Velo Gator

Oscar wins.

ls01

I rode 50 miles today and had 3 seperate incidents with motorists. IDK why. Ijust dont understand why it is such a big deal to people to share the road. The last guy,we talked, said that just because it legal doesnt meen I should. wtf. So much for a free country.
People are such a pain in the ass.

Velo Vol 

A guy at church is a Lions fan. He seems pretty accepting of his fate as a perpetual cellar dweller. I kid him about it from time to time.

ls01

Well.... there you go, that wasnt hard after all.

ls01

Yeah, I know people like that too, I dont get that mentality, does he flog himself ( not that kind of flog) too?

coasting 

i love quiet roads like that. I bet you can ride for ages without any car coming along.

ls01

For years I was a hockey fan, not the stupid excuse for a game they made it today, but the old time hockey. going to the Joe....watching an original 6 matchup was friggin awesome. Anyway, the wings didnt have much of a chance, but they had potential. You still got a sence that the management was working on improving the team. Not the bottom line.
Now the new P.C. rules, no fighting, shoot outs. Meh, who need it.

Edit: sorry lost my train

anyways, you dont get that sence with the lions. They fill the stadium, why spend the money on talent? who care we are making money. for them its a buisness and thats all. They run the same media play every year, its predictable and tired.

Velo Vol 

No, I ask him if the Lions are about to turn it around and he has a nice chuckle about it.

coasting 

i don't understand sports fans in general. why follow a team that is never going to win?

Velo Vol 

Now, double :facepalm:

coasting 

i don' get it.

Velo Vol 

Obviously.

ls01

I have a reletive who is an absolute rabid Lions fan. Every year its the same old stuff. Then when it all falls apart he is morose and depressed for weeks. Its even worseif they get knocked out of contention early,. Then he doesnt know how to act, should he watch? whats the point? Am I still a fan if I dont watch? Mind numbing.

Just2View

Sorry about the noobyness, I'm new to road cycling, but...
Well, I was thinking about getting a new cycling computer that measures cadence as well, but you make it sound unneccessary.
Do you think it is very important to know your cadence as a beginner? I'm not sure what my average cadence is right now, but if
I don't really need this kind of info, I could save a few bucks on my next computer.

Thanks in advance (and sorry if this is kind of off topic at this point in the thread).

ls01

Holy crap. Tulex lied!!!!! Razor is still alive. Tulex said you were put to sleep.

coasting 

nothing is off topic here.

I would say it is more important to know your cadence when you are starting. I always felt my cadence was higher than it really was until i recently got a computer with cadence. Now that I have seen what the right cadence feels like i probably dont need it.

ls01

For just riding around it is pretty unneccessary. You can do the same thing by counting your strokes for 15 seconds and multiply by 4. Once a high cadenmce becomes a habbit, you wont really use it.

Tulex

No no, that wasn't me. And, I knew he went out of state.

ls01

Tulex said you were " taken to a farm "in the country or somthing.

Just2View

Ah, I see. Thanks for the help, coasting. I think I will pick up a bike computer that measures cadence, then, as my old cheap computer from Wal-Mart is starting to malfunction. When I pedal, my speed starts to drop on the computer, and when I stop, the speed raises up right away. If I'm going 40km/h+, down a hill, and I start to pedal, the speed immediately drops to about 20km/h, which affects my avg speed, etc.
Do you recommend the Cateye Strada Cadence, and the Cateye brand in general? My budget is about $60 (I know, not much).
Thanks for the help guys.

coasting 

look new blood! can we keep this one and get rid of ichy?

ls01

Edit: ok it wasnt Tulex, maybee Heckler or sbx Idk.

Tulex

Again, not me.

Just2View

The thing is, I don't seem to pedal at the same rate for very long. If I knew my cadence, I could try to keep it consistent.
Hmm, I'm not sure.

Yaniel

Miami sucks. Did a century yesterday and when I broke down the elevation gain, it came out to 6 feet of rise per mile.