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12-09-15, 04:22 PM
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So it is
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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.
12-09-15, 04:35 PM
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You are badly in need of a new ride leader. We aren't talking about you, are we?
12-09-15, 04:43 PM
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12-09-15, 04:47 PM
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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.
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12-09-15, 04:48 PM
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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.
12-09-15, 04:48 PM
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Friendship is Magic
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12-09-15, 04:51 PM
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...in addition, I'm thinking it would look better with one of these swell saddles:
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12-09-15, 04:55 PM
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Achtung!
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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?
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12-09-15, 05:03 PM
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So, if Rivendell moved shop for a month to Japan, everything, peeps, tools, supplies and materials, would they still be "Made in USA"?
12-09-15, 05:43 PM
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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.
12-09-15, 05:46 PM
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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.
12-09-15, 05:49 PM
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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?
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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.
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12-09-15, 06:28 PM
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That's when he would find himself outside for a few days scrounging for meals with the coyotes.
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12-09-15, 06:54 PM
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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
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2...ERJdmR2eVl4blk
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12-09-15, 06:58 PM
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at least it didn't catch fire
12-09-15, 07:01 PM
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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
12-09-15, 10:01 PM
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12-09-15, 11:35 PM
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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
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2...ERJdmR2eVl4blk
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2...HBfS21tTWN5Yjg
12-10-15, 12:42 AM
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12-10-15, 05:36 AM
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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.
12-10-15, 05:53 AM
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He also couldn't catch a squirrel, on the balcony, three feet away from him at not moving. My fierce little hunter.
12-10-15, 07:44 AM
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We're shooting for the "scared straight" effect, here.
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12-10-15, 08:26 AM
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Hrmph! And you criticized the animal training techniques I recommended a while back! Actually though I tend to agree with you here.