Does she know about the Trim function? Maybe you should mansplain that one to her.

Sorry it's not fusion for Friday, but I was enjoying some sophisticated shredding while having my after work shower and getting dressed for a ride...

Go to 3:00 to get right in to the performance.

Here's a mellow tune with John Medeski on the organ.

pleasant, nice latin vibe. also Julian Lage is sick at the guitar for sure. I dig the "view with a room" album.

this chick rocks, thanks for sharing. great way to take me thru my remaining work day

I'm working on a lost decade.

Restarting isn't fun. Having to work hard to do what used to be easy makes it feel like it'll be a long road back. But, I figured that I might as well get to it - next year is going to arrive either way, and when it arrives, I can either be out of shape or I can put in work to get some fitness back... assuming we that don't all die in a storm of nuclear fire, of course.

Make sure to start out with "Well, actually..." and to be extra-friendly, call her "Little Lady" or something similar.

I don't find myself in big-big with my standard (53/39) bikes, but I do often with the Canyon's 52/36. It's slightly louder, so I notice it if I'm on a quiet road.

I'll trade your out of shape (below) for my out of shape.

ive been off the bike for extended periods due to injury, and not much else. my extent of training and racing has waxed and waned, but I've generally been in shape to finish mid pack for the last twenty or so years

for me it takes me 2-3 months to get most of the way back, in power or raw physicality. that last 5-10% takes hard work. but, ive never dealt with really serious injury or gained a lot of weight. i actually weigh less when im not riding a ton. i get a bit bloated when im eating a lot and drinking a ton of water.

Whew, good thing the kitty didn't affect final trajectory and splashdown!

How's the microwave oven doing?

it may join my awesome suite of products. The shovel, jacket and lightweight and aero seatpost. Stay tuned!

Best case scenario (9 weeks) this will be the longest I've been off the bike since 1988. One time in the late 90s I was off for 3 weeks but then I could still hike and go to work, etc.

in the second half it reminds me of John McGloughlin from Mahavishnu Orchestra.

Abercrombie played with John McLaughlin.

I dig Scofield.

Why would it qualify as awesome?

Woah! Wild weather.

Waiting for first light, rental bike ready. I had to crank up the saddle for my freaky long legs. The fit is not perfect, but good enough for a ride. The goal is to summit Soledad Mountain and explore areas around there, plus a ride around Fiesta Island. Must finish early in time for Padres later.




The area we are staying is called Cortez Hill. I can confirm it’s a hill, but a bit too short for cycling purposes. Local landmark is shown below.

enjoy datlas! Let us know how it goes. I'm about to hop on the trainer, meeting some friends for MTB in a few hrs

Nothing beats starting off with “sweetheart”.

Well, yeah, it could be worse, and I've got 6 or 7 weeks of progress under my belt. Still, that route at that pace would have been pretty casual for me.

Still, the positives from the ride: I felt less horrible after that than I did after a 30ish mile ride a couple weeks ago and my jersey and vest don't feel like an boa constrictor trying to squeeze the air from my lungs, anymore, so I must be dropping some of the excess weight.

This is also very good. Haven't listened to the whole album but it could easily be the best track.

This was the longest that I've been off since taking up road cycling. It kicked off with injury, but life and happenstance tagged in dropped flying elbows off the top turnbuckle, everything from moving my MIL across the country (and prepping/selling her home), to wildfire smoke, to feeling out the start of a small biz.

Garmin and Intervals say that my FTP is about 80-85% of what it used to be, but FTP was never my strongest suit, and I feel way more than 15-20% away. Punchy efforts, and being able to recover and do it again, were more my playground, and that's way off, right now. I'll keep working though, because what the hell else is there to do?