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07-25-15, 05:13 AM
#1676
Should Be More Popular
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Time for a spirited club ride.
Hey @Heathpack, did you name the TT bike yet?? I still vote for The Gazelle.
Hey @Heathpack, did you name the TT bike yet?? I still vote for The Gazelle.
07-25-15, 05:30 AM
#1677
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07-25-15, 07:18 AM
#1678
Brown Jersey Winner
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3 hrs this morning in zone 2 before most of the island was even awake
i think i kinda like this "training" thing. i hit stop on the garmin and figured it would be like 15 miles, turned out to be 50. i couldve done that all day
i think i kinda like this "training" thing. i hit stop on the garmin and figured it would be like 15 miles, turned out to be 50. i couldve done that all day
07-25-15, 08:40 AM
#1679
Stand and Deliver
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Sitting at the kitchen table watching the rain fall, all rides cancelled. It's been relentless this past week, but hopefully will back off soon. We've had almost 10 inches of rain in the past two days and it continues to fall. Time to go to the gym.
07-25-15, 10:26 AM
#1680
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07-25-15, 11:06 AM
#1681
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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07-25-15, 01:26 PM
#1682
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I imploded 46 miles into our Saturday group ride. Humidity did me in... again. Even in my racing days, I couldn't ride in high humidity.
Anyway, rode the last 10 miles OTB. Even my wife didn't wait on me.
Anyway, rode the last 10 miles OTB. Even my wife didn't wait on me.
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07-25-15, 01:43 PM
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Whatever you do, avoid the Gulf Coast. Some days you would need gills to ride in Houston.
07-25-15, 02:11 PM
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07-25-15, 02:14 PM
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Temperature must have been pretty low for that to be the case. You were riding pretty close to the dew point.
07-25-15, 02:30 PM
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Yep, 80s. That's where the humidity gets me, though, when the temp >82 or so and similar dew point. It's 85° at the moment and the humidity has dropped to 74%.
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07-25-15, 02:44 PM
#1687
Has a magic bike
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Hey @Heathpack, did you name the TT bike yet?? I still vote for The Gazelle.
It is fast though. I barely spend any time in aero, mostly just noodling around on it right now. Today was my 2nd test ride after tweaking the fit. Without me even trying, it was 1 mph faster. Its supposedly going to be 2mph faster once I am trying and I would actually believe that after today.
Yesterday the thing felt unbearably uncomfortable, got is home and checked the fit against my fit report. Nowhere close, the bumbling shop had supposedly set it up from the report. So got it closer and things were way more comfortable. Still's going to take some time to get used to. But way better today.
07-25-15, 06:22 PM
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Har har.
You know what heat means, though. lol
You know what heat means, though. lol
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07-25-15, 06:51 PM
#1689
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@rpenmanparker prefers spending time on his knees.
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07-25-15, 08:16 PM
#1690
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07-25-15, 10:39 PM
#1691
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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Carbon CX forks are still useful after you've borked one of the canti studs.
07-25-15, 10:49 PM
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The little lady and I rode the tandem down to the vintage baseball game, after getting cheesesteaks and before picking blackberries.
07-26-15, 03:49 AM
#1693
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We rode post one on numerous occasions on the eastern outskirts of Vancouver. Until the last time, it had been dormant. Then that last time... puke-ville! Well, not quite, but I was holding my breath for inordinately long periods as we rode onward with the wind, and gagging a couple of times.
07-26-15, 05:02 AM
#1694
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07-26-15, 07:33 AM
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Mostly Harmless
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The bike shop has an old carbon fork screwed to the wall for holding paper towels.
07-26-15, 07:35 AM
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07-26-15, 07:37 AM
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07-26-15, 09:37 AM
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Going in to cycling hibernation this week. Ok, I know I've said it before, but I mean it this time. 
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07-26-15, 10:30 AM
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Weather cooperated today and got a nice solo ride in this morning. Some areas are still under water, but no problem getting through.
