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65F today on Mt. A. Fast guys to ride with. Super 2R at da door Brutus lubed and tuned Gamin charged Food in Camelback filled with supplies
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...and it can almost be combined with @dennis Escalante trek. The Utah Zion to Bryce loop featured in this month's (Feb 2018 - vol45 no1) Adventure Cycling magazine: DAY 1: ST. GEORGE TO SPRINGDALE/ZION NATIONAL PARK, 43.5 MILES, 2,618 FT. ELEVATION GAIN DAY 2: SPRINGDALE/ZION TO HATCH, 58.9 MILES, 4,416 FT. ELEVATION GAIN DAY 3: HATCH TO BRYCE, 23.6 MILES, 1,401 FT. ELEVATION GAIN DAY 4: BRYCE TO PANGUITCH, 23.3 MILES, 522 FT. ELEVATION GAIN DAY 5: PANGUITCH TO KANARRAVILLE, 70.5 MILES, 5,367 FT. ELEVATION GAIN DAY 6: KANARRAVILLE TO ST. GEORGE, 45.7 MILES, 1,407 FT. ELEVATION GAIN Tom
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...then you might want to try this adventure! It starts in Cartagena and ends in Ushuaia. The journey: 13,525 km; 128 riding days; 38 rest days Countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile Tom
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Warm and windy 30 miles at 17+mph. My back felt fine (still a little tight), so that is really good to know. A week off the bike was probably a good idea. Tom
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...if the races were in the May-September time frame instead in the Fall/Winter months? I doubt it since there would be less mud??? But I think it would be cool to have more of them in the off-season. Tom
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I carved out an hour to ride yesterday morning, and was looking forward to getting my first 2018 miles on the road bike..... but apparently one of the rear spokes has managed to come completely unthreaded and the nipple is rolling around inside the rim. This must have happened on my last ride on that bike (which was in October). Frustrating that if I'd realized it I could have fixed it at some point in the intervening months (still, I'm glad I realized it before I got on the road yesterday). Had to hang the bike back up, get the MTB, and change my shoes. It has not been that long since the shop retensioned that wheel. Slogging around on the pavement on the MTB is a good workout, but frustratingly slow and inefficient. Especially spinning that tiny pedal circle with the 175mm cranks. Also the shifting sucks - I need to replace those cables (which are still original, from 1999).
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...that I will file away under in "maybe someday" cycling folder. This link is a cycling loop in Southwest Washington state that goes over the Babyshoe Pass (what I stumbled across while googling the pass). Looks like it is a gravel route with places to camp along the way. Looks fun and reasonably easy at 57miles/40miles/46miles. Tom
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Where is the 1/12 thread? Here now, I guess! Incredible temperatures! Just touching 70*!!!!! I headed out a little after 3pm on the Tarmac. Still a bit of water on the ground and spitting sporadically. I initially had a long sleeve jersey on, and said WTF???? and quickly changed to short sleeves before starting on the ride. Turned out, I had a cross tailwind until my turn-around. At about that time, the new front started really coming in, and I now faced a full headwind all the way home. Brutal. It even would have been brutal had I been in better shape, but since this was a rare Spring day in January, I sucked it up and enjoyed the ride. 30 miles at 17+ but they were glorious miles and speed didn't matter today! Tom
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...with he nickname "Vegan Cyclist" on Strava. Maybe he was just too late (again) to the party, and had to settle for his less exciting nom de plume? Note, in his case, clearly that "nom" is in no way related to the well known "nom nom nom". Tom
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I think I know the answer but just wanted to throw this out there. Assuming I buy a different frame and swap out parts off my old Mtn bike to this new frame, and assuming the BB standard is different on the new frame (English threaded external BB vs. PF30), I just need to get the appropriate BB for the new frame right? I've never seen differing cranks to adapt to differing BB's, it seems it's the BB that has to adapt to the frame and the crank just fits.... Right?
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...are keeping it real! Tom
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And his Mt Washington fetish: @Square Wheels Tom
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Tubes? I don't want to mess with a good thing as standard butyl tubes are working fine but I've read latex tubes provide exceptional ride quality and are not prone to puncture as they are more supple than butyl. They cost twice as much as butyl but were still talking under $15 a tube. I'm thinking of switching over. Anyone ride here ride latex tubes?
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Got one?
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How does it work? Do you need special equipment?
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I'm sitting in by the window at a coffee shop getting some work done (and peeking in on TheForum) - a 70ish yo guy pedals down Main Street on his nice yellow trike and stops at the shop. He (like most all trike rides I see) has a cycling helmet on. Good for him but I ask why? He's sitting 2 feet off the ground supported by 3 wheels. Where is he going to fall? How is he going to fall? His greatest danger is getting off the thing. He has a greater chance of hitting his head on the shop door than hitting the pavement. Inquiring minds want to know.....
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I have eaten much junk, and now am in the hot tub. Will I die?
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Turn these boxes of rims This box of hubs, and this pile of spokes into.... so, if you don't hear from me for a couple of days, send food, and maybe some beer.
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I really like the GCN videos. You see this one on waxing your chain? I think Garth added graphite to the wax right?
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Two days late in favor of temperatures above freezing. High 30s, low 40s, grey and damp, but no rain thankfully. My riding partner is the Canadian hour record holder in his age category, but he let me keep up mostly. 64 KM for 64 trips around the sun. I'm the one in the yellow jacket, pic taken just after finishing the ride.
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23 miles again this morning. I thought the cold would feel worse than it did. The heart rate is still going high for most of my efforts but better than Tuesday. It's a shame fitness fades so quickly; granted it's been 2 months though.
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Training Peaks offers too much data. I like to capture it, but only look at some of it. Earlier this year I was in decent shape, training hard for Mt Washington, then I got injured and the plan fell apart. I knew my fitness level faded, but had no idea how much. After I stopped working with a coach, I never looked at Training Peaks again. Garmin kept sending my info there though. I just started with a coach again a few days ago and was sad to see how far I have fallen. The injury still bothers me, but we are being careful with it. I hope to surpass where I was. The filled in blue area is a general indication of your overall fitness.
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