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10-05-23, 05:48 PM
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Patrick O'Grady, cartoonist, humorist, satirist, political pundit.
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10-05-23, 05:55 PM
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10-05-23, 06:03 PM
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10-05-23, 06:48 PM
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10-05-23, 06:50 PM
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A tiny taste of O'Grady: The Road Out of Fat City. Fast forward to 2007. A long winter, a wet spring and a dark obsession with preparing and devouring insane quantities of Mexican food left me challenging the design limitations of my Voler team kit. I had actually developed my own gravitational field and had several smaller cyclists in orbit around me, which was inconvenient at bathtime or on the toilet.
I was still riding, but these were desultory outings on a 'cross bike, just pooting around to no particular purpose. Road rides, long road rides, are the ticket out of Fat City, I thought. They trimmed me down when I first got into this sport, and they'll do it again.
So I started doing fat-burning road rides with a teammate. But my 23 wasn't a bailout cog anymore. I was using it, frequently, sometimes trying to shift past it, right through the spokes and past the other side of the hub in hopes of hitching a ride on the 27 — yeah, a 27! — that my riding buddy spun so breezily.
Come June, I couldn't bear it any more. I didn't go to a 12-27 — some things are just plain wrong — but I did install a 12-25.
I'm never gonna use that 25, though. That's my bailout cog.
I was still riding, but these were desultory outings on a 'cross bike, just pooting around to no particular purpose. Road rides, long road rides, are the ticket out of Fat City, I thought. They trimmed me down when I first got into this sport, and they'll do it again.
So I started doing fat-burning road rides with a teammate. But my 23 wasn't a bailout cog anymore. I was using it, frequently, sometimes trying to shift past it, right through the spokes and past the other side of the hub in hopes of hitching a ride on the 27 — yeah, a 27! — that my riding buddy spun so breezily.
Come June, I couldn't bear it any more. I didn't go to a 12-27 — some things are just plain wrong — but I did install a 12-25.
I'm never gonna use that 25, though. That's my bailout cog.
10-05-23, 06:52 PM
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10-05-23, 07:16 PM
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Maybe you need a little pigskin in your life. WitnessVelo Vol 's The Football Team hand Da Bears their first win of the season
10-05-23, 07:24 PM
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10-05-23, 07:30 PM
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10-05-23, 07:31 PM
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I believe Tennessee is on hiatus this week likeVelo Vol
10-05-23, 08:16 PM
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He claims no affinity for the Titans, pretty much none for the NFL in general. BITD he was a bit of a 'skins fan though. I still like to call them The Football Team though. Has a better ring to it than The Washington Football Team and whatever they call themselves now
10-05-23, 08:17 PM
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Maybe you need a little pigskin in your life. WitnessVelo Vol 's The Football Team hand Da Bears their first win of the season
10-05-23, 08:30 PM
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10-05-23, 08:53 PM
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10-06-23, 04:44 AM
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He's been gone for two weeks, I think he's reflecting on his life. Probably reconsidering his choice in music
10-06-23, 05:19 AM
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iJen gets a N/A for last visit? Weird.
10-06-23, 05:53 AM
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10-06-23, 05:55 AM
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10-06-23, 05:58 AM
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Is iJen a fb friend too? That's a little too up close for me. Two diff. forums with the same folk. Then there's the twitterverse.
10-06-23, 06:00 AM
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10-06-23, 06:04 AM
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I was once a big pro football fan. Then college basketball. Then pro basketball. Then tennis. Now I dabble in pro bike racing. I used to follow sports, calling it at least honest. I no longer believe that, so I gave it up. Besides which I'm in Mexico, where I have to pay to watch American sports or, horror of horrors, go to a public place to do it. Better to just give it up. I still like to watch the superbowl, though I might have missed it last year.
10-06-23, 06:06 AM
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10-06-23, 06:33 AM
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I don’t do FB or any other social media. Just BF and Strava.
10-06-23, 07:33 AM
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10-06-23, 07:36 AM
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Pcad RIP