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09-09-23, 02:28 PM
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09-09-23, 02:48 PM
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Heading North on 2nd Street right by the back side of City Hall and I saw a Dark Gray Dodge RAM pickup ( ND plate DAV 2135 ) force a young man on a bike heading South into the curb, then stop and get out and start screaming at him and threatening him.
Since I am fairly large and look like your average Hand Egg Middle Linebacker, I decided to stop and see if I could defuse the situation. Guy started screaming at me... but no more threats of violence.
"Perfectly good sidewalk" (business zone, no bikes on sidewalks), "almost made me wreck" (plenty of room to pass), and finally "call the police...I'll wait right here" (of course he didn't).
So what I witnessed seemed to me to be a violent assault and a failure to perform the duties of a driver. Betcha the Fargo PD does sod all. Unless this was caught on a security camera at City Hall I am quite sure that nothing will come of it. Even if it was, local PD doesn't seem to give two ***** about anything. SIGH!!!
09-09-23, 02:49 PM
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09-09-23, 02:57 PM
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Fortunate. I witnessed the opposite this morning. The rest of the Saturday Road Ride group decided to do a Fat Bike ride in the Sheyenne Grasslands so I was going solo.
Heading North on 2nd Street right by the back side of City Hall and I saw a Dark Gray Dodge RAM pickup ( ND plate DAV 2135 ) force a young man on a bike heading South into the curb, then stop and get out and start screaming at him and threatening him.
Since I am fairly large and look like your average Hand Egg Middle Linebacker, I decided to stop and see if I could defuse the situation. Guy started screaming at me... but no more threats of violence.
"Perfectly good sidewalk" (business zone, no bikes on sidewalks), "almost made me wreck" (plenty of room to pass), and finally "call the police...I'll wait right here" (of course he didn't).
So what I witnessed seemed to me to be a violent assault and a failure to perform the duties of a driver. Betcha the Fargo PD does sod all. Unless this was caught on a security camera at City Hall I am quite sure that nothing will come of it. Even if it was, local PD doesn't seem to give two ***** about anything. SIGH!!!
Heading North on 2nd Street right by the back side of City Hall and I saw a Dark Gray Dodge RAM pickup ( ND plate DAV 2135 ) force a young man on a bike heading South into the curb, then stop and get out and start screaming at him and threatening him.
Since I am fairly large and look like your average Hand Egg Middle Linebacker, I decided to stop and see if I could defuse the situation. Guy started screaming at me... but no more threats of violence.
"Perfectly good sidewalk" (business zone, no bikes on sidewalks), "almost made me wreck" (plenty of room to pass), and finally "call the police...I'll wait right here" (of course he didn't).
So what I witnessed seemed to me to be a violent assault and a failure to perform the duties of a driver. Betcha the Fargo PD does sod all. Unless this was caught on a security camera at City Hall I am quite sure that nothing will come of it. Even if it was, local PD doesn't seem to give two ***** about anything. SIGH!!!
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09-09-23, 03:03 PM
#6130
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The worst is the Lime Scooter riders, going on sidewalk/ bike path/ road at their preference and then just leaving the things everywhere.
09-09-23, 03:08 PM
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Just good old people trying to make a buck with a fundraiser to keep the town going. Pretty sure the pancake was a box mix and the sausage patties were Jimmy Dean. Seeing a few old friends and making new ones was worth way more than the generic cakes and sausage.
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09-09-23, 04:14 PM
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09-09-23, 04:53 PM
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I asked my wife what she wanted to do for supper, eat out or cook. She said, "I'm tired and just going to have an egg sandwich. You're on your own."
I made grits.
I made grits.
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09-09-23, 06:01 PM
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09-09-23, 06:17 PM
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09-09-23, 06:28 PM
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cowboy, steel horse, etc
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Couple of new heat records in PHX.
54 DAYS of 110°+ in a year. Latest 114° day ever.
And
54 DAYS of 110°+ in a year. Latest 114° day ever.
And
09-09-23, 06:33 PM
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09-09-23, 06:47 PM
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09-09-23, 06:49 PM
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Why no cycling apparel reviews written by guys with a bit of belly?
Gawd knows there are enough of us.
Gawd knows there are enough of us.
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09-09-23, 07:00 PM
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The only club ride that appealed to me today went west through the hills and some friends were doing it. Since they are faster than I am I drove ahead and started solo.
Couple thousand feet of climbing later and I felt bad. Couldn't get going and my heart rate seemed to go too high on every effort. Still, it was beautiful in the hills and the others never caught me.
I waited a bit and finally just rode to the coffee stop and they were there. They had decided to skip the climbs and took the easy way instead. They joked about texting me because I don't have a phone.
Great, now I'm tired from climbing after feeling crappy to begin with and I have to chase faster riders. I made a go of it and eventually one of the other guys turned off to cut the course because he was feeling crappy too. I found out about this when I chased the others down some miles later. I tried after that but I was feeling bad so I left them and one of them went with me. We all reunited at the second planned rest stop.
It was hot and humid but not as hot as I've dealt with lately. One of the other guys said it affected him and another just dropped off on every hill on the way back. It's the first time in a long time that I have had nausea when climbing and had that feeling of being too hot. Still dropped that one guy's ass, though.
Couple thousand feet of climbing later and I felt bad. Couldn't get going and my heart rate seemed to go too high on every effort. Still, it was beautiful in the hills and the others never caught me.
I waited a bit and finally just rode to the coffee stop and they were there. They had decided to skip the climbs and took the easy way instead. They joked about texting me because I don't have a phone.
Great, now I'm tired from climbing after feeling crappy to begin with and I have to chase faster riders. I made a go of it and eventually one of the other guys turned off to cut the course because he was feeling crappy too. I found out about this when I chased the others down some miles later. I tried after that but I was feeling bad so I left them and one of them went with me. We all reunited at the second planned rest stop.
It was hot and humid but not as hot as I've dealt with lately. One of the other guys said it affected him and another just dropped off on every hill on the way back. It's the first time in a long time that I have had nausea when climbing and had that feeling of being too hot. Still dropped that one guy's ass, though.
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09-09-23, 07:04 PM
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09-09-23, 07:06 PM
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09-09-23, 07:08 PM
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Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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It would also be good to have older gentlemen review them so you can find bib that will keep you from sitting on your junk. Let's face it - a lot of the adherents of cycling are, in fact, fat old men. We're underrepresented in all the cycling YouTube channels!
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09-09-23, 07:11 PM
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09-09-23, 07:21 PM
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09-09-23, 08:20 PM
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Preavh it!
09-09-23, 08:25 PM
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I saw a jersey that says skin tight fir with stretch. What I want to know is whether I will look ,ore stupid in it than I already look.
I’m 6’ with 36” waist, and certainly do not wear a small. Or medium. And most likely not a large.
I’m 6’ with 36” waist, and certainly do not wear a small. Or medium. And most likely not a large.
09-09-23, 08:48 PM
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The only club ride that appealed to me today went west through the hills and some friends were doing it. Since they are faster than I am I drove ahead and started solo.
Couple thousand feet of climbing later and I felt bad. Couldn't get going and my heart rate seemed to go too high on every effort. Still, it was beautiful in the hills and the others never caught me.
I waited a bit and finally just rode to the coffee stop and they were there. They had decided to skip the climbs and took the easy way instead. They joked about texting me because I don't have a phone.
Great, now I'm tired from climbing after feeling crappy to begin with and I have to chase faster riders. I made a go of it and eventually one of the other guys turned off to cut the course because he was feeling crappy too. I found out about this when I chased the others down some miles later. I tried after that but I was feeling bad so I left them and one of them went with me. We all reunited at the second planned rest stop.
It was hot and humid but not as hot as I've dealt with lately. One of the other guys said it affected him and another just dropped off on every hill on the way back. It's the first time in a long time that I have had nausea when climbing and had that feeling of being too hot. Still dropped that one guy's ass, though.
Couple thousand feet of climbing later and I felt bad. Couldn't get going and my heart rate seemed to go too high on every effort. Still, it was beautiful in the hills and the others never caught me.
I waited a bit and finally just rode to the coffee stop and they were there. They had decided to skip the climbs and took the easy way instead. They joked about texting me because I don't have a phone.
Great, now I'm tired from climbing after feeling crappy to begin with and I have to chase faster riders. I made a go of it and eventually one of the other guys turned off to cut the course because he was feeling crappy too. I found out about this when I chased the others down some miles later. I tried after that but I was feeling bad so I left them and one of them went with me. We all reunited at the second planned rest stop.
It was hot and humid but not as hot as I've dealt with lately. One of the other guys said it affected him and another just dropped off on every hill on the way back. It's the first time in a long time that I have had nausea when climbing and had that feeling of being too hot. Still dropped that one guy's ass, though.