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Mrs. GeneJockey didn't want The Boys, who are in their late 20s, to know we could track them. I pointed out that, when we were that age, the closest our parents came to knowing our whereabouts was that they knew our addresses.
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05-05-21, 02:54 PM
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05-05-21, 02:56 PM
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I'm taking some time off from work, and I'm discovering the difference between Working From Home, and a Staycation is not really that big. I'm still answering emails and phone calls, which, fortunately, are more limited. But I took the big dog for a walk, which made him the happiest 11 year old puppy in California.
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05-05-21, 03:15 PM
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Speaking of tubulars (You weren't? Well, I was!), my plan for dealing with flats was to carry a spare tire, but also to carry a little bottle of sealant and a valve core wrench, so if I got a flat I could dump some in, blow the tire up and let it seal itself. So I got what I assumed from the picture would be 'a little bottle of sealant'. Turns out 8 oz. is not a small bottle at all! If I put that, and a folded tubular tire in my jersey pockets, it'll weigh it down too much!
Oops. I gotta find a smaller bottle.......
Oops. I gotta find a smaller bottle.......
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05-05-21, 03:53 PM
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Speaking of tubulars (You weren't? Well, I was!), my plan for dealing with flats was to carry a spare tire, but also to carry a little bottle of sealant and a valve core wrench, so if I got a flat I could dump some in, blow the tire up and let it seal itself. So I got what I assumed from the picture would be 'a little bottle of sealant'. Turns out 8 oz. is not a small bottle at all! If I put that, and a folded tubular tire in my jersey pockets, it'll weigh it down too much!
Oops. I gotta find a smaller bottle.......
Oops. I gotta find a smaller bottle.......
extra credit if you stash the spare tire, folded up, under your saddle with an old toe strap.
edit: I suspect you know, but first fold of tire should be backing strip to backing strip. That will maximize glue effect.
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05-05-21, 03:58 PM
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I had a Corvair which, being air cooled, uses a heat exchanger on the exhaust manifold to supply cabin heat. The engine leaked oil onto the exhaust where it burned into a black char which the defroster would blow into my face while driving and it looked as though someone had twisted a pepper mill over me.
Another benefit of this was the huge volume of smoke that would pour out of the car after I parked it and people would warn me that my car was on fire. I put new push rod tube o rings in which fixed the leak until I let the car sit for some time and they dried out and started leaking again.
Another benefit of this was the huge volume of smoke that would pour out of the car after I parked it and people would warn me that my car was on fire. I put new push rod tube o rings in which fixed the leak until I let the car sit for some time and they dried out and started leaking again.
05-05-21, 04:00 PM
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Speaking of tubulars (You weren't? Well, I was!), my plan for dealing with flats was to carry a spare tire, but also to carry a little bottle of sealant and a valve core wrench, so if I got a flat I could dump some in, blow the tire up and let it seal itself. So I got what I assumed from the picture would be 'a little bottle of sealant'. Turns out 8 oz. is not a small bottle at all! If I put that, and a folded tubular tire in my jersey pockets, it'll weigh it down too much!
Oops. I gotta find a smaller bottle.......
Oops. I gotta find a smaller bottle.......
05-05-21, 04:04 PM
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Your choice, but I think a spare tire (prestretched and a little glue on it) should be enough. Call of shame is easier than big bottle of goo that might not work anyway.
extra credit if you stash the spare tire, folded up, under your saddle with an old toe strap.
edit: I suspect you know, but first fold of tire should be backing strip to backing strip. That will maximize glue effect.
extra credit if you stash the spare tire, folded up, under your saddle with an old toe strap.
edit: I suspect you know, but first fold of tire should be backing strip to backing strip. That will maximize glue effect.
05-05-21, 04:46 PM
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In 2018 I took a bike tour from St. Albans, VT home to Philly, with a weekend stop in W. Mass for my 35th high school reunion. Near the end of the trip I was camping in a state forest in NJ that borders the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. As I was riding back to my site from the bathhouse a young cub came up the river bank and walked across the campground road maybe 20' in front of me. Clearly had been born that winter/spring. Fully expected so see mom next, but she never materialized. Hope the poor thing was not orphaned.
In 2017 I came face to face with a giant one at about 30' in NW PA as I was about put on my helmet and switch on my lights to leave camp. It had raided the dumpsters earlier in the morning. Fortunately, both of us were not looking for a fight, but what a way to start a morning of cycling. I guesstimate he was at leas 600 lbs. We grow 'em big in PA.
In 2017 I came face to face with a giant one at about 30' in NW PA as I was about put on my helmet and switch on my lights to leave camp. It had raided the dumpsters earlier in the morning. Fortunately, both of us were not looking for a fight, but what a way to start a morning of cycling. I guesstimate he was at leas 600 lbs. We grow 'em big in PA.
05-05-21, 04:49 PM
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05-05-21, 04:52 PM
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I had a Corvair which, being air cooled, uses a heat exchanger on the exhaust manifold to supply cabin heat. The engine leaked oil onto the exhaust where it burned into a black char which the defroster would blow into my face while driving and it looked as though someone had twisted a pepper mill over me.
Another benefit of this was the huge volume of smoke that would pour out of the car after I parked it and people would warn me that my car was on fire. I put new push rod tube o rings in which fixed the leak until I let the car sit for some time and they dried out and started leaking again.
Another benefit of this was the huge volume of smoke that would pour out of the car after I parked it and people would warn me that my car was on fire. I put new push rod tube o rings in which fixed the leak until I let the car sit for some time and they dried out and started leaking again.
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05-05-21, 05:15 PM
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05-05-21, 05:31 PM
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I believe they call that "The Corvair Experience", which is a tiny bit different than "The Porsche Experience" (https://www.porschedriving.com/los-angeles).
The first time it happened I had taken this young lady to lunch and the car quit in the street on our way back to my job. We took the bus back to my job where her car was and never went out again.
05-05-21, 05:34 PM
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Another thing it would do is vapor lock. I didn't even think it was a real thing until that car. Drive somewhere on a warm day, park for 20-30 minutes, then try to drive. It would start fine and run until the fuel in the carburetors was gone and it would shut off because the fuel in the lines was boiling.
The first time it happened I had taken this young lady to lunch and the car quit in the street on our way back to my job. We took the bus back to my job where her car was and never went out again.
The first time it happened I had taken this young lady to lunch and the car quit in the street on our way back to my job. We took the bus back to my job where her car was and never went out again.
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05-05-21, 05:42 PM
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Challenge makes a tubeless tubular tire now. Worst of both worlds?
Speaking of tubulars (You weren't? Well, I was!), my plan for dealing with flats was to carry a spare tire, but also to carry a little bottle of sealant and a valve core wrench, so if I got a flat I could dump some in, blow the tire up and let it seal itself. So I got what I assumed from the picture would be 'a little bottle of sealant'. Turns out 8 oz. is not a small bottle at all! If I put that, and a folded tubular tire in my jersey pockets, it'll weigh it down too much!
Oops. I gotta find a smaller bottle.......
Oops. I gotta find a smaller bottle.......
05-05-21, 05:56 PM
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extra credit if you stash the spare tire, folded up, under your saddle with an old toe strap.
edit: I suspect you know, but first fold of tire should be backing strip to backing strip. That will maximize glue effect.
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05-05-21, 05:58 PM
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05-05-21, 06:07 PM
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Hence my need for a smaller bottle. I got a couple nice little bottles with nozzles when I got my new ball bearings for hubs, and honestly the nozzle on those bottles is just silly - what am I gonna do, squirt the bearings out? So I might transfer the bearings to an old prescription bottle (because 35mm film cannisters no longer exist in nature) and use the nozzle bottle for sealant to carry with.
So, today's ride I carried the spare, strapped under the seat as you see above. I didn't take the sealant and valve core wrench, because of the size of the bottle. Rode ~26 miles, no tire incidents. Got home, and in the process of putting the bike away, discovered I'd left the frame pump at home, having taken it off so I could attach the tail light to the seat tube under the seat cluster, because I took the Varia and between the tire and the Varia there was no real estate left on the seatpost.
I'd have felt pretty damn silly if I got a flat, pulled the old tire off, stretched the new one into place, and then discovered I had no means of inflating it!!
So perhaps I need a "Why Not Neither?" meme.
So, today's ride I carried the spare, strapped under the seat as you see above. I didn't take the sealant and valve core wrench, because of the size of the bottle. Rode ~26 miles, no tire incidents. Got home, and in the process of putting the bike away, discovered I'd left the frame pump at home, having taken it off so I could attach the tail light to the seat tube under the seat cluster, because I took the Varia and between the tire and the Varia there was no real estate left on the seatpost.
I'd have felt pretty damn silly if I got a flat, pulled the old tire off, stretched the new one into place, and then discovered I had no means of inflating it!!
So perhaps I need a "Why Not Neither?" meme.
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05-05-21, 06:16 PM
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05-05-21, 06:57 PM
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Apparently, for a large segment of the population, hearing from their own doctor is THE ONE THING that can get them to get vaccinated. Not dying, not getting sick, not making other sick is not enough for them.
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05-05-21, 07:37 PM
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Oof.
I got taken up over Paris Mountain this afternoon by my boss. I would have really liked a 30 or a 32 in the back so I wasn't mashing so much.
I had to stop twice. The first was about halfway up in an attempt to keep my heart rate under control, but that proved futile since it just keeps getting steeper towards the top. It was also much warmer than I'm used to riding in and it got pretty stifling at points.
I blew up about 50 yards away from the end of the climb - maybe I could have made it if I knew that the end was so close. Turns out my max heart rate is at least 198bpm
The descent sure was fun though!
I got taken up over Paris Mountain this afternoon by my boss. I would have really liked a 30 or a 32 in the back so I wasn't mashing so much.
I had to stop twice. The first was about halfway up in an attempt to keep my heart rate under control, but that proved futile since it just keeps getting steeper towards the top. It was also much warmer than I'm used to riding in and it got pretty stifling at points.
I blew up about 50 yards away from the end of the climb - maybe I could have made it if I knew that the end was so close. Turns out my max heart rate is at least 198bpm
The descent sure was fun though!
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05-05-21, 07:47 PM
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I've had mine on since October. There's been days when I turned the fan off, but the temperature dial has been pointed at red the last seven months.
I've never actually been in Greenville (just drove by on I-26), but I imagine the cycling there is substantially similar there as here, being that it's basically on the other side of the mountains.
I've never actually been in Greenville (just drove by on I-26), but I imagine the cycling there is substantially similar there as here, being that it's basically on the other side of the mountains.