The true measure of Mt. Doom
03-22-12, 06:48 PM
#77
You gonna eat that?
That's only when the thread quiets down and a desperate effort is needed to revive it.
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I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
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"However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
03-22-12, 06:49 PM
#78
You gonna eat that?
Oh... are we at that point.
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I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
03-22-12, 06:49 PM
#79
You gonna eat that?
I think maybe so. and only 78 posts in. Yeah, pcad can't make the threads like he used to.
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I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
03-22-12, 06:50 PM
#80
You gonna eat that?
I think he lost it when he admitted that Mount Doom is really Pine Hill.
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I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
03-22-12, 06:50 PM
#81
You gonna eat that?
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I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
03-22-12, 06:51 PM
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03-22-12, 06:51 PM
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You gonna eat that?
03-22-12, 06:52 PM
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You gonna eat that?
03-22-12, 06:56 PM
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Are there pine trees on Pine Hill?
03-22-12, 07:20 PM
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03-22-12, 07:48 PM
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03-22-12, 08:55 PM
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My neighbor has the pool. His house is rather grandiose. Our house looks like the guest cabin, and we have 4500 sf. Let that be your guide. I figure a house like ours on a nice secluded 2 acre lot in Mahwah (northern Bergen County) at the foot of the mighty Ramapo Mountains would probably cost at least $1.2 million even in this depressed RE market. This house here is only worth low 5's and we have 6.5 acres. Adjacent to hundreds of vacant acres of farmland and woods that won't get developed anytime soon in this economy. And it's still only 50 mins from the GW Bridge. We'd like to be closer in, but the more we looked down there the better it seemed right here. That's why we're staying.
Plus the cycling's a zillion times better. There are downsides, and upsides. Everything's a trade off in life. Except BF. BF is always stupid. Hence this thread.
Plus the cycling's a zillion times better. There are downsides, and upsides. Everything's a trade off in life. Except BF. BF is always stupid. Hence this thread.
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03-22-12, 08:55 PM
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Speaking of which, there's a cemetery on Mt. Doom?
03-22-12, 09:07 PM
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Speaking of which, there's a cemetery on Mt. Doom?
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03-22-12, 09:26 PM
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Sam likes it here a lot. Reason enough to stay right there.
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I hear you about the altitude, I've skied in the Rockies enough to have had a week of altitude sickness; even when you feel ok you feel how thin the air gets above 7000 feet, I'm sure you feel it on a bicycle at lower altitudes. But how bad vertical feet kicks you is impacted by the type of climbing for sure. Easier to ride 4 miles up a climb with an average grade of 5-6% than 1 mile up a hill with a grade of 8% plus with steeper ramps, at least in my experience with those different climbs.
03-23-12, 08:39 AM
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1500 Kj's and 3000 vertical on the TT bike this AM. Knee feels much better. Hope it stays that way. I kind of get the feeling lately that I'm always one rainy day away from a dozen Advil.
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03-23-12, 09:43 AM
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There is also the issue of climbing thousands of feet with no chance to rest. What you can pull off for a few thousand feet and what you can do pull off where there are multiple climbs like that is very different.
03-23-12, 10:37 AM
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It's not the 7%, it's the 15+% ramps in three places. EVERY time you come home. I estimate that in my 15 years here, I've ridden up that hill (literally) 2,000 times. Besides, nothing beats a Fine 41 Whine.
All the California 'my mountains are bigger than your mountains' jerks are coming out of the 41 woodwork now.
All the California 'my mountains are bigger than your mountains' jerks are coming out of the 41 woodwork now.
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