Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 11173723)

I'm trying to wrap my head around the fitness required to finish the Tour de France within the time cutoff, but it's beyond my limited 41understanding. Maybe those 33 geniuses could help us with this.

Originally Posted by aham23 (Post 11174983)

im in the market for a new race bike. what do you guys think of Scott? later.

Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 11175886)

Pcad's Velo Revelation for Monday July 26th: My Powertap tells me I burn about 30-35 Kj (calories) for every mile I ride when I'm going easy. The ride up Mt. Doom is exactly one mile. I watched the computer this AM. 110 Kj to climb my one mile long hill going easy.

I told you it was a sucky climb. I'll tell you what, the next time I look at some 'low calorie snack' that's 'only' 100 calories, I'm going to think 'I have to ride up Mt. Doom to eat that?'

Originally Posted by coasting (Post 11176065)

how many kilojoules is one pound of fat? pcad has a lot of fat to lose.

Originally Posted by Herbie53 (Post 11176119)

jellyfish stings make it difficult to get a good shave, but the dog does enjoy licking them.

Originally Posted by Herbie53 (Post 11176130)

Hey Pcad - if you were to spend $5kish on a road bike today, what would it be?

Originally Posted by mzeffex (Post 11176143)

Ow. New helmet time. Riding about 20 mph down Walter Reed Dr. in Arlington, VA, a car blared its horn at me, scared the balls out of me, I hit a wing mirror on a parked car, flipped over just to see it speed off. Three cars passed me while I was on the ground, one running over a water bottle.

Just some bike damage (Uh oh, it clicks) - destroyed the brand new seat on its first ride, bar tape, shift levers scratched. I scraped the car I hit but was too freaked out to do anything about it.

That was fun.

My helmet did it's job, but it is just scraped not smashed. I'm not sure if I should go to the hospital. I feel fine and rode home anyway.

Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 11176204)

Yikes. Glad you're relatively unscathed.

Originally Posted by coasting (Post 11176177)

why are you shaving your dog?

Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 11176225)

Read about mzeffex's crash. The love of the general motoring public for cyclists makes me verklempt. He's lucky they didn't flatten him.

Originally Posted by mzeffex (Post 11176236)

Yeah really. I couldn't believe three cars went by after the one who caused the crash, not one slowing down even. They obviously saw me, as I was in the whole right lane and they had to pass on the other side of the yellow line.

Also, the road ID unclipped and flew off. That's reassuring.

Originally Posted by coasting (Post 11176242)

he had a crash? thats not good

Originally Posted by mzeffex (Post 11176236)

Yeah really. I couldn't believe three cars went by after the one who caused the crash, not one slowing down even. They obviously saw me, as I was in the whole right lane and they had to pass on the other side of the yellow line.

Also, the road ID unclipped and flew off. That's reassuring.

Originally Posted by mzeffex (Post 11176254)

It's posted like 5 minutes up ^

Originally Posted by coasting (Post 11176278)

i'm a bit slow today. anyone would think I was the one who had a knock and not you.