t2p

Radical RXC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_RXC
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seedsbelize2

And as a result I'm just now finishing my first cuppa. That was rough hour and a half. Been awhile.

bampilot06

super congested today. Sigh.

indyfabz

Train just left St. Albans right on time.

t2p

early 80's - Mt Morris (High Point Raceway)

guess the rider

LesterOfPuppets

Amtrak? Seems unlikely

MoAlpha

Restive

Bah Humbug

So yeah, similarly, building roads cheaply results in them falling apart without freeze/ thaw cycles.

Though of course, we do get freeze/ thaw cycles in Texas, as you know. So there's that too.

Bah Humbug

I believe it was the old Moby Dick movie in which I first saw a man signing by "making his mark" (an X) on the contract. That one took some explaining as I was about 5 at the time and able to write my name...

t2p

back in the day went with silver instead of black or white (or blue or whatever)

outstanding shoe
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seedsbelize2

My sister and her husband had pure head cold symptoms. Couldn't breathe for a week. Major sinus headaches. I had only cold symptoms and a terrible sore throat for three nights. And fatigue. Lots of fatigue.
Hang in there. Don't do damage with impatience.

MoAlpha

For our owner, we would need one from the Colorado School of Mines. He’s the black sheep of a prominent RI Quaker family, didn’t go to Brown, made it big in the oil patch, and comes off like an edgy, non-teatotalling, GWB.

seedsbelize2

Always good to see the black sheep make the big time.

bampilot06

Yesterday I literally felt fine. Not even fatigue, today it feels like everything is starting over.

bampilot06

Actually only ended up with white because when I bought the madone, we realized my current shoe was too big. The XXX white in maroon was on sale, and the price was too good not to get it. Some point I would like a white shoe just for racing, for everyday riding I am not that vain.

Mojo31

Lots of factors at play:

Environmental issues - freeze/thaw, thermal expansion, snow and ice treatment (salt, which breaks down pavement and corrodes the reinforcing steel), etc.

Truck and vehicular traffic - the heavier the vehicle and the more dense the traffic, the more wear and tear. An 18-wheeler stresses the surface more than 6,000 times as much as the average car. If the truck is overloaded by just 10%, the road stress increases by 46%.

Money - US interstates are built to last about 20 years whereas roads in some European countries are built to last 40 years. Thicker concrete can prolong life, but it is very expensive in terms of materials, labor, etc. Asphalt is cheaper than concrete, but concrete is much harder and more expensive to repair. To put it in perspective, the twelve foot wide bike path they are building between Dallas and Fort Worth is currently costing about $1 million per mile. Actual roads are many multiples of that.

Mojo31

You need these for your racing -



Let 'em know you are there.

big john

Guessing Kent Howerton.

LesterOfPuppets

I'm gonna get a dual BOA on my next shoe. I'd be all over that if it was CX/XC style.

WhyFi

I loved those when they were released. It's too bad that I have particular feet. It's also too bad the fun, snazzy shoes are always $$$.

bampilot06

eh, I didn’t particularly care for these.

Mojo31

Dual boa is the way to go. I have a pair with duals and a pair with a single. I reach for the duals virtually all the time.

indyfabz

Yes. The train originated there, and the lines it uses in the state are not that busy with freight. Supposed to arrive in Brattleboro at 12:59. We shall see.

genejockey 

I don't have boas, but I do have one pair with two different ratchet systems plus velcro for the toe box, and and another with one ratchet and two velcro straps. The former is much preferable. I can tighten the on the fly without looking, like before a climb.

genejockey 

The train that goes to Morrow is a mile upon its way.