anyway
And I built another wheel today. Still needs to be finished up
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Old 04-09-20, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Should be plenty on discount after the weekend.
Good point.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
OMG. Dream car alert. They don't even put a listing price on it, so I guess that's a "If you have to ask, ..." kinda situation.




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Old 04-09-20, 08:54 PM
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Where I used to work the owner had a 54 Corvette. 6 volt, 6 cylinder with 3 carburetors, 2 speed automatic. I hated working on that thing.

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Carburetors suck, and feedback carbs suck even more.
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Originally Posted by big john
Where I used to work the owner had a 54 Corvette. 6 volt, 6 cylinder with 3 carburetors, 2 speed automatic. I hated working on that thing.

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Carburetors suck, and feedback carbs suck even more.
Syncing carburetors, and setting duel point distributors, are two things I don't really miss.
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Old 04-10-20, 03:37 AM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Chocolate is essential. I would give up water first.
Chocolate for breakfast:

https://www.germanshop24.com/sweets/...rt-cornflakes/
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Eating candy for breakfast is not proper adulting. Have some bran flakes with skim milk.
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Old 04-10-20, 05:42 AM
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Eating candy for breakfast is not proper adulting. Have some bran flakes with skim milk.
That was for his edification. I don't like most chocolate and rarely eat candy.
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Old 04-10-20, 06:05 AM
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I am having issues with my office-mate.

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my new weakness is ice cream. Anything chocolate and peanut butter, if I can’t find that then I add my own peanut butter. I was never into sweets, but my day doesnt feel complete with out some of this cold sweetness.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Looks very tasty, but I don’t eat milk chocolate or cornflakes.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Made my own sauce with spinach and my secret blend of herbs and spices.



Yum.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
My LLS has curbside pickup.
I need to go inside to browse and find a new brand to try, my E.H. Taylor is getting low. And it's Friday.
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Old 04-10-20, 06:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
My LLS generally has a couple duey bikes out front.

*duey = DUI (Illinois)
Wow. Sad.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
I may be made of 50% eggs, 50% chocolate.
That seems about right.
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