sbxx1985 

That orange Xperience from GVH for $575 is pretty sweet. Too big.

RollCNY

Hey LofP, is your first name Moe? I keep picturing you as Moe LesterofPuppets.. no offense meant.

RollCNY

That is the frame. Campy Centaur build in black and silver, Veloce shifters in silver, Velocity A23 rims with Record hubs, Cinelli bars and stem, and Deda seatpost. I will contemplate photos. I hate signing up for new things, and try to have the internet footprint of a geisha girl.

patentcad

LAJ

https://imageshack.us/ also has a direct embed link to copy/paste here.

Good to hear there is progress concerning your partner, sbxx.

Rollers are the hot ticket.

LesterOfPuppets

Hahaha, yes Moe has long been foisted.

But of course, Lester is first name and rest of name makes sense if you listen to enough Metallica.

RollCNY

I figured, but the thought of Moe on the front was actually too funny. Made me worry for the puppets.

Edit: Elderly woman says, "oh my God, Carlton, he has his hand up that puppets ass!".

sbxx1985 

This winter.

sbxx1985 

I wondered about that. Puppets is one of the best.

HokuLoa

That's about the only thing that didn't break on my Passat. Probably because I rarely used it. Everything else began to fall apart after 50K miles and each booboo cost $2-3K to fix. Total drivers car but a money pit and a half

patentcad

Audis and VWs are this way. BMWs not so much. Porsches are quite reliable.

HokuLoa

Funny because I've heard the "VW is a poor man's BMW" line quite a few times. I have to laugh at that given my years of experience with one.

patentcad

That cliche refers to the German driving factor which VWs certainly deliver. Reliability is stuff that concerns experienced consumers like me who loved Euro cars to death but got tired of laying out thousands for repair issues that simply don't plague most Japanese cars. I don't know why. I just know that it's generally the case. Hell, our Acura TL (2004) went 153,000 miles before we traded the car in, and the only thing that broke was a seized rear brake caliper, $275 repair at the dealer. This over 7 years and 153K. The car was running great, we just decided to trade it before it lost all trade value due to super high mileage, but I'm confident we could have driven that car another 100K without things like A/C condensers breaking (one of those went on my Volvo wagon @ 200K miles, $1200 repair).

Anyway, the Prius and Lexus hybrids we have now have as strong a reputation for reliability as you can have in the car biz. I bought a 5 year 125K mile bumper to bumper Toyota extended warranty on the Prius (they only charged me $1100, I thought that was a no brainer) but the irony is that the cars are so friggin reliable it's unlikely the car breaks. But it's good not to have to worry about that car which is the family workhorse (my wife drives 27K+ miles annually). My neighbor's 2004 Prius (prior generation car) has 190K miles on it, zero repairs. The big batteries on those cars (the hybrid battery) is pricey to replace ($3K at the dealer, less through third party vendors) but they routinely go 250K-300K miles or more.

WHOOOSSHHH...

That is not fair.....Murse and Helo boy are not here to defend themselves.....

WHOOOSSHHH...

Just hauled a cube of brick and 20 bags of mortar up a muddy dirt road today in my monster truck. So you comment looks......

WHOOOSSHHH...

My wife has a Lexus so don't even try it..they suck!

SlowOlympian

LOL to the poster with mirror tint, really? i see why you hate tint now...

Velo, A total de-badge will make the ass end of the car look a whole lot nicer, cleaner, and smoother...also use some clay bar on the debadge spots, it'll pull off any residue. Actually, meguiars clay bar and mothers caranuba cleaner wax on the whole car will make it look showroom clean! Trust me, even though it's new, clay bar will help. Might as well wait a month until the current detail wears off though. Detailing cars is my hobby that can bring up some extra income. feel free to throw a synthetic wax on before the caranuba to make it extra spiffy! I think its meguiars, but the NXT generation 2.0 is a pretty good one.

Also, the MPG calcs do tend to lie. up to 6mpg. but still, thats pretty impressive!

Recce, dang! 22%! ouch! I'm 135 and those inaccurate scales that tell you body fat percent tell me I'm at 6%-8% depending. guess the military does bulk you up though.

Oh, and whoosh, those get 3mpg at top speed. 8mpg city IIRC. but yeah, what you posted has funny dimensions, not the real thing.

RUOkie

I'd get Blizzaks

patentcad

Yeah, you comment be stoopider than myne.

LowCel 

Pcad, what size Blizzaks do you have on your CT? I would ask you on fb but you don't like me on there any more.

RecceDG

No, pizza and inactivity bulk you up. The military is all about fitness.

I took 8 years off from the Army to try a civvie career. Got some good life experience out of that, including the absolute certainty that I do not belong in a civvie career.

But during those 8 years, I went from 190 to over 300 lbs. I got back into cycling specifically to get the weight back to where it was supposed to be.

300 to 250 happened almost immediately. 250 to 230 took another year. 230 to 206 has taken 3 years, mostly because I'd get down to 217 or so in the summer then bounce back up to 230 in the winter. This summer has been a bit of a breakthrough, because I finally punched lower than 214 down to 206.

I will break 200 this year. Going all the way to 178 seems like a bridge too far right now, but sub-200 is totally doable.

That body composition scanner is a great piece of kit. You always hear people talk about how they have a "large frame" or are "big boned" or "muscle is heavy" - that kind of stuff. Well the scanner strips away the bull****. I now know exactly how much of me is bone, lean tissue, and fat... and even with all the weight I've dropped, there is still a LOT of fat left.

DG

SlowOlympian

I just said bulk up because I couldn't remember anything but the (i think) 8% at 176. I'm only 23, 5'10" 135lbs and this extra 10 lbs has been a fight. good lord! 300lbs seems impossible. I literally eat 300cal/day and gaining 1lb just doesn't happen. unless I weigh myself after a poop, then next time, just before a poop. just sayin. I'm also told I look 12-18 though. my metabolism will slow down eventually(35?). I've had plenty of pizza, and been a couch potato all my life before cycling, but I can't gain 1lbs! 200 is an impossible benchmark for me too I could desperately use the weight, but just can't gain it.

Worse yet, If I don't eat enough regularly(read: 23 earn min wage) my acid reflux acts up and I CAN'T EAT! I feel like vomiting with every mouthful. Talked to the parents, and they will pay for the doc visit, and nexium(dad has the same problem, ins. pays for all the meds, doc might be a costly expense, plus I hate docs)

Anyways, super ultra mega congrats on the weight loss! I really think that is awesome! at the job I had before I left Oly, there were 2 350lbs employees that I saw regularly. One kept saying he "he was going to star jogging or something, but all fat guys say that", the other rapidly increased his meth diet, and got fired due to his attitude. I'm really glad you took up a sport to work it off healthy like!

But still, 178 is a bridge that is incomprehensible to me! I measure my calorie intake for the opposite effect! Living with my parents for a month, I usually ate 4000cal(estimated off my previous intake, healthier food, yea, but I wasn't hungry constantly like the 3000cal measured intake), I gained only 10(much needed) lbs.

So on one hand I'm jealous. I can eat a whole large pizza and sh1t it out, and not gain an ounce. you're on the other end of the spectrum, I'm proud of you that you have lost the weight! I read somewhere that once you have the fat cells it's easier to "fill them, and gain more, than to lose them completely. You're probably at the lose them completely stage, so it'll take longer but keep at it!

RecceDG

Oh my son, just wait until you turn 30.

DG

SlowOlympian

hahaha, I've heard this a lot. I look forward to the day I don't spend half of it eating! Mind if I ask your age?

rjones28 

What's a DF Schwinn?