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09-28-15, 06:26 AM
#2576
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Funny thing is it started being about carbon rupture and morphed into rapture. Let that be a lesson to you. WUT?
09-28-15, 07:09 AM
#2579
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Thats when all the destroyed carbon frames rise into the sky, the clouds unfurl with a trumpets blare and a chorus singing Holy, Holy, Holy and they arise, not as broken and imperfect carbon frames, but as the pristine beauties they were meant to be.
09-28-15, 07:12 AM
#2580
Senior Member
Well the natural beauty of clouds, even obstructing clouds, certainly rises over the fodder of 41.
Fodder of 41, kind of like that....I feel a poem coming on.
Fodder of 41, kind of like that....I feel a poem coming on.
09-28-15, 07:15 AM
#2583
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Doing the lake front trail, from Northwestern doun to south 81 and back is a spectacularly beautiful ride....if, and this is a very big if, if done with the rising of the sun. Otherwise the mup crowds will obliterate any beauty to be had.
09-28-15, 07:19 AM
#2585
Senior Member
Once you get in synch though...what a blast. So fast with another decent rider, like a perfect pace line.
09-28-15, 07:19 AM
#2586
Vain, But Lacking Talent
Yeah, I'm walking away from that train wreck now. Lazyass is one of the most dense creatures I've encountered. He keeps making these illogical statements after multiple attempts to correct his logic. He's a lost cause.
09-28-15, 07:29 AM
#2587
Vain, But Lacking Talent
So yeah, a fun time on the group gravel/road ride. I was under the impression that it was roughly a 20 mile route, but the ride leader for the 20 mile had it the whiskey too hard the night before. 
He was a wreck, and just trailing the tail of the group the whole way. So I ended up with a group that was shooting for 30 miles. I think they were going to ride back to the bar and/or the shop, but another guy on the ride lived near me and led me back to my neck of the woods. I ended up with over 33 miles and, embarrassingly, this was the first week I'd managed over 100 miles in a long, long time.
One of the highlights was a section of closed road that we took. It was this tiny little single lane gravel road that was blocked off at either end. I knew about it and had glanced at it on google earth. I figured we would stop and step over/around the fence or something. Well, I was with people who had ridden it quite a bit, and this lady in the front of the group just went up this path around the gate, which leads you right into bombing down this big drop straight into some chunky, gnarly rocks.
It wasn't a situation I could suddenly slow down, so I had to roll with it and just hope for the best. And then, at the very end, I had to stop right before the gravel to concrete connection because there was only a tiny ~1 foot sliver of the connection that wasn't a huge hole. So I managed to stop (no discs...) and made sure the couple of riders behind me hit the right mark. It was super tiny, to the left, and you HAD to ride through a bushy tree branch to make it.
But yeah, the Crockett is properly filthy now. I'll have to give it a bath tonight and switch back to road tires for the commute.
He was a wreck, and just trailing the tail of the group the whole way. So I ended up with a group that was shooting for 30 miles. I think they were going to ride back to the bar and/or the shop, but another guy on the ride lived near me and led me back to my neck of the woods. I ended up with over 33 miles and, embarrassingly, this was the first week I'd managed over 100 miles in a long, long time.One of the highlights was a section of closed road that we took. It was this tiny little single lane gravel road that was blocked off at either end. I knew about it and had glanced at it on google earth. I figured we would stop and step over/around the fence or something. Well, I was with people who had ridden it quite a bit, and this lady in the front of the group just went up this path around the gate, which leads you right into bombing down this big drop straight into some chunky, gnarly rocks.
It wasn't a situation I could suddenly slow down, so I had to roll with it and just hope for the best. And then, at the very end, I had to stop right before the gravel to concrete connection because there was only a tiny ~1 foot sliver of the connection that wasn't a huge hole. So I managed to stop (no discs...) and made sure the couple of riders behind me hit the right mark. It was super tiny, to the left, and you HAD to ride through a bushy tree branch to make it.But yeah, the Crockett is properly filthy now. I'll have to give it a bath tonight and switch back to road tires for the commute.
09-28-15, 07:40 AM
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09-28-15, 07:46 AM
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So yeah, a fun time on the group gravel/road ride. I was under the impression that it was roughly a 20 mile route, but the ride leader for the 20 mile had it the whiskey too hard the night before. He was a wreck, and just trailing the tail of the group the whole way. So I ended up with a group that was shooting for 30 miles. I think they were going to ride back to the bar and/or the shop, but another guy on the ride lived near me and led me back to my neck of the woods. I ended up with over 33 miles and, embarrassingly, this was the first week I'd managed over 100 miles in a long, long time.
One of the highlights was a section of closed road that we took. It was this tiny little single lane gravel road that was blocked off at either end. I knew about it and had glanced at it on google earth. I figured we would stop and step over/around the fence or something. Well, I was with people who had ridden it quite a bit, and this lady in the front of the group just went up this path around the gate, which leads you right into bombing down this big drop straight into some chunky, gnarly rocks. It wasn't a situation I could suddenly slow down, so I had to roll with it and just hope for the best. And then, at the very end, I had to stop right before the gravel to concrete connection because there was only a tiny ~1 foot sliver of the connection that wasn't a huge hole. So I managed to stop (no discs...) and made sure the couple of riders behind me hit the right mark. It was super tiny, to the left, and you HAD to ride through a bushy tree branch to make it.
But yeah, the Crockett is properly filthy now. I'll have to give it a bath tonight and switch back to road tires for the commute.
He was a wreck, and just trailing the tail of the group the whole way. So I ended up with a group that was shooting for 30 miles. I think they were going to ride back to the bar and/or the shop, but another guy on the ride lived near me and led me back to my neck of the woods. I ended up with over 33 miles and, embarrassingly, this was the first week I'd managed over 100 miles in a long, long time.One of the highlights was a section of closed road that we took. It was this tiny little single lane gravel road that was blocked off at either end. I knew about it and had glanced at it on google earth. I figured we would stop and step over/around the fence or something. Well, I was with people who had ridden it quite a bit, and this lady in the front of the group just went up this path around the gate, which leads you right into bombing down this big drop straight into some chunky, gnarly rocks.
It wasn't a situation I could suddenly slow down, so I had to roll with it and just hope for the best. And then, at the very end, I had to stop right before the gravel to concrete connection because there was only a tiny ~1 foot sliver of the connection that wasn't a huge hole. So I managed to stop (no discs...) and made sure the couple of riders behind me hit the right mark. It was super tiny, to the left, and you HAD to ride through a bushy tree branch to make it.But yeah, the Crockett is properly filthy now. I'll have to give it a bath tonight and switch back to road tires for the commute.
09-28-15, 07:47 AM
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09-28-15, 08:03 AM
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09-28-15, 08:13 AM
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I wish I had more time to explore, but was crunched for time and did the normal touristy route on the mup. I could see the pedestrian traffic from my hotel room and knew it would be a cluster f***, but was still gorgeous with some great weather. Must say, Vancouver is a beautiful area. Each time I visit I hate to leave.
09-28-15, 08:21 AM
#2596
Vain, But Lacking Talent
Regarding the gravel ride: I'll try to get back to those roads solo one weekend so I can stop and take some pics. Particularly of the crazy section so you can all see it and say, "Eh, that's not so bad, you wuss."
I did find out that I'm genuinely scared of gravel. Especially downhill. I'm sure getting some more experience will help, but it was a little hairy from my perspective.
I did find out that I'm genuinely scared of gravel. Especially downhill. I'm sure getting some more experience will help, but it was a little hairy from my perspective.
09-28-15, 08:22 AM
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Consequently, @BillyD is it possible to set up a filter that would recognize when someone was anti-carbon and it would lock them out of every subforum except for C&V? One can dream.
To each his own, that's my philosophy.
#carbonrupture as well.
Good one.
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09-28-15, 08:30 AM
#2598
Vain, But Lacking Talent
Heh heh heh, you're talking to the wrong person. I'm an anti-carbon zealot myself, just not an activist. I believe people have their own personal reasons for riding carbon, and just make the decision to ignore the safety concerns I'm convinced are inherent therein. Therefore, I don't see the point in wasting my time arguing with them about it, and trust they also see the futility in arguing with ME.
To each his own, that's my philosophy.
To each his own, that's my philosophy.
I totally get not wanting to ride a carbon frame and honestly, the only reason I'm super comfortable with my bike is because I'm the ONLY person who has ever wrenched on/ridden it. I just take offense when someone deliberately ignores any line of dialogue, picks one or two examples out of a sample of thousands, and picks and chooses what they quote. I mean, did he ever acknowledge the fact that Hincapie's steerer was alloy?
I think it comes down to a customer I had in the shop one day who didn't like to wear helmets. We ONLY mentioned it because he was buying a bike and we offer 10% off of accessories on the day of bike purchase. I don't care if you don't want to wear a helmet, just don't give me all your half baked theories on why wearing a helmet is bad and more likely to cause injury. Just say, "No thanks." It was seriously a ten minute diatribe he gave us on the subject. We all just nodded and smile, took his money, and said "Thanks! Come again!"
09-28-15, 08:37 AM
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I think it morphed away from strictly a Hincappie discussion into a more generalized #carbonrupture discussion, therefore the alloy post was moot. Personally I see the alloy post as just an attempt to win the argument in THIS thread. To ME, the overall case and evidence against CF is irrefutable . . . "Play at your own risk", "To each his own", "You're a big boy, make your own decisions", and all that.
Guys just like to argue on the internet is all it boils down to.
Guys just like to argue on the internet is all it boils down to.
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09-28-15, 08:46 AM
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...the best thing by far about cabron fiber reinforced plastic bicycle cycles is their entertainment value. #thankyoudougieJesus
...the best thing by far about cabron fiber reinforced plastic bicycle cycles is their entertainment value.
#thankyoudougieJesus
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