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Old 05-21-10, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Doohickie
I'm going to BoobFest tomorrow.
Not what I thought it was
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Old 05-21-10, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ptle
Ever since I started doing group rides, I don't like riding solo anymore.
hmmm...
I find myself feeling the opposite.
I much prefer riding solo.
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Old 05-22-10, 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by serra
Not what I thought it was
Hey, I never realized the hooters-on-a-shelf look was so common in the olden days until I went down there.

As for spontenaity- I find that without some degree of planning, it's difficult to cover very many miles very fast. You wind up exploring dead ends that go nowwhere. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, but not conducive to long fast rides either.
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Old 05-22-10, 08:00 AM
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Spontaneity has a time and a place
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Old 05-22-10, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Machka
I could get out with a mtn bike on days when it hasn't been raining ... but I'm not so keen on doing a century or something on a mtn bike when I have a more comfortable bicycle to do a century on.

On a day when it has been raining, getting out on any bicycle would be a problem.
Is the titanium bike on the road?
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Old 05-22-10, 09:15 AM
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Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings we have a group that rides for an hour before work. We never plan. We just wing it.
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Old 05-22-10, 09:58 AM
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Spontaneity is very bad. I ended up doing a long ride to where i don't know. I need to plot it on a mapping site to see how far it was. I am in pain. Stuff spontaneity.
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