Velo Vol 

That must be nice.

Meanwhile, big media is reporting on the Strava spying I posted about yesterday.

Fitness tracking app gives away location of secret US army bases

datlas 

Kudos.

When we redid our kitchen 15 years ago we kept the original double oven which is from the 1970’s (we think).

It recently died, and the 15 year old dishwasher and fridge are both giving us trouble.

Looks like we are replacing all three. At the cost of a whole fleet of Saturns.

datlas 

Should we give you the nickname “Scoop?”

Honestly, if our soldiers are outside running and/or cycling, the base locations probably are obvious anyway.

f4rrest

I thought that Saturns are irreplaceable, and therefore priceless.

datlas 

My Saturn is priceless. But if you use one of those online “used car calculators” it says it’s only worth about $600. Sad!

f4rrest

Lots of people spend more than that each month on a car payment. Sad!

DougRNS

Those purple stars look blue to me and these pretzels are making me thirsty! Any one care to weigh in on my color recognition issues?

I was so bored this afternoon that I spent the last ninety minutes reading the first addiction thread. I am almost halfway through now. IQ points are dropping precipitously and I didn't have many to spare. It was rather hostile and NYC centric BITD.

Velo Vol 

It's not my loss if an eagle gobbles up your drone.

topslop1

Hmmm, does not fit. The Canyon one is bigger, and the FSA doesn't fit around the tube. I could try to open/flex the FSA one open a bit, but I'm under the impression it should just slide on.

datlas 

Agree it should fit easily. Don’t force it!

Heathpack 

Aaah, drove a little north of town to ride a trail called Golden Eagle. It’s at the end of a historic abandoned road called the Old Ridge Route. When I first got my MTB and rode up on the Old Ridge Route, one of my friends pointed this trail out to me, with the suggestion that I try it once I got a little intermediate-ish on the MTB. It’s been on my list, got a 2hr MTB ride on my schedule, texted a friend who invited another friend and the three of us had a plan.

What a sweet ride. Winds were crazy up there, probably 25mph or so, I actually had to walk some of the exposed uphill headwind segments.

We started with a 6ish mile/1500ish feet fire road climb. I’ve evolved away from loving the long fire road climb but the views were amazing- hills covered with golden grasses, pine trees and live oaks, mountains crumpled up in all directions. I wish I’d stopped to take more pics but my legs were toast and I already felt like I was holding up the show.

Finally got to the top, then did a little sweet single track climb. Open fields, shady oak forests, manzanita tunnels. The boys spooked a deer, which they didn’t even see but I stopped to watch him sproing through the forest. I was so pathetically tired that I started walking anything that went up for more than 20 pedal strokes, but I didn’t care, it was still so great to be out there.

Got to the top where I finally took a sadly non-representative pic. The scenery was actually way better than this. My phone was glitching out and the wind was howling up there and people were getting cold.



Then we turned around and descended maybe 5 miles of single track, first backtracking the trail we’d just climbed, then crossing the fire road and heading down down down. Mostly easy hard pack dirt with some sandy sections, a few rocks and a decent amount of exposure. But swoopy and fun with great views.

I forgot to start my Garmin and missed the first 15 min of the ride, but I think it was something like 13 miles/2000 ft in the end.

For someone with currently-pathetic legs, I really had a great time riding this weekend.

WHOOOSSHHH...

Couple of whacks with a hammer and it should slide right on...

topslop1

Guess we find out that Canyon wants you to buy Canyon replacement parts. Thanks a lot Germany, too typical.

Velo Vol 

@WHOOOSSHHH...!

rjones28 

I did not break a leg.

rjones28 

Velo Vol 

It would take a major upgrade for my leg to reach "pathetic" status.

DougRNS

Did you break a PR? Details, including recovery food,naps and beverages. I don't ask for much.

rjones28 

rjones28 

New course, no PRs (or all PRs). It was a 45 minute race, I completed 4 laps. No in-race beverages were consumed. Tuna salad and water post-race. No naps.

datlas 

Kudos!

Bah Humbug

Why is snow on the ground a no-no?

And speaking of such things, I'm thinking of a GoPro. Any advice from anyone? Want to record the big drive to/ from Boulder, underwater swim stroke evaluation, and other, well, action-cammy stuff. Worth the fancier ones, or just get a Session? On the one hand, I don't think I really need any fancy features, but I also don't want to wind up with few/ no accessories working down the line, or just being frustrated with crappiness.

Bah Humbug

That's a lot of post-race discipline. Good job! On that and the race.

DougRNS

Kudos.
Looks like a nice day. You could break a leg if you went off course and fell off the mountain. Yikes. I didn't nap but my activity level was nil. You had a busy week on the bike.

Velo Vol 

It looks like you're riding through someone's back "yard."