My brother runs a tyre store. He worked for a large mega-corporation for 20 years as an IT engineer before being out-sourced, then became a lineman for ATT before being out-sourced, then a Schwann’s driver before they folded, and then an oil quick-change joint before being asked to manage a tyre store. He actually enjoys it.

Mmmmm, doppio anytime.

Congrats!

Parrrrty!,

They’ve let those e-bikes get way out of hand in NYC.

Agree. Although this was one of those motor-scooters.

Pretty accurate description of my career, just different employers, and a splicer, not a lineman.

It’s funny, I enjoyed both careers, but when someone asks what I did I answer some people with the white collar job and other people with the blue collar job, depending on some undefined calculation in my head.

I hope you have plenty of things to do to keep you busy.

You know about idle hands....

It's funny how that works. I started out as engineering intern at age 18. After awhile, the program was cancelled and I found myself working way more than going to school due to needing the money. Soon, the promotions far outweighed the degree and by that time, people assumed I was an engineer and back in the 70's, I could actually get hired with the title despite never finishing school. Try that today.

Anyway, at engineering conventions, when people asked, I just called myself a construction manager or construction engineer where licensed engineers don't get their hackles up or look down their nose at those titles. With regular people, I use my actual engineering title.

Today is National Leave the Office Early Day. Some of us cannot celebrate.

That month is over.

quality

That’s a good thing.

Bikeflights used to be very easy to deal with when it started out. Now that it has grown so big, not that much. I had to call twice (because of website issues) and speak to a woman who I believe is located in Germany. (I think she was using the fake name of "Patricia". I even got that European-sounding ring tone.) Not the first time I have had problems with their site. And since it switched from FedEx to UPS, the service has become slower.

My mechanic back in Syracuse has the picture you are referencing on the wall of his shop.

I used this service to ship my friend's (empty) bike carrier a few months ago. They partnered with UPS so I simply printed out the shipping label and dropped it off at UPS and it went smoothly. Not sure if something changed, or maybe I was lucky and/or you were unlucky.

We are going to Colorado in late July and I am taking my bike, will just pay the $80 each way fare and take the Habanero in the hard-shell case I have.

I want an aero race bike too Sierra_rider rsbob. I'm on a 2022 TCR, with externally wired brake lines. Great road race and training bike, but not the best choice when there are sustained speeds near 30 MPH, which is a lot of the racing around here. Even still, I have a couple of other bikes on my radar, replacing my backup/trainer bike with a steel rig that I can beat up a bit more, and possibly even a new TT bike (frameset), as that aligns with my racing goals a bit more.

A note on Canyon - a local carbon repair guy gets lots of Canyon frames going through.... might not be the best quality. Having said that, a lot of people really, really like the way the Aeroad rides. I have my eyes on a Propel or maybe a Gen8 Madone, whenever that time comes. Might not be till next year.

Congrats on the retirement DougRNS! Does this mean that we can expect the quality of this subforum to appreciably increase?

There was something weird about getting beyond the information stage to the box content stage. I was instructed to go back a stage and then go forward again. That allowed me to move on. When I finally paid, I got a message that getting shipping label printing was not enabled. That prompted the second call. The site kept changing to correct zip code of the recipient to an incorrect wrong one, so I it would not create a label. This wasn't the first time I had zip code issues on the site. In 2017 I was trying to schedule return shipping near the end of a tour while I had computer access. The site would not accept the correct zip code for the REI store where the bike would be picked up. After all the years it has been around, you would think these courts of problems would have been solved.

No.

#MOTD

It's not a pure aero bike per se, but I'm building up a Cervelo Soloist to fill this void. My budget isn't generous for this build, so when I had the opportunity to get a Soloist frameset for cheap, I couldn't pass it up. Wheels show up today(Reserve 57|64,) then I'll just be waiting on bars, di2 battery/wires, other misc stuff. I'm almost never road race, so it's hard for me to justify an expensive build. In the words of Ricky Bobby, "I want to go fast!"

I've had a few Canyons, never any frame quality issues. At least the areas inside the frame around the seat post, BB, and headset areas look pretty similar to any other modern carbon frame. My only cracked carbon issue I've had, was not actually on one of my Canyons, but on my 2014 Ridley Helium. Just looking inside the frame, I'd think it came out of the same factory as the Chinarellos if I didn't buy it new at a reputable shop. I'm sure the newer Ridleys are much better, but I'd rather not find out.

With two daughters, I may have to brace myself for wedding costs. I have suggested to the kids and mrs datlas that if/when the kids decide to get married, they can go elope and when they get back we can have a family celebration in the backyard with pizzas and beer. I think that would be ideal, but I doubt they would go for it.