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04-30-20, 03:46 PM
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I agree and sociopaths can act in seemingly altruistic ways. The firefighters who steal gear from other companies at fires only want to fight better and the docs who falsify their patients' records to get them better treatment only want them to do well.
04-30-20, 03:51 PM
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Now I'm wondering how many trainer hours it takes to wear out my little ring, with 30% fewer teeth and constant pedaling at 180w+.
04-30-20, 03:53 PM
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Pretty much identical here. It was 66° and NNW at ~20 mph when I finished my ride. At least the biblical flooding is over for a few days.
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04-30-20, 03:54 PM
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04-30-20, 03:55 PM
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04-30-20, 03:58 PM
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I'm trying to plan out a southwesterly 100k for this Saturday. I'd really like to ride down to Oregon and have lunch at a dam or a state park with a bluff overlook of the Rock River, but I'm starting to think maybe that won't be the best idea when it's going to be the nicest day so far this year and SIP orders are still active. The park I want to ride at is actually supposed to re-open tomorrow after being closed for a while.
I suppose I can finish the route planning and save it for later.
I suppose I can finish the route planning and save it for later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hawk_Statue
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04-30-20, 04:00 PM
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With these varying chainring mileage claims, I think that we can divide Addicts in to two camps: those who slamdance on the peddles and those that who don't.
04-30-20, 04:04 PM
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04-30-20, 04:11 PM
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Maybe, but I wouldn't want to make that assumption to make about them. They're almost all still vulnerable and innocent under the exterior at that age, even the ones who do the dumbest or most dangerous stuff. I can't see these kids as anything but victims, and all the more if they've been warped to the point you suggest.
04-30-20, 04:13 PM
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04-30-20, 04:14 PM
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04-30-20, 04:18 PM
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Took a walk with the family over to the co-op and back. The little girl wanted to take her 3-wheeled scooter; we let her but brought the stroller just in case she got pooped out. Welp, lemme tell ya - we knew that she was one stubborn determined little girl, but damn. She made it all the way there and all the way back, about 2.5 miles total. She sounded very much like a cyclist, at one point saying, "well, my legs are pretty tired and hurty," and "are we almost to the hill? I like going down hills! Yay hoo!"
When she eventually gets a bike, I'm pretty sure she'll drop me sooner rather than later.
When she eventually gets a bike, I'm pretty sure she'll drop me sooner rather than later.
04-30-20, 04:49 PM
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04-30-20, 04:53 PM
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Proof: from their website:
IT'S A BATTLE OF NERVES
Your nerves are what trigger muscle cramps and lingering soreness during or post-exercise. It’s not dehydration or electrolyte-imbalance. HOTSHOT was created to quickly target these nerves to prevent or stop an active cramp and reduce next-day muscle soreness.
04-30-20, 05:11 PM
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It is! It is! It's a fatigue-related increase in the excitability of muscle spindle afferents, but we're going to get pages and pages of hydration, "electrolytes" (my other pet peeve) and gluten.
Someone is wrong on the Internet.
It's stupid, but that stuff or pickle juice might actually work via some brainstem reflex.
Someone is wrong on the Internet.
Proof: from their website:
IT'S A BATTLE OF NERVES
Your nerves are what trigger muscle cramps and lingering soreness during or post-exercise. It’s not dehydration or electrolyte-imbalance. HOTSHOT was created to quickly target these nerves to prevent or stop an active cramp and reduce next-day muscle soreness.Last edited by MoAlpha; 04-30-20 at 05:15 PM.
04-30-20, 05:42 PM
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04-30-20, 05:47 PM
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Hmm... I'm getting rather snotty.
04-30-20, 06:27 PM
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it's warmed up to a balmy 56f 
. Time to pack my sweatshirt and go spend a contemplative afternoon mowing the lawns.
The place will be closed for at least three more weeks. Almost no one sees Velo Vol's handiwork except the 1/3 of the lawns along the road. So it goes.
. Time to pack my sweatshirt and go spend a contemplative afternoon mowing the lawns.The place will be closed for at least three more weeks. Almost no one sees Velo Vol's handiwork except the 1/3 of the lawns along the road. So it goes.
04-30-20, 06:52 PM
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04-30-20, 06:55 PM
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It is! It is! It's a fatigue-related increase in the excitability of muscle spindle afferents, but we're going to get pages and pages of hydration, "electrolytes" (my other pet peeve) and gluten.
Someone is wrong on the Internet.
It's stupid, but that stuff or pickle juice might actually work via some brainstem reflex.
Someone is wrong on the Internet.
It's stupid, but that stuff or pickle juice might actually work via some brainstem reflex.
04-30-20, 07:20 PM
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I had a cramp once.
04-30-20, 07:37 PM
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You are right. They occur when you're out of shape or pushing it beyond your usual limits. Studies in athletes have consistently failed to find an association with dehydration or electrolyte losses. Hypokalemia, hypocalcemia, and hypomagnesemia cause cramping, but at clinically scary levels, which no one can possibly get to by sweating on a bike. [/RANT]
04-30-20, 07:57 PM
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Took a walk with the family over to the co-op and back. The little girl wanted to take her 3-wheeled scooter; we let her but brought the stroller just in case she got pooped out. Welp, lemme tell ya - we knew that she was one stubborn determined little girl, but damn. She made it all the way there and all the way back, about 2.5 miles total. She sounded very much like a cyclist, at one point saying, "well, my legs are pretty tired and hurty," and "are we almost to the hill? I like going down hills! Yay hoo!"
When she eventually gets a bike, I'm pretty sure she'll drop me sooner rather than later.
When she eventually gets a bike, I'm pretty sure she'll drop me sooner rather than later.
04-30-20, 07:58 PM
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