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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 08-31-21, 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
It’s not even pumpkin spice season.
I'm fine if it's NEVER pumpkin spice season. Un-spicy pumpkins are just fine.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Internet sleuthing reveals he lived at the very end of Long Vista Lane. Right on top of the hill.

No Streetview on the Mount (boondocks) but apparently this is the start of the climb:

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Old 08-31-21, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
No Streetview on the Mount (boondocks) but apparently this is the start of the climb:

I'd bring my triple for sure.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
This is how they do it in Washington state.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je2nWaXI5v4
How did they get to the top of the hill?
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And a little further down the hill is the fake Stonehenge!!!

Near the fake Vancouver?
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
How did they get to the top of the hill?
In the backs of trucks.
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Near the fake Vancouver?
It's a fairly long bicycle ride.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
This must be a California thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqX4w5Ccicg
I see guys on different types of boards sometimes when I am in the hills. When they are on closed roads they have to walk up. They put the helmet and gear on the board and tow it with a rope as they walk. I've never seen them cause problems for other road users. I was climbing a road and there was an organized ride coming down, along with some boarders. The boarders were safer than the bicyclists that day.

A young guy where I worked did it casually and didn't use protective gear. He got some road rash one time and I think he stopped doing it.
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Originally Posted by big john
A young guy where I worked did it casually and didn't use protective gear. He got some road rash one time and I think he stopped doing it.
Yeah it's best to go with full leathers and full face helmet.


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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Yeah it's best to go with full leathers and full face helmet.
Those guys are racing. The guys I see aren't wearing that much gear but they do have helmets, knee, elbow, and wrist pads, at least. The street luge guys wear it all, though.
I was driving home from the store Sunday, it's about a 1.5 mile steady grade with stop signs and speed bumps, and there was a guy on a board coming down. He was shirtless, no helmet, and lying on his stomach. First time seeing that around the 'hood.
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I was waiting all day for someone to hit that hanging curve. Kudos.
Thank you, I strive for consistency.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Invite her to go on one of your bike rides. Tell her it's a good way to lose weight.

V.v. so smooth....
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Don’t let Big Coffee (or anyone else) decide what season it is for you.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Internet sleuthing reveals he lived at the very end of Long Vista Lane. Right on top of the hill.

I’m going to ride near there in a couple of weeks. About 20 miles north. Passing through Bloomingburg.
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Ida’s rains have already started to fall.
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Originally Posted by Eric F
My white Nag is a bit older..

...but my fence looks newer.
It's no bench
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Christmas is in the air.
Nope. Too many mosquitos.
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Cycling content that datlas might appreciate - found this on the inside of one of the pockets of my new jersey -

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I can’t remember what brand of tube it was, but when I opened the box, there was a black silicone wrist band stuffed in with the tube. It said, “YOU MATTER. DON’T GIVE UP.”
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After a couple of weeks away, with the stupid heat and humidity of VA, I'm over here shivering in my 72° home. Maybe I should bring a sweater along on our trip to the State Fair - it's supposed to be 79° and sunny with low humidity. Brrrr.
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Not riding due to rain/wet roads. Am watching La Vuelta instead. It’s wet there too. Exciting stage to watch.
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Am watching La Vuelta instead. It’s wet there too. Exciting stage to watch.
Very.
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Not riding due to rain/wet roads.
I’m taking a “forced” rest day due to spending a couple hours at the oncologist’s later. With labs, seeing the doc, and an injection, it all takes a couple hours. Due to COVID, the coffee pots have been removed as well as the soda and vending machines. Makes for a long two hours.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
After a couple of weeks away, with the stupid heat and humidity of VA, I'm over here shivering in my 72° home. Maybe I should bring a sweater along on our trip to the State Fair - it's supposed to be 79° and sunny with low humidity. Brrrr.
I was surprised how warm a sunny 69 was in Colorado. Here that's cool and calls for a light sweater. There it was shorts and a t-shirt.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
I was surprised how warm a sunny 69 was in Colorado. Here that's cool and calls for a light sweater. There it was shorts and a t-shirt.
The sun is pretty toasty at high elevations. For some reason nobody has done studies on IR, only UV, but it sure seems like it works in the IR range too.

In a study conducted by Ronald O. Perelman with the Department of Dermatology at the New York University School of Medicine, for every 1,000 feet of elevation you climb, you’ll experience an 8-10 percent increase in ultraviolet intensity.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
No mountain, it was his home street masquerading as a steep hill.
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Internet sleuthing reveals he lived at the very end of Long Vista Lane. Right on top of the hill.
Thanks guys! That’s nastier even than the hill we live on. Guess there’s no sense in seeing about doing it if we end up there.
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