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Old 09-05-20, 02:36 PM
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Carbo Loading LXV

Ha! I beat you all... and it is the fifth of September..... you guys are getting slow...


15 miles today in the wind https://www.strava.com/activities/4017207979
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Pittsburgh to Philly starting this coming Saturday. Going to take it slowly.
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Riding outside is cancelled here today due to high winds (30+ sustained) and smoke from a fire causing visibility issues (the fire is about a two hour drive NW of me.
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Thanks, I just thought about this. Had to bug out of California for a break, been here in the Boise area the last few weeks, not in my normal mode. Been getting some rides in here, in between smoke, heat and wind. Rode out to Emmett today, got home just as the strong winds came up!
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My first time up Mt Baldy on foot, I had the great idea I needed to wear my 18# plate carrier for extra credit training...... 9 miles and almost 4k vertical climbing





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On the train from Philly to Pittsburgh. Starting my ride home to Philly tomorrow. Going to keep the mileage manageable. Aside for the first day (on the GAP) and the last day, days will be in the 40s, with one in the upper 30s. But there are some hills.

Day 4 is 47 miles with 3,500’ of climbing and a ruling grade of 10.1% just before camp. Day 5 will take me along an 8.5 mile stretch of abandoned PA Turnpike. There are two unlit tunnels. About 10,000’ total. The easterly one is over a mile long and has a crown closer to the east portal, so when you enter you literally cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel.

This is the westerly tunnel:

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And due to smoke from all the wildfires in Western OR and WA conglomerating here riding is once again cancelled... I guess I will have to break out the trainer tomorrow
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Smoke free outside, but windy... I rode anyway.... simulated hills by fighting the wind

12 miles with over half being against a headwind... but smoke free outside so I took advantage of that. Blood Pressure right now is 117 / 76

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4th day of blue skies in San Diego, smoke free for now. Way to end the summer!
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Stupid wind.... Longest ride of the year so far. Need to raise my saddle just a tad as there is some knee pain on my right outer knee
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Another ride today. Weather was perfect, but my right knee (outside knee) was talking so I cut the ride short.

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Pretty clear and quite cool this morning, so the river trail got its first real turnout of the season-- they were out in droves today. You know, them. Saddles way down with knees flared out wide, the shoelaces on their white tennys flapping in the wind. Every pedal stroke results in the front wheel jogging at minimum 6 inches to one side then the other. Many were weaving +3 feet, either incapable or unwilling to maintain a straight line. In between the weaving, the wobbling-- oh, such wobbling! Those coming from the opposite direction are at minimum two wide-- which combined with the weaving, takes up every inch of the trail's width. It was a bit like playing Frogger. Some days, it is genuinely safer out on the roads with the cars.

When a person on a hardtail MTB rides right down the centerline of the trail with their 800mm bars, they're pretty much impossible to pass.
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Some photos from my 9-day, 440 mile tour from Pittsburgh to Philly that ended a week ago yesterday. The house was Buffalo Bill’s in The Silence of the Lambs. At some point I’ll put together a Flikr album.










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Mt Whitney hike got canceled from cali fires and smoke. Off to a different state! Visited a good friend in Salt Lake City, did a hike at Zion National Park via Angel's Landing. Then visited my mom in Las Vegas before heading home. All places still had smoke from Cali. Salt Lake and Vegas was the worst. It was my first time going to Zion and would love to go again.

best seat in the house on Angel's Landing


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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Some photos from my 9-day, 440 mile tour from Pittsburgh to Philly that ended a week ago yesterday. The house was Buffalo Bill’s in The Silence of the Lambs. At some point I’ll put together a Flikr album.










Buffalo Bill's house is for sale. $300K is the asking price
https://nypost.com/2020/10/05/creepy...sale-for-298k/
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Buffalo Bill's house is for sale. $300K is the asking price
https://nypost.com/2020/10/05/creepy...sale-for-298k/
Yes. Someone sent me that link the other day. It just sold a few years ago after being on the market for a long time.echnically, it is Layton, PA, not Perryopolis, which is on the other side of the river.

It's actually a cool looking property. One big drawback to the place is that is literally up against a very busy rail line. And there is a grade crossing close by where I suspect the trains blow their horns. It also has only one bathroom. Another article I read suggests it would make a great AirBNB property. Not so sure about that from an investment perspective.
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