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Old 02-10-23, 09:02 PM
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Holding proprietary bottles, no doubt.
Purist Aquaflo are really the best anyway. All I used.
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Old 02-10-23, 09:27 PM
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Thank you for adding that helpful red line so I could easily spot the Owls in that long list of teams.
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People here don't get it.
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Old 02-10-23, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Must still be winter.
Officially
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Old 02-10-23, 09:42 PM
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I don't really want one, but if I did, I'd really want one.
Gorgeous bike but I couldn't take a $9k art object out in the dirt. Maybe if I won the Powerball or something.
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Old 02-11-23, 05:16 AM
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I got an SKS S-blade, after getting my ass soaked on a little 13 mile ride on New Years Day. Works great! But it takes up seatpost real estate so I have to carry my saddlebag stuff in jersey pockets to leave room for the S-blade, a light, and my Varia.
I got a win-wing. It attaches to the seat stays. Seems like it’s going to work well
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Old 02-11-23, 05:34 AM
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Originally Posted by genejockey
I don't really want one, but if I did, I'd really want one.

If I bought a metal bike- it’d be a custom serotta. Guy I ride with sometimes just got one and it’s gorgeous
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Old 02-11-23, 05:51 AM
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This mornings ride sucked. Took the madone out. Plan was to do zone 2 and 4 sprints. I’m not sure what was going on but it took way too much power to go anywhere. At one point I was putting out 300 watts to go 17 mph on flat ground. Areas that I am usually doing 21-23 at 165 watts I was doing 16 mph at 195 watts.

Wind wasn’t an issue and I wasn’t wearing anything baggy. I don’t get it.
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
If I bought a metal bike- it’d be a custom serotta. Guy I ride with sometimes just got one and it’s gorgeous

Moots all the way. Well A Ritchey and a moots.


Does titanium count as a metal?
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Old 02-11-23, 06:03 AM
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It got cold again, but it’s sunny and dry. Today’s adventure is a destination ride: The Reading Pagoda.


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Originally Posted by datlas
It got cold again, but it’s sunny and dry. Today’s adventure is a destination ride: The Reading Pagoda.



Is it more than 60 miles away?
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Old 02-11-23, 06:13 AM
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Interesting choice in advertisement.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Thank you for adding that helpful red line so I could easily spot the Owls in that long list of teams.
you need all the help you can get.
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Old 02-11-23, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
If I bought a metal bike- it’d be a custom serotta. Guy I ride with sometimes just got one and it’s gorgeous
I didn't even know he was back.
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Originally Posted by datlas
It got cold again, but it’s sunny and dry. Today’s adventure is a destination ride: The Reading Pagoda.


is it a place to read or is it located in Reading, Pennsylvania?
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Interesting choice in advertisement.
They need to add an asterisk saying
* except for your bladder control, you are stronger than our diaper.

Also, what gives with the 25 posts per page? Everyone knows 30/page is where it's at.

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Originally Posted by big john
I didn't even know he was back.
He has been for a few years. His studio is about 10 minutes from my house
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Slow morning. Must be Saturday
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
He has been for a few years. His studio is about 10 minutes from my house
I remember he made some unusual bikes bitd. I think he mixed ti and cf before about anyone else did. Those frames were elegant.
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Old 02-11-23, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize2
Slow morning. Must be Saturday
Still haven't decided on which ride I want but it's crunch time.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
This mornings ride sucked. Took the madone out. Plan was to do zone 2 and 4 sprints. I’m not sure what was going on but it took way too much power to go anywhere. At one point I was putting out 300 watts to go 17 mph on flat ground. Areas that I am usually doing 21-23 at 165 watts I was doing 16 mph at 195 watts.

Wind wasn’t an issue and I wasn’t wearing anything baggy. I don’t get it.
obv a gravitic distortion of the space-time continuum.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
This mornings ride sucked. Took the madone out. Plan was to do zone 2 and 4 sprints. I’m not sure what was going on but it took way too much power to go anywhere. At one point I was putting out 300 watts to go 17 mph on flat ground. Areas that I am usually doing 21-23 at 165 watts I was doing 16 mph at 195 watts.

Wind wasn’t an issue and I wasn’t wearing anything baggy. I don’t get it.
I've had days like that, but never with a power meter to comfirm I really was working harder. What about your heart rate? Did that, and the RPE match with the rest of it? That is working real hard to go slower?
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Moots all the way. Well A Ritchey and a moots.


Does titanium count as a metal?
Definitely.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
I've had days like that, but never with a power meter to comfirm I really was working harder. What about your heart rate? Did that, and the RPE match with the rest of it? That is working real hard to go slower?

Yea my HR was elevated too. It was weird. I don’t know if something was wrong with the madone. I took the ritchey out for team practice. That went okay but I could tell the earlier ride zapped my energy. I did one lap and packed it in.

My HRV and my training load for the week was fine.

I’ll have to check the madone maybe the wheel needs service? I don’t know. Even on descents where I usually hit 30+ mph I only hit like 26 mph.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Yea my HR was elevated too. It was weird. I don’t know if something was wrong with the madone. I took the ritchey out for team practice. That went okay but I could tell the earlier ride zapped my energy. I did one lap and packed it in.

My HRV and my training load for the week was fine.

I’ll have to check the madone maybe the wheel needs service? I don’t know. Even on descents where I usually hit 30+ mph I only hit like 26 mph.
That sounds like drag. Also, it sounds like A drag.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
That sounds like drag. Also, it sounds like A drag.

I was wear bib tights, and my castelli thermal jersery. That’s the thing, no drag. Oh well.
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