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06-08-11, 10:42 PM
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Soul Faith arrived today.
Hollowgram crankset in the mail.
Psimet wheels moving up in que.
I'm amped.
Hollowgram crankset in the mail.
Psimet wheels moving up in que.
I'm amped.
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06-09-11, 12:26 AM
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I eat carbide.
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Me too.
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06-09-11, 12:35 AM
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I eat carbide.
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I feel disconnected. Tons of ideas all blowing through my head. At one point tonight I was reflecting and amazed at how much time I have wasted in my life.
I have spent a lot of money lately. Lots of new things. PVC. Fabric. Toaster Oven. Gas Pipe. MDF.
This next move has potential. Serious potential.
I must be doing something right as I posted in our team forum that I had an opportunity and was looking for investors strictly for short term working capital. I have about 5 or 6 lined up - all individually willing to take on the whole amount.
Basement looks like a bomb went off.
I have spent a lot of money lately. Lots of new things. PVC. Fabric. Toaster Oven. Gas Pipe. MDF.
This next move has potential. Serious potential.
I must be doing something right as I posted in our team forum that I had an opportunity and was looking for investors strictly for short term working capital. I have about 5 or 6 lined up - all individually willing to take on the whole amount.
Basement looks like a bomb went off.
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06-09-11, 03:40 AM
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out walking the earth
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uuuuufff. we need to live with 'twitter thread' for another few years? I'd have voted for a name change to 'random thought thread.' or something that needed a secret handshake to figure out like The RTT.
06-09-11, 04:45 AM
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SLJ 6/8/65-5/2/07
Name changes are pretty easy...
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06-09-11, 05:12 AM
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fair weather cyclist
i have only 1 pair of boots which are ASolo day hiking boots. Cant figure out which of the 20 models it is anymore but I got them at Campmor, who gave them to me for free after I wore through some la sportiva's in a few months.
Plus some some microspikes and a pair of tubbs snowshoes takes me just about everywhere. But after experiencing climbing on back country XC skis with skins late this season for the first time, I will be doing that a lot more than snowshoeing in 2011/2012. You just glide.. .such low impact. And the ride down is a lot more fun. My next boots will be Garmont excursions:
https://www.bergsskishop.com/images_product/500/1067.jpg
and now back to bike riding.
Plus some some microspikes and a pair of tubbs snowshoes takes me just about everywhere. But after experiencing climbing on back country XC skis with skins late this season for the first time, I will be doing that a lot more than snowshoeing in 2011/2012. You just glide.. .such low impact. And the ride down is a lot more fun. My next boots will be Garmont excursions:
https://www.bergsskishop.com/images_product/500/1067.jpg
and now back to bike riding.
06-09-11, 05:25 AM
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Shoes and pedals are two things I don't skimp on. The cost of the two of them would buy a really nice bike. However, you said reasonable. For pedals, I would go with SPD, 105 or Ultegra. They have a wide platform which should help with your hot spots. For shoes, look at specific wide foot shoes like the Sidi Mega.
06-09-11, 06:34 AM
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06-09-11, 06:48 AM
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Can I ask a dumb question?
Look Keo classic pedals; do they use the same cleats as say Keo Carbon and/or Keo Sprints?
Look Keo classic pedals; do they use the same cleats as say Keo Carbon and/or Keo Sprints?
06-09-11, 07:01 AM
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Thank
and you.
and you.
06-09-11, 07:56 AM
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06-09-11, 08:26 AM
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Really stupid crash last night. I put a new stem on my Merlin before the Wednesday night ride. I realized early in the ride the handlebars weren't tight enough. Figured I fix it at the turn around point. Just before the turn around, I pulled off the front, the group accelerated, and I stood up to pick up a little speed to hook back on, forgetting the handlebars might slip.
The bars rotated all the way down; I fall forward, faceplanting in the road at about 25mph.
The bars rotated all the way down; I fall forward, faceplanting in the road at about 25mph.
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You could hit a tree and die.
OR YOU COULD STAY HOME AND FALL OFF THE COUCH AND DIE.
06-09-11, 08:30 AM
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Ouch.
06-09-11, 08:54 AM
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Did you cry? I would have.
06-09-11, 08:59 AM
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^ I got off pretty lucky. cut my hand pretty good, ground down my thumb on the road, hematoma on my hip. Hit my head pretty hard, but no headach or anything so the helmet worked.
Not a lot of road rash, because I went pretty much straight down, not a lot of sliding.
Expensive though. Prescription sunglasses destroyed, helmet toast, brooks leather bar tape destroyed, and I think the carbon bars are toast (there's about a 1 inch spot right in the curve of the drops that's abraded down into the fiber).
Not a lot of road rash, because I went pretty much straight down, not a lot of sliding.
Expensive though. Prescription sunglasses destroyed, helmet toast, brooks leather bar tape destroyed, and I think the carbon bars are toast (there's about a 1 inch spot right in the curve of the drops that's abraded down into the fiber).
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You could get lost and die.
You could hit a tree and die.
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You could get lost and die.
You could hit a tree and die.
OR YOU COULD STAY HOME AND FALL OFF THE COUCH AND DIE.
06-09-11, 09:26 AM
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Wow, merlin, that's some stinkin' bad luck. Heal up and fix up quick.
06-09-11, 09:43 AM
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^ I got off pretty lucky. cut my hand pretty good, ground down my thumb on the road, hematoma on my hip. Hit my head pretty hard, but no headach or anything so the helmet worked.
Not a lot of road rash, because I went pretty much straight down, not a lot of sliding.
Expensive though. Prescription sunglasses destroyed, helmet toast, brooks leather bar tape destroyed, and I think the carbon bars are toast (there's about a 1 inch spot right in the curve of the drops that's abraded down into the fiber).
Not a lot of road rash, because I went pretty much straight down, not a lot of sliding.
Expensive though. Prescription sunglasses destroyed, helmet toast, brooks leather bar tape destroyed, and I think the carbon bars are toast (there's about a 1 inch spot right in the curve of the drops that's abraded down into the fiber).
but on a lighter note, my legs don't feel like kaka any more, so maybe ill be able to do something at the state road race. Possibly even walk away with another jersey.
06-09-11, 09:44 AM
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Making a kilometer blurry
That really sucks. All things considered, it could have been much much worse, and I'm glad it wasn't.
06-09-11, 09:44 AM
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Crashing sucks. Glad to hear you walked away from it.
I wear full fingered gloves. I ripped them twice last weekend.
I wear full fingered gloves. I ripped them twice last weekend.
06-09-11, 09:51 AM
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True. I consider myself both lucky, and stupid.
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You could fall off a cliff and die.
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You could fall off a cliff and die.
You could get lost and die.
You could hit a tree and die.
OR YOU COULD STAY HOME AND FALL OFF THE COUCH AND DIE.