Originally Posted by gnome (Post 19516265)

Pretty much correct. If you have a tricked out tourer that's designed to carry loads over all sorts of roads it isn't going to be a nice svelte lightweight. It's going to be a bit of a porker.

I achieved a similar sort of built with a mid-eighties mountainbike. It wasn't heavy enough so I added a Sturmey-Archer combined dynohub and 90mm drum brake. It is not a light bike. It does ride not bad, it's just slow.

Originally Posted by gnome (Post 19516269)

I did a nice little 38km ride today. my legs still go round. chip-seal is still the work of Satan. I rode my nice vintage road bike. I need new gloves.

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Originally Posted by rpenmanparker (Post 19516457)

We will have no more of that communist talk around here, please.

Originally Posted by seedsbelize (Post 19516584)

That's how I attempt to figure it out. For the longest time, I figured Bill Odonnel mst be Billy D. Then I saw a pic of Billy D.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 19516591)

My total cholesterol was actually up last test. It was 117.

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 19516585)

I see you're perfecting the art of the humble-brag - kudos!

Originally Posted by seedsbelize (Post 19516514)

I sleep so much better when I ride in the evening.

Originally Posted by Scarbo (Post 19516525)

Once when I was in Mexico I had fried bananas and they were really good. Is that the same thing? I guess I could Google it, but I'd rather not. :p

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 19516501)

I'll put my drug usage up against anyones.

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 19516544)

Did you know that bananas are a non-reproducing hybrid and are, for the most part, genetically identical? The lack of genetic diversity is worrying because of blight and previous strains have been wiped out entirely. When people penman's age say that bananas of their youth were more tasty, they're not lying or suffering from memory clouded by nostalgia - they grew up on a different banana strain that was, by all accounts, better than what's currently available.

*The More You Know IMG*

;)

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 19516499)

Your Flybys from yesterday:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2868/3...c65e0869_o.jpg

Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 19516517)

And pink flamingos, and a red panda (which is not really a panda at all), etc., etc. etc.

Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 19516538)

Did I sign into Food TV, or the 50+ forum?

Originally Posted by rpenmanparker (Post 19516523)

That's bold. You are among some pretty sick dudes here. Physically, I mean. Of course, just physically.

Originally Posted by rpenmanparker (Post 19516523)

That's bold. You are among some pretty sick dudes here. Physically, I mean. Of course, just physically.

Reciting my medication list at the doctor's office is all the evidence they need I am not yet slipping into dementia. If I can remember all that, they don't get too worried.

Originally Posted by Dan333SP (Post 19516556)

You passed me and didn't even wave? Typical.



For some reason (probably worrying about this job situation), I couldn't sleep last night. Maybe got 2 hours. I got out on the road by about 6:15 for a ride this morning, assuming I'd feel like crap from too much coffee and no sleep. I actually felt great. Funny how the body works sometimes.

Originally Posted by seedsbelize (Post 19516609)

Yes. An unbeatable combination with black beans, though they are normally served with rice.

Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 19516538)

Did I sign into Food TV, or the 50+ forum?

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 19516544)

Did you know that bananas are a non-reproducing hybrid and are, for the most part, genetically identical? The lack of genetic diversity is worrying because of blight and previous strains have been wiped out entirely. When people penman's age say that bananas of their youth were more tasty, they're not lying or suffering from memory clouded by nostalgia - they grew up on a different banana strain that was, by all accounts, better than what's currently available.

*The More You Know IMG*

;)

Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 19516611)

I didn't even take any of the oxycodone they sent home with me this weekend.

Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 19516630)

Please, tell us about your bike ride.

Originally Posted by seedsbelize (Post 19516634)

And, if you grow them in the home garden, you can still have those old strains, and many more. Bananas are hands down my favorite thing to grow. You can have bananas which have bb sized hard seeds inside.

Originally Posted by seedsbelize (Post 19516584)

That's how I attempt to figure it out. For the longest time, I figured Bill Odonnel mst be Billy D. Then I saw a pic of Billy D.

Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 19516630)

Please, tell us about your bike ride.

Originally Posted by Dan333SP (Post 19516638)

I sometimes take advil, that's the extent of my annual pill popping. I guess I'm not a good fit for this thread.

Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 19516611)

I didn't even take any of the oxycodone they sent home with me this weekend.