Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 19587931)

Change of subject, try to follow along.

Went to my Tues-Thurs old man retired racer ride. On the way, I stopped at the coffee shop to deliver a child bike to a person who bought it. I have a van with a lift gate and got the bike out and gave it to him. OK, so far.

Got to ride, pumped tires, etc. and realized that I had forgot my Garmin. No problemo, I'll use my phone. Oops! No phone but I had just had it at the coffee shop so I drive back to the coffee shop and it isn't there either. That's when I remember laying it on the bumper when getting the kid bike out.

No problemo. I call up Find my iPhone on my iPad and Ping! - there it is about a half mile away in the middle of the street. I rush down there to get it but I'm too late, the phone is smashed. Too many cars have run over it. :(

Go back to the ride and start up my Garmin watch which has a biking app, GPS, HR, etc. About 15 miles in, my watch buzzes - battery death is imminent and 5 miles later, it does.

So, after the ride, I ask if anyone has the distance and average speed. Geez, you would have thought that I'd asked someone to work an equation using LaPlace transforms or something. I get 4-5 different mileages and a likewise 4-5 average speeds and a discussion ensues about who is right. I take a quick average of the replies and hop in the car and drive to the phone store. There are probably 4-5 retired engineering nerds still arguing in the parking lot. :lol:

Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 19587954)

So, now since I've sent the Quarq away, I need to get a crankset for the Allez. :o

Originally Posted by rpenmanparker (Post 19587801)

That is just too cute. BS, but still too cute.

Originally Posted by jtaylor996 (Post 19587474)

Did they tell you about the ride of silence tomorrow night? I'll probably do that with them. They leave from the Coppell high school. I might do it on the MTB since my road hubs are pretty dang loud for a ride of silence.

Originally Posted by jtaylor996 (Post 19587868)

Got a call from the LBS. SRAM sending new brakes out for me already, and Salsa has been contacted about the frame crack (with pics, sn, etc...) but obviously no response from them yet. I'd much rather they just replace the carbon seat stay rather than the whole frame, as I really like my current color scheme. Also, all of the AL bushings/nuts are anodized orange to match that scheme, and will look terrible on an army green frame.

Originally Posted by topslop1 (Post 19587999)

Do you know for sure it will be green?

Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 19587954)

So, now since I've sent the Quarq away, I need to get a crankset for the Allez. :o

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 19587961)

Power2Max makes some cool cranksets. :innocent:

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 19587931)

Change of subject, try to follow along.

Went to my Tues-Thurs old man retired racer ride. On the way, I stopped at the coffee shop to deliver a child bike to a person who bought it. I have a van with a lift gate and got the bike out and gave it to him. OK, so far.

Got to ride, pumped tires, etc. and realized that I had forgot my Garmin. No problemo, I'll use my phone. Oops! No phone but I had just had it at the coffee shop so I drive back to the coffee shop and it isn't there either. That's when I remember laying it on the bumper when getting the kid bike out.

No problemo. I call up Find my iPhone on my iPad and Ping! - there it is about a half mile away in the middle of the street. I rush down there to get it but I'm too late, the phone is smashed. Too many cars have run over it. :(

Go back to the ride and start up my Garmin watch which has a biking app, GPS, HR, etc. About 15 miles in, my watch buzzes - battery death is imminent and 5 miles later, it does.

So, after the ride, I ask if anyone has the distance and average speed. Geez, you would have thought that I'd asked someone to work an equation using LaPlace transforms or something. I get 4-5 different mileages and a likewise 4-5 average speeds and a discussion ensues about who is right. I take a quick average of the replies and hop in the car and drive to the phone store. There are probably 4-5 retired engineering nerds still arguing in the parking lot. :lol:

Originally Posted by jtaylor996 (Post 19588002)

They only make the carbon frame in my color and the army green color, so if it's a full frame replacement it'll because they don't have a seat stay in my color, thus the whole frame will be green.

Originally Posted by rpenmanparker (Post 19588144)

It isn't monocoque? What makes you think there are spearate parts like that? Or that one can even be removed and replace once epoxied in?

Originally Posted by jtaylor996 (Post 19588165)

Because it's a mountain bike with a rear suspension?

http://salsacycles.com/files/bikes/_...Carousel-1.jpg

Also, I get an internet point because I just caught @rpen saying "spearate".

Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 19588185)

Heavens. [MENTION=36728]jtaylor[/MENTION]xxx has popped up more than a couple pics of that hot rod.

Originally Posted by rpenmanparker (Post 19588132)

Sorry about the phone. Don't know what to say about the nerds. :innocent:

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 19588196)

I synced my Garmin watch to my new phone and amazingly it kept recording after the screen shut down and it uploaded to Strava via Garmin Connect.

What is also amazing is I got a slightly different mileage and average than the other nerds. :D

Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 19586806)

Most cat owners have enough sense to carry their cat into the vets office. Again, human carelessness.

Whenever I was visiting the vet with Moose I made arrangements to enter the back door, knowing there was too much of a risk there might be a loose pet in the waiting room. Moose didn't like anything on four legs.

On the other hand, once I was sitting in a waiting room (not with Moose) and saw a Lab go bat **** crazy when a lady entered with a cat. He had to be escorted out, the beast. Point is, stereotyping is always fail.

Originally Posted by jtaylor996 (Post 19588188)

I know. It's shameful. I almost feel like @pcad...

Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 19588277)

Not at all shameful. I was more pointing out that rpen should have known the bike you were referencing.

Originally Posted by PepeM (Post 19588316)

There is something inside my crabon wheels. How did it get there and how do I get it out?