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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 09-22-21, 11:14 AM
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Handy guide of the day. Unfortunately cycling isn't covered. GCN should take a poll of only British cyclist and ask if they measure rides in miles or kilometres.

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Originally Posted by sbxx1985
I need no more bikes.
I keep saying that. And yet..
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These will protect your hearing just fine while mowing: 3M 1100 Uncorded Earplugs, Orange, 200/Box (1100) | Quill.com

Or, you can spend some dough and get some really good, lightweight muffs that will not imprint your egg: Amazon.com: Walkers Razor Series Protection Slim Shooter Folding Earmuff, Carbon (2 Pack) : Sports & Outdoors

Throw the heavy dinosaurs away.
I do wear earplugs inside the Husqvarnas. I could adjust those looser, but I wanted to keep out as much noise as possible. I don't know for sure this is causing discomfort beyond when I take them off.
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I don't need any more bikes. I do kinda want a coaster brake bike. I think I have all the parts except a 1" fork that'll fit 2" tyres. Maybe some fork hunting is in order...
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I do wear earplugs inside the Husqvarnas. I could adjust those looser, but I wanted to keep out as much noise as possible. I don't know this was causing a problem beyond when I took them off.
Have you considered getting a herd of goats, dropping them off at the church in the morning, then picking them up at night ?
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Good, 14 ton cyclists deserve access to this road.

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Sounds refreshing! It's still too hot to ride after 0900 here.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I do wear earplugs inside the Husqvarnas. I could adjust those looser, but I wanted to keep out as much noise as possible. I don't know for sure this is causing discomfort beyond when I take them off.
Get a pair of good electronic muffs. They work really well, and the carbon ones are very light. They suppress the damaging noise, but still let you hear normal ambient sounds. I have four pairs.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
I keep saying that. And yet..
You have a "want" problem, not a "need" problem.
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Originally Posted by LAJ
Worth having? If so, is the plus model worth the extra spend?
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Have you considered getting a herd of goats, dropping them off at the church in the morning, then picking them up at night ?
They do that here. It's very cute.
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Never seen this. What's the story?

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I kept looking at that/those too. Cool bikes, but nothing that I didn't already have. A Time in the garage would be cool, but no cooler than a November.
By this time, the RXR would have been shelved by you, me, and WhyFi in favor of all the others.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Have you considered getting a herd of goats, dropping them off at the church in the morning, then picking them up at night ?
I have no source for goats. Nor way to transport said goats.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I have no source for goats. Nor way to transport said goats.
Check your local boondocks CL for goats.
The Honda might be able to handle one of these



Or you could just walk them over there

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I have no source for goats. Nor way to transport said goats.
You could be one of the few goat herders with a JD. Start a youtube channel.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
You should see your doctor about that head injury.
Too late.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Worth having? If so, is the plus model worth the extra spend?
Originally Posted by sbxx1985
Never seen this. What's the story?
I thought it looked intriguing. The Feed sent an ad to it, and that looks far better than that rolling around on the ground on top of a foam cylinder. I'm considering it, but have no experience with it.

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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Good, 14 ton cyclists deserve access to this road.

Where does a 13 ton cyclist ride?
ANYWHERE HE WANTS TO!!
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
wut problem solved?

My problem is that I've had headaches/discomfort, and lightheadedness.
Is the lightheadedness because the headphones ear protection is heavy, so the absence feels light?
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Not headphones, ear protection when operating noisy machinery.

I have consulted the witch doctor because I'm suspicious the lightheadedness comes from the hefty dosage of mouse drug I'm taking. He didn't give a very satisfactory answer for that. So, still TBD.
One problem with "side effects" is that ones that are minor and/or only hit a small percentage of patients will get lost in the noise, because the placebo group will get them too, at some low level, and you need a placebo group for valid comparison. But once a drug is approved for an indication, you can't really do a placebo group anymore - it's not ethical to withhold an efficacious drug. The other thing is that so many side effects are self-reported, so you have a problem with people who think, "Oh, this isn't anything", as well as those who become hypochondriacal.

Too little signal among too much noise.
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