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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 01-07-24, 01:00 PM
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Rode with Mrs. Mojo today. Close to home, she missed a turn and the one car in the area pulled up right behind her and laid on the horn. She stopped and apologized to him over and over but he kept cursing her. I went back and asked if he wanted to step out of the car, but the French shower took off. Very manly guy.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
What it boils down to is that, based on decades of experience, I know if I have to get up really early to ride, I won't ride. If I have to ride in the dark, I won't ride. If I have to ride a dumb trainer staring at a wall, I won't ride. If I can get on Zwift, with a Smart trainer, I'll ride. I don't mind Zwift. I mean, sure, it's not as much fun as a nice ride outside, but FOR ME it's preferable to riding in the dark or getting up in the dark to ride at dawn.
you are arguing with yourself. Stop. You win.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Y'all got any checkerboard crosswalks in K'ville? If not, why not???
Does this count?

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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Everybody is a comedian.
Not everybody.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
Ah. So for me it's more of a vocabulary than devotional thing, and the picture was just the first. But, always glad to share knowledge.
knowledge is power.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Beautiful!
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Female gravel racer murdered in 2022. She could have been one of the greatest.
How is this news or relevant in 2024?
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
you are arguing with yourself. Stop. You win.
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Originally Posted by TMonk
congrats DougRNS. You gonna venture outdoors on rides more often?
I still have a list of things to correct before that will happen. Need lumbar disc replacement, improve low bone density, determine why I have lingering pain 5 weeks after gallbladder surgery. A Fib ain't going anywhere. A life of beta blocker and blood thinner to manage that. Beta blocker makes you lose horsepower. Can still enjoy riding but won't be giving anyone the look.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
*lost
It's your world we just rent your air.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Note the appropriate downvote. SMH


It's much worse than "snow vs rain".
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Rode with Mrs. Mojo today. Close to home, she missed a turn and the one car in the area pulled up right behind her and laid on the horn. She stopped and apologized to him over and over but he kept cursing her
A lot people with issues out there.
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Originally Posted by Alan K
There was a time when the most lucrative item for export for Arabs was oud (wood used in incense) but then came along “liquid gold.”

When I saw the photo, two words/concepts came to mind instantaneously: genuflect, sanctification.
My boss's mind was blown when I told her Dune was Lawrence of Arabia. Tangentially related.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
What it boils down to is that, based on decades of experience, I know if I have to get up really early to ride, I won't ride. If I have to ride in the dark, I won't ride. If I have to ride a dumb trainer staring at a wall, I won't ride. If I can get on Zwift, with a Smart trainer, I'll ride. I don't mind Zwift. I mean, sure, it's not as much fun as a nice ride outside, but FOR ME it's preferable to riding in the dark or getting up in the dark to ride at dawn.
What about smart trainer, no Zwift, workout or real ride sim, with streaming?
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
knowledge is power.
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
It's your world we just rent your air.
Outside of Ivy League Kennesaw State has the next to lowest number on here.

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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Do the back seats fold down in these bad boys? Seems like they'd be pretty good for bike transport if so.

A road bike with fit in the back of a C6 Corvette. I bet one would fit in there with the back seats up.

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Originally Posted by bampilot06
just a dusting.
This storm dropped as much snow as we've had during the last two months.

Sad.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
What's that lip on the front if not a seatback?
It's the rear seatback. What I should have said is even if the seat wasn't there.....
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Originally Posted by rjones28
SAE tape measure reading, before I start clearing a path.

How do we know that the end hasn’t been cut off?
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Originally Posted by rjones28
A road bike with fit in the back of a C6 Corvette. I bet one would fit in there with the back seats
There is more room in the Vette. Vertically, anyway.
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
How do we know that the end hasn’t been cut off?
You don't.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Yeah with that big ol' hump over the axle and the glass coming down pretty low I figured bars would have to go up front to have room, but I'm not taking wheels off. Gonna have to stick to wagons and minivans
The gas tank is under that hump. People discover this when they mount an amp back there and use long screws. Then they bring it to the dealer and want it warrantied for a fuel leak. They do it on Corvettes, too.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Outside of Ivy League Kennesaw State has the next to lowest number on here.

https://twitter.com/TJAltimore/statu...34920244089147
Ivy League should give up on football and stick to rowing them boats and whatnot.
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