Originally Posted by rpenmanparker (Post 19661664)

What is earth balance?

Originally Posted by jtaylor996 (Post 19661245)

More beach fun out here. Had to go to Siesta beach today because some article said it was the best in the USA.

I knew better, but I had to appease the sis and mom anyways. The north end of longboat where we took fam pics last night is waaaaaaaayyyyy better, btw. Any beach that ever gets rated best at something is just a beach that's fake (trucked in sand... basically money spent on it), and being known ruins it by making it crowded.

Anyways, I dug out a bike my uncle had yesterday, and did a bunch of wrenching on it and now it's quite ridable. It's a trek hybrid, but that's way better than 95% of the bikes I've seen on the road around here. The trick'll be figuring out when I can take a few hours. I'm thinking of riding along the beach road. Traffic is so bad I think I won't need to be too paranoid in the traffic. I'll try all of anna maria island and longboat key tomorrow. A beach ride on a hybrid is better _than no ride, right?

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19662182)

My family bought me a cycling tee shirt for Father's Day. Picture taken for our bedroom balcony.

http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/...psoz7dukoi.jpg

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 19661726)

Fake butter.

Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 19662358)

More great pics [MENTION=107711]datlas[/MENTION]. Does Mrs. datlas golf?

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19662374)

Neither of us do, but her brother does. I think he is a serious golfer. We each have the same hat we got from him.

Originally Posted by PepeM (Post 19661675)

Haha, as a researcher I can totally identify with that. Sounds like every first attempt at any experiment. First few tries are always about discovering every thing that can go wrong (and everything that can go wrong WILL go wrong.) Still, seems like you got at least a little bit of information, plus you get a chance to try again, which should go much better, although I am sure other kinks will appear. The way experimentation works. Fwiw, two helmets, two wheels, and two positions is A LOT more than the vast majority of people will ever get to properly test, so all in all you still end up ahead.

Good to know the Empires are fast. I finally ordered some pedals so as soon as those arrive I look forward to win races thanks to the fast shoes. :)

I have to admit the whole no brakes/no coasting thing on the track does sound a bit scary. I think I'd like to give it a try but I am not sure there is a point to it. I have no way to get there apart from riding, and I am not sure I want to ride a brakeless fixed gear bike on the street. I mean, they rent bikes so the first few times I could just do that, but then what?

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19662182)

My family bought me a cycling tee shirt for Father's Day. Picture taken for our bedroom balcony.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 19662598)

[MENTION=107711]datlas[/MENTION], one of my favorite places to visit near Barcelona was Montserrat. We rode our tandem from the monastery up and over the mountain and down the other side and ended up at a cava. Great ride and tour of the monastery.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 19662713)

Somebody just posted this on Facebook. It's a pic of me winning a criterium in 1989. I virtually lapped the field. See, I wasn't always old and fat. ;)

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 19662724)

Flip it.

How far are you from the cathedral? It's a bit tricky determining scale.

Originally Posted by Pirkaus (Post 19662176)

Non dairy butter substitute

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 19662713)

Somebody just posted this on Facebook. It's a pic of me winning a criterium in 1989. I virtually lapped the field. See, I wasn't always old and fat. ;)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4287/3...dd816baa_c.jpgmonticello by trsnrtr, on Flickr

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 19662730)

Kudos.

1989 was a long time ago. Just sayin'.

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19662733)

We are super close. One half a block. The only downside to being so close is our neighborhood is packed with tourists.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 19662742)

"Glory days, well, they'll pass you by
Glory days, in the wink of a young girl's eye
Glory days, glory days"

Originally Posted by Rowan (Post 19662707)

Trailer. If you are creative with what you have already. A QR device attached to the bed of the trailer would enable the track bike to be trailed along behind. Even a QR mount attached to the rear rack if a grocery getter would work.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 19662713)

Somebody just posted this on Facebook. It's a pic of me winning a criterium in 1989. I virtually lapped the field. See, I wasn't always old and fat. ;)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4287/3...dd816baa_c.jpgmonticello by trsnrtr, on Flickr

Details: White Trek model 2000 aluminum with Ultegra 600; Blue Sidi shoes, Blue bar tape, Giro beer cooler helmet, tubular wheels with ultra-special lightweight Clement silk sew-up tires that were given to me by the sponsor. The tires weren't generally available to the public.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 19662713)

Somebody just posted this on Facebook. It's a pic of me winning a criterium in 1989. I virtually lapped the field. See, I wasn't always old and fat. ;)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4287/3...dd816baa_c.jpgmonticello by trsnrtr, on Flickr

Details: White Trek model 2000 aluminum with Ultegra 600; Blue Sidi shoes, Blue bar tape, Giro beer cooler helmet, tubular wheels with ultra-special lightweight Clement silk sew-up tires that were given to me by the sponsor. The tires weren't generally available to the public.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 19662713)

Somebody just posted this on Facebook. It's a pic of me winning a criterium in 1989. I virtually lapped the field. See, I wasn't always old and fat. ;)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4287/3...dd816baa_c.jpgmonticello by trsnrtr, on Flickr

Details: White Trek model 2000 aluminum with Ultegra 600; Blue Sidi shoes, Blue bar tape, Giro beer cooler helmet, tubular wheels with ultra-special lightweight Clement silk sew-up tires that were given to me by the sponsor. The tires weren't generally available to the public.