That should buff right out.

Yep.

Sure see a lot of that lately.

"I hit the gas instead of the brake."

She's brake pumping since we're at same place of employment. Found a salesforce job in Dallas that would be a fit for me that's about 1.8X what I'm being paid now. Might be two birds with one stone there. ;)

I'm shocked that Mr I-need-a-bigger-chainring-because-I-spin-out (at 95 rpm going downhill on a recumbent) got banhammered. Shocked, I tell you.

Who dat?

Yep. We had one of these about six months ago in my town. "I hit the gas instead of the brake" right through the glass doors @ Costco, into the lobby -- little girl, six or so, was hit and died. Very, very sad.

No one of consequence - just the latest entry in the banned users thread. I just thought that it was funny that he once started a thread insinuating badassery, saying that he needed a bigger chainring because he spun out for 6 miles straight at 110rpm. Then he posted a link to the ride and it was downhill, was actually ~95 cadence and he later added, "oh, and this was on a recumbent." Oy.

:(

On my ride today a guy in a motorcycle waved at me and I immediately thought about posting it here. Does that make me a bad person?

No, I did not wave back but I did give a barely perceptible head nod.

Motorcyclists wave to me from time to time. I usually wave back.

You better, or else.

You haven't lived until you have gone into a real biker bar wearing tights a bright jersey etc.
And asked for water for your bottle.

Bikers have motorcycles, not bicycles.

I get the occasional Harley rider that gives me the "low pass cruiser wave". No idea if I should ignore, give a normal bike wave or return the "low pass wave".:foo:

Don't mess will BillyD. I can't remember which thread, but he was accusing him of deleting entries because of politics, pc, etc... I may be new here, but it seems obvious, don't mess with BillyD :)

Most of the guys at the bike shop also ride motorcycles.

Hey [MENTION=406877]PepeM[/MENTION] you and I have something in common. I raced tonight and got dropped after 5 laps.

A new bike calls for a period of adjustment: adjusting the saddle height and tilt, adjusting the distance from the bars, adjusting the nose of the saddle to point more left or right. I quickly determined the saddle which came in the stoker's position on the new tandem was too low, too far forward, tilted too far down and to the right, and had way too much padding. The gentleman at Performance Bikes recommended bike shorts with gel in them but the saddle was already padded and I didn't want to be locked into wearing just one thing. I wanted to be able to ride the bike in whatever I was wearing. I considered getting another inexpensive saddle like the Charge Ladle or the SDG BelAir to address the problem. But then I thought "Hey, I plan to be doing this for a while and I'm hoping to be able to ride at least as many miles as we did the summer we had the first tandem. Also, really getting this saddle thing fixed would give me one fewer thing to complain about while riding and that should make us both happier." And so I bought what LoP calls "the most expensive saddle in the store". It was a good chunk of money but my mom is sort of indirectly buying it for my birthday so it's all good. I could tell a huge difference as soon as I started riding with this thing on. I love the pressure relief channel although I wish it continued all the way to the back. I'd rather have empty space and airflow than that pretty heart and flower. It does have gel however it's not squishy and the firmness of the saddle as a whole fit instantly and was tremendously more comfortable than all the padding. (I also don't feel like I'm going to be shoved off by the padding or that great amounts of butt cheeks are hanging off either side.) The nose is longer than I'm used to but I plan to take advantage of it on hills after we move the saddle back some. I've only put about nine miles on it thus far so we'll see how it goes.

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/...pszpx552fc.jpg

Yesterday, we received a hearty wave from a man sitting in a lawn chair in front of his open garage and I waved back. It felt weird because he was in a lawn chair in front of his open garage but maybe he drives a big truck and I was banking goodwill regarding some future encounter between him and a cyclist or two.

Needs rainbow Ti spokes!

:beer:

There's a woman over in C&V who likes to ride in heels and lace on occasion. Keep your options open. Nice looking saddle. Kudos.

That's the exact saddle I have on my endurance bike, it's a good choice for spending time in the saddle. I think I have something like 13000 miles on mine and it's still comfortable.

Will they yell at you if you don't?

There you go! Karma banking. :thumb: