Originally Posted by heckler (Post 10953151)

I kinda just assumed everyone does A rides all the time if they are on bf...then I come here and it is a breath of fresh air.

Originally Posted by coasting (Post 10953166)

Given today's best thread about assaultting chidren on rides, I'm curious how far you would go to get back at someone who passes you. How do you contain the rage?

Originally Posted by heckler (Post 10953407)

last week I got hit with windshield washer fluid....it truely surprised me that no one that had thought to do that yet in my few years of riding. I smiled because it wasn't nearly as bad as some of the other things tossed/yelled my way.

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 10953279)

I just saw that thread. Where do these people come from? I'm happy just to not get hit or have something thrown at me, and dude goes ballistic because a kid yells at him?

Good grief.

Originally Posted by mzeffex (Post 10953548)

Is 495 feet climbed in 7.5 miles a lot?

Originally Posted by Yaniel (Post 10953555)

i rode 60 miles the other day and climbed 460. in my world it is.

Originally Posted by mzeffex (Post 10953548)

Is 495 feet climbed in 7.5 miles a lot?

Originally Posted by Herbie53 (Post 10953562)

no.

Originally Posted by mzeffex (Post 10953568)

What about 138 in .83? That's my commute to work.

Originally Posted by Herbie53 (Post 10953582)

Closer, but even that is like a 3% grade.

Originally Posted by mzeffex (Post 10953588)

Oh well. On my ride tonight according to Garmin there were some 16% grades, and a bunch of 8 and 9s.

Originally Posted by Herbie53 (Post 10953598)

could be... averaging can be disappointing.

I have seen the Garmin grade calculation get wonky if you get slow though. 16% is stout.

Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 10951725)

Shelled like a cheap pistachio. I can't remember the last time I did a race that fast. Every time I looked down we were going 28-30 mph. 22-23 mph up the hill. Ouch. Couldn't recover. The scary part is that as I'm peeling off the back my team mate Bernie was off the front with a 12 man break, pulling those idiots around non-stop. I don't know how he finished in that race, but they should all just have ceded the win to him since he was absolutely dragging them around for 5 laps. That guy is amazing. In terms of sheer aerobic mojo he is one of the strongest 35+ guys in NY that I can think of. I am confident the breakaway stuck, they had a 45 second gap with two to go.

Originally Posted by coasting (Post 10944413)

i say settle it on the football pitch on saturday. loser pays for oil clean up.

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 10953843)

My abdomen is starting to take an hourglass shape.

Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 10953856)

Which part of the hourglass?

Originally Posted by texascyclist (Post 10953960)

270 pages about a new bike?

Originally Posted by texascyclist (Post 10953960)

270 pages about a new bike?

Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 10953966)

Hey, that's a good line.