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Old 08-29-20, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by datlas
Stopped at the art museum for obligatory tourist pic at Rocky statue.
Dork.

Sometimes there’s a guy there who tries to earn money for taking photos using people’s phones. Commend him for his hustle.
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Old 08-29-20, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Where is it?
Um ... at the art museum.
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Old 08-29-20, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I was not mowing at 9:40 pm.
Any plans to take your lawn tractor to the Nordschleife?

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Old 08-29-20, 11:26 AM
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[QUOTE=Velo Vol;21667403]
Where is it?
/QUOTE]
Here.


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Old 08-29-20, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Dork.
See above. Guilty as charged.
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Old 08-29-20, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Nope.
97* is plenty hot, actually.
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Old 08-29-20, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
97* is plenty hot, actually.
Only 96° here. Clouds all around. Praying for rain.

Pressure 29.87 in
Visibility 10 miles
Clouds Partly Cloudy
Dew Point 64 F
Humidity 33 %
Rainfall 0 in
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Old 08-29-20, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by datlas
Here.
Should have held the bicycle above your head in triumph.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Any plans to take your lawn tractor to the Nordschleife?
That's not a lawn tractor.

It should only count as such if it cuts the grass along the track.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Should have held the bicycle above your head in triumph.
Maybe next time.
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What's wrong with RVing on the roads? SMH

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Old 08-29-20, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
What's wrong with RVing on the roads? SMH

https://twitter.com/businessinsider/...72766481154049
When the Sprinter showed up with 4WD, it opened up a whole new world to the credit card van life people. Prior to that, it was left to the Powerstroke behemoths that even they couldn't afford.
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Hook 'em.

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Old 08-29-20, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
What's wrong with RVing on the roads? SMH

https://twitter.com/businessinsider/...72766481154049
Originally Posted by LAJ
When the Sprinter showed up with 4WD, it opened up a whole new world to the credit card van life people. Prior to that, it was left to the Powerstroke behemoths that even they couldn't afford.
My cat2 seasonal neighbor showed up with a Sprinter/Winnebago Revel with the diesel and 4wd this summer. Sweet vehicle. About as expensive as my house.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
The other day, I found the YouTube channel of James Hoffmann, a former World Barista Champion - I'm really liking his insights, presentation and personality (he's got a dry sense of humor humour, but it's there). I think that it was a machine review that I'd first stumbled across, maybe the Aldi espresso machine debacle, but he's got some good informational videos, too. When I first got in to espresso, there wasn't nearly as much science in the brewing, not visible at the enthusiast level, at least, but now this man's got me wanting to buy a little scale for measuring ground dosing and shot volume, etc.

Here's a video on dose, the first of four deep dives on tweaking espresso pulls (the fourth isn't out, yet).
He is fun to watch. I sort of lucked in to a lot of what he's saying about dose. At the moment, I'm getting a pretty decent double shot. I get a little variation because I'm usually too lazy to weigh my dose and it is amazing how just a little variation changes the flavor.

Anyway, I'm going to watch the rest of his videos, too.
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Originally Posted by datlas



Jeez, Man, you need a cheeseburger or a milkshake or something.

Then again, I'm too fat for this sport and everybody looks skinny to me.
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Old 08-29-20, 01:24 PM
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I left town by a different route today.I went out on the main street, in order to get 2 km of open road. While passing a parked police cruiser, he decided he needed to be in the space that I was occupying. I hope he was more surprised than I was. I swerved, in stride, and he came to a sudden halt. 25 miles today, and I'll attempt a repeat tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
Jeez, Man, you need a cheeseburger or a milkshake or something.

Then again, I'm too fat for this sport and everybody looks skinny to me.
I was gonna say: 140 lbs looks very different when you’re only 5’ 9”!

Oop. Scratch that; my wife says I look skinnier. Must be all the veins and stringy bits.

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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
I left town by a different route today.I went out on the main street, in order to get 2 km of open road.
I thought you stopped riding on the open roads?
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Just got this pic of us in an email.





Only 292 days to the start, assuming the pandemic is under control by then.
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Cool. I don't think that I could do that.

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
That's not a lawn tractor.

It should only count as such if it cuts the grass along the track.
I didn't intend to indicate that it was a lawn tractor. Surely you can go there and drive a lawn tractor on tractor track day though.
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I might have to take up following the World Bowls Tour.

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Originally Posted by abshipp
Good hard ride this morning.

I've never had my legs threaten to cramp like that before.
I've had cramps so bad I couldn't unclip, I rode up to a chainlink fence and grabbed on and writhed for a while. Had cramps in my feet while sleeping. Had them inside both thighs while riding. Had them in the hamstrings while eating at a restaurant and kicked people across the table, (seen friends do this, too).
My old Blazer was a stickshift and I had to raise my knee past the steering wheel to get my foot on the clutch so my knee was less than 90 degrees. Sometimes the hamstring cramp from that was terrible and I learned to powershift and coast down slow to avoid stopping on the way home from rides.

If I'm riding and I feel a leg cramp coming I try to spin and that seems to help. Can't do that on a climb, though. Actually haven't had any in a long time because I haven't done any epic rides.
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
Jeez, Man, you need a cheeseburger or a milkshake or something.

Then again, I'm too fat for this sport and everybody looks skinny to me.
I will go eat another slice of pecan pie now.
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