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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 12-09-21, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol

How are litigation activities?
Litigious.

Going to try to put a guy down tomorrow. Knocked him out on Tues, but now he's back on the stand with a photographic memory whereas he had Alzheimers on Tuesday. Problem is his newly remembered story is so good that it doesn't match his old story.

We'll see how it goes. I'm tired.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
OMG it's raining cats and dogs out there!

And just after it started I remembered I'd left the window open on minivan #2 the other day. And I had a battery charging in the garage and a mostly dead battery in the car. I was cursing as I put on a flannel and my rain shell imagining lugging batteries to and fro, and dealing with the PITA side mount terminals because I don't have a ratcheting 8mm end wrench..
You can use a 1/4 drive 5/16 or 8mm socket or a 6 point end wrench. Or Vice Grips, of course.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Litigious.

Going to try to put a guy down tomorrow. Knocked him out on Tues, but now he's back on the stand with a photographic memory whereas he had Alzheimers on Tuesday. Problem is his newly remembered story is so good that it doesn't match his old story.
Is he over 62?

https://jabberwocking.com/dont-trust-anyone-over-62/
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Old 12-09-21, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by big john
You can use a 1/4 drive 5/16 or 8mm socket or a 6 point end wrench. Or Vice Grips, of course.
I just use an 8mm end wrench. When wrenching in the rain, I'd be happier with a ratcheting end wrench though.

Luckily I didn't have to mess with that at all tonight.

It's new battery time anyways, as the two batteries in question are an El cheapo Walmart battery from 2017 and one without a date on it that came with minivan #2 when we bought it about 3 years ago and looks pretty aged.

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
No.
Incorrect.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
No, about 35. Early onset.

Im the elder statesman in the courtroom.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
The first set of wheels I ever built have remained true and tensioned, even on our rough roads.

But, you should totally get the Fulcrums.
I will echo this. The first set of wheels I built are still going strong. The only one I've had problems with is the one where I used used, and questionable spokes. A Covid wheel. The spokes I needed weren't available new. I also likje to be able to use specific hubs. You can't do that with store bought wheels. But genejockey should buy this set.
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Who am I to argue? Purchased.
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Did another race tonight. This one was short, like 4.2 miles. Came in 3rd, but ZwiftPower DQ'd me for "W/kg". First time THAT has happened! In fact they DQ'd the first 3, so the guy who came in 4th 'won'. I can't complain, because I've 'won' that way. I guess I should start riding the C races and start hating racing because I'm always getting dropped.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
I know, total domination so far!!!
Spoke too soon - Vikings gonna Viking.
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Old 12-10-21, 03:57 AM
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YESSSS! I'm back on Zwift! Did the calibration and 30 minutes. Felt easier somehow. Graphics are improved. Cooling system is better also, fan is now in front of the stand.
Ride on!
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
There should be. If there was a Henry Ford to automate bicycle manufacturing, prices would be more reasonable.
How do you figure? It doesn't work that way @ Fomoco, they're as expensive as any other automobile.
Cheaper to manufacture doesn't translate into cheaper to buy...it translates into higher profit potential.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Porsche ass of the day. For sale locally edition.
Been parked since 2015.
Not sure if I wanna bring a trailer...

eh... I'd hit it....I've hit worse..
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Originally Posted by gnome
how much is a restored, lightly used and regularly serviced one going for? buy that not the parked porker. it'll be cheaper in the long run.
It's a Porsche. Cheap It will never be. But I agree with your statement anyways. I'd love to stuff a 6.2 litre turbo Cadillac engine and trans in it just for the looks on the purist faces.
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LOL

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Originally Posted by ls01
How do you figure? It doesn't work that way @ Fomoco, they're as expensive as any other automobile.
Cheaper to manufacture doesn't translate into cheaper to buy...it translates into higher profit potential.
It does if they're trying to gain market share.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Wow. That was intense.
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Originally Posted by datlas
Wow. That was intense.
1. I didn't realize west coast roads are so wide open. Must be nice!

2. Why didn't he just jump out?

3. West coast drivers are very patient.
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LOL II

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
1. I didn't realize west coast roads are so wide open. Must be nice!

2. Why didn't he just jump out?

3. West coast drivers are very patient.
I don't think this is realistic, or at least not realistic compared to current conditions. I rode a section of the Pacific Coast Highway this past summer, and if this happened today the kid would be road pizza within 30 seconds.
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I love the smell of LPLO in the morning.
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Originally Posted by ls01
eh... I'd hit it....I've hit worse..
They hit back.

My MIL had an '80s era 944, and as it became a senior 944 the repair and maintenance costs smacked her upside the pocketbook more than a few times.

Some people, like masochists, might like that kind of stuff.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
1. I didn't realize west coast roads are so wide open. Must be nice!

2. Why didn't he just jump out?

3. West coast drivers are very patient.
You live in a bubble, don't you?
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Any relation to AC Delco?


Delco is a place unto itself. This treats it nicely:

11 Signs You're From Delaware County, Pa. (theodysseyonline.com)

The comedian who rote "The Five People You Meet in Wawa" is from Delco. Funny book, at least if you are from these parts.

Delco Comic Writes “The Five People You Meet in Wawa” (phillymag.com)
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