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02-24-23, 08:48 PM
#6926
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02-24-23, 09:04 PM
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02-24-23, 09:13 PM
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02-24-23, 09:16 PM
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cowboy, steel horse, etc
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Bonus Lotus nose of the day
One more Lotus with a Williams:
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02-24-23, 09:42 PM
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One club announced no rides tomorrow.
02-24-23, 09:52 PM
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02-24-23, 10:02 PM
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02-24-23, 10:05 PM
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02-24-23, 10:20 PM
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Slow night, everyone must be busy watching hypnotic shoe restoration videos. 
02-24-23, 10:26 PM
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Main club has 7 (!) rides on the schedule for tomorrow. Only 1 person responded with a maybe on 1 ride.
02-25-23, 05:56 AM
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I had noise issues with the tandem until I learned to follow the instructions to the letter.
Clean the frame coupling junctions with Isopropyl alcohol and tighten them with the correct torque. Grease the seat post. Enjoy the quiet ride.
Or it may be the rear wheel quick release needs just a little grease, or the chain ring bolts, or the saddle rail to seatpost junction or the bottom bracket ...
Have you tried oiling the spoke nipples?
Clean the frame coupling junctions with Isopropyl alcohol and tighten them with the correct torque. Grease the seat post. Enjoy the quiet ride.
Or it may be the rear wheel quick release needs just a little grease, or the chain ring bolts, or the saddle rail to seatpost junction or the bottom bracket ...
Have you tried oiling the spoke nipples?
02-25-23, 05:57 AM
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02-25-23, 06:04 AM
#6939
Should Be More Popular
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It’s 25F out. My usual friends insist on doing a short 2 hour gravel ride. I don’t really like short OR gravel. My club has only one ride today, my plan is to ride along their route backwards and find them, and do most of their ride before turning back to ride home.
I think the Zwift option has turned many cyclists into weather wimps.
I think the Zwift option has turned many cyclists into weather wimps.
02-25-23, 06:09 AM
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It’s 25F out. My usual friends insist on doing a short 2 hour gravel ride. I don’t really like short OR gravel. My club has only one ride today, my plan is to ride along their route backwards and find them, and do most of their ride before turning back to ride home.
I think the Zwift option has turned many cyclists into weather wimps.
I think the Zwift option has turned many cyclists into weather wimps.
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02-25-23, 06:17 AM
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It’s 25F out. My usual friends insist on doing a short 2 hour gravel ride. I don’t really like short OR gravel. My club has only one ride today, my plan is to ride along their route backwards and find them, and do most of their ride before turning back to ride home.
I think the Zwift option has turned many cyclists into weather wimps.
I think the Zwift option has turned many cyclists into weather wimps.
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02-25-23, 06:29 AM
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serious cyclist
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02-25-23, 06:39 AM
#6943
Should Be More Popular
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Guilty as charged. My peeps tend to do gravel when it’s cold, but that means charging in a paceline along a heavily used, dead flat, MUP and terrorizing the many innocent taxpayers trying to find a little peace there or, worse yet, driving to a neighboring state which was actually part of the Confederacy! Not my thing and anyway I have fenders on my cross bike.
02-25-23, 06:40 AM
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02-25-23, 06:40 AM
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Should Be More Popular
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Cocaine Shark Tank?!?
02-25-23, 06:40 AM
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We are lucky in that there is an area nearby that has LOTS of true gravel roads, some are quite hilly. My gravel oriented friends are much better than me on the more technical sections, and I don’t want them to have to wait for me in the cold. The paved roads beckon. Time to get ready to ride!!
02-25-23, 06:42 AM
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02-25-23, 07:55 AM
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I bought a gravel bike a couple years ago and the few times that I rode gravel, I kept thinking how much it was going to hurt if I fell.
Sold it.
Sold it.
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02-25-23, 08:01 AM
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Planning a ride after lunch but this morning has been:
an espresso
a decaf espresso
bowl of grits and toast
and now, Omloop Het Niewsblad!
an espresso
a decaf espresso
bowl of grits and toast
and now, Omloop Het Niewsblad!
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02-25-23, 08:03 AM
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