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11-18-17, 02:53 PM
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The real question about the sticky is; what took so long?
11-18-17, 02:55 PM
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Should Be More Popular
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Schwag acquisition at Performance was successful. Main objective was a pair of clear cycling glasses, got the "Scattante Team" ones to replace my lost pair. I needed to spend $75 in order to get $20 off, so I picked up a box of Clif Shot Bloks, a pair of glove liners, a Camelback Podium bottle, and some bar tape.
11-18-17, 02:58 PM
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11-18-17, 02:59 PM
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Schwag acquisition at Performance was successful. Main objective was a pair of clear cycling glasses, got the "Scattante Team" ones to replace my lost pair. I needed to spend $75 in order to get $20 off, so I picked up a box of Clif Shot Bloks, a pair of glove liners, a Camelback Podium bottle, and some bar tape.
11-18-17, 03:04 PM
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smelling the roses
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Schwag acquisition at Performance was successful. Main objective was a pair of clear cycling glasses, got the "Scattante Team" ones to replace my lost pair. I needed to spend $75 in order to get $20 off, so I picked up a box of Clif Shot Bloks, a pair of glove liners, a Camelback Podium bottle, and some bar tape.
11-18-17, 03:11 PM
#3131
Should Be More Popular
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11-18-17, 03:27 PM
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Speechless
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Thanks for all the warm welcomes. It is always nice to check in to the warm sweaty embrace of the Addicts thread.
My last n+1 acquisition was a 1986 Honda Nighthawk 450. Crushed my fingers in mid July, which was a bear for cycling, but not bad for twisting throttles. Funny how many motorcyclists live in terror of their front brake, just like some cyclists.
@LAJ, I had to check back in before your Christmas light photos, because nothing says winter like those
My last n+1 acquisition was a 1986 Honda Nighthawk 450. Crushed my fingers in mid July, which was a bear for cycling, but not bad for twisting throttles. Funny how many motorcyclists live in terror of their front brake, just like some cyclists.
@LAJ, I had to check back in before your Christmas light photos, because nothing says winter like those
11-18-17, 03:56 PM
#3133
Farmer tan
Thanks for all the warm welcomes. It is always nice to check in to the warm sweaty embrace of the Addicts thread.
My last n+1 acquisition was a 1986 Honda Nighthawk 450. Crushed my fingers in mid July, which was a bear for cycling, but not bad for twisting throttles. Funny how many motorcyclists live in terror of their front brake, just like some cyclists.
@LAJ, I had to check back in before your Christmas light photos, because nothing says winter like those
My last n+1 acquisition was a 1986 Honda Nighthawk 450. Crushed my fingers in mid July, which was a bear for cycling, but not bad for twisting throttles. Funny how many motorcyclists live in terror of their front brake, just like some cyclists.
@LAJ, I had to check back in before your Christmas light photos, because nothing says winter like those
11-18-17, 04:54 PM
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The Scattante Team glasses were $24.99. How much are Do Blades??
11-18-17, 05:06 PM
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11-18-17, 05:12 PM
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11-18-17, 05:15 PM
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11-18-17, 05:49 PM
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cowboy, steel horse, etc
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On a break during the 12 hour MTB race. Tempted to leave now, since I could keep my decent 1:35 lap average, but only have 3 laps. I've been lounging for 90 mins now so the next lap will be 3 hours if I keep up the pace.
11-18-17, 05:54 PM
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Man, that hurt WAY more than a measly metric should have. I did an effin' fantastic job of lining up a sometimes brutal, but always unpleasant, headwind for about the last 18 miles. I highlighted that stretch on Strava - no real elevation to speak of, yet I managed a whopping 14mph. Uff da.
Maybe I'll go ahead and get in a metric. One more lap on the course plus a couple of laps around the parking lot would bag me a metric I reckon.
11-18-17, 06:00 PM
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smelling the roses
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True, I made up that part. I cannot explain it, but this part of the peninsula has much more rock than soil on the surface. The further south, and east you go, you get more soil and more rain. Further northwest, the more desert like it becomes. A weedeater is the only option I have for lawn care, beyond a machete. An actual lawnmower couldn't move two feet without shearing its pin. There is literally fist size stone strewn everywhere. I can't take a walk to the back of the property without taking precautions against twisting my ankle. On the path from the house to the street, we have cleaned it and done this same method to smooth it out, and still we kick stones out of the way. The ancient Maya, in these parts, built their houses on piles of stones, possibly as a means of creating some cleared land for farming.
11-18-17, 06:01 PM
#3144
Vain, But Lacking Talent
Good club ride. We did 58 miles but Strava ripped me off. Seems since I upgraded my iPhone iOS the Strava app stops after a few minutes. I posted in the 41 to see if someone has had the same problem and knows the fix. I hope they don't tell me to cough up some money and buy a Garmin etc.
Speaking of spending money, I am heading out to the local Performance to buy some schwag. They have a pretty good sale going and I lost my usual clear lens bike glasses awhile ago, and the ones I have are terribly scratched. Plus I have a $20 off coupon so will stock up on Shot Bloks or some other consumable.
Speaking of spending money, I am heading out to the local Performance to buy some schwag. They have a pretty good sale going and I lost my usual clear lens bike glasses awhile ago, and the ones I have are terribly scratched. Plus I have a $20 off coupon so will stock up on Shot Bloks or some other consumable.
11-18-17, 06:13 PM
#3145
Vain, But Lacking Talent
So I went and did the stupid thing. And BOY was it stupid.
Spinistry puts on a lot of gravel grinder type events in North Texas and they are always awesome. I realized before I left for my trip that they had one for the weekend after I got back and decided that would be a good way to get some miles in and challenge myself at the same time. I decided on the "50 mile" ride which they called the "75k" ride which was actually 51 miles.
And guys, the wind here in North Texas today was just plain brutal. 25mph sustained with gusts of 35. And I mean SUSTAINED. There was one point where I had to take a quick left and then right back onto a gravel road and I'm just watching plumes of dust shooting out from the very road I had to turn on. Luckily, the wind was from the north and the ride was northbound for the first half and mostly southbound for the last half.
In my last couple of rides, I had discovered that I was actually able to push into the red and drop my HR back down fairly easily. This ended up being very important. I pushed through the windy parts and was able to pull my HR back down so I wasn't pegging it the whole time, and when I got to the middle point, there was this lovely section of ups and downs and twists that was just so great, it was the most fun I've had on a bike in a LONG time. So after all that going in and out of the red, I felt super strong when I got those first tail winds.
Then at about mile 35, I got tired. Then it occured to me that I had consumed exactly 5 chicken mini's from chik-fil-a, a few small pieces of cut fruit, and a red bull. And that's it. And I didn't have any food on me. Once I hit mile 40, it was really just a game of putting my legs through the motions. I had to stop on the last section a few times because it was a long west bound road with lots of ups and downs and a massive cross wind. And because I couldn't really make an effort and actually keep my HR up, I was getting COLD with that north wind chilling things down. But I made it back and still finished in around 4 hours, so that wasn't half bad all considered.
TL;DR: long rides require food. I am an idiot. I still had fun because stupid people have stupid ideas of fun.
Spinistry puts on a lot of gravel grinder type events in North Texas and they are always awesome. I realized before I left for my trip that they had one for the weekend after I got back and decided that would be a good way to get some miles in and challenge myself at the same time. I decided on the "50 mile" ride which they called the "75k" ride which was actually 51 miles.
And guys, the wind here in North Texas today was just plain brutal. 25mph sustained with gusts of 35. And I mean SUSTAINED. There was one point where I had to take a quick left and then right back onto a gravel road and I'm just watching plumes of dust shooting out from the very road I had to turn on. Luckily, the wind was from the north and the ride was northbound for the first half and mostly southbound for the last half.
In my last couple of rides, I had discovered that I was actually able to push into the red and drop my HR back down fairly easily. This ended up being very important. I pushed through the windy parts and was able to pull my HR back down so I wasn't pegging it the whole time, and when I got to the middle point, there was this lovely section of ups and downs and twists that was just so great, it was the most fun I've had on a bike in a LONG time. So after all that going in and out of the red, I felt super strong when I got those first tail winds.
Then at about mile 35, I got tired. Then it occured to me that I had consumed exactly 5 chicken mini's from chik-fil-a, a few small pieces of cut fruit, and a red bull. And that's it. And I didn't have any food on me. Once I hit mile 40, it was really just a game of putting my legs through the motions. I had to stop on the last section a few times because it was a long west bound road with lots of ups and downs and a massive cross wind. And because I couldn't really make an effort and actually keep my HR up, I was getting COLD with that north wind chilling things down. But I made it back and still finished in around 4 hours, so that wasn't half bad all considered.
TL;DR: long rides require food. I am an idiot. I still had fun because stupid people have stupid ideas of fun.
11-18-17, 06:40 PM
#3146
Silver Comet Fred
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So I went and did the stupid thing. And BOY was it stupid.
Spinistry puts on a lot of gravel grinder type events in North Texas and they are always awesome. I realized before I left for my trip that they had one for the weekend after I got back and decided that would be a good way to get some miles in and challenge myself at the same time. I decided on the "50 mile" ride which they called the "75k" ride which was actually 51 miles.
And guys, the wind here in North Texas today was just plain brutal. 25mph sustained with gusts of 35. And I mean SUSTAINED. There was one point where I had to take a quick left and then right back onto a gravel road and I'm just watching plumes of dust shooting out from the very road I had to turn on. Luckily, the wind was from the north and the ride was northbound for the first half and mostly southbound for the last half.
In my last couple of rides, I had discovered that I was actually able to push into the red and drop my HR back down fairly easily. This ended up being very important. I pushed through the windy parts and was able to pull my HR back down so I wasn't pegging it the whole time, and when I got to the middle point, there was this lovely section of ups and downs and twists that was just so great, it was the most fun I've had on a bike in a LONG time. So after all that going in and out of the red, I felt super strong when I got those first tail winds.
Then at about mile 35, I got tired. Then it occured to me that I had consumed exactly 5 chicken mini's from chik-fil-a, a few small pieces of cut fruit, and a red bull. And that's it. And I didn't have any food on me. Once I hit mile 40, it was really just a game of putting my legs through the motions. I had to stop on the last section a few times because it was a long west bound road with lots of ups and downs and a massive cross wind. And because I couldn't really make an effort and actually keep my HR up, I was getting COLD with that north wind chilling things down. But I made it back and still finished in around 4 hours, so that wasn't half bad all considered.
TL;DR: long rides require food. I am an idiot. I still had fun because stupid people have stupid ideas of fun.
Spinistry puts on a lot of gravel grinder type events in North Texas and they are always awesome. I realized before I left for my trip that they had one for the weekend after I got back and decided that would be a good way to get some miles in and challenge myself at the same time. I decided on the "50 mile" ride which they called the "75k" ride which was actually 51 miles.
And guys, the wind here in North Texas today was just plain brutal. 25mph sustained with gusts of 35. And I mean SUSTAINED. There was one point where I had to take a quick left and then right back onto a gravel road and I'm just watching plumes of dust shooting out from the very road I had to turn on. Luckily, the wind was from the north and the ride was northbound for the first half and mostly southbound for the last half.
In my last couple of rides, I had discovered that I was actually able to push into the red and drop my HR back down fairly easily. This ended up being very important. I pushed through the windy parts and was able to pull my HR back down so I wasn't pegging it the whole time, and when I got to the middle point, there was this lovely section of ups and downs and twists that was just so great, it was the most fun I've had on a bike in a LONG time. So after all that going in and out of the red, I felt super strong when I got those first tail winds.
Then at about mile 35, I got tired. Then it occured to me that I had consumed exactly 5 chicken mini's from chik-fil-a, a few small pieces of cut fruit, and a red bull. And that's it. And I didn't have any food on me. Once I hit mile 40, it was really just a game of putting my legs through the motions. I had to stop on the last section a few times because it was a long west bound road with lots of ups and downs and a massive cross wind. And because I couldn't really make an effort and actually keep my HR up, I was getting COLD with that north wind chilling things down. But I made it back and still finished in around 4 hours, so that wasn't half bad all considered.
TL;DR: long rides require food. I am an idiot. I still had fun because stupid people have stupid ideas of fun.
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11-18-17, 06:43 PM
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11-18-17, 06:55 PM
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The Vols need a new punt returner.
11-18-17, 06:57 PM
#3150
Vain, But Lacking Talent
True, I'm sure most people already know that I'm an idiot. 
But yeah, it was bad. I got kind of short on time getting stuff together and just didn't think to really eat a lot or to bring food. This is one of those situations where stupidity does justifiably hurt.
But yeah, it was bad. I got kind of short on time getting stuff together and just didn't think to really eat a lot or to bring food. This is one of those situations where stupidity does justifiably hurt.