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Forum: Commuting
05-09-07, 08:38 PM
Replies: 31,391
Views: 1,894,416
Posted By Sardu

Second commute on the new debt bike. Its a weird...

Second commute on the new debt bike. Its a weird feeling riding a nice new bike rather than the hand-me-downs I'm use to riding on. I'm just a bit more paranoid about being hit since I actually care...
Forum: Commuting
03-22-07, 10:06 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 2,018
Posted By Sardu

That's a big pet peeve of mine. I had another...

That's a big pet peeve of mine. I had another "courteous" (or stupid) cager today, I needed to get left before a freeway on ramp, and some woman in an SUV w/Florida plates slows down, hangs about...
Forum: Commuting
03-21-07, 05:41 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,219
Posted By Sardu

Sometimes you need to create your own excitement...

Sometimes you need to create your own excitement on the commute.
Forum: Commuting
03-20-07, 07:41 PM
Replies: 31,391
Views: 1,894,416
Posted By Sardu

First my chain broke, then my chain-tool broke....

First my chain broke, then my chain-tool broke. The bike gods have been frowning on me since this weekend when I got a flat tire near the end of the single most hellish ride I've ever been on and my...
Forum: Commuting
03-12-07, 07:45 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 3,154
Posted By Sardu

The trick is to pull the Lycra shorts over the...

The trick is to pull the Lycra shorts over the belly. If you can't see it it doesn't exist.
Forum: Commuting
03-12-07, 06:58 PM
Replies: 31,391
Views: 1,894,416
Posted By Sardu

God...next I'll be giving old guys and kids on...

God...next I'll be giving old guys and kids on BMX bikes the look.
Forum: Commuting
03-12-07, 06:28 PM
Replies: 31,391
Views: 1,894,416
Posted By Sardu

I've never been able to figure this out, but the...

I've never been able to figure this out, but the time change always seems to increase car traffic on my route by a factor of ten. Streets where I might normally see one or two cars suddenly have a...
Forum: Commuting
02-26-07, 05:32 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 3,959
Posted By Sardu

A $20 bill. Lots of used condoms (causing some...

A $20 bill.
Lots of used condoms (causing some violent swerves on my part, guess I'm squeamish).
A severed doll's head complete with empty, burnt-out eye sockets.
A ravine with about ten or...
Forum: Commuting
02-13-07, 08:12 PM
Replies: 31,391
Views: 1,894,416
Posted By Sardu

Rain coupled with a lack of fenders equals an...

Rain coupled with a lack of fenders equals an "enjoyable" commute. For reasons even I can't fathom I didn't bother to bring an extra pair of shoes or even a towel. By the end of the ride I was so...
Forum: Commuting
01-26-07, 09:37 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 2,034
Posted By Sardu

#1 The guy who pulls up next to you at a stop...

#1 The guy who pulls up next to you at a stop light/stop sign and pulls off like a drag racer. Nothing, I mean nothing, is more impressive than somebody who can outrace a bike with their car.
#2 The...
Forum: Commuting
01-24-07, 07:40 PM
Replies: 31,391
Views: 1,894,416
Posted By Sardu

After going months without any near misses I had...

After going months without any near misses I had some half-wit come within about six inches of side-swiping me. It's on a narrow part of the street, but cars generally give me at least a foot of...
Forum: Commuting
01-15-07, 08:14 PM
Replies: 31,391
Views: 1,894,416
Posted By Sardu

Cold for San Diego today, around 25 degrees this...

Cold for San Diego today, around 25 degrees this morning coming into work, fortunately it's dry as a bone so there wasn't any ice on the roads. I'm sure I looked like the biggest dork in the work...
Forum: Commuting
01-14-07, 10:28 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 12,689
Posted By Sardu

I eat the same lunch every day: bagel w/ cream...

I eat the same lunch every day: bagel w/ cream cheese, banana (or alternate fruit), and some kind of fruit juice (I reuse an old Minute Maid bottle) packaged up in the ubiquitous brown bag. I know...
Forum: Commuting
01-02-07, 10:00 PM
Replies: 31,391
Views: 1,894,416
Posted By Sardu

Nah, just cheap ones, they've held up pretty good...

Nah, just cheap ones, they've held up pretty good going between 150 and 200 miles a week until the first flat which was (I guess) a pinch flat that somehow damaged the sidewall of the tire and it's...
Forum: Commuting
01-02-07, 07:45 PM
Replies: 31,391
Views: 1,894,416
Posted By Sardu

I hadn't had a flat in nearly a year, and now, in...

I hadn't had a flat in nearly a year, and now, in the space of five or six days I've had four, culminating in a staple (or something like that) in my tire this morning. Took me nearly five minutes to...
Forum: Commuting
08-07-06, 07:49 PM
Replies: 31,391
Views: 1,894,416
Posted By Sardu

Since I destroyed the front wheel on my road bike...

Since I destroyed the front wheel on my road bike I'm on the MTB full time and I was slooooooow today. Very windy on the way home, and riding in an upright position doesn't help, though it is nice...
Forum: Mountain Biking
08-03-06, 06:51 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 21,397
Posted By Sardu

I almost exclusively ride alone, MTB and road...

I almost exclusively ride alone, MTB and road biking. Yeah, there are risks, but that's life. I've found that riding in a group can be fun, but you tend to find a lot of people who are scared to come...
Forum: Commuting
07-26-06, 06:44 PM
Replies: 31,391
Views: 1,894,416
Posted By Sardu

I'm starting to learn that crappy Sora components...

I'm starting to learn that crappy Sora components and rough streets don't mix. If I take one of my three available routes home, it takes me over some horrible uneven streets (I've seen backcountry...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-24-06, 09:28 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,735
Posted By Sardu

The southern part of La Jolla Blvd., a few miles...

The southern part of La Jolla Blvd., a few miles from Pacific Beach. The guy who heckled me was vintage east county, however (I say that with sarcastic affection, having lived in Santee and El Cajon...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-23-06, 10:18 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,735
Posted By Sardu

I was just riding a century on Saturday (which...

I was just riding a century on Saturday (which happened to be, it seems, one of the hottest days on record in San Diego history). I had about 20 miles to go and was heading down a fairly busy street...
Forum: Commuting
07-13-06, 06:35 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 916
Posted By Sardu

I've noticed when I start really sucking air,...

I've noticed when I start really sucking air, breathing through my nose (though sometimes its easier said than done since it can get pretty stuffed up during a long ride) tends to regulate my...
Forum: Commuting
07-13-06, 06:29 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,211
Posted By Sardu

Yeah, I got her info, and it turns out I'll need...

Yeah, I got her info, and it turns out I'll need a new fork, which isn't great (though the bike is a hand-me-down from my father). I guess I'd like to be civilized about the whole thing and just bill...
Forum: Commuting
07-12-06, 09:01 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,211
Posted By Sardu

A little car vs. bike action on the commute

I've been commuting daily to work for about two months now with no incidents (just a couple of close-calls), but today my biking luck ran out, as an old woman driving an SUV made a left turn in front...
Forum: Commuting
06-29-06, 09:03 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 3,640
Posted By Sardu

I rode an insanely cheap and heavy Schwinn BMX...

I rode an insanely cheap and heavy Schwinn BMX bike (with coaster brakes no less) when I was a kid. Some friends and I were fooling around the jumps in an abandoned lot when some girls walked by. I...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-29-06, 08:56 PM
Replies: 100
Views: 3,914
Posted By Sardu

The most common thing I find are drivers who make...

The most common thing I find are drivers who make a right turn a few feet in front of you, very slowly, and without a turn signal. Or, alternately, the cross-traffic driver who you look directly in...
Forum: Road Cycling
06-29-06, 08:40 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 368
Posted By Sardu

Ha ha, don't worry, I won't weenie out of any...

Ha ha, don't worry, I won't weenie out of any riding, I picked July 1st to do a century and a century I shall do, bumps and cuts and 100 degree weather or not! MtnRide, thanks for the advice, I was...
Forum: Road Cycling
06-29-06, 08:05 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 368
Posted By Sardu

Century Ride + Big Cut on Knee = Disaster?

Hello all. Hopefully I don't get beaten with frame pumps for saying this, but I go both ways and ride a road bike and a mountain bike (not yet at the same time). Today I was on the mtb and decided to...
Forum: Road Cycling
06-25-06, 12:02 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 972
Posted By Sardu

Thanks!

Thanks!
Forum: Road Cycling
06-24-06, 09:01 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 972
Posted By Sardu

Kitchen Creek Road in San Diego

Anybody here ridden Kitchen Creek Rd to Sunrise Highway in San Diego? I was travelling from the Park and Ride at the 79/I-8 Junction and was heading for Boulevard or Jacumba, but it was just too hot!...
Forum: Commuting
06-21-06, 07:55 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 2,239
Posted By Sardu

I've had beer bottles and cans thrown at me, a...

I've had beer bottles and cans thrown at me, a morbidly obese kid lean out of the window of the car he was riding in shooting a cap gun in my ear as his equally morbidly obese parents laughed, I've...
Forum: Commuting
06-18-06, 02:14 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 2,148
Posted By Sardu

I think a lot of the challenge in hills is...

I think a lot of the challenge in hills is mental, I have a 20 mile round-trip commute every day and ended up changing my route to incorporate a 1 mile 15% grade climb just for the challenge of it....
Forum: Training & Nutrition
06-18-06, 01:57 PM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 419,004
Posted By Sardu

I started off the year at about 185 (I'm 5'7" so...

I started off the year at about 185 (I'm 5'7" so that spells fat), I made some fairly major dietary changes (upped the fruits and veggies intake, cut down on meat, junk food, sodas, etc etc). Just...
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