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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 10-02-21, 04:47 PM
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Trying to do a long ride on an recumbent exercise bike is impossible.

I positioned the seat so that I had a very slight bend when my leg was farthest away, but I kept sliding down the whole time I was on it.

All of the details it provided were wrong. I was doing the interval option which I guess simulates climbing a mountain and then descending. On the descents my cadence felt normal but the machine showed 120-130 and on the climbs it felt really slow it showed 99.

Dont get me started on the watts.


Will give it a go again tomorrow, but I cannot wait to get home.
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Old 10-02-21, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
I don't have the legs for single speed gravel. At least, not with the terrain we have around here.
Originally Posted by genejockey
I could see single speed gravel in, say, Nebraska. Or Kansas. Or Florida.
IIRC the owner of that bike lives in the vicinity of the Katy trail in MO.

I don't take my fixed gear many places here.
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Old 10-02-21, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by abshipp
Soft opening of the shop's second location today, including a group ride.

Going to try it out, the route is on much more familiar and less trafficked roads, so maybe it won't be as stressful.
No group ride this morning, a tiny little rain shower developed directly over us so nobody showed. Still had a nice short ride with my coworker.
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Originally Posted by DougRNS

JSU Band is very large and known for its high standards.
What about Kennesaw's band?

This is the team that beat FSU?
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Old 10-02-21, 05:32 PM
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West Coast OT alert.
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Old 10-02-21, 05:33 PM
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The Savage Century was fun, but indeed a tough ride. I am glad I swapped my 12–25 for the 11-28 as I did need the 28 on some of the tougher climbs. Some of the descents were a bit choppy/unnerving but otherwise a fine ride.
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Originally Posted by datlas
The Savage Century was fun, but indeed a tough ride.
In Delaware? wut
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Holding call that enabled the OT was BS.
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Poor Ducks.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
In Delaware? wut
Actually 98% of the ride was in PA and MD.
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Originally Posted by datlas
Actually 98% of the ride was in PA and MD.
Delaware's not big enough to plan a century in
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
1 What about Kennesaw's band?

2 This is the team that beat FSU?
1 - No comment
2 - Yes
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Minnetonka update #2. Fall colours are in.

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Originally Posted by datlas
Actually 98% of the ride was in PA and MD.
Was it the Savage Century?
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Delaware's not big enough to plan a century in
Are you sure? With all those corporate headquarters there's bound to be some quality office parks.
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Originally Posted by dougrns
1 - no comment
Originally Posted by indyfabz
was it the savage century?
smh.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Delaware's not big enough to plan a century in
Actually, it is. I once did a 75 mile charity ride entirely in Delaware. Smyrna to Dewey Beach. And while most of the state is pretty flat, there are some nasty hills in places.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Was it the Savage Century?
Yes. They even gave out a patch!

#OldSchool
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Originally Posted by datlas
Yes. They even gave out a patch!

#OldSchool
Well, I guess you'll be needing one of these now.

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Originally Posted by datlas
Yes. They even gave out a patch!

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How many riders? How was the weather?
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Originally Posted by genejockey
I could see single speed gravel in, say, Nebraska. Or Kansas. Or Florida.
I know some local guys that SS gravel. Local cyclocross races run single speed categories. And I know at least one guy that mountain bikes on a single speed.
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