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Old 05-14-22, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by genejockey
You realize that's not how it works, right? CPI did not increase that much from month to month. That's a year-to-year increase.
I tend to look at the year-over-year changes.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Take it up with rjones28
I didn't make that thing.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
It’s raining in New York.
...City.

Not raining in this part of New York.
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Originally Posted by LAJ
People are weird.
Yup
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Originally Posted by LAJ
So. Mixing the 50 Open, the 60 Open and the 70 Open is crazy. I'm not sure what the answer is, but racing with 50 year old past Tour and Giro racers, is hard. The 70 years old were chicanes, the 50 year olds caught us, then we mixed in. They didn't want us there, but we had to integrate, otherwise our field would be divided. There were teams that had racers in both the 50's and 60's that would work together, which made it tough for singletons like myself. So, I got to race with angry fast kids, with good team tactics. I'm happy I hung in there, but things need to change.
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Originally Posted by datlas
Finished my club-mate’s ride. He invited six of his friends to do the ride with him to celebrate, but he extended the invite to a small group of us as well. So we had the bday boy, HIS six friends (who I had not met before), and five of us who went along too. It turns out his friends are serious cyclists and kept gapping/dropping the birthday boy. We would regroup periodically. But about 15 miles from the end, they all took off and left him for dead. I and my 4 friends stayed back with the birthday/ride leader and stayed with him until the end.

I don’t know if it’s ironic or just “tough love,” but if I invited a bunch of friends to my ride and they dropped me like that, I would be kinda pissed.

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Bad behavior on the friends’ part, bad judgment on the birthday boy’s, but taking it personally would only lead to unhappiness.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
...City.

Not raining in this part of New York.
Wait - there are parts of New York that aren't New York City? I don't know if I believe you.
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It’s been raining in Philly since about noon.
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Originally Posted by LAJ
So. Mixing the 50 Open, the 60 Open and the 70 Open is crazy. I'm not sure what the answer is, but racing with 50 year old past Tour and Giro racers, is hard. The 70 years old were chicanes, the 50 year olds caught us, then we mixed in. They didn't want us there, but we had to integrate, otherwise our field would be divided. There were teams that had racers in both the 50's and 60's that would work together, which made it tough for singletons like myself. So, I got to race with angry fast kids, with good team tactics. I'm happy I hung in there, but things need to change.
Did they yell at you?
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Nice, clean-cut, respectful young man . . . . but I detest his team . . . . and his whole city.
I'm not a Boston fan but the man played an incredible game last night. Under a lot of pressure, too.
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I've been painting the interior of the house for the past week. One liter per day, and a 2.5" brush. Judging by how my body feels in the morning, it must be hard work. Made for this hot, humid weather though. I can work in my skivvies, and barefoot.

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Except the cable that goes around the bottom bracket is off it's track and I don't know how to fix it.
which one? What does it control?
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Originally Posted by datlas
Finished my club-mate’s ride. He invited six of his friends to do the ride with him to celebrate, but he extended the invite to a small group of us as well. So we had the bday boy, HIS six friends (who I had not met before), and five of us who went along too. It turns out his friends are serious cyclists and kept gapping/dropping the birthday boy. We would regroup periodically. But about 15 miles from the end, they all took off and left him for dead. I and my 4 friends stayed back with the birthday/ride leader and stayed with him until the end.

I don’t know if it’s ironic or just “tough love,” but if I invited a bunch of friends to my ride and they dropped me like that, I would be kinda pissed.

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it could be thier normal behavior, he's used to it.
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There is a used, custom geometry Calfee Dragonfly on ScamBay I have been “watching” for nearly a year. My friend from California says I “have” to buy it. Am considering a low but not insulting offer.
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Originally Posted by LAJ
So. Mixing the 50 Open, the 60 Open and the 70 Open is crazy. I'm not sure what the answer is, but racing with 50 year old past Tour and Giro racers, is hard. The 70 years old were chicanes, the 50 year olds caught us, then we mixed in. They didn't want us there, but we had to integrate, otherwise our field would be divided. There were teams that had racers in both the 50's and 60's that would work together, which made it tough for singletons like myself. So, I got to race with angry fast kids, with good team tactics. I'm happy I hung in there, but things need to change.
I could be a good chicane.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Wait - there are parts of New York that aren't New York City? I don't know if I believe you.
It's the only part that counts.
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which one? What does it control?
Front derailleur.
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Bad behavior on the friends’ part, bad judgment on the birthday boy’s, but taking it personally would only lead to unhappiness.
I haven't done a group ride in ages . . . but is it really that difficult to take a minute or two before the ride starts and and get everyone on the same page on the regrouping policy?
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So I checked the leaderboard. I am KOM but not even on the podium.

#consistent
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Are tweeters twits? Discuss.
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Originally Posted by datlas
There is a used, custom geometry Calfee Dragonfly on ScamBay I have been “watching” for nearly a year. My friend from California says I “have” to buy it. Am considering a low but not insulting offer.
Do it. What's the worst that could happen? (sez the guy with 10 bikes)
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Bike thief tackled by civilians - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime...PVi?li=BBnb7Kz

Kudos to those guys!
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol

Front derailleur.
Shift all the way down, loosen the pinch bolt, reset the cable in its slot, pull the cable taught, and re-tighten the pinch bolt. Easy peasy.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Are tweeters twits? Discuss.
More like the past tense of twit, if you catch my meaning.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
More like the past tense of twit, if you catch my meaning.
Can you even say that?
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Originally Posted by datlas
Can you even say that?
Cutwater.

EDIT: So, yeah.
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