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Old 11-18-15, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by joejack951
How do you feel about slow moving trucks and school buses taking up a whole lane and slowing everyone else down? Is that wrong, too?
How do you feel about disc brakes? Are they wrong also?
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Originally Posted by bakes1
You did not read the entire referenced post or you have comprehension issues. Which is it?
Because the last line in the referenced post states this: "Why ride in the middle of the lane when you have a perfect 3 foot shoulder to ride on?"
So what is your point again? Why do you feel would-be passers needed to wait when the person that was there clearly stated that there was a perfect shoulder to ride on lol?
There's nothing perfect about a '3 foot shoulder' unless the lane next to it is a lot wider than most I encounter. 3 feet is under the minimum specified width for a bike lane and gives the cyclist basically no bailout room should some obstacle be encountered, including moving extension mirrors on trucks. As a lone cyclist on the road, I'll use a 3 foot shoulder when I can to let people pass but I'm surely not going to plant myself there. In a big group, it's not hard to imagine why they'd decide it's not worth the effort to move into it.
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Originally Posted by bakes1
How do you feel about disc brakes? Are they wrong also?
Disc brakes are lots of good in my experience. Why do you ask?
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Originally Posted by bakes1
You did not read the entire referenced post or you have comprehension issues. Which is it?
Because the last line in the referenced post states this: "Why ride in the middle of the lane when you have a perfect 3 foot shoulder to ride on?"
So what is your point again? Why do you feel would-be passers needed to wait when the person that was there clearly stated that there was a perfect shoulder to ride on lol?

It's ok though
There are always going to be biased and speshul cyclists that choose to ignore circumstances and facts and just whine about random camaro drivers and other motorists to whoever will listen right?


A 3' shoulder at speed with a group isn't exactly ideal.

Seriously, why do you feel the life of a cyclist is less important than that of an impatient camaro driver? The more impatient the driver is behind me, the less ****s I give about being in their way.
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Originally Posted by bakes1
"Why ride in the middle of the lane when you have a perfect 3 foot shoulder to ride on?"
If the bike lane were clear of debris and the regular lane were wide enough to routinely allow 3+ feet of clearance between a bike and a car both proceeding normally, I expect I'd usually be riding in the 3 foot bike lane.

On my normal routes here those circumstances rarely exist and I ride outside mainly on quieter 2 lane roads with no special bike provisions. Mostly, I don't ride where there are bike lanes and mostly where there are bike lanes the broken glass, silt and gravel, along with a bit of fallen vegetation make the bike lanes unwelcome to stay in. The regular lane gets swept by car tires and some of that debris gets scattered to lay in the bike lane.
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Enough with the arguing. I kid thee not. Go fight in A&S or LCF or something.

I kid thee not. Enough!
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
Botto was sighted recently in the 33
Oh jeez, that's it. A sure sign of the Apocalypse. End Of Days. Next thing you know it'll be the AntiChrist

...or that "Dial It Up To 400 Watts & Drope The Hamer" guy, what was his name? R300DuraAce?


































Oh yeah:

WHAMBULANCE!
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Old 11-19-15, 01:14 PM
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R600durace

If it were R300, he could have only dialed it to 200 watts.
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I believe R300 and R600 are capable of the same wattage. R600 is lighter and has one more speed.
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No real reason.

Except nearly 3 months until the 10 year anniversary.
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Originally Posted by smarkinson
No real reason.

Except nearly 3 months until the 10 year anniversary.
Just couldn't let it die, could you?
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Ya know what is most likely to get a person yelled at? Bringing this damned, stupid thread back again.
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Hi! Can I come on this group ride?
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Hi! Can I come on this group ride?
You'll get droped like hamr thor time 400wuttts.
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Why doesn't anyone yell at me?
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Why doesn't anyone yell at me?
Don't you read any of the replies to your posts..?
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I do but I have a soft voice.
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Originally Posted by PepeM
I do but I have a soft voice.
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Originally Posted by topslop1
You'll get droped like hamr thor time 400wuttts.
That's unpossible. Look-



That's real data from Strava estimates of Zwift zPower estimates based on incorrect dumb trainer data during one of my virtual hammerfests. No way will I get droped.

Also-
@PepeM UR BIKE IS STUPID BECAUSE ITS NOT A BREEZER VENTURI

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Originally Posted by dan333sp
that's unpossible. Look-



that's real data from strava estimates of zwift zpower estimates based on incorrect dumb trainer data during one of my virtual hammerfests. No way will i get droped.

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@pepem ur bike is stupid because its not a breezer venturi

feel better now?
ftfy...
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Man, I wish I could sustain 375w at 0 heart rate.
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Originally Posted by Dan333SP
That's unpossible. Look-



That's real data from Strava estimates of Zwift zPower estimates based on incorrect dumb trainer data during one of my virtual hammerfests. No way will I get droped.

Also-
@PepeM UR BIKE IS STUPID BECAUSE ITS NOT A BREEZER VENTURI

Feel better now?
Strangely, I don't.

Maybe if I had a Breezer Venturi everything would change.
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Originally Posted by patrickgm60
Man, I wish I could sustain 375w at 0 heart rate.
It's not 0, it's null/hidden. Strava refuses to show my HR because their algorithms assume it's impossible to put out so much power at such a low heart rate.
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