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MTBLover
07-13-07, 09:18 PM
OK- 'night all! Gonna try to start early so I don't have to put up with the traffic.

Malistryx
07-13-07, 09:28 PM
Just got home from seeing Transformers and getting cake after. It was a good movie, I am just pretending it wasn't a transformers movie so it can't ruin my childhood :lol:

Should be getting to bed, need to be up early to head up Northish to Bolton for some preriding action. Bah. The internet is more fun.
stevesurf
07-13-07, 09:29 PM
Good evening Foo - people; just decompressing after the red-eye, followed by a webcast, followed by cleaning the cat-apartment. I brought home some tuna sushi and they attacked the bag directly, I was lucky to pull my yellowtail out in time - ferocious kitties!

I have to pack for Sunday's flight to Japan, the final trip for the year - thank god! When I return, I've already lined up a few nice rides...can't wait!

x136
07-13-07, 09:32 PM
It was a good movie, I am just pretending it wasn't a transformers movie so it can't ruin my childhood :lol:It appears to me that it's just a big-budget, long-form car commercial (except the cars just happen to turn into robots sometimes). Just think of it as that! :p
Malistryx
07-13-07, 09:35 PM
It appears to me that it's just a big-budget, long-form car commercial (except the cars just happen to turn into robots sometimes). Just think of it as that! :p

The CG was impressive and it was quite pretty but your description was probably the most... accurate.

I definitely enjoyed it, it just wasn't a Transformers movie.
x136
07-13-07, 09:39 PM
Did you like Go-Bots as a kid? If not, just pretend it was a Go-Bots movie.
BikeWNC
07-13-07, 09:43 PM
I know some people who love theirs, too. Around San Diego, Spinergy Stealth PBO's can now be had for relatively cheap (might just be an SD-area thing, though) and are more aero, but I'm not completely thrilled about the hubs. And the wheel is a bit on the heavy side. Rolf Prima Vigors are pretty with their low spoke count paired spokes and about as aero as all aluminum clinchers get. I love my Elan Aero's very smooth hubs (extremely loud freewheeling, though) and 55/Rad is selling his set (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=317209). Of course, if a high quality tubeless tire comes along (I haven't checked to see what's out there or around the corner) it would be a big plus for the DA wheels.
I've thought about the Rolfs, but I am a bit concerned by the low spoke count. The DA wheels would be for all around use. I think for the flats a set of Mavic Cosmic Carbone SL would be hard to beat for aero performance for the money. On the flat the slow spin up would actually be an advantage and help conserve momentum.
jschen
07-13-07, 09:49 PM
I hear you about the concerns. Rolf spokes generally don't break, but if one ever breaks, you're walking home or calling for a ride. (Not only is it a low spoke count, but the spokes are extremely high tension and paired. If one goes, the other side has a sky high lateral pulling force that isn't countered on the other side. Evidently, a broken spoke means a rim more than 1 inch out of true. :eek: ) I ride my Rolfs as daily wheelsets anyway, but I weigh 140 and put out a mere 200-ish sustained watts, so I'm not likely to break things. You certainly can't go wrong with the DA wheels. And you're right; for flat ground, the Cosmic Carbones are hard to beat.
Malistryx
07-13-07, 10:03 PM
Did you like Go-Bots as a kid? If not, just pretend it was a Go-Bots movie.
Fair enough.

Though the worst part was a scene where one guy was talking about making a computer hook up to a short wave radio to send morse code... the whole time he was looking at the hardware to see if it could be done he was looking at a monitor! He never actually looked at a computer :eek: But that's movies for you I guess.

Really, really should be sleeping but I don't want to :(

Edit: Okay, sucking it up and going to bed because I'm getting bored. Good night!
x136
07-13-07, 10:20 PM
Fair enough.Whoops, I just noticed that Gobots had already come and gone by the time you were born, so that may very well have been the first you've heard of it. :o


Though the worst part was a scene where one guy was talking about making a computer hook up to a short wave radio to send morse code... the whole time he was looking at the hardware to see if it could be done he was looking at a monitor! He never actually looked at a computer :eek: But that's movies for you I guess.If there's one thing movies consistently get wrong, it's computers and computer-related things. I can just see directors telling the FX people, "I don't know, whatever! Make it look fancy and high-tech! Make it impressive!" :rolleyes:
Pheard
07-13-07, 11:15 PM
My friends sisters were having a girls night at the house so they wanted to escape, they came over. Me personally, I wanted to watch the notebook or the Lake house :D But they weren't having it. :p We literally spent 3+ hours trying to find a place to eat then ate, and were all completely useless and goofy it's pretty funny. We had tons of choices, thai, korean, chinese, pancake house, blah blah. Finally we ended up at a pancake house. We went to the store for something, we all stand there and no one can figure out why we came to the store, everyone thought the other person wanted something. The entire night we're all laughing like *******. That was interesting. :rolleyes:
x136
07-13-07, 11:23 PM
My friends sisters were having a girls night at the house so they wanted to escape, they came over. Me personally, I wanted to watch the notebook or the Lake house :D But they weren't having it. :p We literally spent 3+ hours trying to find a place to eat then ate, and were all completely useless and goofy it's pretty funny. We had tons of choices, thai, korean, chinese, pancake house, blah blah. Finally we ended up at a pancake house. We went to the store for something, we all stand there and no one can figure out why we came to the store, everyone thought the other person wanted something. The entire night we're all laughing like *******. That was interesting. :rolleyes:http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/8475/stonedum4.jpg
Pheard
07-13-07, 11:24 PM
I have no idea what's going on.

Errr.. I apologize for the completely confusing run on sentence above. :p
DerekWP
07-13-07, 11:47 PM
Trying to change my phone number as I keep receiving phone calls from Guam.

First it will be the area code from there: 671-XXX-XXXX
Then comes 52-671-XXX-XXXX
Then finally UNKNOWN.

F that. Getting my number changed. They've only left a message once and it sounded like a child speaking gibberish; that or the local language Chamorro. /shrug
scottmorrison99
07-13-07, 11:58 PM
I'm tring to figure out what Pheard is trying to say and watch TdF coverage. Bob Roll makes more sense than Pheard.;)
Pheard
07-14-07, 12:15 AM
Ok cliff notes version. We ate, laughed, went to the store, laughed, and that's about it.

Anyways. Saw this sweet bike in roadbiking, reminded me of Siu's dog. :)

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g280/Patriot1970/DSC00902.jpg
bikingshearer
07-14-07, 03:03 AM
I'm tring to figure out what Pheard is trying to say and watch TdF coverage. Bob Roll makes more sense than Pheard.;)
Uhh, that's different from usual . . . how, exactly? :rolleyes:
BikeWNC
07-14-07, 03:40 AM
Leaving in a few minutes for our ride around Cade's Cove in Smoky Mtn NP.
jschen
07-14-07, 03:48 AM
You're up early!
Devil_Woman
07-14-07, 03:51 AM
Good Morning, I'm sitting here having my coffee and waiting to start the day. Have plans to go for breakfast with Stacey and go from there.
wolfpack
07-14-07, 04:48 AM
leaving in a coupla minutes to go ride with my group for the first time in a LONG time. i prolly shouldn't do the whole 42mi tho since i've not ridden more than 23mi in 2mo...
Malistryx
07-14-07, 05:08 AM
Have to leave in a bit over an hour to go ride with/meet the people I'm doing a 10 hour relay with weekendaafter next. Then I'm going to stop in at a new (to me) bike shop and hopefully find a saddle I like :D The shop's been around for a while, but it's about 40 mins from my place so I've never been since there's a good one about 5 minutes from me.

I really need to clean my mountain bike up a bit... but so lazy. And I know it'll be filthy when I come back from my ride so I guess I'll just do it then.

Now I really should find some breakfast...
Taerom
07-14-07, 05:10 AM
Blarg!

Good morning.
Malistryx
07-14-07, 05:13 AM
Oh great, 80% chance of showers where we're supposed to ride. The trails there are extremely loose sand in some areas, I really don't want to deal with them when they're wet :(
Taerom
07-14-07, 05:15 AM
*headbangin'*

*sips coffee*
Malistryx
07-14-07, 05:17 AM
*sips coffee*

Hmm... that's a pretty good plan. Maybe I should make some coffee, or just pick some up on my way to the ride because I have no idea where my coffee maker has gone.
Taerom
07-14-07, 05:49 AM
Switched from coffee to orange juice. Mmmmm...
Malistryx
07-14-07, 05:55 AM
Switched from coffee to orange juice. Mmmmm...

I had to settle for tea :(

Haven't heard back from anyone regarding the ride today so I guess I have to just assume that people will still show up... Not sure how dedicated they are, most girls I know won't go out and ride in the rain. Hopefully someone replies to my email.
Taerom
07-14-07, 06:38 AM
Well, time for me to go. Good luck on your ride/meeting and saddle shopping Mal. See ya later folks.
Ritehsedad
07-14-07, 06:45 AM
Ok cliff notes version. We ate, laughed, went to the store, laughed, and that's about it.

Anyways. Saw this sweet bike in roadbiking, reminded me of Siu's dog. :)

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g280/Patriot1970/DSC00902.jpg

At first glance it looked like there was a clothes line growing outta the seat post!

Off to Boston for the day. Probably gonna have lunch at The Miracle of Science! :) Yum!!

Later Foo!
x136
07-14-07, 09:32 AM
Blah, the power went out last night, apparently long enough for my laptop's battery to go dead. Lost over 92 days of uptime. :(
ModoVincere
07-14-07, 09:33 AM
Just saying Hi!

Got back in from Barabados last night aroung midnight. Wow, what a beautiful island. People were very nice and freindly as well. If anyone ever gets the chance to go, I highly recommend it.
Now, I'm off to catch up on the TDF and then go mow some grass...er...weeds in the back yard.
Michigander
07-14-07, 10:55 AM
Time for the Gander. See ya'll next week. I'll have lots of cool rural Michigan pics too.
x136
07-14-07, 11:19 AM
Good luck, Mich!
Michigander
07-14-07, 11:23 AM
Thanks:)

Luck is always good. Lotsa stuff can go wrong on a tour.
Malistryx
07-14-07, 12:45 PM
Just got home from my preride/shopping. The bike shop I went to ended up having almost nothing in stock for women's saddles so I stopped by my local shop and got them to order the one I wanted. But I did get some fantastic gloves, not only are the fingers long enough for me, but they're soft inside!

This "race" is going to be extremely easy, not technical stuff at all :eek:
ms.gio
07-14-07, 01:57 PM
Hi Guys! It's been a week and I'm going through withdrawls. This past week was quite exhausting. I'm happy to be home.
Malistryx
07-14-07, 01:59 PM
How'd it go Ms.Gio?
ms.gio
07-14-07, 02:20 PM
I went 2 and 2. I had 2 byes and 2 loses. I'm going to work on my mental game for next year. My actual game was on but, I let me nerves get to me. Thank you all for your support.
Malistryx
07-14-07, 05:42 PM
I went 2 and 2. I had 2 byes and 2 loses. I'm going to work on my mental game for next year. My actual game was on but, I let me nerves get to me. Thank you all for your support.

:beer: You still did way better than most people could so don't be too hard on yourself :)

I am beat after biking/running errands all morning... So I am being awesome and spending my Saturday night at home in my pjs eating clemintines and drinking hot chocolate. I think it's a legitimate strategy. But there is no one else around on the interwebs, this is kind of dull :(
Taerom
07-14-07, 05:49 PM
I'm here, unfortunately. I have nothing to do on a Saturday night. :(

...except hang out on Foo. :)
Taerom
07-14-07, 05:50 PM
Pics of the pjs... s'go.

+1

Pictures of pj's are required.
Malistryx
07-14-07, 05:50 PM
I'm here, unfortunately. I have nothing to do on a Saturday night. :(

...except hang out on Foo. :)

:beer: We should start a club. It would be the coolest club of all!
Taerom
07-14-07, 05:51 PM
:beer: We should start a club. It would be the coolest club of all!

As long as :beer: is involved in our club.
Malistryx
07-14-07, 05:51 PM
+1

Pictures of pj's are required.

The pjs are lounge pants and a t-shirt from a race which is way too big for me :p I'll keep that to myself thanks. :rolleyes:
Taerom
07-14-07, 05:52 PM
Oh, I'm also baking some cinnamon rolls for tonight/tomorrow morning. Yay!
Malistryx
07-14-07, 05:52 PM
As long as :beer: is involved in our club.

I did just hit up to LCBO today while running errands, nothing too fancy though just MGD. I am weak in the ways of beer.
Malistryx
07-14-07, 05:53 PM
Oh, I'm also baking some cinnamon rolls for tonight/tomorrow morning. Yay!

I think those are also required for the club.
Taerom
07-14-07, 05:53 PM
The pjs are lounge pants and a t-shirt from a race which is way too big for me :p I'll keep that to myself thanks. :rolleyes:

a race which is way to big for you? I thought you were doing some 12 hour solo thing or something...no race is too big for you! :) Or were you talking about your t-shirt? I like big t-shirts.
Taerom
07-14-07, 05:56 PM
I did just hit up to LCBO today while running errands, nothing too fancy though just MGD. I am weak in the ways of beer.

Well, it's better than nothing. I have nothing. :( I'm only 20, so if I drink beer, I will go to hell.


I think those are also required for the club.

Indeed. Cinnamon rolls and hot chocolate. I'm also drinking a cup of french vanilla coffee right now (it's my dessert)