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IKR. A friend and I were discussing this analogy the other day, it’s like kids playing on an abandoned rail line, only now there’s an invisible runaway train on the line that the kids are used to playing on, but they’re insistent on playing regardless like they’re accustomed to.
A lot of today’s “adults” are just not accustomed to any kind of constraints.
A lot of today’s “adults” are just not accustomed to any kind of constraints.
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There have been some races up here. Stage race out near Buffalo, a crit and an MTB series near Rochester. The local bike club restarted group rides a few weeks ago. They all have stated COVID safety rules in place. I haven't been to any of these events, so I don't know how that works out in practice.
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Yow. Looking at my IG feed, I see that my old client, Mr Rachel Ray, says that their house burned down.
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Velo Vol's office park series remains a well-kept secret.
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Ditto what datlas said, on all three points. My group is a small core, 8 or so guys, with a few other regular guests that pop up now and again. Participation in recent rides has been even lower, typically 4-6.
Ah, yeah, I wouldn't be able to describe this area in that way.
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Oh yeah. Phil Gaimon went to school with an epidemiologist that specializes in sports health and whatnot. After ranting about racing being resumed, Phil decided to step back and contact him for a video Q&A and has asked for questions to be submitted. Prolly too late to add to the questions, but the video should be out this week and should be pretty on-topic. I'll post it up when I see it.
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Oh yeah. Phil Gaimon went to school with an epidemiologist that specializes in sports health and whatnot. After ranting about racing being resumed, Phil decided to step back and contact him for a video Q&A and has asked for questions to be submitted. Prolly too late to add to the questions, but the video should be out this week and should be pretty on-topic. I'll post it up when I see it.
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Oh yeah. Phil Gaimon went to school with an epidemiologist that specializes in sports health and whatnot. After ranting about racing being resumed, Phil decided to step back and contact him for a video Q&A and has asked for questions to be submitted. Prolly too late to add to the questions, but the video should be out this week and should be pretty on-topic. I'll post it up when I see it.
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So, not trying to be snarky here but I know it could come off that way - have we all decided that group rides are okay now?
I'm still not exactly excited about the idea of riding with others, but then again I've been riding solo pretty much the whole time I've been riding so that's never been a big part of my life.
Ironically I remember this past winter thinking that this year's season I'd start doing regular group rides![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)](https://www.bikeforums.net/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
I'm still not exactly excited about the idea of riding with others, but then again I've been riding solo pretty much the whole time I've been riding so that's never been a big part of my life.
Ironically I remember this past winter thinking that this year's season I'd start doing regular group rides
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When my group offered I decided I would go. Usually it’s less than 10 people, and I am the youngest. Everyone else is retired or works from home. If they asked me not to participate because of my job I would respect their wishes.
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Datlas, followed your advice seems like it’s good to go. I’m gunna see if my friend will let me borrow his torque set one more day. I want to make sure it doesn’t loosen in tomorrow’s ride.
Manufacturer says 2nm for the cap, it took 6 nm before the steering was the way it was before the stem change, and the head set stopped being loose.
Manufacturer says 2nm for the cap, it took 6 nm before the steering was the way it was before the stem change, and the head set stopped being loose.
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I seem to recall something like that happening in NJ a few years ago. Driver accidentally activated the lift and then hit a bridge.
My favorite was right here in Philly. Guy sheers the top off a semi trailer going under a bridge, but the top stays attached while the driver proceeds to drive through the city dragging the top behind him. He made it a couple of miles before being pulled over by a cop who was responding to a report called in by an early morning jogger.
My favorite was right here in Philly. Guy sheers the top off a semi trailer going under a bridge, but the top stays attached while the driver proceeds to drive through the city dragging the top behind him. He made it a couple of miles before being pulled over by a cop who was responding to a report called in by an early morning jogger.
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He also had the current Everesting record holder on for an interview recently and they were great together. Phil's brand of humor is polarizing but the Irish fellow was of similar snark and they got on splendidly.
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Datlas, followed your advice seems like it’s good to go. I’m gunna see if my friend will let me borrow his torque set one more day. I want to make sure it doesn’t loosen in tomorrow’s ride.
Manufacturer says 2nm for the cap, it took 6 nm before the steering was the way it was before the stem change, and the head set stopped being loose.
Manufacturer says 2nm for the cap, it took 6 nm before the steering was the way it was before the stem change, and the head set stopped being loose.
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Had to make the call of shame this morning. I hit a bump, harder than I wanted to, and with me swapping out the stem yesterday I started thinking about my headset. I didn’t have any obvious play yesterday, but I honestly didn’t do a good job of checking. After I hit the bump, I checked for play and at first didn’t think felt any but I couldn’t be sure. I turned around to head home, stopping by parents for water and checked it again. This time looking at the bottom of the headset where the fork meets I could see movement when holding the front break and rocking it. I decided then not to ride it anymore.
I never felt any play while riding, should I be concerned? I plan on loosening the stem and then tightening the cap to 4 nm. My manual say 2nm, but that obviously wasn’t enough.
I never felt any play while riding, should I be concerned? I plan on loosening the stem and then tightening the cap to 4 nm. My manual say 2nm, but that obviously wasn’t enough.
Kinda like the second one in this video.
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I wish them well, so far so good as fas as I’ve heard.
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