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10-02-17, 08:00 AM
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10-02-17, 08:09 AM
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Well yes. It'll take some time for the next crop to really sort out - is Cam good or not? Will Wilson ever get back to what he was? Was Dak a fluke last year or not? Is Watson the real thing? Is Goff smoke and mirrors now, or was he just hamstrung by Fisher last year? Will Luck ever really heal? And there'll be a half-dozen or so new starters after that old guard all retires, and then we may have a better idea about the young guys now.
10-02-17, 08:13 AM
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10-02-17, 08:13 AM
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Do you know of any passenger car or truck sold anywhere that has a 'bad fuel sensor'? Is bad fuel contaminated or just morally deficient? As far as I know bad fuel happens once in a blue moon when some gas station gets water seeping into its storage tanks. So it's like mass shootings, you read about them, but your odds of falling victim to one are rather slim.
That one is right up there with my constant worries over the bubonic plague.
That one is right up there with my constant worries over the bubonic plague.
And fun story, there was a field in Boulder not far from my condo that had a warning sign on the fence that the prairie dogs could carry bubonic plague. So be careful.
And the armadillos in Texas can carry leprosy.
10-02-17, 08:16 AM
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You went easy? Is that blood on her left shin?
10-02-17, 08:22 AM
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10-02-17, 08:22 AM
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10-02-17, 08:23 AM
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WE finalised the rando season's Petit Year Round Randonneur (PYRR) series. It requires a total of 1200km for the year, made up of rides from 50, 100 and 150km in length. You can do the fifties, for example, in the cold winter months, and make the distance with 150km rides. A bit complicated, but I like the concept for (a) an Audax award, (b) the need for strategising throughout the year to end up with the minimum 1200km, and (c) it encourages riders back into the sport. They also can be made up of Permanents or organised Audax events.
Anyway, we finished the series with a 50. And it was so darned tough... one of the toughest rides I have done EVER. Might seem a bit trivial for distance, but this had some climbing, and all but one climb were into the wind. Wind? Yep, gusts over 70km/h funnelling down the valleys and directly into the face.
And you need to pay attention to 50s at the 15km/h minimum speed... you don't get much time to play with before getting to a checkpoint at 37km, as well at the one at 50km... we just made the 37 one with 13 minutes to spare after being 15 minutes behind at the top of the last clilmb. We finished 12 minutes within the time limit... after the last big climb that featured 9 to 14% grades.
Phew!!
Anyway, we finished the series with a 50. And it was so darned tough... one of the toughest rides I have done EVER. Might seem a bit trivial for distance, but this had some climbing, and all but one climb were into the wind. Wind? Yep, gusts over 70km/h funnelling down the valleys and directly into the face.
And you need to pay attention to 50s at the 15km/h minimum speed... you don't get much time to play with before getting to a checkpoint at 37km, as well at the one at 50km... we just made the 37 one with 13 minutes to spare after being 15 minutes behind at the top of the last clilmb. We finished 12 minutes within the time limit... after the last big climb that featured 9 to 14% grades.
Phew!!
10-02-17, 08:24 AM
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Yep. Rodents can spread it, but they often get it from fleas:
https://www.sciencealert.com/nobody-...d-up-in-the-us
10-02-17, 08:31 AM
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That's a thing?
10-02-17, 08:37 AM
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Speaking of which, there's this really gnarly climb that fits that description (well, maybe 30-35 degrees, but it's 20yd long) that I had previously only made it up once, on a ride with @topslop1, where he also made it up.
I've attempted it umpteen times since and never made it up again until yesterday. Key is to be in the right gear, and pay attention to that on the way it. You get up about half way, and come to a complete stop, and if you aren't in the correct gear at that time, you ain't making it over that boulder. Then repeat (you nearly stop twice on the climb). It's tricky because you have to haul ass down this descent with a giant tire cutting rock in the middle of this turn, hit the jets (up 3 gears) at the bottom to get momentum up to said boulder, and in between drop 4 gears. That's 7 gear changes required in about 4 seconds time.
Also, adding to my elation on clearing this climb yesterday was the fact that I did it with my left foot unclipped. Going down in I knew it wasn't working, so I just mashed and prayed my foot wouldn't slip under the 1kw it takes to start back up over that boulder (that tends to hurt a lot). Luckily it didn't. At the top I check and there was a rock jammed in between my cleat and the side of the shoe.
10-02-17, 08:39 AM
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My road bike has DT240s with the 18t pawl, and I like it because I don't have to yell "on your left", all I have to do is coast a little and people go running assuming they're being attacked by a hive of angry bees.
10-02-17, 08:39 AM
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Yes, and it works. I have been stung several times over the years by those stupid yellow jacket wasps (people call them bees, but they are NOT bees they are a wasp). Up until 4 years ago, I only got a local reaction.
About 4 years ago, finishing up a bike ride, I got stung. On my way home, I started to get swelling in my lips and tongue, full body hives/welts, and an impending feeling of doom. By the time I got home I was very lightheaded and asked my wife to take me to the ER. There, I got a nice shot of epinephrine (which made me feel better but also made it feel like I had 20 cups of coffee!).
I met with a friend who is a TOP allergist. He did blood and skin testing to confirm my allergy. I started off with teeny tiny shots weekly, then gradually increased the dosage and finally dropped back to once/month.
I did get a stupid yellow jacket sting a couple months ago and luckily only had a local reaction. So I am possibly "cured" or at least "treated" for this.
TL;DR....yes, it's a thing.
About 4 years ago, finishing up a bike ride, I got stung. On my way home, I started to get swelling in my lips and tongue, full body hives/welts, and an impending feeling of doom. By the time I got home I was very lightheaded and asked my wife to take me to the ER. There, I got a nice shot of epinephrine (which made me feel better but also made it feel like I had 20 cups of coffee!).
I met with a friend who is a TOP allergist. He did blood and skin testing to confirm my allergy. I started off with teeny tiny shots weekly, then gradually increased the dosage and finally dropped back to once/month.
I did get a stupid yellow jacket sting a couple months ago and luckily only had a local reaction. So I am possibly "cured" or at least "treated" for this.
TL;DR....yes, it's a thing.
10-02-17, 08:46 AM
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An addendum to the 25 miles of electric vehicle range we got out of our new Prius Prime last night: In the Car & Driver road test of the car, they whined about the EV range 'plummeting' (their words) to only 12 miles in highway driving. Now when I drove the car last night I was not going easy on the accelerator by any means, normal mixed driving, 60-80 mph on the highway. And we did get the range we were hoping for. Which underscores my long term observation (I have been a subscriber for 30 years) that the idiot hammer-head auto writers @ Car & Driver are incapable of driving a car in a normal fashion, those jerks could make a Tesla get under 15 mpg.
10-02-17, 08:51 AM
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You have to take a shot every month?
10-02-17, 08:55 AM
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I have not counted, but probably had about a dozen yellow jacket stings in my lifetime before the allergy developed.
Yes, plan is to continue monthly shots for 5 years total, then consider stopping them. I still carry an epipen on bike rides as insurance, but thankfully should not need one.
10-02-17, 08:55 AM
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So the mtb ride was really fun, wow that's a nice trail!
We wound up riding McGill and Jump trails at Mt Pinos in Frazier Park. It was "only" 5ish miles up, I mistakenly thought we were riding the fire road to the peak, which is after the trails. But the plan was always to just ride McGill & Jump.
McGill is steep, I think I looked at my Garmin to see we'd climbed 1200 ft in the first 2.7 miles. My legs were toast, I had to walk a lot of the steep bits.
It was warm enough at the start of the climb but we worked our way up to almost 8000 ft elevation & it was around 50F at the top. Went up in shorts and a short-sleeve jersey. Going down I added tights, a wool base layer arm warmers and a vest.
It went pretty well, the trail is more flowy than technical, really lovely. The biggest challenge is lots off narrow off-camber trail cut into the steep hillside. Definitely significant potential for sliding down the mountain. But I was kind of getting the hang of it in the end.
10 miles & 1800 ft of climbing. Rest day tomorrow, so ready for this one.
We wound up riding McGill and Jump trails at Mt Pinos in Frazier Park. It was "only" 5ish miles up, I mistakenly thought we were riding the fire road to the peak, which is after the trails. But the plan was always to just ride McGill & Jump.
McGill is steep, I think I looked at my Garmin to see we'd climbed 1200 ft in the first 2.7 miles. My legs were toast, I had to walk a lot of the steep bits.
It was warm enough at the start of the climb but we worked our way up to almost 8000 ft elevation & it was around 50F at the top. Went up in shorts and a short-sleeve jersey. Going down I added tights, a wool base layer arm warmers and a vest.
It went pretty well, the trail is more flowy than technical, really lovely. The biggest challenge is lots off narrow off-camber trail cut into the steep hillside. Definitely significant potential for sliding down the mountain. But I was kind of getting the hang of it in the end.
10 miles & 1800 ft of climbing. Rest day tomorrow, so ready for this one.
Phil is great.
The difficult switchback here is going up, though. I need to get to a real mountain to find the real thing going down. I don't know if I'm brave enough to do an endo turn in those conditions, though. I do have to pop a wheelie to make it up the crazy switchback headed up on our trail.
10-02-17, 09:09 AM
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Systems are a go - makin' a cool hunnert watts under cloudy skies. 
10-02-17, 09:13 AM
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10-02-17, 09:15 AM
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