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Today one of the guys that got moved to a different location came back. It's a guy that I recommended (to a twice-removed superior, area manager) to be promoted from below me to above me, i.e. skip me. The area manager spoke with the store manager, and both of them wanted to make sure I'd be okay if that happened. I felt it was the right thing to do, told them such, and the promotion happened. So I obviously have some respect for the guy, and having him come back to the store was nice. Only been one day so far but I came home smiling so that was good.
Having said that, I'm definitely a different person now than I was two years ago. In fact I would hazard a guess that the new riders who saw me at the spring series would consider me generally a pretty big jerk. I think any compliments / thanks came from the ones who have known me for decades, and with whom I have substantial emotional equity. Anyone judging me from 2021 alone.. I know I wouldn't be impressed with myself.
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I don't know but it looks cool!
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"...during the Lance years, being fit became the No. 1 thing. Totally the only thing. It’s a big part of what we do, but fitness is not the only thing. There’s skills, there’s tactics … there’s all kinds of stuff..." Tim Johnson
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Having said that, I'm definitely a different person now than I was two years ago. In fact I would hazard a guess that the new riders who saw me at the spring series would consider me generally a pretty big jerk. I think any compliments / thanks came from the ones who have known me for decades, and with whom I have substantial emotional equity. Anyone judging me from 2021 alone.. I know I wouldn't be impressed with myself.
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Thanks. Luckily for me my family's been my shelter. Both the Missus and Junior are incredible. The store manager (my boss) has been incredibly supportive, at one point forcing me to take a week off, with pay, even though I had no time available.
Today one of the guys that got moved to a different location came back. It's a guy that I recommended (to a twice-removed superior, area manager) to be promoted from below me to above me, i.e. skip me. The area manager spoke with the store manager, and both of them wanted to make sure I'd be okay if that happened. I felt it was the right thing to do, told them such, and the promotion happened. So I obviously have some respect for the guy, and having him come back to the store was nice. Only been one day so far but I came home smiling so that was good.
Having said that, I'm definitely a different person now than I was two years ago. In fact I would hazard a guess that the new riders who saw me at the spring series would consider me generally a pretty big jerk. I think any compliments / thanks came from the ones who have known me for decades, and with whom I have substantial emotional equity. Anyone judging me from 2021 alone.. I know I wouldn't be impressed with myself.
Today one of the guys that got moved to a different location came back. It's a guy that I recommended (to a twice-removed superior, area manager) to be promoted from below me to above me, i.e. skip me. The area manager spoke with the store manager, and both of them wanted to make sure I'd be okay if that happened. I felt it was the right thing to do, told them such, and the promotion happened. So I obviously have some respect for the guy, and having him come back to the store was nice. Only been one day so far but I came home smiling so that was good.
Having said that, I'm definitely a different person now than I was two years ago. In fact I would hazard a guess that the new riders who saw me at the spring series would consider me generally a pretty big jerk. I think any compliments / thanks came from the ones who have known me for decades, and with whom I have substantial emotional equity. Anyone judging me from 2021 alone.. I know I wouldn't be impressed with myself.
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Yeah, I don't know that many people made it through this completely unscathed. I know I certainly haven't, despite being almost entirely unaffected by the worst of it.
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Having said that, I'm definitely a different person now than I was two years ago. In fact I would hazard a guess that the new riders who saw me at the spring series would consider me generally a pretty big jerk. I think any compliments / thanks came from the ones who have known me for decades, and with whom I have substantial emotional equity. Anyone judging me from 2021 alone.. I know I wouldn't be impressed with myself.
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I am 100% there with you on that. My patience is less. My tolerance is less. I'm less likely to believe any excuses you make. Less likely to give the benefit of the doubt. Part of me feels like all the life changes I've been through in the past couple years should make me more empathetic, not less (and I feel like I try), but all the negative energy broadcast at me and all the attempts of people to take advantage of my good nature have pushed me over my limit. Here's hoping you can find peace and balance. Maybe in racing some of that will come (I know part of the reason my balance has shifted so much farther in the last 6 weeks is due to lack of ability to get on the bike and pound out some miles to work things out).
I guess one thing I'm missing is the "friends feedback loop", where I can bounce ideas off people that aren't people at work or at home. So cycling people, my friends in the area. Not being able to hang out with anyone for a while has been tough, like I'll see my brother and his family for the first time in July since Dec 2019 (they live 90 min away, and we normally see them a few times a year, and sleep over on most of those visits).
The racing is a bit depressing because I'm less fit than normal and the others are *extremely* fit. My guile isn't enough anymore, I get ridden off the wheels now. I need to adjust some stuff, mentally and physiologically. I'd been focusing on track stuff and the closer 300m track just opened up for racing today for weekday racing. I'm going to try and make it next week as my bike isn't quite ready right now (missing a crank arm bolt, which has been shipped and is on its way). I hope that goes better than the crits lol.
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Is this a place to ask cycling questions too (he asks rhetorically)?
Sold my 202 tubulars. Started pondering that if there was a 2022 season for me it might be a return to mass start road in the 55+ category. I blame CDR since he posted about Anthony who was a guy I could race with. I recall coming around him after following his lead out train for like the last 5 laps of the CT state championships in walnut park and winning the race with him him winning the state championship title.
Anyway, my delusions of this being a good idea aside, what wheel might I do such a thing on? I've raced on zipp tubulars for about forever, but I don't have the patience to deal with that anymore.
and what happened to ridethecliche ?
Sold my 202 tubulars. Started pondering that if there was a 2022 season for me it might be a return to mass start road in the 55+ category. I blame CDR since he posted about Anthony who was a guy I could race with. I recall coming around him after following his lead out train for like the last 5 laps of the CT state championships in walnut park and winning the race with him him winning the state championship title.
Anyway, my delusions of this being a good idea aside, what wheel might I do such a thing on? I've raced on zipp tubulars for about forever, but I don't have the patience to deal with that anymore.
and what happened to ridethecliche ?
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Is this a place to ask cycling questions too (he asks rhetorically)?
Sold my 202 tubulars. Started pondering that if there was a 2022 season for me it might be a return to mass start road in the 55+ category. I blame CDR since he posted about Anthony who was a guy I could race with. I recall coming around him after following his lead out train for like the last 5 laps of the CT state championships in walnut park and winning the race with him him winning the state championship title.
Anyway, my delusions of this being a good idea aside, what wheel might I do such a thing on? I've raced on zipp tubulars for about forever, but I don't have the patience to deal with that anymore.
and what happened to ridethecliche ?
Sold my 202 tubulars. Started pondering that if there was a 2022 season for me it might be a return to mass start road in the 55+ category. I blame CDR since he posted about Anthony who was a guy I could race with. I recall coming around him after following his lead out train for like the last 5 laps of the CT state championships in walnut park and winning the race with him him winning the state championship title.
Anyway, my delusions of this being a good idea aside, what wheel might I do such a thing on? I've raced on zipp tubulars for about forever, but I don't have the patience to deal with that anymore.
and what happened to ridethecliche ?
I really like my HEDs. I used the Stinger 6s extensively for about 4-5 years, the Stinger 7/9 for about 7? years (but not as extensively). Fast in a cross tailwind, controllable even at Ninigret in the wind.
ridethecliche built a built Miata that made a crazy amount of power (I want to say over 400 hp), lifted and looked jacked, and is a doctor or something now. he is riding a little.
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"...during the Lance years, being fit became the No. 1 thing. Totally the only thing. It’s a big part of what we do, but fitness is not the only thing. There’s skills, there’s tactics … there’s all kinds of stuff..." Tim Johnson
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Is this a place to ask cycling questions too (he asks rhetorically)?
Sold my 202 tubulars. Started pondering that if there was a 2022 season for me it might be a return to mass start road in the 55+ category. I blame CDR since he posted about Anthony who was a guy I could race with. I recall coming around him after following his lead out train for like the last 5 laps of the CT state championships in walnut park and winning the race with him him winning the state championship title.
Anyway, my delusions of this being a good idea aside, what wheel might I do such a thing on? I've raced on zipp tubulars for about forever, but I don't have the patience to deal with that anymore.
and what happened to ridethecliche ?
Sold my 202 tubulars. Started pondering that if there was a 2022 season for me it might be a return to mass start road in the 55+ category. I blame CDR since he posted about Anthony who was a guy I could race with. I recall coming around him after following his lead out train for like the last 5 laps of the CT state championships in walnut park and winning the race with him him winning the state championship title.
Anyway, my delusions of this being a good idea aside, what wheel might I do such a thing on? I've raced on zipp tubulars for about forever, but I don't have the patience to deal with that anymore.
and what happened to ridethecliche ?
They are discontinued but still readily available from other vendors.
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We watched Coco last night, which was good for some nice good natured cry (at the end). The last two movies we watches were Training Day and then Black Swan... yeah, it was time for something light-hearted. I hadn't seen Black Swan since it came out in theatres, I forgot how disturbing it is. I felt like I had watched a masterpiece ballet after the last scene. And Training Day.... man, that's just messed up. Had never seen it.
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We watched Coco last night, which was good for some nice good natured cry (at the end). The last two movies we watches were Training Day and then Black Swan... yeah, it was time for something light-hearted. I hadn't seen Black Swan since it came out in theatres, I forgot how disturbing it is. I felt like I had watched a masterpiece ballet after the last scene. And Training Day.... man, that's just messed up. Had never seen it.
Training Day, Denzel is pure evil. A wild ride.
Haven't seen Coco.
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He came back to the forum and was posting about riding again and I think even talking about getting a coach and seemed to be Gung Ho. Then he disappeared, poof.
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Is this a place to ask cycling questions too (he asks rhetorically)?
Sold my 202 tubulars. Started pondering that if there was a 2022 season for me it might be a return to mass start road in the 55+ category. I blame CDR since he posted about Anthony who was a guy I could race with. I recall coming around him after following his lead out train for like the last 5 laps of the CT state championships in walnut park and winning the race with him him winning the state championship title.
Anyway, my delusions of this being a good idea aside, what wheel might I do such a thing on? I've raced on zipp tubulars for about forever, but I don't have the patience to deal with that anymore.
and what happened to ridethecliche ?
Sold my 202 tubulars. Started pondering that if there was a 2022 season for me it might be a return to mass start road in the 55+ category. I blame CDR since he posted about Anthony who was a guy I could race with. I recall coming around him after following his lead out train for like the last 5 laps of the CT state championships in walnut park and winning the race with him him winning the state championship title.
Anyway, my delusions of this being a good idea aside, what wheel might I do such a thing on? I've raced on zipp tubulars for about forever, but I don't have the patience to deal with that anymore.
and what happened to ridethecliche ?
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A lot of people are happy with Light Bike Wheels. They're generic carbon rims laced to a hub of your choice. I suspect they will likely need to be trued and tensioned though.
And there is always PsiMet for wheels.
And there is always PsiMet for wheels.
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I watched Tenet the other day. It was entertaining enough, but like most Christopher Nolan plots, rather convoluted.
We also recently watched It and It 2. They were entertaining and not terribly scary.
We also recently watched It and It 2. They were entertaining and not terribly scary.
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I had gotten this Trinity thru Pro's Closet. Either the prior owner or them didn't assemble the front end correctly. I took apart the front end to inspect and measure some stuff before buying some more fit hardwares to try some aero testing ideas out and found they never installed the barrel spacers where the stack spacers mount to the base bar.
Failing to do so pulls the bolt/washer up into the basebar too hard and too much. So I caught that before it became a problem.
I bought some off-the-shelf shims and tilt blocks for it. Going to do some aero testing to see how my body works out with current low stack versus a solid extra inch of stack. Then I'll be tilting the bars up more to get right at the 10cm but putting the pads closer to them so the effectiveness of that is optimized. I'll try as-is (less tilt) against the max tilt. Then for both stack and tilt increment changes to optimal.
Found a local 1/4 mile long perfectly flat circle loop in Cary. Just head out there real early on a weekend and get in a few laps with the Notio.
Failing to do so pulls the bolt/washer up into the basebar too hard and too much. So I caught that before it became a problem.
I bought some off-the-shelf shims and tilt blocks for it. Going to do some aero testing to see how my body works out with current low stack versus a solid extra inch of stack. Then I'll be tilting the bars up more to get right at the 10cm but putting the pads closer to them so the effectiveness of that is optimized. I'll try as-is (less tilt) against the max tilt. Then for both stack and tilt increment changes to optimal.
Found a local 1/4 mile long perfectly flat circle loop in Cary. Just head out there real early on a weekend and get in a few laps with the Notio.
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swapped out some brake pads and re-adjusted my brakes on the TT bike. yeah, that was not fun.
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Just found out I'm going to get a nice promotion at work, but also found out that I'm not going to get the big promotion I really wanted due to politics. Talk about mixed emotions.
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