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Small world.
You missed the thunderstorms? It just started pouring here.
While carrying the bike to back yard so I can hose down the dirt and grime from this morning’s ride, I’ve lightly hit the right chain stay on the fence and took a piece of clear coat off (maybe a 2mm by 2mm piece on the corner, rectangular-ish profile)![Not Amused](https://www.bikeforums.net/images/smilies/brood.gif)
Not only am I too fat for this sport, but am also too stoopid![Bang](https://www.bikeforums.net/images/smilies/bang.gif)
You missed the thunderstorms? It just started pouring here.
While carrying the bike to back yard so I can hose down the dirt and grime from this morning’s ride, I’ve lightly hit the right chain stay on the fence and took a piece of clear coat off (maybe a 2mm by 2mm piece on the corner, rectangular-ish profile)
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Not only am I too fat for this sport, but am also too stoopid
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It's the best time of the year but now the days start getting shorter.
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Correct. Canadian cyclists are friendly.
It hasn't been warm enough for us to get thunderstorms here. Lawns are turning brown.
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Correct. Canadian cyclists are friendly.
It hasn't been warm enough for us to get thunderstorms here. Lawns are turning brown.
Lawns are also crispy here.
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It's the best time of the year but now the days start getting shorter.
Trsnrtr .
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Ouch.
If it makes you feel any better I dropped my bike in a really scary way on Thursday.
Since my Trek has fenders I can't use my bike rack in the bed of my truck. The only way to transport it is to balance it upright and lash it down with tie down straps to the 4 corners of the bed. It's super secure when it's tied down but really finicky to do by yourself.
So I was trying to get the first strap secured quickly since I was getting swarmed by mosquitoes and I must have released some tension. The bike fell over and smacked the edge of the truck bed hard. Thankfully it hit the handlebars, I was sure that I was going to have a massive dent in the top tube
If it makes you feel any better I dropped my bike in a really scary way on Thursday.
Since my Trek has fenders I can't use my bike rack in the bed of my truck. The only way to transport it is to balance it upright and lash it down with tie down straps to the 4 corners of the bed. It's super secure when it's tied down but really finicky to do by yourself.
So I was trying to get the first strap secured quickly since I was getting swarmed by mosquitoes and I must have released some tension. The bike fell over and smacked the edge of the truck bed hard. Thankfully it hit the handlebars, I was sure that I was going to have a massive dent in the top tube
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storming with a vengeance here. The streets have all flooded worse than I have ever seen.
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Last year a few of them buzzed me without letting me know they were about to overtake me. Large group from western Canada doing their own tour. I explained to one of them which one of us would win the war if I were to serve to avoid a critter or pothole. You don’t want to get into a scrape with a fully loaded bike when you’re riding a naked road bike.
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Oh neat, clicking on the page 407 link or the ">" link from page 406 takes me to page 405.
Got in 10 fasted miles in the dirt. Burped the back tyre pretty good and didn't have my pump with me, had to baby it back to the van with 5 psi. Water intake approx 2000 ml.
Recovering with dried plantains and a Powerade/San Pelegrino Aranciata margarita.
Got in 10 fasted miles in the dirt. Burped the back tyre pretty good and didn't have my pump with me, had to baby it back to the van with 5 psi. Water intake approx 2000 ml.
Recovering with dried plantains and a Powerade/San Pelegrino Aranciata margarita.
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Last year a few of them buzzed me without letting me know they were about to overtake me. Large group from western Canada doing their own tour. I explained to one of them which one of us would win the war if I were to serve to avoid a critter or pothole. You don’t want to get into a scrape with a fully loaded bike when you’re riding a naked road bike.
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Can’t you just pull up your collar to your nose in a pinch??
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Beautiful day here. Went for a group-ish ride and had a blast. Fun stories, jokes, and friendly jabs. I really have missed my club friends and they still aren't riding together so I poached another club's underground ride. Lucky for me one of the ladies let me in on the top secret message thread.
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Beautiful day here. Went for a group-ish ride and had a blast. Fun stories, jokes, and friendly jabs. I really have missed my club friends and they still aren't riding together so I poached another club's underground ride. Lucky for me one of the ladies let me in on the top secret message thread.
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Now it looks like the storms have veered to the west, so mrs datlas wants us to change the setup from inside to outside. Sigh.
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Shipping to Mexico would make it worth buying a new machine. I can likely find them locally, but with the Covid, I don't want to go poking around too deep. We can live without the microwave for awhile.
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Originally Posted by abshipp
So I was trying to get the first strap secured quickly since I was getting swarmed by mosquitoes and I must have released some tension. The bike fell over and smacked the edge of the truck bed hard. Thankfully it hit the handlebars, I was sure that I was going to have a massive dent in the top tube
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