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07-11-21, 12:27 AM
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07-11-21, 02:57 AM
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Went for nice day hike with a friend. The weather was ideal: sunny, very little wind and nice crisp temperatures.
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07-11-21, 04:30 AM
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Found out late last night, my friend I was suppose to go to the mountains with yesterday crashed. Not sure what happened yet but he had to have neck surgery last night. Seemed to be in good spirits.
07-11-21, 05:32 AM
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07-11-21, 06:32 AM
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07-11-21, 06:36 AM
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07-11-21, 07:04 AM
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07-11-21, 07:23 AM
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07-11-21, 08:34 AM
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07-11-21, 08:40 AM
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07-11-21, 08:42 AM
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I like my gravel bike, but there's no way I'd get rid of my R2 for it. A Cayenne still ain't a 911. The R2 is lively and nimble and playful around handling courses while the gravel is a stable Cadillac for soaking up miles of terrible roads.
That said, I wish it were a Caledonia now, but still.
That said, I wish it were a Caledonia now, but still.
07-11-21, 08:48 AM
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Ls swap to a 6 litter, 6 speed manual, maybe a little turbo action in there. Or leave it auto 4l80e with 3500 stall and shift kit, on a trans brake! Nice!
God I miss my 'marro! My birds close but I don't wanna throw more money at it till my house is paid off. Plus the crap Biden is doing, with gasoline prices and e.p.a. takes all the fun out of it.
07-11-21, 08:52 AM
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07-11-21, 08:55 AM
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07-11-21, 08:56 AM
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07-11-21, 08:57 AM
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07-11-21, 08:58 AM
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07-11-21, 09:03 AM
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That's what solved my, becoming a mechanic, problem. I didn't want to learn that mumbo-jumbo. So I became a carpenter instead.. I learned later it wasn't as bad as I built it up to be in my head. But it was too late by then.
07-11-21, 09:04 AM
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07-11-21, 09:21 AM
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Make this a '68 and you have the first car I fell in love with. It was sitting in a marina, broke down. The owner worked there, and was going to sell it to me for $100. O.m.g. I wanted that car. I hounded my dad about it, for months. He finally agreed to look at it. He laughed about it and said "not a chance, It's junk". I was crushed.
But good God what a sexy beast.
But good God what a sexy beast.
07-11-21, 09:31 AM
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Beautiful car.
07-11-21, 09:36 AM
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Welcome home Rango! Good boy.
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07-11-21, 09:45 AM
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And to be honest, no one wins. I had a collision with a young lady on roller blades who just turned in front of me without warning. She was looking at her phone/ipod with both earbuds in. Didn't hear me call out "on your left" and turned left just as I passed her. It's why I don't ride the mup anymore.
07-11-21, 10:04 AM
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So I did the Black bear grand fondo yesterday. 5 hours 5 minutes roughly. One stop for water. At 65 miles.
I left with the fast group. Had no problem on the flats. But there's a section of climbs, 4 large hills in a row that become increasingly steep. Popped me. I was off the back. Never caught up after that. They finished 4 hours 40 min or so.
4 of us were working together after the main group spat us out. I picked a poor time to cram a cliff bar into my mouth, rounded a bend to find the road going up. I almost choked to death on that Cliff bar. Got dropped. Rode for 30 miles alone until the water stop and found a guy I knew to ride with.
Strange thing. We rode the day before the event. My Roam was just fine. The next day when we left, it had switched over to metric. So now I'm looking at kilometers per hour. I don't know how that would have happened. During a nice long downwind straightaway I pulled out my phone and fixed it.
It just goes to show you, it's always something.
I left with the fast group. Had no problem on the flats. But there's a section of climbs, 4 large hills in a row that become increasingly steep. Popped me. I was off the back. Never caught up after that. They finished 4 hours 40 min or so.
4 of us were working together after the main group spat us out. I picked a poor time to cram a cliff bar into my mouth, rounded a bend to find the road going up. I almost choked to death on that Cliff bar. Got dropped. Rode for 30 miles alone until the water stop and found a guy I knew to ride with.
Strange thing. We rode the day before the event. My Roam was just fine. The next day when we left, it had switched over to metric. So now I'm looking at kilometers per hour. I don't know how that would have happened. During a nice long downwind straightaway I pulled out my phone and fixed it.
It just goes to show you, it's always something.
07-11-21, 10:13 AM
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Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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You laws may vary. But in Mi. Walker has right of way even upon a dedicated bike path.
And to be honest, no one wins. I had a collision with a young lady on roller blades who just turned in front of me without warning. She was looking at her phone/ipod with both earbuds in. Didn't hear me call out "on your left" and turned left just as I passed her. It's why I don't ride the mup anymore.
And to be honest, no one wins. I had a collision with a young lady on roller blades who just turned in front of me without warning. She was looking at her phone/ipod with both earbuds in. Didn't hear me call out "on your left" and turned left just as I passed her. It's why I don't ride the mup anymore.
Then there was the beautiful Sunday I headed out for a few miles and encountered an oncoming couple on what I'm guessing was their maiden voyage on brand new Rollerblades, walking a big Lab on an extendo-leash. They were wobbling, trying not to fall,, while their dog was in the bushes on MY SIDE of the path. I had to slow WAY down and go around the dog. Fortunately I was able to.
That pretty much did it for MUPs for me. I kept commuting on them because it was outside recreational hours, but for MY recreational cycling, I stuck to roads. Then I moved both houses and jobs so cyclo-commuting was out, and I just rode for riding's sake.
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