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#7501
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#7502
Should Be More Popular
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Same here. Weather saying rain supposed to end around 8AM tomorrow so I am hopeful that I can get a good ride in, even if the roads are wet.
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I hit 36 mph yesterday down a hill for the first time. The road was soaking wet and I was also unfamiliar, I prolly could have gone faster. The whole time I was thinking what would happen if a debris or a hole appeared. Bike handled beautifully though.
#7504
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It was generally stable, but certainly caught my attention and made me think about switching back to the stock fork...
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#7505
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#7506
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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A few years back, I was riding on a bike path that connects two parts of my road ride. I happened upon another rider, going the other way, stopped. He'd stopped because there was what looked to be a juvenile rattler lying across the path, sunning itself. I pulled out my full-size frame pump, flipped up the thumb-lock like a hook, and extended it to its full length. Got the thumb lock underneath at about mid-snake, lifted it up and gently tossed it into the bushes about 5 feet from the path, all from pump-length away.
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#7507
VFL For Life
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The most glaring problem now is I can't even say if I have a decent witch doctor or not. I got transferred to him (prior one moved away) last March. I've been following directions since and have had one full appointment with him in 18 months. That isn't going to cut it.
I believe I have an appointment with another nurse next week and I'm going to bluntly ask "wut is happening?" See how it goes from there.
#7508
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A few years back, I was riding on a bike path that connects two parts of my road ride. I happened upon another rider, going the other way, stopped. He'd stopped because there was what looked to be a juvenile rattler lying across the path, sunning itself. I pulled out my full-size frame pump, flipped up the thumb-lock like a hook, and extended it to its full length. Got the thumb lock underneath at about mid-snake, lifted it up and gently tossed it into the bushes about 5 feet from the path, all from pump-length away.
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#7509
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And the other one, the City of San Mateo, in its infinite wisdom, changed the settings on the light at the bottom of the hill so that instead of it being green 90% of the time when I reach it it's now red 90% of the time. It's a T intersection between a 4-lane boulevard and a side street, but they've set it to trigger for a 30 second cycle at exactly the interval that will stop any traffic through the previous green light. I've gone as fast as 45 on that one, admittedly with a tailwind, but 40+ is routinely achievable.
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#7510
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#7511
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#7512
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#7513
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How come I never get the warm, pleasant weather that LesterOfPuppets has?
#7514
Silver Comet Fred
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Whilst walking yesterday an excellent question came to mind: given that weather moves from west to east, why is it that I always get the dumb, freezing weather from you, WhyFi, et al.?
How come I never get the warm, pleasant weather that LesterOfPuppets has?
How come I never get the warm, pleasant weather that LesterOfPuppets has?
#7516
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Plus a cold air mass will just push warmer, less dense air up above it as it moves across the ground. So even if a warm and a cold air mass arrive at the same time, you won't ever feel the warmth.
#7517
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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Whilst walking yesterday an excellent question came to mind: given that weather moves from west to east, why is it that I always get the dumb, freezing weather from you, WhyFi, et al.?
How come I never get the warm, pleasant weather that LesterOfPuppets has?
How come I never get the warm, pleasant weather that LesterOfPuppets has?
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#7518
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here's a second opinion. He's obtuse.
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#7519
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Moving right along....the dog days of summer?? Autumn?? Fall??
https://www.flickr.com/photos/946973...57716165452173
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#7521
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I apologize.
Please DougRNS, tell us what you think about the quality of the rheumatologists at UTMC. The thread is dying to know.
Please DougRNS, tell us what you think about the quality of the rheumatologists at UTMC. The thread is dying to know.
#7522
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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Programming alert:
Twinkies vs Astros is on ABC in our market.
Had to reschedule my day a bit.
Twinkies vs Astros is on ABC in our market.
Had to reschedule my day a bit.
#7523
smelling the roses
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Same. Looking forward to all day riding weather.
#7524
Super Modest
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We'll start getting rain soon, I'm sure. This time of year, we often get those 2-3 day drizzly rains that are super annoying.
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