I don't mind doing a bit of distance here and there, but those guys are insane. Devoting 1 year to cycling, and only cycling, has to be one of the toughest things ever.

i was just testing the fit and controls in the park behind the house before i got home to pop some newbaums on and plug up the ends. i survived the 3 miles without giving a core sample :thumb:

You are badly in need of a new ride leader. We aren't talking about you, are we?

I vaguely remember reading something about YTD distance guys the other day. Don't they shoot for a double century per day, everyday, or something crazy like that?

#sticktooittiveness

i remember seeing a video about a guy from ireland maybe? the guy rode 100mi+ every day for a year. by the end of the year his hands were permanently curved from gripping the bars

nothx.

209 miles per day is the record, seems like they go for about 230 to account for setbacks. Kurt Searvogel only needs 180 miles or so for the next 32 days and he will break the record.

...that bike needs a disc harrow towed behind it. :)

...in addition, I'm thinking it would look better with one of these swell saddles:


http://whitetrashrepairs.com/wp-cont...11/12/5447.jpg

Theyre totally nuts, that's for sure. I can't imagine taking leave from my job for a year to cycle, let alone my mortgage, car insurance, etc. I realize they're funded, but wowza!

So, if Rivendell moved shop for a month to Japan, everything, peeps, tools, supplies and materials, would they still be "Made in USA"?

this is incredible.

im already searching for the right size john deere decal to use as a headtube badge

Went through approximately that with my boy and the vet in Boulder. Problem is, when I put him on a diet, he expresses his displeasure by peeing on the floor. So that was that.

Not me. I am the ride "organizer" but another club member typically likes to pick a route that he intends to use for his Saturday group ride. Which essentially makes us Guinea pigs but he generally chooses good routes. On those Wednesdays when he does not ride (roughly once a month) then I pick the route. The gravel section was only like a mile so no biggie.

I'm reading the book Gironimo by Tim Moore where the author is attempting to duplicate the toughest grand tour ever, the 1914 Giro d'Italia where they rode 3,162 Km in 8 stages or almost 240 miles per stage. Don't forget, these are rudimentary fixed gear machines with dubious brakes.

Anyway, I'm at the part of the book where he is getting ready to start in Milan on his original 1914 machine and wearing all original clothing, shoes, etc. and carrying his own tires, tools, etc.

That's when he would find himself outside for a few days scrounging for meals with the coyotes.

so i just went to slide my laptop back to make osme room on the desk, and i noticed it was wobbly. i pick it up to see what was underneath it and look what happened to my ****ing battery!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2...ERJdmR2eVl4blk
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2...HBfS21tTWN5Yjg

at least it didn't catch fire

i dont know how it didnt, this thing gets damn hot. and it looks like its at critical mass. the battery inside feels like a tense bag of liquid, kinda like those bomb bags from childhood before they popped

Well, at least there's a ton of sales going on now. At least it picked a good time to crap out on you. And be careful with hoverboards, too.

Oops.

better than disc brakes!

god i hate the people that ride those things. i want to clothesline every single one of them.

He'd have become the meal for the coyotes. Or possibly a bear or mountain lion. I was annoyed, but couldn't do that.

He also couldn't catch a squirrel, on the balcony, three feet away from him at not moving. My fierce little hunter.

You could purchase a little cage for him like those shark cages. He can't get out and they can't get in.

We're shooting for the "scared straight" effect, here.

Hrmph! And you criticized the animal training techniques I recommended a while back! Actually though I tend to agree with you here.