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02-20-24, 05:22 PM
#7876
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Many years ago, ~1987, my shop begged me to buy a MTB. I was racing at the time and I wanted to concentrate on my training. FFWD to 2021 or 2 (can't remember) and I bought a MTB to ride with friends in the winter. About second ride out, I crashed and broke a rib. I sold the bike. 
I later bought a gravel bike because all the cool kids were doing it. Where I live, our gravel roads are real gravel, not dirt or some kind of hard pack, but real loose and squirrely gravel. I rode it on gravel a few times and I thought. "If I fall, this is going to hurt...bad." Sold it.
One of my favorite lines is when my triathlete friends in the '80s were bugging me to do triathlons, I quipped, "I'd rather be good in one sport than mediocre in three."
I've got more stories but I'd have to start charging.
I later bought a gravel bike because all the cool kids were doing it. Where I live, our gravel roads are real gravel, not dirt or some kind of hard pack, but real loose and squirrely gravel. I rode it on gravel a few times and I thought. "If I fall, this is going to hurt...bad." Sold it.
One of my favorite lines is when my triathlete friends in the '80s were bugging me to do triathlons, I quipped, "I'd rather be good in one sport than mediocre in three."
I've got more stories but I'd have to start charging.
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02-20-24, 05:26 PM
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I will begin the night in my hammock and transfer to the bed when it gets too cold to stay there. The bed will keep me warm but my back and hips will suffer. Crippled in the morning either way.
02-20-24, 05:31 PM
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Prolly training for a TT event. I have found that nothing causes me to perform at my peak watts than the treat of being pancaked.
02-20-24, 05:32 PM
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02-20-24, 05:53 PM
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Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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Many years ago, ~1987, my shop begged me to buy a MTB. I was racing at the time and I wanted to concentrate on my training. FFWD to 2021 or 2 (can't remember) and I bought a MTB to ride with friends in the winter. About second ride out, I crashed and broke a rib. I sold the bike.
I later bought a gravel bike because all the cool kids were doing it. Where I live, our gravel roads are real gravel, not dirt or some kind of hard pack, but real loose and squirrely gravel. I rode it on gravel a few times and I thought. "If I fall, this is going to hurt...bad." Sold it.
One of my favorite lines is when my triathlete friends in the '80s were bugging me to do triathlons, I quipped, "I'd rather be good in one sport than mediocre in three."
I've got more stories but I'd have to start charging.
I later bought a gravel bike because all the cool kids were doing it. Where I live, our gravel roads are real gravel, not dirt or some kind of hard pack, but real loose and squirrely gravel. I rode it on gravel a few times and I thought. "If I fall, this is going to hurt...bad." Sold it.
One of my favorite lines is when my triathlete friends in the '80s were bugging me to do triathlons, I quipped, "I'd rather be good in one sport than mediocre in three."
I've got more stories but I'd have to start charging.
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02-20-24, 06:18 PM
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02-20-24, 06:36 PM
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Garmin Connect and the parameter is “Body Battery.” https://www.garmin.com/en-US/garmin-.../body-battery/
HRV seems to have the biggest coefficient in the model.
HRV seems to have the biggest coefficient in the model.
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02-20-24, 06:56 PM
#7883
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02-20-24, 08:42 PM
#7884
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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Yooooooooo! 25 yo American Brandon McNulty wins stage 2 TT UAE tour. Very likeable rider, always happy to see him do well. Sorry if this has already been posted LesterOfPuppets
I'm sure he felt right at home in the desert.
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02-20-24, 08:52 PM
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Silver Comet Fred
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Slow evening, everyone must be reading that article about social media killing people I posted for Velo Vol .
#TechnologyInSmallDoses
#TechnologyInSmallDoses
02-20-24, 09:02 PM
#7886
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Slow evening, everyone must be reading that article about social media killing people I posted for Velo Vol .
#TechnologyInSmallDoses
#TechnologyInSmallDoses
About to watch the time trial. Didn't read much twitter today so I'm doing fine
Here's a pic of some Citroens (it's off of FB so don't look at it for too long). 1985 Dubai
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02-20-24, 09:05 PM
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02-20-24, 09:07 PM
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Silver Comet Fred
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02-20-24, 09:18 PM
#7889
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Same.
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02-20-24, 09:26 PM
#7890
VFL For Life
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Never heard of the group.
Take the lane.
Didn't see it. If you posted such, you're targeting the wrong audience.
Slow evening, everyone must be reading that article about social media killing people I posted for Velo Vol .
02-20-24, 09:31 PM
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It’s just so unbecoming, bruh . . . and that’s to start. It’s a big mistake to assume Siu has as much patience as I do.
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02-20-24, 10:12 PM
#7892
Mostly Harmless
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02-21-24, 12:44 AM
#7893
climber has-been
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No rain predicted for Wednesday, supposed to be not too cold, so it’s a go for our first Mt Hamilton climb of 2024.
It’s about time. Should be quite green after all the rain.
It’s about time. Should be quite green after all the rain.
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02-21-24, 03:58 AM
#7894
Fat n slow
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99.5% of my riding is road but 100% of the races or events I do are gravel.
it’s so much fun, my biggest issue is I don’t feel like riding 15 miles most days to get to it.
02-21-24, 05:51 AM
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Low of 55
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02-21-24, 05:54 AM
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02-21-24, 06:04 AM
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02-21-24, 06:07 AM
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Slow evening, everyone must be reading that article about social media killing people I posted for Velo Vol .
#TechnologyInSmallDoses
#TechnologyInSmallDoses
02-21-24, 06:20 AM
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Last few times I’ve logged in, I’m deposited in Addiction in 2021.
02-21-24, 07:52 AM
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