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rpenmanparker 04-15-17 03:10 PM


Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19513515)
So not even hummus is liked by the penman?

I do like it. I just can't eat it. Do you know what a clay s**t is?

LAJ 04-15-17 03:10 PM

Thanks again All Y'All! 35 mph corner in the aero bars, so it really could have been really bad. I first thought I hit so hard I dropped the chain, so I unraveled that, got it back on the rings, and took off. That's when I realized the there was a flat too. My 30 second guy that I passed still hadn't caught back up, so I think I was motoring. Weird, the hub also seems to be locked up, which is why the chain dropped. It's sort of like a fixed gear until I loosen the skewer, then it freewheels, so who knows what else I did. It's a DT 240, so unusual for a malfunction, unless you go four wheeling on a TT bike.

The crit, I turned myself inside out, which was the goal. Google Norm Alvis. He's the fellow that likes to beat up on us little old Cat 3's :) Still alive, so it was a wonderful day.

Some carbon fiber for you all.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2843/3...9a1a7df0_c.jpg

rpenmanparker 04-15-17 03:14 PM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 19513524)
The penman is picky.

Not so much. Just old. Used to eat beans by the bushel. Never liked Indian food though. Could be because my first taste of it was made by a newlywed Indian lady who had no idea what she was doing.

gnome 04-15-17 03:24 PM


Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 19513468)
Just the thought of them taking a scalpel to my most prized sensual apparatus freaks me the **** out!! :crash:

By the time they are ready to take the scalpel to them, they won't be sensing much particularly well.

rjones28 04-15-17 03:29 PM


Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 19513529)
Thanks again All Y'All! 35 mph corner in the aero bars, so it really could have been really bad. I first thought I hit so hard I dropped the chain, so I unraveled that, got it back on the rings, and took off. That's when I realized the there was a flat too. My 30 second guy that I passed still hadn't caught back up, so I think I was motoring. Weird, the hub also seems to be locked up, which is why the chain dropped. It's sort of like a fixed gear until I loosen the skewer, then it freewheels, so who knows what else I did. It's a DT 240, so unusual for a malfunction, unless you go four wheeling on a TT bike.

The crit, I turned myself inside out, which was the goal. Google Norm Alvis. He's the fellow that likes to beat up on us little old Cat 3's :) Still alive, so it was a wonderful day.

Some carbon fiber for you all.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2843/3...9a1a7df0_c.jpg

:thumb:

BillyD 04-15-17 03:33 PM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 19513524)
Maybe he's just curious.

Curiosity killed the cat.

BillyD 04-15-17 03:38 PM


Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 19513529)
:) Still alive, so it was a wonderful day.

That's the spirit.

Trsnrtr 04-15-17 04:12 PM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 19513473)
There's areas (within your riding locale) that are significantly different? Topographical diversity.

Yes there are but we rode with our local group today who decided to ride from Dunlap which is North of Peoria. The first 10 miles rolled on our route but the last 25 were purgatory.

Trsnrtr 04-15-17 04:14 PM


Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 19513529)
Thanks again All Y'All! 35 mph corner in the aero bars, so it really could have been really bad. I first thought I hit so hard I dropped the chain, so I unraveled that, got it back on the rings, and took off. That's when I realized the there was a flat too. My 30 second guy that I passed still hadn't caught back up, so I think I was motoring. Weird, the hub also seems to be locked up, which is why the chain dropped. It's sort of like a fixed gear until I loosen the skewer, then it freewheels, so who knows what else I did. It's a DT 240, so unusual for a malfunction, unless you go four wheeling on a TT bike.

The crit, I turned myself inside out, which was the goal. Google Norm Alvis. He's the fellow that likes to beat up on us little old Cat 3's :) Still alive, so it was a wonderful day.

Chapeau! :thumb:

datlas 04-15-17 04:15 PM


Originally Posted by rpenmanparker (Post 19513527)
I do like it. I just can't eat it. Do you know what a clay s**t is?

Yes. Look up acholic stools. That's clay s**t, allegedly.

datlas 04-15-17 04:16 PM

Anyone know if [MENTION=345108]UnfilteredDregs[/MENTION] is ok? He has been offline for awhile.

Trsnrtr 04-15-17 04:20 PM

I couldn't wait to get my cataracts fixed. The week before I was to have my first one done (right), I experienced a retinal hemorrhage in the left eye and went blind in it. I had to have a vitrectomy (Google that surgery) so they did the left one first. I was supposed to get bifocal lenses inserted but the left eye structure was too weak after the vitrectomy for the bifocal lens (extra hooks) so they had to insert a fixed lens (fewer hooks).

I started wearing glasses at 8 years and was near-sighted but now, I'm far-sighted and must wear cheaters. When I was still near-sighted I could squint and read but no more. :(

Still, 20-20 for anything over about 5' is fine with me.

datlas 04-15-17 04:20 PM


Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 19513429)
We did a 36.5 mile group ride on the open Prairie in 30+ mph winds. By far the hardest ride of the year for me. I'm knackered.

Kudos. For the ride, not the knacker.

Trsnrtr 04-15-17 04:25 PM


Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19513647)
Kudos. For the ride, not the knacker.

You, too. 11 trophies on Strava? Chapeau!

Dan333SP 04-15-17 04:37 PM

Got a new mower today! Get to return it tomorrow!

It's a Ryobi battery powered 20in mower. Charged the battery fully but the damn thing cuts off after 10-30 seconds of running no matter what. Just holding it in place with no load on it and the deck height at max, it'll just stop for no reason. Assuming that there is a short in it somewhere. Not feeling confident about an exchange for the same model.

LesterOfPuppets 04-15-17 04:40 PM


Originally Posted by Dan333SP (Post 19513675)
Got a new mower today! Get to return it tomorrow!

It's a Ryobi battery powered 20in mower. Charged the battery fully but the damn thing cuts off after 10-30 seconds of running no matter what. Just holding it in place with no load on it and the deck height at max, it'll just stop for no reason. Assuming that there is a short in it somewhere. Not feeling confident about an exchange for the same model.

Time to man up

http://homehandymanhero.com/wp-conte...Reel-Mower.jpg

WhyFi 04-15-17 05:05 PM


Originally Posted by Dan333SP (Post 19513675)
Got a new mower today! Get to return it tomorrow!

It's a Ryobi battery powered 20in mower. Charged the battery fully but the damn thing cuts off after 10-30 seconds of running no matter what. Just holding it in place with no load on it and the deck height at max, it'll just stop for no reason. Assuming that there is a short in it somewhere. Not feeling confident about an exchange for the same model.

Geez - what kind of asshat would recommend a piece o' crap like that?


:innocent:

WhyFi 04-15-17 05:07 PM


Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 19513684)

We tried to stick it out with a reel mower for a few years. I didn't mind pushing it, but the thing worked like ****. Most of the time it'd just push the grass flat more so than cut it.

Heathpack 04-15-17 05:31 PM


Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 19513529)
Thanks again All Y'All! 35 mph corner in the aero bars, so it really could have been really bad. I first thought I hit so hard I dropped the chain, so I unraveled that, got it back on the rings, and took off. That's when I realized the there was a flat too. My 30 second guy that I passed still hadn't caught back up, so I think I was motoring. Weird, the hub also seems to be locked up, which is why the chain dropped. It's sort of like a fixed gear until I loosen the skewer, then it freewheels, so who knows what else I did. It's a DT 240, so unusual for a malfunction, unless you go four wheeling on a TT bike.

The crit, I turned myself inside out, which was the goal. Google Norm Alvis. He's the fellow that likes to beat up on us little old Cat 3's :) Still alive, so it was a wonderful day.

Some carbon fiber for you all.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2843/3...9a1a7df0_c.jpg

Gnarly, [MENTION=140600]LAJ[/MENTION]. Glad you're neither dead nor busted up. :)

f4rrest 04-15-17 05:46 PM


Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 19513730)
We tried to stick it out with a reel mower for a few years. I didn't mind pushing it, but the thing worked like ****. Most of the time it'd just push the grass flat more so than cut it.

You have to sharpen them.

Velo Vol 04-15-17 06:15 PM


Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 19513529)

Racing is crazy.

Does your truck billow out a cloud of black smoke when you roar past cyclists?


Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 19513629)
Yes there are but we rode with our local group today who decided to ride from Dunlap which is North of Peoria. The first 10 miles rolled on our route but the last 25 were purgatory.

Here anything close is mostly the same. There are flatter roads and hillier roads, but the overall terrain is rolling hills.


Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19513641)
Anyone know if @UnfilteredDregs is ok?

No.


Originally Posted by Dan333SP (Post 19513675)
Got a new mower today! Get to return it tomorrow!

Kudos.

f4rrest 04-15-17 06:27 PM

Your bike looks more like the space shuttle sitting in the truck... at least on my phone it does.

Velo Vol 04-15-17 06:31 PM

On my evening walk I saw that a kid (presumably) had written "I love April the giraffe" on her sidewalk.

rjones28 04-15-17 06:52 PM


Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 19513684)

It might take a while to cut my yard with one of those.

rpenmanparker 04-15-17 06:54 PM


Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19513639)
Yes. Look up acholic stools. That's clay s**t, allegedly.

No. In my family it means clay consistency, not clay color. Pasty.


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