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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 01-29-22, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by BillyD
But wait, that would mean he would have to leave Knoxville.
I'm not worried about lunch expenses.
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To state it scientifically, the sun no larger emits radiation with longer than 700nm wavelengths.


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Originally Posted by phrantic09
We go Tuesday at 5PM and Wednesday at 8AM- usually ride In the morning and take it easy on Wednesday. 2 days a week is enough for me



I can only stand about 90 minutes. Supposed to do 2 hours of SS work today but don’t know if I’ll have time. Tomorrow looks good enough to go outside in the afternoon though.

question for the mechanic savvy… my new shimano chain is 2 links shorter than what’s on the bike now, am I screwed?
Depends how long the present chain is. You’re welcome.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
I did sign up for intervals.icu, but I'm not sure what to make of the data. Is this atypical?

It’s a steep curve, but not abnormal in any sense.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Depends how long the present chain is. You’re welcome.
Scientific response there.
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Originally Posted by datlas
How was it? I ended up averaging about 70% of FTP for 2 hours, so that’s Z2 but there was plenty of harder efforts involved. I still got dropped by my friends. It used to bug me that I would not be able to stay with riders who I have no trouble staying with or even dropping IRL, but I now look at Zwift as a video game to keep my fitness up and am not a serious Zwifter. It makes it much more tolerable.
I did Z2-3 for 2.5 hrs in a steadily shrinking bunch off the front of a big group ride. We held a nice steady pace and shared the work. It wasn’t too bad. I had good music and leered at the female avatars. Now my legs are nice and dead and I’ll have Raynauds for hours.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
You do not recall correctly. To the contrary, I feel too stretched out reaching the hoods.

I leave Knoxville every time I go home from work, etc.

Is that what you do? Civil engineer?
Sorry, no 52cm bikes on clearance.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
It’s a steep curve, but not abnormal in any sense.
That's good to know! I'd hate to be abnormal.....
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My morning activity.....
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Originally Posted by rjones28
I'm not worried about lunch expenses.
You should worry about your suspect bike-fitting skills.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
You should worry about your suspect bike-fitting skills.
The bike is fine. It's you that's too small.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
You should worry about your suspect bike-fitting skills.
Fictional characters don't count.
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I'd be interested to see a histogram of numbers of bikes of each size. It seems like there are WAY MORE 56s and 54s than 58s. Sometimes it seems like there are more 60s than 58s, but I doubt this is true. OTOH, the paucity of 58s is probably a good thing for my wallet. And marriage.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
I did Z2-3 for 2.5 hrs in a steadily shrinking bunch off the front of a big group ride. We held a nice steady pace and shared the work. It wasn’t too bad. I had good music and leered at the female avatars. Now my legs are nice and dead and I’ll have Raynauds for hours.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Depends how long the present chain is. You’re welcome.

Im hoping I didn’t waste a chain, I’m guessing it’ll be fine.
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
Im hoping I didn’t waste a chain, I’m guessing it’ll be fine.
You can always add links back with the little pins if you over-shortened it.
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Work is done. Got about an hour of household administrative work done as well.
Nap time!
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
You can always add links back with the little pins if you over-shortened it.
This is factory length, new straight out of the box Ultegra chain
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
This is factory length, new straight out of the box Ultegra chain
…and you don’t have a box of cut off ends?
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
To state it scientifically, the sun no larger emits radiation with longer than 700nm wavelengths.


Things are looking up!


You're welcome.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
…and you don’t have a box of cut off ends?
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Fictional characters don't count.

I've met him. He's real but not spectacular.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
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NOT too fat for the sport.
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Originally Posted by LAJ
NOT too fat for the sport.
Really. I bet my ass looks kinda like that.
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Originally Posted by LAJ
NOT too fat for the sport.
At 12 1/2, he's at least 10# over his racing weight 0f 65#.

It's really amazing, when they come right off the track, just how much they are nothing but muscle and bone, and enough skin to cover it if stretched taut. In fact they have so little extra skin that their eyes often don't close when they sleep, which is real damn creepy sometimes.

EDIT: One vet tried to tell me he was overweight, because he was taught to base that on their loins. But Greyhounds tend to have much more muscular loins because they have long, flexible spines and they use those muscles A LOT in running.
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