Carbo-Loading VII
11-08-15, 10:43 AM
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Getting ready for the second day of CX in Coeur d'Alene Idaho.
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11-09-15, 06:47 AM
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You sir, provided a service.
11-09-15, 09:44 AM
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11-09-15, 10:27 AM
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Speaking of which, brand new chain... and I had rookie tattoos all over both legs by mile 24. How does a chain even GET that dirty in 24 miles?
11-09-15, 11:21 AM
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Ha, almost did it again on Saturday. I don't recall if the regular RD has that same little pin in the middle of the two little carbon fiber arms around the follower wheel thingys, but the Wifli certainly does.
Speaking of which, brand new chain... and I had rookie tattoos all over both legs by mile 24. How does a chain even GET that dirty in 24 miles?
Speaking of which, brand new chain... and I had rookie tattoos all over both legs by mile 24. How does a chain even GET that dirty in 24 miles?
Riding it backwards there son?
11-09-15, 11:49 AM
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I had the bike facing backwards to catch all the people coming up the hill on the ol' Go Pro.
I pretty much caught flak from everybody on the ride.
I pretty much caught flak from everybody on the ride.
11-09-15, 12:04 PM
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do you have one of the new cube go pros?
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Rule #10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster.
Rule #10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster.
but at the required 100mm drop from the seat to the top of the bars @
11-09-15, 05:29 PM
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that's why I cheated and got a felt w/ a 140 ht on a 56 frame 
stuff is down in the 29er country head tube length
I do still miss my old cannondale so I had to get their MTB with the wacky but awesome lefty fork to make it up
stuff is down in the 29er country head tube length I do still miss my old cannondale so I had to get their MTB with the wacky but awesome lefty fork to make it up
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Rule #10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster.
Rule #10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster.
, so I should be good to go! 
11-09-15, 09:42 PM
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Not much to write about. Riding hard but too slow and fat to even be competitive. I'm finishing races and staying safe doing it. Each race in the smaller series is mostly just an all out skills practice. Sure having a great time doing it though and that really is the point.
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11-09-15, 11:33 PM
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So I got something from the local scout troop that I thought you might find interesting. We have a thing in town called the Paradox Hybrid Walnut tree and it's the logo for the local troop (or one of them)
The tree was planted in 1907 by George Weinshank, an agricultural teacher at the Whittier State School (now the Nelles School) in what was believed to be an agricultural experiment through the University of California, Department of Agriculture. The tree is an unusual cross between the Black and English Walnut and is believed to be one of a kind. The experiment was an attempt to develop a commercial variety of walnut suitable to the Whittier area, but was deemed a failure since the tree did not bear fruit suitable for commercial viability. Nonetheless, the tree continued to flourish. With the threat of destruction from highway construction, local groups fought to save the tree and to allow for its placement in a parkway strip."
Hopefully the BBS software will shrink the tree pic down but it's unlikely it will improve the terrible image quality. Still, kind of a weird story you didn't need to hear.
The tree was planted in 1907 by George Weinshank, an agricultural teacher at the Whittier State School (now the Nelles School) in what was believed to be an agricultural experiment through the University of California, Department of Agriculture. The tree is an unusual cross between the Black and English Walnut and is believed to be one of a kind. The experiment was an attempt to develop a commercial variety of walnut suitable to the Whittier area, but was deemed a failure since the tree did not bear fruit suitable for commercial viability. Nonetheless, the tree continued to flourish. With the threat of destruction from highway construction, local groups fought to save the tree and to allow for its placement in a parkway strip."
Hopefully the BBS software will shrink the tree pic down but it's unlikely it will improve the terrible image quality. Still, kind of a weird story you didn't need to hear.
11-10-15, 07:38 AM
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So I got something from the local scout troop that I thought you might find interesting. We have a thing in town called the Paradox Hybrid Walnut tree and it's the logo for the local troop (or one of them)
The tree was planted in 1907 by George Weinshank, an agricultural teacher at the Whittier State School (now the Nelles School) in what was believed to be an agricultural experiment through the University of California, Department of Agriculture. The tree is an unusual cross between the Black and English Walnut and is believed to be one of a kind. The experiment was an attempt to develop a commercial variety of walnut suitable to the Whittier area, but was deemed a failure since the tree did not bear fruit suitable for commercial viability. Nonetheless, the tree continued to flourish. With the threat of destruction from highway construction, local groups fought to save the tree and to allow for its placement in a parkway strip."
Hopefully the BBS software will shrink the tree pic down but it's unlikely it will improve the terrible image quality. Still, kind of a weird story you didn't need to hear.
The tree was planted in 1907 by George Weinshank, an agricultural teacher at the Whittier State School (now the Nelles School) in what was believed to be an agricultural experiment through the University of California, Department of Agriculture. The tree is an unusual cross between the Black and English Walnut and is believed to be one of a kind. The experiment was an attempt to develop a commercial variety of walnut suitable to the Whittier area, but was deemed a failure since the tree did not bear fruit suitable for commercial viability. Nonetheless, the tree continued to flourish. With the threat of destruction from highway construction, local groups fought to save the tree and to allow for its placement in a parkway strip."
Hopefully the BBS software will shrink the tree pic down but it's unlikely it will improve the terrible image quality. Still, kind of a weird story you didn't need to hear.
Too funny
Cool looking tree but then you have those sticks with bushes on the tops. They ain't right
11-10-15, 10:22 AM
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SuperGimp
California drivers... not good. But in all fairness, when you're passing somebody on the right going 70 in a 35, sometimes you nail the curb. It just happens.
