Going to be pushing 100º all week, but the heat is fine. It's the smoke form the damn fire. Post-commute this morning, smelled like I walked through a campfire.

Yeah, I'm a veterinary orthopod. Occasionally I get called in on some advanced soft tissue stuff no one else wants to tackle, but 95% of it's ortho.

I confess that the TdF is the most confusing sporting event I've ever tried to watch, and I'm not sports stupid. I will probably have to order a book to help me figure it out.

Even with said book, I will probably be somewhat lost at any given time.

I have had a pretty mean flu, complete with barf and the reah. I have lost over 5 pounds in the past three days, and I am hoping to ride it out for a few more days to get down to 165 without being dehydrated.
so far so good!
bleeeeeeech!

I look for road bikes for my children, even though they are both under the age of 2 lol.

i use bittorrent to download HD cycling coverage and it will take me until mid-september to watch every stage of the TdF.

What is so confusing about the TDF? Its a multi stage race, the guy with the fastest overall time wins. See, simple. ;)

MUP=South Platte River Trail. The Cherry Creek Trail always has a fair amount of people on it. I did 200mi last week and I rode 30mi in the 105 degree temps yesterday. HTFU!

Short arse Filipino here, making the exact same mistake you are.

My confession? I envy the kids doing those BMX tricks in the abandoned car lots more than that one guy who shows off his fancy Cervelo at the local coffee shop.

Yeah, right.

I tell non-cyclists that I despise other cyclists that run stop signs. I sometimes run stop signs. :(

if i can safely cross an intersection, i go through regardless of stop signs and traffic lights.

Hey at least we don't weigh much so its perfect for cycling. I just hate it when its windy cause my 128 pounds does cut through the wind well. Lol

Oh while riding with a buddy yesterday he told me I'm useless to ride with cause I offer nothing in regards to drafting. He said he worked harder trying to draft me than if he just pulled me instead. Lol

I think the 41's aversion to saddle bags is asinine. Unlike the pros, most of us do not have a dedicated sag wagon riding behind us carrying all the tools. I personally like to use my jersey pockets to carry extra water and nutrition so I do not have to stop mid ride.

Sometimes I look forward to finishing a ride just so I can have a glass of pickle juice when I get home.

I took my first KOM today by one second.

I have bought and sold 5 saddles on ebay over the last month on my quest to find the perfect saddle for me.

I make my own energy gels so I can justify spending more on other things for the bike. Some how that logic has been working with my wife.

When I first bought my wife a bike and we went riding together, I kept thinking in my head I do not ever remember being this slow. Then we went and got in the pool and she made me feel like a little girl. I never said another word about her cycling abilities.

For the first time in eight years, I am getting out of clydesdale territory.

I only have 1 bike...

I'm excited to get home and put the $10 chinese computer I ebayed on my new bike.

Ya gotta start somewhere...

128? Cripes, at 5'5" and some change, I weigh 140.

Time to get back to otter-mode, I guess.

I know this is true with me too. To watch what some of those kids can do on their BMX's is just amazing...of course I wouldn't want to go through all the broken body parts to accomplish the stunts that they have, but knowing that they did makes it even more amazing.

I crushed a strava KOM by 14 seconds over the now 2nd place time and 55 seconds over the now 3rd place time, but only because it is such a weird out-of-the way climb that no "real" roadies bother to ride it. As soon as one does, he is sure to squash me like the bug I am.

+ 1 on the pickle juice

+1 on being absolutely usless to draft. I'm worse off than all you all at 5'4 and 100 lbs

I am so klutzy that I'm amazed that I haven't killed myself cycling and that I'm still here. My introduction to cycling came when I was a spectator at a crit and a cat 5 racer crashed into me as I was sitting in a lawn chair. Total damage: torn meniscus, torn cartilage requiring microfracture, and a concussion. I was supposed to be on crutches for 8 weeks. I wound up on a road bike in 3 weeks. I hadn't ridden a bike since I was 10.

I once managed to crash on a stationary trainer.

I will NEVER own rollers, as the potential death toll/injury rate to self and surrounding pets is just too high.

My nickname amongst my friends is stumblina

I am a fairly strong rider, and am always worried I will get dropped in group rides. Sometimes I would rather just ride alone because of this fear.

I am large enough for trucks to draft of of me, that is if I could go fast enough...

I use a saddle bag.

I have brown shoes.

I tried jumping off a ramp a while ago and completely ate it in front of 6 kids.

No riding for me either. 100+ just isn't fun

My most recent cycling related purchases;

Pair of Sun Rims BFR's
KMC Z410 chain
2 new sets of pegs
NOS GT tires
NOS GT grips
2 sets Kool stop phat salmon pads
NOS GT alloy pedals
All for an old freestyle bike I'm building for my soon to be step son.

Confession? I really wanna keep it for myself!!!