Hey grahny, where'd you get that jersey?

I need a translator, or at least a dictionary, Run-Cycle, Cycle-Run. You speak a different language, but I really like the way you dress. It must be the Lycra.

I regret not meeting you all in person. I had no idea of what I had signed up for and no idea of how much fun it would be. The Road Forum guys think the 50+ jersey is very "Fred". I'll continue to wear it like a badge, one I've earned on the calendar.

Beth, I'd love to ride with you if you ever need a slow recovery one.

You are one great bunch of folks! Please let me know if you will ever be in the Carlisle area.

The Road Forum guys are not the ones you oughtta be listening to about that jersey!

Lots of rides out of Mechanicsburg HS. . . if you want to join in, just pm and I'll get you the info :)

Beth

It was nice to meet some new people and enjoy the company. - Grahny set some good pace, I appreciated it but I did look forward to a late day nap. Our stats were 3H:23 minutes, 19.02 MPH, some residual horse poo stuck to lower frame:eek:. (sorry my cyclometer doesn't record much more).


Let it be noted: BigRingRide has now officially posted. Yes, I checked ;)

Welcome! Let the games begin . . . just stay clear of the road forum, they can be a little snotty over there - especially about photos and freds and such :innocent:

Good to see you, BigRing - dang, that's hard to say. And you looked great on the news - did you get to see it?

Beth

Hey grahny, where'd you get that jersey?

Excel sports.... sales support the US Cycling Development Foundation. I figure it's fitting considering the Olympics :)

http://www.excelsports.com/new.asp?page=8&description=Development+Jersey+07&vendorCode=USA&major=4&minor=6

FYI... It runs a little large (i.e. club fit)

It was nice to meet some new people and enjoy the company. - Grahny set some good pace, I appreciated it but I did look forward to a late day nap. Our stats were 3H:23 minutes, 19.02 MPH, some residual horse poo stuck to lower frame:eek:. (sorry my cyclometer doesn't record much more).

I think we held up pretty good at that pace... It was definitely a enjoyable ride.

:beer:

Excel sports.... sales support the US Cycling Development Foundation. I figure it's fitting considering the Olympics :)

http://www.excelsports.com/new.asp?page=8&description=Development+Jersey+07&vendorCode=USA&major=4&minor=6

FYI... It runs a little large (i.e. club fit)
Thanks! I run a little large too so that works for me.

Hey -

Just checked my RSS feeds and read Fatcyclist's post for today. Reminded me that I promised to send the link to someone (everyone?) Geesh, my mind is shot. Summer schedules are wearing me out!

Anyway, I remembered now, so here's the link: Fatcyclist.com (http://www.fatcyclist.com/)

Good reading all around. Much better fodder than a lot of what you'll find in the road forums! ;)

Beth

Hey Guys,

Sorry we missed you all on the ride, sounds like you had a great time. We were pretty late starting, couldn't find anyone at lunch, and didn't stick around too long at the end (had to get back for the pup). We'll make sure we catch up next year.

Couldn't have asked for much of a better day, except I was right behind another crash, that's 2 in 2 years. Some guy just rode off to the edge of the road, onto some grass, down into a drainage ditch then slammed his front wheel into the drainage pipe and flew over the bars. He was fine, the front wheel and fork were toast. Somehow someone else 20 yards ahead managed to lose it at the same moment.

Hey Guys,

Sorry we missed you all on the ride, sounds like you had a great time. We were pretty late starting, couldn't find anyone at lunch, and didn't stick around too long at the end (had to get back for the pup). We'll make sure we catch up next year.

Couldn't have asked for much of a better day, except I was right behind another crash, that's 2 in 2 years. Some guy just rode off to the edge of the road, onto some grass, down into a drainage ditch then slammed his front wheel into the drainage pipe and flew over the bars. He was fine, the front wheel and fork were toast. Somehow someone else 20 yards ahead managed to lose it at the same moment.

It's Kim...these guys see your wife, their heads whip around to get a better look, loose control of their bikes and crash. :D

Everyone go to the General Cycling forum and buy a 2008 Bikeforums.net jersey. :)

Please? :(

I can't believe my Jens thread got locked. :D

I can't believe my Jens thread got locked. :D

Are you going to donate a Bike Forums kit to "Jens"? :)

Are you going to donate a Bike Forums kit to "Jens"? :)

Well at the rate they are selling I might as well...I am not going to need 8 jerseys. :cry:

Everyone go to the General Cycling forum and buy a 2008 Bikeforums.net jersey. :)

Please? :(

I can't believe my Jens thread got locked. :D

I actually felt some measure of flattery by that :)

I actually felt some measure of flattery by that :)

Yea actually that is the first thread I have ever had locked so I guess you are right. :D

I wish the mods would send the OP a note as to the reason of the locking though...I mean was it because a bunch of people called me an asshat and other a D-bag and other stuff...or was it because I made fun of this guy...or was it because I suggested that asking what the mods are for is like asking what the meaning of life is. :roflmao2:

Well at the rate they are selling I might as well...I am not going to need 8 jerseys. :cry:

Have you started threads about it in multiple forums? (50+, Clydesdale, General Cycling, Training & Nutrition, regional forums, etc)

Maybe you can get a mod to make it a sticky at the top of each of the appropriate sub-forums? Oh wait...

Yea actually that is the first thread I have ever had locked so I guess you are right. :D

I wish the mods would send the OP a note as to the reason of the locking though...I mean was it because a bunch of people called me an asshat and other a D-bag and other stuff...or was it because I made fun of this guy...or was it because I suggested that asking what the mods are for is like asking what the meaning of life is. :roflmao2:

Never mind. ;)

Yea actually that is the first thread I have ever had locked so I guess you are right. :D

I wish the mods would send the OP a note as to the reason of the locking though...I mean was it because a bunch of people called me an asshat and other a D-bag and other stuff...or was it because I made fun of this guy...or was it because I suggested that asking what the mods are for is like asking what the meaning of life is. :roflmao2:

I think it's just because they saw it veering off nowhere but downhill, and it had served its useful Monday thread life.

My next post would probably have been along the lines of, "I don't care what anyone says that there is funny."

How are the legs today everyone? I taught a noon Spin yesterday . . . tired legs. Led our B ride last evening (so I got to put the route together - and avoid the steepest hills), and the legs came around. We got 31 miles in before dark, at an 18 avg. The climbs burrrrnnnnnned though.

Today is a leg-rest day - ahhhhhhh.

Beth

Rich - I got it stickied in General Cycling and it is in the group buy forum so with only like 5 threads there doesn't need to be a sticky.

It is getting tons of views...just no ordering. TO me the funny part is that everyone *****ed about the older design when we first did the order back in 2005...but then SpongeDad did a second and I am up to 7 orders for a third run of it. Also back then when there was another design thread eveyrone loved Velomancer's new design but now that I am making an order for it no one is ordering that one. :wtf:

Oh Beth - today I did our Tuesday C ride...it is the best ride we have around here...there doesn't seem to be a B level ride so I hammer to and from the ride start of the C ride. Total tonight was 41.54 miles total....lap 1 was 7.89 mi at 22 mph avg...lap 2 was 26.11 mi at 15.73 avg...lap 3 was 7.54 mi at 17.58 avg.

I am really thinking the Soul S4.0 wheels make a difference...maintaining speeds over 20 mph seems much easier than in the past.

Let it be noted: BigRingRide has now officially posted. Yes, I checked ;)

Welcome! Let the games begin . . . just stay clear of the road forum, they can be a little snotty over there - especially about photos and freds and such :innocent:

Good to see you, BigRing - dang, that's hard to say. And you looked great on the news - did you get to see it?

Beth

Thanks Beth. They really did a quick coverage on the news, not much detail. It's sad I created a login in 2005 but don't post much. I'll work on changing that now, i'll even update with a picture of sorts.:D

*cough cough Jens (http://www.digiproofs.com/ecom/product_select.pl?select=15927994&p=4GJj2G) cough cough*

*cough cough Jens (http://www.digiproofs.com/ecom/product_select.pl?select=15927994&p=4GJj2G) cough cough*

:roflmao2:

I think I am actually a Fred (er...make that Wilma (http://www.digiproofs.com/ecom/product_select.pl?select=15914886&p=3XMUz28)) :p


Beth

I feel cheated... this is the best pic of me (blurred in the background - white helmet)

http://www.digiproofs.com/ecom/product_select.pl?select=15928147&p=76scxfU

Here's grasschopper:

http://www.digiproofs.com/ecom/product_select.pl?select=15928160&p=76scxfU

Have you started threads about it in multiple forums? (50+, Clydesdale, General Cycling, Training & Nutrition, regional forums, etc)

I'm shilling for ya in various places:thumb:

I feel cheated... this is the best pic of me (blurred in the background - white helmet)

http://www.digiproofs.com/ecom/product_select.pl?select=15928147&p=76scxfU

Here's grasschopper:

http://www.digiproofs.com/ecom/product_select.pl?select=15928160&p=76scxfU

Nice legs, GC -

Grahny, nice shot :thumb: That dude in the front is just simply a camera hog.

Beth

Nice legs, GC -

Grahny, nice shot :thumb: That dude in the front is just simply a camera hog.

Beth

Um thanks? I can't get their site to let me in here at work...it keeps giving me this message about cookies even though I have them enabled. :mad:

I will check it at home.

Nice legs, GC -

Grahny, nice shot :thumb: That dude in the front is just simply a camera hog.

Beth

lol.... well, I think that tiny bit of yellow behind me is BigRingRide, and as far as I can find that's the best shot him too :).

It was quite the traffic jam right by the only photog I saw...I can't believe they got a reasonable shot of any of us (not that I have seen any of them yet).

It was quite the traffic jam right by the only photog I saw...I can't believe they got a reasonable shot of any of us (not that I have seen any of them yet).

As soon as one of my partners saw the photog ahead, he pulled in front of all of us and managed to get in every shot of our little group. Goober.

:D
Beth

How close to the finish were those photos taken?

How close to the finish were those photos taken?

Fairly close... within 5 miles from the finish if not closer. They were on both sides of the road, just at the top of a small hill.

Um thanks? I can't get their site to let me in here at work...it keeps giving me this message about cookies even though I have them enabled. :mad:

I will check it at home.


Just log into the site with the password (bridge08) and then paste the url's from this thread.

Great...I still look fat. :mad:

So everyone says they can tell I am thinner...the scale says I am lighter...but I still look fat in photos like this.

Top it off with I rode like crap over lunch just now. No power what so ever, crawling up the climbs. :cry:

Time for a salad.

Found it! I think I'm smiling because I was finally passing someone, the guy in yellow.

http://www.digiproofs.com/ecom/product_select.pl?select=15928928&p=793yl20

Here are two more slackers

http://www.digiproofs.com/ecom/product_select.pl?select=15929239&p=8vJESs4

http://www.digiproofs.com/ecom/product_select.pl?select=15929240&p=8vJESs4 (http://www.digiproofs.com/ecom/product_select.pl?select=15929240&p=8vJESs4http://www.digiproofs.com/ecom/product_select.pl?select=15929240&p=8vJESs4)

Found it! I think I'm smiling because I was finally passing someone, the guy in yellow.

http://www.digiproofs.com/ecom/product_select.pl?select=15928928&p=793yl20

Oh come on now...if you averaged 17 mph you were passing people all day long. Don't sell yourself short.

Not the greatest picture of me.

http://www.digiproofs.com/ecom/product_select.pl?select=15928200&p=8s2ClpI

Oh come on now...if you averaged 17 mph you were passing people all day long. Don't sell yourself short.

My heart was pounding pretty rapidly on some of those inclines! I'm sure my huffing and puffing would have sufficed for an "On your left." Those pace lines passing, with no apparent effort, while going uphill sure were humbling.

The passing photo is 2 "next" clicks on the link.

It's fun to put faces to your names, but I still feel cheated for not meeting you!

Great...I still look fat. :mad:

So everyone says they can tell I am thinner...the scale says I am lighter...but I still look fat in photos like this.

Top it off with I rode like crap over lunch just now. No power what so ever, crawling up the climbs. :cry:

Time for a salad.

1. You do not look fat.

2. Make sure that salad includes a little protein, too. :)

Beth

My heart was pounding pretty rapidly on some of those inclines! I'm sure my huffing and puffing would have sufficed for an "On your left." Those pace lines passing, with no apparent effort, while going uphill sure were humbling.

The passing photo is 2 "next" clicks on the link.

It's fun to put faces to your names, but I still feel cheated for not meeting you!

Hey we met at McDonalds before the ride...I was the not bald not clear skinned Bikeforums.net member you met there. :D

Sorry Rich.

Beth - I did...it had a hardboiled egg and a pc of grilled chicken in it. :thumb:

Hey we met at McDonalds before the ride...

... diet Big Mac? :roflmao2:

My heart was pounding pretty rapidly on some of those inclines! I'm sure my huffing and puffing would have sufficed for an "On your left." Those pace lines passing, with no apparent effort, while going uphill sure were humbling.

The passing photo is 2 "next" clicks on the link.

It's fun to put faces to your names, but I still feel cheated for not meeting you!

You'll meet me next year... I never can pass up meeting a pretty BF member.
I might even make myself a new dress for the occasion! :eek:

I knew my legs were white, but dang:

http://www.digiproofs.com/ecom/product_select.pl?select=15927499&p=3AdpM0

You'll meet me next year... I never can pass up meeting a pretty BF member.
I might even make myself a new dress for the occasion! :eek:

Chipster, if that happens next year's ride will have the biggest attendance ever.

And I will personally see to it that there will be chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream there for you.

Beth

I knew my legs were white, but dang:

http://www.digiproofs.com/ecom/product_select.pl?select=15927499&p=3AdpM0

Have you seen higherground lately?

(jk Rich, jk ;))

Beth

... diet Big Mac? :roflmao2:

Touche. Hotcakes and Sausage...but in my defense you need some energy to do 64.5 miles at 19 mph avg. I guarandamnty that I burned off every bit of that breakfast.

What is the deal with $25 for the digital download of the photo? I mean seriously I get a CD from Kreutz photography each year after the Livestrong ride for like $15.

What is the deal with $25 for the digital download of the photo? I mean seriously I get a CD from Kreutz photography each year after the Livestrong ride for like $15.

Once you have the digital image, you can make all the prints you want and they know it. Prints are cheap, a 8x10 is only costs a few dollars including shipping but the photographer still wants to get paid for standing out in the sun for hours and hours on end.

Touche. Hotcakes and Sausage...but in my defense you need some energy to do 64.5 miles at 19 mph avg. I guarandamnty that I burned off every bit of that breakfast.

I had the exact same breakfast at that McDonald's before last year's ride. :o