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Old 06-28-21, 02:26 PM
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Hang in there. I think a lot of us are there. I'm holding out hope that as people get more freedom back, the tension levels will drop.
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Originally Posted by topflightpro
Is that a kid's bike?
Maybe they're 650 wheels?
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Maybe they're 650 wheels?
no 700
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Sorry to read this. You have people who love you. "Illegitimi non carborundum" as they say.
Originally Posted by kensuf
Sorry to read this Aki. I also understand exactly how you feel.
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.
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Guess what I paid. Includes the 10s clincher wheels and a extra cassette.
I don't know but it looks cool!
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I'm not saying 5'7" is short, but that frame looks tiny.

As for price, I hope you didn't spend more than $500 on it.
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Old 06-29-21, 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by carpediemracing
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.
From the stories you've posted over the years, I've often gotten the impression that you are kind to a fault -- meaning people often take advantage of you. I doubt you are being a jerk so much as being firm. There is a difference between being a jerk and being assertive. (Women know this very well, as assertive women are often called the B word.)
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Originally Posted by carpediemracing
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.
Anyone that hasn't been changed in some way by the events of the last fifteen months is probably a sociopath. I think you're easily afforded a bit of bitterness and snark.
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Old 06-29-21, 07:23 AM
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Anyone that hasn't been changed in some way by the events of the last fifteen months is probably a sociopath. I think you're easily afforded a bit of bitterness and snark.
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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Originally Posted by carpediemracing
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.
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).
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Old 06-29-21, 09:32 AM
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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'm glad and not glad that it's not just me.

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 ?
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Old 06-29-21, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by gsteinb
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 ?
Anthony has been riding away from the M50s, like starting his sprint 600m out and winning by 50m (spring races in CT). Placed something at the Nutmeg State games in the 123s.

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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Originally Posted by gsteinb
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 ?
I have some Novatech R5 as my race wheel and they're great. Not a boutique brand but a nice, high value wheel. Several other racers around here (Masters guys) race them and like them too. They're 50 mm deep and 18.3/26 internal/external width, so a bit modern in that they're kinda wide. Gives a nice ride. Quick Release and not tubeless, so no funny stuff there. I run them with latex tubes and fast tires and they are quite nice. 1650g so not too heavy either.

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.
Black Swan, an adventure in mental illness. It was hard to know what was real and what was in her mind. I didn't know Natalie Portman had it in her.

Training Day, Denzel is pure evil. A wild ride.

Haven't seen Coco.
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Originally Posted by carpediemracing

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.
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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Originally Posted by gsteinb
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 ?
I sold my 404 tubies when I basically took a break from racing about 7 yrs ago, then when I started back up about 5 yrs ago I bought some lightly used 60mm Roval clinchers from a teammate for a low price. I've been happy with them. Newer deep dish carbons are going to be ever so slightly faster being a little wider, and with dimples and such, but would be way more costly. Also, I know that tubeless have a little less rolling resistance, but teammates that have them always seem to complain about them. So I think they are kind of a sweet spot in price/performance and I'm not looking elsewhere.
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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.
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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.
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not sure I can do wider, since my frames are from 2014.
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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.
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Originally Posted by gsteinb
not sure I can do wider, since my frames are from 2014.
I can run my Novatech R5's (26 mm external) on my 2013 TCR Advanced ISP
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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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