Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 19500690)

Another from the A&S; it's at an airport, so there are always planes approaching the runways.

Originally Posted by Dan333SP (Post 19500815)

What time/date where you there? It's possible that is literally my flight from Tokyo, I was on a United 777-200 exactly like that.

Granted, there are hundreds of them, but that'd be a random "Addiction Meetup".

Originally Posted by Dan333SP (Post 19500818)

Opinion please- Facebook has "suggested friends" listed on your news feed based on mutual friends and interests.

Virtually all of mine feature people in lycra and/or on bikes. Does that mean I'm a serious cyclist? Or that my social circles are seriously underdeveloped?

Originally Posted by seedsbelize (Post 19500840)

700 miles in the car in one day? I don't think I've ever done more than 400 tops.

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 19500877)

This reminds me: eff West Virginia.

Originally Posted by WalksOn2Wheels (Post 19500980)

I started on an empty stomach and at a bonk breaker bar at mile 28.

Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 19500974)

Strava link or it didn't happen.


Seriously...Probably considered "social networking" by your IT department. If you Google Strava it describes itself as a "Social Network." Many social networking sites are blocked at my work, but interestingly I can get to Strava.

Originally Posted by WalksOn2Wheels (Post 19500980)

Well, I finally made another weekend ride. Holy freaking crap, do I hate wind. It was pretty much a steady 20mph wind from the south. I was depressingly slow. Slower than I've been in years. I was having an OK time until about mile 15 into a 38 mile ride. From then on it was either hills or wind kicking me in the face. I think the last 15-20 miles were just a genuine survival mode slog fest. I started on an empty stomach and at a bonk breaker bar at mile 28.

Luckily, I had some friends post similarly depressing rides with similarly low average speeds in correlation to their usual abilities. I still have lots of work to do, though.

On the plus side: I did some gravel on my 32mm Paselas. Man, those have to be the best tires I've ever put on any bike. Quite honestly, they did just as well as the 35mm CX tires I usually run on gravel. The only parts where they were pretty much out of their element were places where the CX tires weren't stellar, either. I wonder if Compass cycles makes any nice 35mm slicks...

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19501055)

interestingly there is a physicians-only social media site called sermo which is NOT blocked. Hmm...

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 19501066)

Do people use it to find dates?

Originally Posted by Dan333SP (Post 19501003)

Last Thai thought for now (can you tell I'm avoiding the mess that's piled up at the office?)-

The stories of how cheap it is to stay there once you're in-country are not exaggerated. You could easily stay there on $20-30 a day for food, activities, drinks, ect. Lodging can vary, but even the nicest 5 star resorts were ~$120 a night and perfectly adequate hotels were more like $25-30.

I did hear from many people that Cambodia is a must-visit destination in that region as well.

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19501069)

Do you use bike forums to find dates?

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19501069)

Do you use bike forums to find dates?

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 19501086)

Perhaps I would if there were any candidates within 100 miles.

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 19501082)

How was the food? Were you an adventurous eater?

Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 19500433)

I always consume drink on a 2.5 hour ride.

Originally Posted by Dan333SP (Post 19501100)

It was good. To be honest, we didn't eat adventurously as much as I expected. Most of the time we were in a group and had lunch/dinner in restaurants. I love thai food and love spice so I basically had what I'd get in the US, except it obviously tasted better. Wasn't spicier, though. They seemed to refuse to believe that I actually like truly scorching food.

There were plenty of street vendors with more adventurous items (insects and such), but we didn't really get a chance to try any of that. Next time.

I will say that I drank the tap water and ate whatever I wanted, and never had any stomach issues. I believe the same applied to everyone else as well.

I did consume a lot of "Chang" beer. It's funny to me that, no matter where you go in the world, if it's a tropical destination you're going to get a bland local lager. You could have told me it was Presidente or Corona and I would believe you.

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19501094)

So the 100 mile requirement rules out those cute interns that @Heathpack mentioned awhile back?

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 19501162)

Yeah. I've been trying to get a date on Twitter.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 19500703)

Mallorca is great. If you go, you HAVE to take a bike.

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 19500964)

Uh huh. Is this a fake news story to cover how you really spent $200 on a message?

Originally Posted by Heathpack (Post 19501181)

Haha that's what I was thinking. "Sure, Dan. This is the story you told your wife, right? And you're hoping some Addict will bring it up at Addiction Training Camp next winter or maybe at the summer beach reunion."

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 19500991)

Since you requested it -

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2894/3...772845a8_b.jpg

Originally Posted by Dan333SP (Post 19501184)

:lol:

I do like the idea of Addiction training camp. Let's do it in Majorca.

Originally Posted by Heathpack (Post 19501196)

Love it. I need to work on the spouse.