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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 09-27-17, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
You know. when I finally do log in and check my mentions, seeing one alongside his name doesn't exactly make me want to jump right back in.

Oh, and #scamforsam.
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Old 09-27-17, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Ramona_W
Welcome back!
This.
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Addiction is all about class.
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Old 09-27-17, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Polished aluminum.

That front brake cable tho.
I might trim that housing after bars and stem are finalized.



But I might not.
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Old 09-27-17, 06:40 PM
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A whole lot of nothing to report
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Old 09-27-17, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Dannihilator
A whole lot of nothing to report
Kudos
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Old 09-27-17, 06:49 PM
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Dallas shaping up to be pretty cool.




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Old 09-27-17, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by topslop1
Dallas shaping up to be pretty cool.
At first I was wondering why everyone was running that hill.

Then I saw the last pic.
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Old 09-27-17, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan333SP
Where was this pothole? I'll have to watch out for it.
...don't worry. It'll be filled and paved over before the lawsuit gets filed.
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Old 09-27-17, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
At first I was wondering why everyone was running that hill.

Then I saw the last pic.
ditto
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Old 09-27-17, 07:39 PM
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Been playing with an idea of going campy when or if I go 11 speed.
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Old 09-27-17, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Dannihilator
Been playing with an idea of going campy when or if I go 11 speed.
Start a thread! Be sure to ask about Campy vs. Shimano vs SRAM. Bonus points if you also inquire about disc vs rim brakes!
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Originally Posted by Dannihilator
Been playing with an idea of going campy when or if I go 11 speed.

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Originally Posted by Ramona_W
Doing the readings for the first week of my "Biology of Aging" course and they're making me smile with all the explanations of how the "over 50s" can still be creative, productive, physically active, etc and don't need to be put out to pasture just yet. And one of the things I have to read is from the WHO so it's talking about Europe where I would expect them to be much less bound by the "use them up and throw them out" thinking which is still so common in much of the U.S.
...it'a true. I can still remember the day I peaked. I was 41 years old, resembling somewhat Michelangelo's David in the sense of physique, still able to leap tall buildings at a single bound. Women adored me, dogs loved me, and children clamored to be around me.

Then it all fell apart and I was left with a bum back, a bad knee, and a general sense of .

Youth is wasted on the young.
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Old 09-27-17, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Dannihilator
Been playing with an idea of going campy when or if I go 11 speed.
Originally Posted by datlas
Start a thread! Be sure to ask about Campy vs. Shimano vs SRAM. Bonus points if you also inquire about disc vs rim brakes!
...play up the "Is 1x the future of road ?" angle. That's never been done here to my knowledge.
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Old 09-27-17, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Today I feel human again.
I bit of a facepalm but yesterday I went too long between Enbrel treatments. If you wait until you start feeling the drug wearing off, it's too late. Pretty remarkable how you can go from feeling OK to garbage in six or so hours.

Don't get addicted to drugs, kids. It's bad.
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Old 09-27-17, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by 3alarmer
...don't worry. It'll be filled and paved over before the lawsuit gets filed.
Doing some back reading, eh?

What have I missed lately?
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Day 3 of 90+ degree temperatures.
<=== Jealous

It hasn't been 90F all month.
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Old 09-27-17, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by datlas
I climbed almost a mile on today's ride, which was a metric century.



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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
<=== Jealous

It hasn't been 90F all month.
Cold front coming though tonight. Hopefully, that's it for the year.
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Originally Posted by datlas
Start a thread! Be sure to ask about Campy vs. Shimano vs SRAM. Bonus points if you also inquire about disc vs rim brakes!
I'll never go Sram or disc brakes on road.
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Originally Posted by f4rrest

crankset is in the wrong position. nice bike...otherwise
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
<=== Jealous

It hasn't been 90F all month.
Today is the first day we've broken 90 here since Friday.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Missing a dot.
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