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08-24-23, 01:50 PM
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Had to make the call of shame this morning. Got a flat 5 mi out and my second tube had a big hole, despite being unused. There were no offers from my four companions. 
08-24-23, 01:53 PM
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well, it looks like it may be over for me as far as cycling goes. took it easy for two weeks, a few short rides. definitely feeling little flutters of arrhythmia. this morning felt pretty good, recovered from cold, did 20 miles and had another major run of ventricular tachycardia. no shock this time, got paced out of it. doesn’t seem to correlate to pushing hard or not - i kept todays ride to an average of 165w, 100bpm or so.
i feel fine (other than being very down about the whole thing) but it’s obviously not safe or wise to be out there on the bike.
i feel fine (other than being very down about the whole thing) but it’s obviously not safe or wise to be out there on the bike.
Not related to pushing hard, but definitely related to exercise per se?
08-24-23, 01:55 PM
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thanks. me too haha.
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08-24-23, 02:04 PM
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It's been strange being here in Maryland. The first day, it was both cooler and less humid than California. Well, THAT didn't last. Still cooler, but the humidity is 73% vs 54% in San Mateo. OTOH, I am sans velo, so it hardly matters. I'm not going to go out for a walk at lunch and come back all drippy, but maybe after work. My goal would be to NOT gain weight on this trip. But I think I'm going about that wrong.
08-24-23, 02:05 PM
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I always have a few peel/stick patches with me to avoid such events. You may want to add them to your quiver.
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08-24-23, 02:06 PM
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Mrs. GJ and I have a firm "Nowhere South of the Mason Dixon Line" policy. Though I actually like Northern Maryland. It's the terrain I grew up around.
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08-24-23, 02:07 PM
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The "old guy" of our Wednesday Usual Suspects ride is 78 and starting to show his age on hills and is getting gapped. We wait for him. I am hopeful that I might be able to ride at his current level in 20 years when I turn 78.
He is a good candidate for an e-bike but such a purist I highly doubt he would ever go down that road.
He is a good candidate for an e-bike but such a purist I highly doubt he would ever go down that road.
08-24-23, 02:13 PM
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I had a tire pinch flat on me and I didn't notice till I'd ridden over more rocks which gave me two more pinch flats. Ended up using 3 or 4 peel 'n' stick patches then.
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08-24-23, 02:17 PM
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If I remember correctly, I never had great results with glue-less patches.
08-24-23, 02:19 PM
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08-24-23, 02:21 PM
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08-24-23, 02:21 PM
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The main thing that keeps me from watching movies. I'd much rather see people **** than fight. Something about having seen a certain amount of real gore and the attendant suffering makes it distinctly un-fun to experience vicariously for me.
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The "old guy" of our Wednesday Usual Suspects ride is 78 and starting to show his age on hills and is getting gapped. We wait for him. I am hopeful that I might be able to ride at his current level in 20 years when I turn 78.
He is a good candidate for an e-bike but such a purist I highly doubt he would ever go down that road.
He is a good candidate for an e-bike but such a purist I highly doubt he would ever go down that road.
The 2023 world champion 80 age group is a local rider. He is a super strong dude for his age, but it takes him a little bit to get started. Not uncommon for him to fall off the back and then fly by us when slow down for him to catch up. The only thing that makes me nervous, he doesn’t seem to care at all about cars. Makes no effort to move out of the way. I pray he doesn’t become a statistic on the bike.
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08-24-23, 02:39 PM
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well, it looks like it may be over for me as far as cycling goes. took it easy for two weeks, a few short rides. definitely feeling little flutters of arrhythmia. this morning felt pretty good, recovered from cold, did 20 miles and had another major run of ventricular tachycardia. no shock this time, got paced out of it. doesn’t seem to correlate to pushing hard or not - i kept todays ride to an average of 165w, 100bpm or so.
i feel fine (other than being very down about the whole thing) but it’s obviously not safe or wise to be out there on the bike.
i feel fine (other than being very down about the whole thing) but it’s obviously not safe or wise to be out there on the bike.
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08-24-23, 02:41 PM
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The "old guy" of our Wednesday Usual Suspects ride is 78 and starting to show his age on hills and is getting gapped. We wait for him. I am hopeful that I might be able to ride at his current level in 20 years when I turn 78.
He is a good candidate for an e-bike but such a purist I highly doubt he would ever go down that road.
He is a good candidate for an e-bike but such a purist I highly doubt he would ever go down that road.
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08-24-23, 02:41 PM
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There's always Barbie. The fighting mostly consists of dance-offs, though there are also some sportsballs hurled in anger.
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08-24-23, 02:47 PM
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Kind of on that note, I went to my Tixkokob lbs last week, for a couple extra tubes. The only presta tubes they had were 29ers, and there were no road tubes at all. The last of the Mohicans
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The "old guy" of our Wednesday Usual Suspects ride is 78 and starting to show his age on hills and is getting gapped. We wait for him. I am hopeful that I might be able to ride at his current level in 20 years when I turn 78.
He is a good candidate for an e-bike but such a purist I highly doubt he would ever go down that road.
He is a good candidate for an e-bike but such a purist I highly doubt he would ever go down that road.
08-24-23, 02:51 PM
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Yeah, I used to carry a patch kit and used it often, but I find they're hit or miss with today's tubes or my waning skills or something. I tried to patch the tube that flatted this a.m., and it didn't take. The second tube had a giant tear very near the valve, so was not a candidate for the procedure.
If I remember correctly, I never had great results with glue-less patches.
If I remember correctly, I never had great results with glue-less patches.
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