Carbo-loading IV
08-11-15, 10:09 AM
#51
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Ellensburg,WA
Posts: 3,179
Bikes: Schwinn Broadway, Specialized Secteur Sport(crashed) Spec. Roubaix Sport, Spec. Crux
Mentioned: 7 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 179 Post(s)
Liked 167 Times
in
83 Posts
What is with all the snark in this forum lately?
In other news my Garmin 510 has taken a ****; has forgot bike profiles, had a bad drive warning the other day when I connected it to the laptop. Guess it is time to ship it off for service for the cost of $79 plus tax.
In other news my Garmin 510 has taken a ****; has forgot bike profiles, had a bad drive warning the other day when I connected it to the laptop. Guess it is time to ship it off for service for the cost of $79 plus tax.
__________________
Sir Mark, Knight of Sufferlandria
Sir Mark, Knight of Sufferlandria
08-11-15, 10:38 AM
#52
got the climbing bug
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: San Diego
Posts: 10,204
Bikes: one for everything
Mentioned: 82 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 632 Post(s)
Liked 908 Times
in
273 Posts
lol I thought you said shark
__________________
Rule #10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster.
Rule #10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster.
08-11-15, 10:52 AM
#53
SuperGimp
Here's my contribution to forum shark.
Caught the little dude off the panhandle of Florida. He made it back into the ocean but I wasn't willing to argue about extracting the hook from him.
Caught the little dude off the panhandle of Florida. He made it back into the ocean but I wasn't willing to argue about extracting the hook from him.
08-11-15, 11:04 AM
#54
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Ellensburg,WA
Posts: 3,179
Bikes: Schwinn Broadway, Specialized Secteur Sport(crashed) Spec. Roubaix Sport, Spec. Crux
Mentioned: 7 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 179 Post(s)
Liked 167 Times
in
83 Posts
Oh how fun! like to hook either on a fly rod.
__________________
Sir Mark, Knight of Sufferlandria
Sir Mark, Knight of Sufferlandria
08-11-15, 11:14 AM
#55
Just Plain Slow
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Santa Clarita, CA
Posts: 6,026
Bikes: Lynskey R230
Mentioned: 40 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 297 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 5 Times
in
5 Posts
Lot's of new members that don't realize what this forum is all about. There are rarely reported posts to the mod team from our little community, but lately, C/A is taking up quite a bit of everyone's time. It all started when word got out that an open conversation about FGAA was happening here.
08-11-15, 06:39 PM
#56
Just Plain Slow
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Santa Clarita, CA
Posts: 6,026
Bikes: Lynskey R230
Mentioned: 40 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 297 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 5 Times
in
5 Posts
So, in thinking about recent threads, and then looking at my Strava, I've now put a "whopping" 3,000.6 miles on my bike since 2012. Just for fun, and because it's a slow day at work, I googled the distance between Fisherman's Warf and the Statue of Liberty. It's 2,907 miles. So, I've ridden enough miles to cross the country. Or, another way to look at, I'm almost from the Santa Monica pier to Martha's Vineyard. Or further than Pearl Harbor to Las Vegas. That's pretty cool.
Then I had to go look at other people's mileages. Yah. I need to ride more!
Then I had to go look at other people's mileages. Yah. I need to ride more!
Last edited by PhotoJoe; 08-11-15 at 06:50 PM.
08-11-15, 10:15 PM
#57
Keepin it Wheel
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: San Diego
Posts: 10,244
Bikes: Surly CrossCheck, Krampus
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 26 Post(s)
Liked 3,417 Times
in
2,526 Posts
I know, right? This forum is full of 10Kmi/year beasts! I just recently passed 9000 mi on my odometer, which is 2 1/2 years of full-time commuting plus a few years of recreational riding before that.
08-11-15, 10:34 PM
#58
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Ellensburg,WA
Posts: 3,179
Bikes: Schwinn Broadway, Specialized Secteur Sport(crashed) Spec. Roubaix Sport, Spec. Crux
Mentioned: 7 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 179 Post(s)
Liked 167 Times
in
83 Posts
Whateva...... you do what you can do. No matter how many you ride there will always be those that have went farther. Should you ride more, perhaps but then I should as well....
Its not the number that matters but the adventure that takes place while those numbers are forming that really matters.
Its not the number that matters but the adventure that takes place while those numbers are forming that really matters.
__________________
Sir Mark, Knight of Sufferlandria
Sir Mark, Knight of Sufferlandria
08-11-15, 10:38 PM
#59
SuperGimp
Year to date: 2,354.8 mi
I need to ride more too. I've been decidedly lazy the last couple weeks. I know there are people who ride way more (cough blackwallnut cough) and those who don't but that's not important to me. Being less lazy is.
I need to ride more too. I've been decidedly lazy the last couple weeks. I know there are people who ride way more (cough blackwallnut cough) and those who don't but that's not important to me. Being less lazy is.
08-11-15, 11:11 PM
#60
Just Keep Pedaling
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Lakewood, CA
Posts: 3,355
Bikes: 99 Schwinn Mesa GS MTB, 15 Trek Domane 5.9 Dura-Ace, 17 Trek Emonda SL6 Pro & 18 Bianchi Vigorelli
Mentioned: 30 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 251 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 67 Times
in
34 Posts
Carbo-loading IV
All time per Strava I'm at 10,600 miles.
This year 1900 miles so far.
My best year was when I was unemployed in 2013 when I managed 4000 miles.
This year 1900 miles so far.
My best year was when I was unemployed in 2013 when I managed 4000 miles.
08-11-15, 11:15 PM
#61
Just Keep Pedaling
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Lakewood, CA
Posts: 3,355
Bikes: 99 Schwinn Mesa GS MTB, 15 Trek Domane 5.9 Dura-Ace, 17 Trek Emonda SL6 Pro & 18 Bianchi Vigorelli
Mentioned: 30 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 251 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 67 Times
in
34 Posts
Carbo-loading IV
And I too would like to be less lazy. Been hard to get in a riding rhythm since I had three trips to Washington State since finishing ALC 2015. Brother's wedding the weekend after I got done, my godfathers memorial a few weeks after that and family reunion on my moms side a few weeks after that. I've ridden 5 times since finishing ALC
08-12-15, 04:52 AM
#62
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 39,221
Mentioned: 211 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 18404 Post(s)
Liked 15,496 Times
in
7,318 Posts
08-12-15, 05:01 AM
#63
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 39,221
Mentioned: 211 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 18404 Post(s)
Liked 15,496 Times
in
7,318 Posts
Speaking of animals, I saw this during a ride a few weeks ago in New Jersey:
Checked Facebook this morning. I had a message from a friend who I went to law school with. Her ex-hausband and father of her two daughters was the hiker who was recently killed and partially consumed by at least one bear while hiking in Yellowstone.
Checked Facebook this morning. I had a message from a friend who I went to law school with. Her ex-hausband and father of her two daughters was the hiker who was recently killed and partially consumed by at least one bear while hiking in Yellowstone.
08-12-15, 08:41 AM
#64
Just Keep Pedaling
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Lakewood, CA
Posts: 3,355
Bikes: 99 Schwinn Mesa GS MTB, 15 Trek Domane 5.9 Dura-Ace, 17 Trek Emonda SL6 Pro & 18 Bianchi Vigorelli
Mentioned: 30 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 251 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 67 Times
in
34 Posts
Speaking of animals, I saw this during a ride a few weeks ago in New Jersey:
Checked Facebook this morning. I had a message from a friend who I went to law school with. Her ex-hausband and father of her two daughters was the hiker who was recently killed and partially consumed by at least one bear while hiking in Yellowstone.
Checked Facebook this morning. I had a message from a friend who I went to law school with. Her ex-hausband and father of her two daughters was the hiker who was recently killed and partially consumed by at least one bear while hiking in Yellowstone.
08-12-15, 11:15 AM
#65
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 39,221
Mentioned: 211 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 18404 Post(s)
Liked 15,496 Times
in
7,318 Posts
If we want to be among nature we should not retaliate when there are negative consequences.
At least four people have been seriously injured by buffalo in Yellowstone N.P. this year. (Injuries and deaths from Buffalo are a more common occurrence in the park.) Wonder if the NPS took similar action with respect to those animals.
08-12-15, 04:46 PM
#66
SuperGimp
Alright, two flats and 1 wrecked tire in the last week has left me with no spares and I have a century on Saturday. I pilfered one tube from my wife's bike and I took the extraordinary step of actually trying to patch the two tubes that leaked on me this week.
For reasons that I don't understand, and despite having patched tubes about a million times in the past, I have only really successfully patched one tube in the last two years. The patches don't hold, I put the patch just to the side of the leak (gah!) or whatever.
Two tubes resting in the chair next to me, patches applied. I'm trying to work up the courage to inflate them and see what's what. I'll have to go to a LBS and *gasp* pay full price for some spares if they don't hold.
For reasons that I don't understand, and despite having patched tubes about a million times in the past, I have only really successfully patched one tube in the last two years. The patches don't hold, I put the patch just to the side of the leak (gah!) or whatever.
Two tubes resting in the chair next to me, patches applied. I'm trying to work up the courage to inflate them and see what's what. I'll have to go to a LBS and *gasp* pay full price for some spares if they don't hold.
08-12-15, 05:06 PM
#67
Just Plain Slow
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Santa Clarita, CA
Posts: 6,026
Bikes: Lynskey R230
Mentioned: 40 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 297 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 5 Times
in
5 Posts
Alright, two flats and 1 wrecked tire in the last week has left me with no spares and I have a century on Saturday. I pilfered one tube from my wife's bike and I took the extraordinary step of actually trying to patch the two tubes that leaked on me this week.
For reasons that I don't understand, and despite having patched tubes about a million times in the past, I have only really successfully patched one tube in the last two years. The patches don't hold, I put the patch just to the side of the leak (gah!) or whatever.
Two tubes resting in the chair next to me, patches applied. I'm trying to work up the courage to inflate them and see what's what. I'll have to go to a LBS and *gasp* pay full price for some spares if they don't hold.
For reasons that I don't understand, and despite having patched tubes about a million times in the past, I have only really successfully patched one tube in the last two years. The patches don't hold, I put the patch just to the side of the leak (gah!) or whatever.
Two tubes resting in the chair next to me, patches applied. I'm trying to work up the courage to inflate them and see what's what. I'll have to go to a LBS and *gasp* pay full price for some spares if they don't hold.
08-12-15, 05:41 PM
#68
SuperGimp
Well, one held, so that's a win. The other one (which was a massive, immediate blowout)... well, apparently it has a couple more large holes as well, so I donated that one to the landfill.
2 tubes for Saturday unless my bad luck continues tonight!
08-13-15, 08:33 AM
#69
SuperGimp
I see Stanley Steemer has been by. What's the warranty on keeping things clean anyway?
08-13-15, 11:46 AM
#70
Senior Member
Having not ridden recently and with a century ride this weekend I thought it would be a good idea to get a ride in yesterday afternoon.
It's nice when the sweat evaporates before it has a chance to exit your pores. My jersey was as fresh as when I put it on and my sunglasses never fogged up
Check out my 23.3 mi Ride on Strava: Bike Ride Profile | PM desert ride near Indio | Times and Records | Strava
It's nice when the sweat evaporates before it has a chance to exit your pores. My jersey was as fresh as when I put it on and my sunglasses never fogged up
Check out my 23.3 mi Ride on Strava: Bike Ride Profile | PM desert ride near Indio | Times and Records | Strava
08-19-15, 11:02 AM
#73
Just Plain Slow
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Santa Clarita, CA
Posts: 6,026
Bikes: Lynskey R230
Mentioned: 40 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 297 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 5 Times
in
5 Posts
I have a sales call very near the SART tomorrow. That's just wrong. To be that close, and not be able to go ride. 
And before anyone suggests that I just go ride afterwards, the meeting won't end until about 9pm, and there ain't no way I'm riding there...then.
And before anyone suggests that I just go ride afterwards, the meeting won't end until about 9pm, and there ain't no way I'm riding there...then.
08-19-15, 12:36 PM
#75
Just Plain Slow
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Santa Clarita, CA
Posts: 6,026
Bikes: Lynskey R230
Mentioned: 40 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 297 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 5 Times
in
5 Posts
You are so right. And you're starting to sound like @TrojanHorse.