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05-05-14, 04:51 PM
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05-05-14, 05:24 PM
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05-05-14, 05:56 PM
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05-05-14, 06:23 PM
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My Avid BB7s came in today. All of a sudden I'm skeered to install them, because incorrect installation could result in disfigurement or death according to the manual.
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05-05-14, 06:25 PM
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A lot of the IKEA manuals warn of the same thing, only they do it through illustration. I wouldn't worry about - what's the worst that could happen?
05-05-14, 06:28 PM
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I dunno. Disfigurement and death?
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05-05-14, 06:41 PM
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Photos from Saturday
On the ride out to Geneseo, I dawdled.
which is largely a swamp, as evidenced by:
Then hit lovely, Seneca Falls:
Which was a hotspot in the Women's Rights movement, hence some shots for the womenz
More in a bit....
which is largely a swamp, as evidenced by:
Then hit lovely, Seneca Falls:
Which was a hotspot in the Women's Rights movement, hence some shots for the womenz
More in a bit....
05-05-14, 06:47 PM
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05-05-14, 06:52 PM
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More Saturday pics
Crossing between Geneva and Canadaigua, I spotted something that made me think of Moe @LesterOfPuppets shots:
When I got to Canandaigua, I took time at the lake:
And tried to figure out what was going on out in the lake:
And the last shots of Saturday were me standing on top of the dirt road that forced a dismount. I thought the hills nicely showed the texture of NY
When I got to Canandaigua, I took time at the lake:
And tried to figure out what was going on out in the lake:
And the last shots of Saturday were me standing on top of the dirt road that forced a dismount. I thought the hills nicely showed the texture of NY
05-05-14, 07:09 PM
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Good photos,
30 miles today.
30 miles today.
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05-05-14, 07:11 PM
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Sunday ride report #1
This one will cover the loop through the park. I left my hotel a titch before 7, and got back to it at 11 ish. Garmin details are 3:18 ride time, 51.5 miles 2526 ft of climbing. I will post up photos after the ride summary.
Where I am thrilled now that I did hit the park, I spent the morning thinking I was nuts. I planned to ride around the outside of the park, to stay on straight roads with shoulders instead of windy park roads with none. I figured this would get much of the climbing out of the way gradually, and coast back to the north east end sight seeing. Good plan in theory, but in practice I had a stiff crosswing the whole time, and my road selections to skirt the park ended up to be seasonal use only roads. I rerouted on the fly, and after 24 miles, got to the park entrance. Think of it as looking something like:
Coasting down into the park, you see this:
which turns out to be a railroad trestle over the first waterfall:
Then you get to run down the length of a massive gorge:
gotta run... more later.
Where I am thrilled now that I did hit the park, I spent the morning thinking I was nuts. I planned to ride around the outside of the park, to stay on straight roads with shoulders instead of windy park roads with none. I figured this would get much of the climbing out of the way gradually, and coast back to the north east end sight seeing. Good plan in theory, but in practice I had a stiff crosswing the whole time, and my road selections to skirt the park ended up to be seasonal use only roads. I rerouted on the fly, and after 24 miles, got to the park entrance. Think of it as looking something like:
Coasting down into the park, you see this:
which turns out to be a railroad trestle over the first waterfall:
Then you get to run down the length of a massive gorge:
gotta run... more later.
05-05-14, 07:23 PM
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...this will really surprise you. On 60 minutes last night, there was a segment on a long term study they're doing on some group of people who reached the ripe old age of 90+. They quoted a statistic that the risk of dementia roughly doubles every five years after you hit 65. But one of the study scientists then went on to state that a certain degree of hypertension in the elderly seems to have some preventive effect, because statistically (in this study group), the people with high BP had significantly less dementia diagnoses
than those with low BP.
than those with low BP.
05-05-14, 08:30 PM
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The black bag below it had street clothes: 1 shirt, 1 pair of hiking pants, 1 pair of socks.
The frame bag had cable lock, rain gear, camera, food, spare gloves, arm warmers, head covering.
Osprey pack had water, road morph pump, electronics, toiletries.
Yellow and orange fluids are Gatorade™.
05-05-14, 08:32 PM
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You changed into street clothes to sit at a cafe or a restaurant? Or was this a multi-day trip and you stayed over at motel? Also hope it didn't rain you.
And yay it was Gatorade, was thinking it was something else.
And yay it was Gatorade, was thinking it was something else.
05-05-14, 08:35 PM
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Crossing between Geneva and Canadaigua, I spotted something that made me think of Moe @LesterOfPuppets shots:
When I got to Canandaigua, I took time at the lake:
And tried to figure out what was going on out in the lake:
And the last shots of Saturday were me standing on top of the dirt road that forced a dismount. I thought the hills nicely showed the texture of NY
When I got to Canandaigua, I took time at the lake:
And tried to figure out what was going on out in the lake:
And the last shots of Saturday were me standing on top of the dirt road that forced a dismount. I thought the hills nicely showed the texture of NY
05-05-14, 08:43 PM
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I saw that segment too and I am seriously going to have to change my lifestyle as I get older if they're correct. My BP is usually around 100 to 120/80 although the top and bottom numbers have been lower on occasion and my BMI is currently 21.2. That puts me in the "normal" range for both. So far dementia hasn't run in my family. Then again, high blood pressure has. I was discouraged to find out that the usual advice about keeping your mind active doesn't seem to actually help. Wavy Lay's Sea Salt and Roasted Garlic chips, here I come.
05-05-14, 08:45 PM
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Seatbag had tools, 3 tubes, patch kit.
The black bag below it had street clothes: 1 shirt, 1 pair of hiking pants, 1 pair of socks.
The frame bag had cable lock, rain gear, camera, food, spare gloves, arm warmers, head covering.
Osprey pack had water, road morph pump, electronics, toiletries.
Yellow and orange fluids are Gatorade™.
The black bag below it had street clothes: 1 shirt, 1 pair of hiking pants, 1 pair of socks.
The frame bag had cable lock, rain gear, camera, food, spare gloves, arm warmers, head covering.
Osprey pack had water, road morph pump, electronics, toiletries.
Yellow and orange fluids are Gatorade™.
05-05-14, 08:46 PM
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Nice pics @RollCNY.