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09-13-10, 02:34 PM
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09-13-10, 02:36 PM
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09-13-10, 02:43 PM
Has coddling tendencies.
09-13-10, 02:45 PM
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If you paid attention, you'd know that I live smack dab in the middle of one of SoCal's vaunted climbing regions. Even with close to 5k feet of climbing for the day, I was less than 10 miles away from home most of the day. Carrying an unnecessary 200 gram pump would have just slowed me down.
09-13-10, 02:54 PM
Has coddling tendencies.
Pump - pff, pff, pff, pff, pff, pff, pff ad nauseum for 10 minutes until tire is inflated enough to not cause a pinch flat.
CO2 - pffff. The entire process is over and done with in 5 seconds, with 90 psi of rolling magic.
09-13-10, 02:56 PM
Has coddling tendencies.
09-13-10, 03:04 PM
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Uh-oh.
They say there are actually elite master's racers are in this bunch. What a slap in the face to all the clean hard working masters competitors, some of whom frequent this thread. I know how hard some of you guys train, I believe most in the amateurs are clean, and it sucks that they have to compete with dopers. Particularly on the amateur side of this sport. It's easier for me to wrap my head around on the pro sports side. But for guys with jobs and families who don't do this for money, well, cheating on that level is just the pits of humanity. I fully understand gsteinb's anger about this topic on that score.
They say there are actually elite master's racers are in this bunch. What a slap in the face to all the clean hard working masters competitors, some of whom frequent this thread. I know how hard some of you guys train, I believe most in the amateurs are clean, and it sucks that they have to compete with dopers. Particularly on the amateur side of this sport. It's easier for me to wrap my head around on the pro sports side. But for guys with jobs and families who don't do this for money, well, cheating on that level is just the pits of humanity. I fully understand gsteinb's anger about this topic on that score.
Check the Cat 3 field while you're at it.
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09-13-10, 03:04 PM
Has coddling tendencies.
botto, umd and ridethecliche, the Three Fred Amigos of Velo Correctness.
09-13-10, 03:10 PM
Making a kilometer blurry
Here's the difference between most pocket carry pumps and a properly functioning CO2 system:
Pump - pff, pff, pff, pff, pff, pff, pff ad nauseum for 10 minutes until tire is inflated enough to not cause a pinch flat.
CO2 - pffff. The entire process is over and done with in 5 seconds, with 90 psi of rolling magic.
Pump - pff, pff, pff, pff, pff, pff, pff ad nauseum for 10 minutes until tire is inflated enough to not cause a pinch flat.
CO2 - pffff. The entire process is over and done with in 5 seconds, with 90 psi of rolling magic.
One thing I hate, is errands. Buying cartridges is an errand in a store I'd never otherwise walk into, and makes me hate the CO2 solution without other consideration. Aside from that, I'd have to carry a pump anyway in case I ran out of air.
09-13-10, 03:12 PM
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09-13-10, 03:41 PM
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09-13-10, 03:46 PM
Has coddling tendencies.
Alternate retort: But not Pcad.
p.s. Just know that if you ever find your way out west, you'd be treated royally. As well as be put to some tests.
09-13-10, 03:55 PM
Has coddling tendencies.
You need to try it with a real pump. HPX or RoadMorph. It does take 100 strokes (less than a minute -- even faster if you're still single or in a bad marriage), but you can get it up over 140psi with either pump. CO2 is faster (on the ride).
One thing I hate, is errands. Buying cartridges is an errand in a store I'd never otherwise walk into, and makes me hate the CO2 solution without other consideration. Aside from that, I'd have to carry a pump anyway in case I ran out of air.
One thing I hate, is errands. Buying cartridges is an errand in a store I'd never otherwise walk into, and makes me hate the CO2 solution without other consideration. Aside from that, I'd have to carry a pump anyway in case I ran out of air.
Can we please talk about Sub being stranded and begging for a spare tube along the road?
09-13-10, 04:03 PM
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serum Iron was 195 btw
09-13-10, 04:08 PM
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09-13-10, 04:16 PM
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Well, since I don't have such great values for Hematocrit (43.5) and Hemoglobin (14.8) I figure I should probably do a full iron panel. Hemochromatosis is a possibility, especially considering that I have not been feeling all that great lately. Apparently it could also mean deficiencies in B-12 or Folate.
serum Iron was 195 btw
serum Iron was 195 btw
09-13-10, 04:17 PM
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Damn, girls shopping at whole foods are cute. I should come here more often.
09-13-10, 04:42 PM
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+1 on 43 being high-normal. Training will bring it down significantly, even if you're normally at a high level.
I'd test at 47-49 much of the time (which just goes to prove hematocrit doesn't mean diddly in the scheme of things), but when I wasn't working and riding more, I was at 46 or something and thought something was wrong.
Now I don't have excuses to get physicals so I have no idea what my hematocrit is.
Unless you're doing something weird, the iron/hct are related/correlated.
cdr
I'd test at 47-49 much of the time (which just goes to prove hematocrit doesn't mean diddly in the scheme of things), but when I wasn't working and riding more, I was at 46 or something and thought something was wrong.
Now I don't have excuses to get physicals so I have no idea what my hematocrit is.
Unless you're doing something weird, the iron/hct are related/correlated.
cdr
09-13-10, 04:48 PM
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I like to sit on a rock and eat chips.
09-13-10, 05:08 PM
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Better than what I'm doing now...
09-13-10, 05:25 PM
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09-13-10, 05:39 PM
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I just raked my arm wound against a metal computer case and reopened it pretty bad. There was a huge hunk of skin and scab hung on the corner of the case. I laid on the floor bleeding and my daughter brought me a dirty dish rag.