Affliction
05-19-26 | 11:32 PM
#3252
The space coyote lied.
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 48,792
Likes: 11,008
From: dusk 'til dawn.
Bikes: everywhere
Man I'm so disappointed they de-bikered one of my favourite biker bars in Phoenix. AND the Circle K across the street we always called the Satanic Circle because it was store #666 got shut down recently.
#sad
Honestly the ladies here are a lot hotter now than when this was a biker bar though.
#sad
Honestly the ladies here are a lot hotter now than when this was a biker bar though.
05-20-26 | 12:32 AM
#3253
Gruppetto Bob
Joined: Sep 2020
Posts: 11,533
Likes: 11,740
From: Seattle-ish
Bikes: Orbea Orca, Bianchi Infinito & Campione de Mundo
05-20-26 | 12:36 AM
#3254
Gruppetto Bob
Joined: Sep 2020
Posts: 11,533
Likes: 11,740
From: Seattle-ish
Bikes: Orbea Orca, Bianchi Infinito & Campione de Mundo
Nice ride today. A tad warm, at least by Peninsula standards, at about 85-88, but I loaded up my bottle with ice and headed out. At about 2 1/2 miles in, I could see something ahead of me, which turned out to be a doe and two small fawns trotting down the road. One of them needs to stick closer to Mama if he wants to avoid being Lion Chow.
As I was heading down Canada, it felt like the wind was in my face, and looking at the grass on the side of the road, it was all bending towards me. The last maybe half mile before the turn, it seemed to die down, but as soon as I turned around, it was in my face again, and sure enough, the grass was now bent towards me AGAIN. Omnidirectional goddam headwind. I looked at some weather stations on Weather Underground, and sure enough, between 11 and 1, the wind changed direction from SE to NNW. Apparently the change followed me down all 6 miles on Canada Rd, so I could ride into the wind the whole time.
I got passed twice by younger, fitter riders. The first time I TRIED to stay in contact but he was just more aero. Also stronger. The second time, I hung on a couple bikelengths back for about a mile till we parted ways. That felt good! And it turned out I'd gotten a PR for that route. Not too shabby!
As I was heading down Canada, it felt like the wind was in my face, and looking at the grass on the side of the road, it was all bending towards me. The last maybe half mile before the turn, it seemed to die down, but as soon as I turned around, it was in my face again, and sure enough, the grass was now bent towards me AGAIN. Omnidirectional goddam headwind. I looked at some weather stations on Weather Underground, and sure enough, between 11 and 1, the wind changed direction from SE to NNW. Apparently the change followed me down all 6 miles on Canada Rd, so I could ride into the wind the whole time.
I got passed twice by younger, fitter riders. The first time I TRIED to stay in contact but he was just more aero. Also stronger. The second time, I hung on a couple bikelengths back for about a mile till we parted ways. That felt good! And it turned out I'd gotten a PR for that route. Not too shabby!
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05-20-26 | 03:30 AM
#3258
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 45,330
Likes: 23,511
05-20-26 | 03:34 AM
#3259
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 45,330
Likes: 23,511
05-20-26 | 07:02 AM
#3260
New here
Joined: Jul 2020
Posts: 15,513
Likes: 8,585
From: Tejas
05-20-26 | 08:14 AM
#3261
VFL For Life
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 54,017
Likes: 2,412
From: Knoxville, TN
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
05-20-26 | 08:45 AM
#3262
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 45,330
Likes: 23,511
Our group spent a night in Dyersville, IA. It was so hot and humid that no one took the short ride out of town to see the Field of Dreams. I’ve still never seen the movie.
Spent a night in Huntington, IN. Had a Dan Quayle Burger at a local joint. (It’s his home town.). It was nothing special, just like him. During our last night in IN a woman at a bar called Staggers in Monroeville lifted her shirt for my camera. Forum rules prevent me from posting the photo.
Those were the highlights of IA and IN.
Spent a night in Huntington, IN. Had a Dan Quayle Burger at a local joint. (It’s his home town.). It was nothing special, just like him. During our last night in IN a woman at a bar called Staggers in Monroeville lifted her shirt for my camera. Forum rules prevent me from posting the photo.
Those were the highlights of IA and IN.
05-20-26 | 09:36 AM
#3263
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 23,696
Likes: 17,162
From: SF Bay Area
Bikes: Litespeed Ultimate, Ultegra; Canyon Endurace, 105; Battaglin MAX, Chorus; Bianchi 928 Veloce; Ritchey Road Logic, Dura Ace; Cannondale R500 RX100; Schwinn Circuit, Sante; Lotus Supreme, Dura Ace
Our group spent a night in Dyersville, IA. It was so hot and humid that no one took the short ride out of town to see the Field of Dreams. I’ve still never seen the movie.
Spent a night in Huntington, IN. Had a Dan Quayle Burger at a local joint. (It’s his home town.). It was nothing special, just like him. During our last night in IN a woman at a bar called Staggers in Monroeville lifted her shirt for my camera. Forum rules prevent me from posting the photo.
Those were the highlights of IA and IN.
Spent a night in Huntington, IN. Had a Dan Quayle Burger at a local joint. (It’s his home town.). It was nothing special, just like him. During our last night in IN a woman at a bar called Staggers in Monroeville lifted her shirt for my camera. Forum rules prevent me from posting the photo.
Those were the highlights of IA and IN.
The 3rd time was in 1988 when Mrs. GJ and I were travelling East to visit family during my 7th year sabbatical at Genentech. We had a book that listed great places to eat local specialties across America, and one place just of I-80 was supposed to have great tenderloin sandwiches, but had apparently changed hands since the book came out, because there was nothing like that on the menu. The food was the worst we had on that whole trip, and the waitress had one of those permanent frowns. The next day, when we were at the motel packing to leave, I forgot my pillow, dooming me to 6 weeks of whatever pillows were available.
So, I don't have good memories of Iowa.
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05-20-26 | 09:50 AM
#3264
VFL For Life
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 54,017
Likes: 2,412
From: Knoxville, TN
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
Our group spent a night in Dyersville, IA. It was so hot and humid that no one took the short ride out of town to see the Field of Dreams. I’ve still never seen the movie.
Spent a night in Huntington, IN. Had a Dan Quayle Burger at a local joint. (It’s his home town.). It was nothing special, just like him. During our last night in IN a woman at a bar called Staggers in Monroeville lifted her shirt for my camera. Forum rules prevent me from posting the photo.
Those were the highlights of IA and IN.
Spent a night in Huntington, IN. Had a Dan Quayle Burger at a local joint. (It’s his home town.). It was nothing special, just like him. During our last night in IN a woman at a bar called Staggers in Monroeville lifted her shirt for my camera. Forum rules prevent me from posting the photo.
Those were the highlights of IA and IN.
The older I get, the more there is that I forget.
Sad.
05-20-26 | 09:54 AM
#3265
VFL For Life
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 54,017
Likes: 2,412
From: Knoxville, TN
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
05-20-26 | 12:36 PM
#3266
Thread Starter
Administrator
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 34,342
Likes: 8,487
From: Hudson Valley, NY
Bikes: Merlin Cyrene '04; Bridgestone RB-1 '92
It has mercifully cooled down here today, 80° max.
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05-20-26 | 12:39 PM
#3267
Thread Starter
Administrator
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 34,342
Likes: 8,487
From: Hudson Valley, NY
Bikes: Merlin Cyrene '04; Bridgestone RB-1 '92
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See, this is why we can't have nice things. - - smarkinson
Where else but the internet can a bunch of cyclists go and be the tough guy? - - jdon
05-20-26 | 12:47 PM
#3269
Not actually Tmonk
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 17,322
Likes: 6,103
From: San Diego, CA
Bikes: road, track, mtb
05-20-26 | 12:52 PM
#3270
Thread Starter
Administrator
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 34,342
Likes: 8,487
From: Hudson Valley, NY
Bikes: Merlin Cyrene '04; Bridgestone RB-1 '92
Not correct, they got ocean frontage bruh.
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05-20-26 | 01:08 PM
#3271
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 23,696
Likes: 17,162
From: SF Bay Area
Bikes: Litespeed Ultimate, Ultegra; Canyon Endurace, 105; Battaglin MAX, Chorus; Bianchi 928 Veloce; Ritchey Road Logic, Dura Ace; Cannondale R500 RX100; Schwinn Circuit, Sante; Lotus Supreme, Dura Ace
Threw out her back playing clarinet? What, was it a sub-contrabass clarinet?
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"Everybody's gotta be somewhere." - Eccles
05-20-26 | 01:21 PM
#3272
climber has-been
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 9,162
Likes: 6,050
From: Palo Alto, CA
Bikes: Scott Addict RC Pro & R1, Felt Z1
The UCI is determined to take away all the fun stuff:
“To respect the image of cycling and the Giro d’Italia, the organizer and the Commissaires’ Panel inform all riders that urinating into a bottle and subsequently discarding it is strictly prohibited,” the jury report stated.
“To respect the image of cycling and the Giro d’Italia, the organizer and the Commissaires’ Panel inform all riders that urinating into a bottle and subsequently discarding it is strictly prohibited,” the jury report stated.
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05-20-26 | 01:33 PM
#3273
shaken, not stirred.
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 5,517
Likes: 1,449
From: The Shaky Isles.
Bikes: I've lost count.
05-20-26 | 01:47 PM
#3275
Should Be More Popular
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 46,228
Likes: 11,772
From: Malvern, PA (20 miles West of Philly)
Bikes: 1986 Alpine (steel road bike), 2009 Ti Habenero, 2013 Specialized Roubaix
The UCI is determined to take away all the fun stuff:
“To respect the image of cycling and the Giro d’Italia, the organizer and the Commissaires’ Panel inform all riders that urinating into a bottle and subsequently discarding it is strictly prohibited,” the jury report stated.
“To respect the image of cycling and the Giro d’Italia, the organizer and the Commissaires’ Panel inform all riders that urinating into a bottle and subsequently discarding it is strictly prohibited,” the jury report stated.