What was I thinking?
12-05-11, 07:38 PM
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What was I thinking?
Yep, I road past the guy...he was half looking at his phone and half looking at his bike. Had an "aw what the hey" moment a few blocks later and turned around. Guy had flatted (again, after patching the tube earlier), out of C02, outta luck. He had wheel reflectors so I suppose I should have just ridden off. I even let the Addidas sweats over the bike shorts pass.
Showed him how to pull the wheel off the easy way and look for debris in the tire carcass. Normally I won't handle anything less than the top tier tire offering from any manufacturer...I threw out all my Pro3's when the Pro4's were announced. Sure enough my hands got dirty. I swear the tire might have had a wire bead.
Found the piece of wire in the tread that caused the flat (running over a 1mm piece of debris is inexcusable). Patched the tube and used my frame pump (the follow car was booked...so I go old school on those occasions) to re-inflate. Showed him how to snap the wheel back in.
I suppose I should have split right then ("my work is done here") but I actually let him ride with me. Ex Army officer. Lost his job. Boo hoo. Logging 30-40 miles a day (miles...there's a metric that only a child could love)
Whoop.
De.
Doo.
He wouldn't have known what TSS was if it was the $1,000,000 question.
We did some climbing and of course I dropped him...but he didn't know the route and I didn't want some exposure death on my hands (SoCal and 48 degrees freaking cold) so I waited a couple of times.
I could tell the bike shop sold him the bike and kicked him out the door...position was like a monkey having carnal relations with a basketball. It was a Caad something and aluminum...with Rival (disdainful spit on the floor). Whatever. We stopped at my house and I threw a couple of tubes I couldn't use (40mm valve stem...really? REALLY???) at him and raised his seat up 2 1/2 inches.
He was pretty amazed at the difference. I yawned.
He mentioned "Bicycling" magazine. I did a spit take.
He had read "It's Not About the Bike". I fell over in an EPO fueled coma.
Whatever. I gotta go download my SRM file from the ride...I'm sure I lost 8 minutes of quality training today with all this BS.
Showed him how to pull the wheel off the easy way and look for debris in the tire carcass. Normally I won't handle anything less than the top tier tire offering from any manufacturer...I threw out all my Pro3's when the Pro4's were announced. Sure enough my hands got dirty. I swear the tire might have had a wire bead.
Found the piece of wire in the tread that caused the flat (running over a 1mm piece of debris is inexcusable). Patched the tube and used my frame pump (the follow car was booked...so I go old school on those occasions) to re-inflate. Showed him how to snap the wheel back in.
I suppose I should have split right then ("my work is done here") but I actually let him ride with me. Ex Army officer. Lost his job. Boo hoo. Logging 30-40 miles a day (miles...there's a metric that only a child could love)
Whoop.
De.
Doo.
He wouldn't have known what TSS was if it was the $1,000,000 question.
We did some climbing and of course I dropped him...but he didn't know the route and I didn't want some exposure death on my hands (SoCal and 48 degrees freaking cold) so I waited a couple of times.
I could tell the bike shop sold him the bike and kicked him out the door...position was like a monkey having carnal relations with a basketball. It was a Caad something and aluminum...with Rival (disdainful spit on the floor). Whatever. We stopped at my house and I threw a couple of tubes I couldn't use (40mm valve stem...really? REALLY???) at him and raised his seat up 2 1/2 inches.
He was pretty amazed at the difference. I yawned.
He mentioned "Bicycling" magazine. I did a spit take.
He had read "It's Not About the Bike". I fell over in an EPO fueled coma.
Whatever. I gotta go download my SRM file from the ride...I'm sure I lost 8 minutes of quality training today with all this BS.
12-05-11, 07:40 PM
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12-05-11, 07:41 PM
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Throw the stick!!!!
Thank you, it's nice to read something refreshing from time to time.
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12-05-11, 08:05 PM
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12-05-11, 09:09 PM
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Did you clarify the difference between a cyclist and a bicycle rider?
I'm sure he is still completely aloof to this distinction.
I'm sure he is still completely aloof to this distinction.
12-05-11, 09:48 PM
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12-05-11, 10:16 PM
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Best read this week. Class story
12-05-11, 11:04 PM
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Not where I live Tex. This was the day before Halloween, about 5 weeks ago.
I can only imagine what the winter will bring. If it ever comes. 57ºF here today. In early December. Strange weather.
I can only imagine what the winter will bring. If it ever comes. 57ºF here today. In early December. Strange weather.
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12-05-11, 11:08 PM
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Yep, I road past the guy...he was half looking at his phone and half looking at his bike. Had an "aw what the hey" moment a few blocks later and turned around. Guy had flatted (again, after patching the tube earlier), out of C02, outta luck. He had wheel reflectors so I suppose I should have just ridden off. I even let the Addidas sweats over the bike shorts pass.
Showed him how to pull the wheel off the easy way and look for debris in the tire carcass. Normally I won't handle anything less than the top tier tire offering from any manufacturer...I threw out all my Pro3's when the Pro4's were announced. Sure enough my hands got dirty. I swear the tire might have had a wire bead.
Found the piece of wire in the tread that caused the flat (running over a 1mm piece of debris is inexcusable). Patched the tube and used my frame pump (the follow car was booked...so I go old school on those occasions) to re-inflate. Showed him how to snap the wheel back in.
I suppose I should have split right then ("my work is done here") but I actually let him ride with me. Ex Army officer. Lost his job. Boo hoo. Logging 30-40 miles a day (miles...there's a metric that only a child could love)
Whoop.
De.
Doo.
He wouldn't have known what TSS was if it was the $1,000,000 question.
We did some climbing and of course I dropped him...but he didn't know the route and I didn't want some exposure death on my hands (SoCal and 48 degrees freaking cold) so I waited a couple of times.
I could tell the bike shop sold him the bike and kicked him out the door...position was like a monkey having carnal relations with a basketball. It was a Caad something and aluminum...with Rival (disdainful spit on the floor). Whatever. We stopped at my house and I threw a couple of tubes I couldn't use (40mm valve stem...really? REALLY???) at him and raised his seat up 2 1/2 inches.
He was pretty amazed at the difference. I yawned.
He mentioned "Bicycling" magazine. I did a spit take.
He had read "It's Not About the Bike". I fell over in an EPO fueled coma.
Whatever. I gotta go download my SRM file from the ride...I'm sure I lost 8 minutes of quality training today with all this BS.
Showed him how to pull the wheel off the easy way and look for debris in the tire carcass. Normally I won't handle anything less than the top tier tire offering from any manufacturer...I threw out all my Pro3's when the Pro4's were announced. Sure enough my hands got dirty. I swear the tire might have had a wire bead.
Found the piece of wire in the tread that caused the flat (running over a 1mm piece of debris is inexcusable). Patched the tube and used my frame pump (the follow car was booked...so I go old school on those occasions) to re-inflate. Showed him how to snap the wheel back in.
I suppose I should have split right then ("my work is done here") but I actually let him ride with me. Ex Army officer. Lost his job. Boo hoo. Logging 30-40 miles a day (miles...there's a metric that only a child could love)
Whoop.
De.
Doo.
He wouldn't have known what TSS was if it was the $1,000,000 question.
We did some climbing and of course I dropped him...but he didn't know the route and I didn't want some exposure death on my hands (SoCal and 48 degrees freaking cold) so I waited a couple of times.
I could tell the bike shop sold him the bike and kicked him out the door...position was like a monkey having carnal relations with a basketball. It was a Caad something and aluminum...with Rival (disdainful spit on the floor). Whatever. We stopped at my house and I threw a couple of tubes I couldn't use (40mm valve stem...really? REALLY???) at him and raised his seat up 2 1/2 inches.
He was pretty amazed at the difference. I yawned.
He mentioned "Bicycling" magazine. I did a spit take.
He had read "It's Not About the Bike". I fell over in an EPO fueled coma.
Whatever. I gotta go download my SRM file from the ride...I'm sure I lost 8 minutes of quality training today with all this BS.
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