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04-15-15, 09:10 PM
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04-15-15, 09:12 PM
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04-15-15, 09:15 PM
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04-15-15, 09:19 PM
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04-15-15, 09:19 PM
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Bicycle crashes ruined my elbow
04-15-15, 09:19 PM
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I am wondering whether LoP and I could do the 18 mile loop of Bike Around Clark County on May 2nd on the tandem. It'd be interesting because at the beginning there is a hill, which they refer to as "minor", that I have previously run out of gears on. (24" girl's Schwinn mountain bike. Bah.) I can already tell we'd need better gearing on the tandem to do it plus more hill practice. The scary/exciting part is that, because this is a loop, we would have to ride down the same hill at the end. I have driven down this hill and walked down this hill. I tried to ride down it very early in my cycling career but wimped out because it is so steep. Nevertheless, I have often thought of how exhilarating it would be to ride down this hill for that very reason. Is it completely crazy to be contemplating this sort of ride so soon after taking up the tandem? And how might my life have been different had I fallen under LoP's influence earlier in it?
04-15-15, 09:20 PM
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04-15-15, 09:25 PM
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If it makes you feel any better, my right elbow still hurts from when I crashed my bike back in November. And I cracked my down tube and had to replace my frame. Plus had some weird heart rhythms post-crash and had to wear a heart monitor for a bit.
But on the bright side, I fixed the broken frame and now have a spare. And never had to actually stop riding my bike, so as crashes go, pretty benign, I guess.
Still though, even though **** happens, I really like to ride my bike.
But on the bright side, I fixed the broken frame and now have a spare. And never had to actually stop riding my bike, so as crashes go, pretty benign, I guess.
Still though, even though **** happens, I really like to ride my bike.
04-15-15, 09:27 PM
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Yes, for reasons that baffle me, the place is walled off in its own bubble. Consequently, there are only a dozen or so people who post there. Very cliquish and inbred.
Perhaps because of that, the site police have mostly let the place go. Whereas the 41 is subject to over-moderation, that place has the opposite problem. For a long time, posters got away with blatent copyright violation. Although they finally cracked down on that, they still allow people to start trollish threads on every thing that comes up in the news.
Does a person need to start three or four threads a day? I think not.
Finally, the name calling. This site purports to have rules, yet most are ignored there--unless you report.
In short: open up the forum, moderate the threads, and crack down on trolling/name calling. P&R would get better.
Perhaps because of that, the site police have mostly let the place go. Whereas the 41 is subject to over-moderation, that place has the opposite problem. For a long time, posters got away with blatent copyright violation. Although they finally cracked down on that, they still allow people to start trollish threads on every thing that comes up in the news.
Does a person need to start three or four threads a day? I think not.
Finally, the name calling. This site purports to have rules, yet most are ignored there--unless you report.
In short: open up the forum, moderate the threads, and crack down on trolling/name calling. P&R would get better.
04-15-15, 09:35 PM
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Beautiful pictures @Heathpack.
04-15-15, 10:04 PM
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You could do worse than cycling, I suppose. #Florida
04-15-15, 10:18 PM
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You wouldn't lie about your churches, would you? 'Twould be a difficult thing to determine, but I don't see your godless west coast measuring up. There are several nearby churches that have got to have memberships well north of 1,000. The Catholic Church has a high school, and it's not even the largest one.
04-15-15, 10:24 PM
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I ground my elbow down to the bone, that was two years ago on the 11th. It was my mom's birthday, I surprised her with that. It still bleeds if I hit the scar on something, or especially if I rub it across a desk or rug or whatever. It's really great.
04-15-15, 10:49 PM
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04-15-15, 11:05 PM
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In my case, it has to be cycling. I was a confirmed couch potato until I found the bike some years ago, and I looked it, as well as probably starting down the road to an early demise. I'm very happy where I am now!
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04-15-15, 11:05 PM
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Ok, that's officially worse than mine. I just jammed my elbow (amongst other things). It was a big impact but it truthfully didn't really hurt that much. I remember seeing the crash unfold, knowing it was going to be gnarly and then being a bit surprised at how little it hurt, which was pure 100% luck. Magic Bike took one for the team that day.
I replace my chains often now
04-15-15, 11:08 PM
#1945
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Rode Carmel Valley today. Possibly the most beautiful route I have ever ridden, fills me with a sense of gratitude. More later, but here's a pic of me towards the end on the last climb. Fat black glossy cows and beautiful grassy fields, the entire 40 mile ride was filled with stuff like this.
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04-15-15, 11:12 PM
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Haha. Me? I look forward when I swooping into a parking lot now. Not backward like an idiot.
04-16-15, 12:30 AM
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Yes, for reasons that baffle me, the place is walled off in its own bubble. Consequently, there are only a dozen or so people who post there. Very cliquish and inbred.
Perhaps because of that, the site police have mostly let the place go. Whereas the 41 is subject to over-moderation, that place has the opposite problem. For a long time, posters got away with blatent copyright violation. Although they finally cracked down on that, they still allow people to start trollish threads on every thing that comes up in the news.
Does a person need to start three or four threads a day? I think not.
Finally, the name calling. This site purports to have rules, yet most are ignored there--unless you report.
In short: open up the forum, moderate the threads, and crack down on trolling/name calling. P&R would get better.
Perhaps because of that, the site police have mostly let the place go. Whereas the 41 is subject to over-moderation, that place has the opposite problem. For a long time, posters got away with blatent copyright violation. Although they finally cracked down on that, they still allow people to start trollish threads on every thing that comes up in the news.
Does a person need to start three or four threads a day? I think not.
Finally, the name calling. This site purports to have rules, yet most are ignored there--unless you report.
In short: open up the forum, moderate the threads, and crack down on trolling/name calling. P&R would get better.
Nobody wants P+R to "get better", you adorable young curmudgeon. If they did, it would. It was mainly the recently deceased former Administrator who kept it as his personal zoo and experiment in social order. Even a brief review of the history of that place ought to tell you that.
The rest of your response seems to indicate you agree with my analysis "because trolling", so i don't know what else to say. This is a bike forum. It belongs to a corporate entity, Internet Brands, and they use it for advertising revenues. Were the thing to be opened up as you suggest, they would quickly get rid of it, because it would cost them money when people were put off and the page views dropped. Don't assume a bicycle cycle forum requires a P+R section just because it's been there for a while.
04-16-15, 12:31 AM
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04-16-15, 03:36 AM
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Why is 'r e d d i t' banned? It's a website, not a dirty word... How can that even be construed as a no-no? ******
