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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

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Old 09-05-21, 02:30 PM
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Whew, just mowed the SE lawn and shoveled and raked a half yard of red cinders. Gonna have to call it quits for outdoor work today.

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Originally Posted by indyfabz

Right now.
Not anymore.
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Old 09-05-21, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Sy Reene
Time to start thinking about forward compatibility with 12s drivetrains? Anyone think the fact that the Kickr comes with a cassette is a negative, not a positive -- you are paying for it, but maybe or maybe not works with the length of chain you have for the cassette you have on your regular bike(s)?
No, because the cassette that comes with the Kickr is crap. I threw both of my Kickr cassettes away. Since 12 speed is supposed to fit an 11 speed hub, seems like no problem to me.
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
No, because the cassette that comes with the Kickr is crap. I threw both of my Kickr cassettes away. Since 12 speed is supposed to fit an 11 speed hub, seems like no problem to me.
So, I think you mean "Yes" is your answer to the question to fact that the Kickr does come with a cassette is a negative (since you throw them away)?
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checked the tracking on a "new" commuting bike. It's showing as out for delivery. must. not. press. f5. repeatedly. until. it. arrives.
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Originally Posted by big john
Sometimes when I ride my Gunnar people think it's a C&V type bike. Yesterday we passed a lady on a steel bike without graphics but it had downtube shifters. We exchanged pleasantries and she said it was nice to see another old bike out there. I told her it was from 2006. Oops, hers was from 1989. I told her mine just looks old.

A couple months ago a guy said it was cool to see an old bike in the mountains. I think he was disappointed when I told him it wasn't as old as he thought.
Next time, tell 'em "The bikes not that old, but I make up for it."
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Originally Posted by Sy Reene
So, I think you mean "Yes" is your answer to the question to fact that the Kickr does come with a cassette is a negative (since you throw them away)?
To clarify, the Kickr come with a very low end cassette that is cheap and noisy. Even with a new chain and proper derailleur adjustment, the cassettes on both of my Kickrs were not up to my standards; I threw them away and replaced them with decent Shimano cassettes.

Supposedly, 12 speed Shimano is said to fit an 11 speed hub so if a person went to 12 speed, one could just fit a new cassette.

Personally, I don’t have a problem with buying a new quality cassette for my Kickrs if and when I ever go to 12.

Edited to add, the Kickr cassette is a Sun Race, IIRC. I have a new Kickr that I just un-boxed and I’m pretty sure that is what it was.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz

Right now.
When was the last time you slept.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets;222 16419
Whew, just mowed the SE lawn and shoveled and raked a half yard of red cinders. Gonna have to call it quits for outdoor work today.

I wish I had one of these:

I'd bet you could sell a lot of those in California right now. Until they realize it's just a sprinkler upside down.
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Originally Posted by gnome
checked the tracking on a "new" commuting bike. It's showing as out for delivery. must. not. press. f5. repeatedly. until. it. arrives.
gnome waiting for the delivery van.

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Old 09-05-21, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by genejockey
Next time, tell 'em "The bikes not that old, but I make up for it."
I think that part is obvious.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
ky?
Get on I75N and keep driving until things really get dumb.
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Delightful day on the bike! When I saw that this weekend was supposed to be hotter, I feared the worst - 100 degrees and smoke. But it's more 80s-low 90s which is actually pretty comfy on the bike, because the humidity is below 40%, so sweating actually works to cool you, rather than just getting in your eyes and running off you in rivulets. I rode all by RPE, since my HR strap is buggered and the new one isn't here yet.

I took the Ritchey, and I gotta tell you - Tom Ritchey knows how to design a road bike. It does everything right, even after 25 years. I've got lighter bikes, and fancier bikes and faster bikes, but I don't have any that are better.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Get on I75N and keep driving until things really get dumb.
Merchant Drive?
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Old 09-05-21, 04:19 PM
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The #LPLO situation isn't really much better on Chrome.
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Old 09-05-21, 05:06 PM
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The #LPLO situation isn't really much better on Chrome.
It's worse on Chrome. The only one I see that it doesn't mess with is Firefox.
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Palm memorial for VV to give his respects.


Played with a different kind of chain today.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Merchant Drive?
Many hours further, past a large river.

Originally Posted by Mojo31
Palm memorial for VV to give his respects.


Played with a different kind of chain today.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
The #LPLO situation isn't really much better on Chrome.
Never happened to me on Edge.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Never happened to me on Edge.
Or Safari.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Not anymore.
By the time you see something it's already happened. It's impossible to truly keep up.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Never happened to me on Edge.
Man, I switched from E to C because AI thought it was supposed to be better.
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Rode several miles this morning on the wheel of a very strong rider who had his phone in his jersey pocket, playing pop hits of the 80s and 90s. Horrible.
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Slow night, everyone must be watching the Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington.
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