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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 03-09-24, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
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Old 03-09-24, 06:31 PM
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Spectacular day in the Santa Monica mountains today. 9 riders, 57 miles with 4200 climbing jammed into the middle. Felt pretty good but nodding off now.
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Old 03-09-24, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Must not have been on the page, when I did my daily check in.
BikeForums must have released a SnapChat function where posts vanish after an hour or two.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
how did he crash?
Overcooked a sharp downhill turn, went across the road and hit the guardrail. Not sure if crashed into guardrail or crashed and then hit it. The speed was probably 25-30MPH.

It was quite scary for us but we are all relieved that he is ok.
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Spectacular day in the Santa Monica mountains today. 9 riders, 57 miles with 4200 climbing jammed into the middle. Felt pretty good but nodding off now.
Please invite me next time you go?
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Originally Posted by datlas
Overcooked a sharp downhill turn, went across the road and hit the guardrail. Not sure if crashed into guardrail or crashed and then hit it. The speed was probably 25-30MPH.

It was quite scary for us but we are all relieved that he is ok.
Wow. Glad it was just the wrist and not a neck, spine, skull, or all the above.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Same here. I’ve noticed that 32 is at the top edge of my comfort zone, even when fully loaded with wide tires. In 2016 I managed to hit 43.9 mph descending into Ennis, MT. Wide, pretty smooth shoulder with no corners. I was proud of myself. Crashing on blood thinners is not a good thing to do.
My top speed is 44, on a downhill that I have done just that one time. I was comfortable enough to attempt it, but never attempted it again.
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Originally Posted by big john
Spectacular day in the Santa Monica mountains today. 9 riders, 57 miles with 4200 climbing jammed into the middle. Felt pretty good but nodding off now.
Preride nutrition of vegetarian B&G and a latte. Only went 10 miles because I was wishing I had gloves on the whole time. Post-ride guava cider just procured...

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Meet Roscoe's foster sister Camila.

Unknown age, probably < 1 year old. Very energetic. Roscoe says F that noise, it ruins nap time.
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No rain here, all activities went on as scheduled. This includes my 2.25 hour nap.
I find myself unable to nap. I lie down and feel nauseous, almost. A tumbler of Nescafé and I’m good to go. Still fall asleep around eight and wake up around 3:30
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
Meet Roscoe's foster sister Camila.

Unknown age, probably < 1 year old. Very energetic. Roscoe says F that noise, it ruins nap time.
Hi Camila
Woof woof
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
Roscoe says F that noise, it ruins nap time.
Wouldn't have been a problem if you'd gotten a cat.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
My niece's husband is a Hazmat Captain for LAFD. This means no drug testing for several months...
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My niece's husband is a Hazmat Captain for LAFD. This means no drug testing for several months...
Woohoo, Smoke em if you've got em!!!
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Wouldn't have been a problem if you'd gotten a cat.
Have you ever had a cat?
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Have you ever had a cat?
I have, but I'm sure having a cat and a JRT (even an elderly one) would be next level.
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Originally Posted by big john
Spectacular day in the Santa Monica mountains today. 9 riders, 57 miles with 4200 climbing jammed into the middle. Felt pretty good but nodding off now.
poidh
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Have you ever had a cat?
Yes.
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How long til AI can make a 90 minute movie of this?

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Well, like all useful software https://bikecalc.com has decided to modernize and "improve" their software. Probably used some widget that no longer runs on Chrome...

What a mess. Anyone know of an alternative speed at cadence calculator?

They don't have support for a 9 tooth cog, which some of us Ekar fanboyz want. UI makes absolute no sense what so ever. Non-standard widgets on the pull down menus for example. Really horrible. Maybe it is iPhone crap. On Linux / Firefox and Android it is truly bad. I can't see any way to enter a complete cassette. They really made a mess of it.

If someone on my team made a mess like this they would get the Gaffer's scowl accompanied by "who wrote this <expletive> anyway?"

"Sikh and ye shall be fined": I found another one that works so I can replace all the book marks to bikecalc.org These folks actually have a list of common cassettes including the Ekar.https://www.gear-calculator.com/

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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Woohoo, Smoke em if you've got em!!!
Well, he is the Captain, and 20 years of fire response makes you stay away from consciousness altering substances. So for him it will be a minor nuisance.
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Originally Posted by datlas
Please invite me next time you go?
You're always welcome, you just have to get to the ride start. I wish I had the camera, there is water flowing everywhere and the hills are as green as they get.
Some old pics, you've seen them before.

High above Malibu Canyon on the climb.
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
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I usually don't bring a camera on club rides because there is rarely a chance to take pics. Today there were 4 riders slower than I was so there would have been time.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
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I had a veggie bowl for lunch today. Veggies over rice and black beans. Vol and datlas should be proud of me. I'm trying to lose my superfluous blubber accumulated over the past 18 months. No latte was consumed. I had 850 ml of coffee 33% caffeine with breakfast.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I do. Unless the urge to see a 300-mile inland 1/2 scale replica of Titantic strikes, which so far hasn't happened.


Looks like an AMC Pacer. “Hey lady, what happened to the other half of your car?”
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