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Wow.. With DST and the weather we are having this week, getting out and cycling is amazing.
Put in nearly 60 miles today after work....
Rode with a guy that is on the Amgen Masters Racing Team that I met out here. Luckily I had a riding partner today as I pinch flatted both the front and rear at the same time. Had one tube and a repair kit so I swapped out one tube and patched the other.
Murphy's law came into play as upon inflating one of the tubes I heard a BOOM... Bead flat ! Oops.
Luckily we had another tube available.
BigSean
03-13-07, 09:18 PM
Wow.. With DST and the weather we are having this week, getting out and cycling is amazing.
Put in nearly 60 miles today after work....
Rode with a guy that is on the Amgen team that I met out here. Luckily I had a riding partner today as I pinch flatted both the front and rear at the same time. Had one tube and a repair kit so I swapped out one tube and patched the other.
Murphy's law came into play as upon inflating one of the tubes I heard a BOOM... Bead flat ! Oops.
Luckily we had another tube available.
Its been amazing here in nor cal also. Today hit 85 degrees and my ride after work was great with the air cooling as the sun set. :D
magicant
03-13-07, 09:26 PM
dumb work.
dumb work.
Ditto!
At least I can ride during lunch tomorrow...nice 14 mile loop in the West Valley.
Sheldon
From what I hear, its gonna get cold again. Hopefully not
shakeNbake
03-13-07, 11:11 PM
From what I hear, its gonna get cold again. Hopefully not
Yeah, that's what that weather lady with the huge umm, brains (that's it, brains) is telling me on channel 9.
Actually it is a bit hot for me yesterday, todays ride was great! :)
Jaguar27
03-13-07, 11:47 PM
Yeah, that's what that weather lady with the huge umm, brains (that's it, brains) is telling me on channel 9.
Yeah, she needs to quit standing sideways so we can see what's happening on half the Map...:D
Mo'Phat
03-14-07, 07:17 AM
Channel 9, you say?
/dangit...not KUSI in San Diego.
Psydotek
03-14-07, 07:27 AM
Temperatures were good but holy crap it's dry... On my commute home yesterday i downed 3/4 of my water bottle in 4 miles... And it was all downhill! Ok, having to sprint over half of it to keep up with traffic didn't really help, but i really could do without the terribly chapped lips and dry throat. :(
Ditto!
At least I can ride during lunch tomorrow...nice 14 mile loop in the West Valley.
Sheldon
I sit in front of a computer all day and can't even imagine sitting here for the rest of the day after getting all sweaty from even an easy ride...yuck!
Grumpy Pig
03-14-07, 08:30 AM
Fog rolled in yesterday about 1 pm and cooled things off immediately. Foggy again this morning.
I sit in front of a computer all day and can't even imagine sitting here for the rest of the day after getting all sweaty from even an easy ride...yuck!
Ah, well that's the beauty of being a network admin at a high school! I've got full workout facilities and showers on campus. When I finish my lunchtime rides, it's an easy clean-up.
During the part of the year when I can ride my bike to work, I leave a change of clothes the day before. When I arrive, I get showered, wash out my riding gear and put it in the PE Dept. dryer so everything is ready for the afternoon commute home!
Sheldon
here and there
03-14-07, 10:12 AM
It was 86 degrees on Sunday, 90 degrees on Monday. Thankfully the clouds/fog rolled in last night and really cooled things off. I'll take 60 degrees and cloudy anyday over anything above 75 degrees. :p
Ah, well that's the beauty of being a network admin at a high school! I've got full workout facilities and showers on campus. When I finish my lunchtime rides, it's an easy clean-up.
During the part of the year when I can ride my bike to work, I leave a change of clothes the day before. When I arrive, I get showered, wash out my riding gear and put it in the PE Dept. dryer so everything is ready for the afternoon commute home!
Sheldon
Man, I wish I worked in the public sector!:D
Man, I wish I worked in the public sector!:D
Private school :)
Sheldon
Private school :)
Sheldon
Ok, I still wish...
1265 Lombardi
03-14-07, 08:16 PM
I miss a good snow storm. :)
roadfix
03-14-07, 08:21 PM
I prefer Typhoons...:D
DaveSANYYZ
03-14-07, 08:25 PM
I miss a good snow storm. :)I still remember the time in Toronto where my 1 hr commute (by car) took 5+ hrs during a snow storm. I didn't get home until ~11pm after a normal day of work. There were many traffic accidents along the way.
But then again, these type of traffic delays is kind of like regular LA traffic...
1265 Lombardi
03-14-07, 08:28 PM
I prefer Typhoons...:D
Thats Japan thing isn't it?
roadfix
03-14-07, 08:35 PM
Thats Japan thing isn't it?
They're hurricanes in the western hemisphere. The last time I experienced a major typhoon was when I was a kid. I miss major storms.....including electrical rain storms. I really miss cozying indoors over some hot chocolate during stormy weather.
Weather is never exciting living here in L.A.
DaveSANYYZ
03-14-07, 08:35 PM
Thats Japan thing isn't it?I think it's an Asia thing; or Pacific? I think one side calls it the hurricane and the other calls it typhoons.
1265 Lombardi
03-14-07, 08:41 PM
I think it's an Asia thing; or Pacific? I think one side calls it the hurricane and the other calls it typhoons.
Its somebody's thing and glad its their thing, including hurricanes!
Mo'Phat
03-14-07, 08:43 PM
I thought it had to do with which ocean it came from (ie: Pacific = typhoon, Atlantic = hurricane)
But the word typhoon comes from the Japanese Tai Fun, which means 'being blown as by a Bangkok stripper."
*mods, feel free to edit as you see fit.
1265 Lombardi
03-14-07, 08:44 PM
They're hurricanes in the western hemisphere. The last time I experienced a major typhoon was when I was a kid. I miss major storms.....including electrical rain storms. Weather is never exciting living here in L.A.
I remember Korean coastal village houses have their roofs tied down with huge rocks when a typhoon hits.
DaveSANYYZ
03-14-07, 08:52 PM
Ahh, when I was a kid in Hong Kong, I used to listen anxiously on the radio everytime there's typhoon... because if it even goes above level 8 (I think; severity level 0-10), then there's no school!
As a kid (and not realizing the real world impacts on others) not going to school is a big (positive) deal.
jpconrad
03-14-07, 09:10 PM
I think it's an Asia thing; or Pacific? I think one side calls it the hurricane and the other calls it typhoons.
I think it's a typhoon in either the Western Pacific or Indian Oceans, they're called hurricanes in baja and Hawaii.
magicant
03-14-07, 09:45 PM
Cut n' paste. If you don't agree, don't whine to me.
The American Heritage dictionary defines a hurricane as a severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea, traveling north, northwest, or northeast from its point of origin, and usually involving heavy rains. The same source describes a typhoon as a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans.
roadfix
03-14-07, 09:48 PM
.....in other words....
Hurricanes: east of the International Date Line
Typhoons: west of the International Date Line
I thought it had to do with which ocean it came from (ie: Pacific = typhoon, Atlantic = hurricane)
But the word typhoon comes from the Japanese Tai Fun, which means 'being blown as by a Bangkok stripper."
*mods, feel free to edit as you see fit.
LOL
Scootcore
03-14-07, 11:27 PM
its been a great few weeks to be gainfully unemployed! great weather and an understanding wife has made for some excellent rides!!!
its been a great few weeks to be gainfully unemployed! great weather and an understanding wife has made for some excellent rides!!!
One may last, while the other will most definitely not.:D
Scootcore
03-14-07, 11:35 PM
true....stupid work is looming very close on the horizon....
true....stupid work is looming very close on the horizon....
Good luck with that.:)
VanceMac
03-15-07, 12:11 AM
true....stupid work is looming very close on the horizon....
Scoot, there was talk on another thread about sugar mommas -- I think we should look into that. Because this looking-for-work thing is not all that exciting. :)
Back on topic, though... was gorgeous today (after the fog burned off). We even had Mkadam68 out on our usual Wed ride. And ask Valleygirl how clean her hands were at the end of the ride.
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