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Jim McNamara
Guest
Hi,
At the risk of incurring the wrath of the readership, I will chance commenting on two topics that
have been bugging me ever since I failed to address them during my previous flame war with Ed Gin.
Call it unfinished business ... things left unsaid. For those of you that followed the various
threads, you will understand. For those of you that did not, ignore this unless you care to go
back and read all that stuff (not recommended). With that said, I'll try to be brief. Here is what
went unsaid.
The censor of the Monkey Island Forum, Ed Gin, implied that he didn't expect me to make any cycling
related post on BROL that would prove worthwhile. I rarely pay BROL a visit. Be that as it may
though, in the past, I informed Ed that I wasn't put on God's green earth to either live up to his
whimsical expectations, to dance to his music or to be judged by him. Ed is incapable of making an
objective, unprejudiced, unbiased evaluation of a post from someone he vehemently disdains, namely
me. How can a man who deleted the posts I made at Monkey Island (including innocuous, informational
ones) delude himself into believing that he is impartial and qualified to stand in judgment of me or
anything I do? What Ed thinks of me and whatever I've done in the past or whatever I will do in the
future, is of no consequence because Ed Gin is of no consequence. In the Ed vs. Jim, posts I was
forthcoming regarding how I feel about Ed. Deceitful hypocrite that he has proven himself to be, Ed
claims that he harbors no ill-will toward me and even pretends to wish me well. This is not
corroborated by his countless vitriolic posts. Ed's numerous virulent (including his sock-puppet
pseudo) posts attest to his genuine feelings in utter contradiction of his pretence of feigned
sincerity and tenderheartedness. Ed's asseverations, like Ed, are a sham. OK, I feel much, much
better now that I got that out of my system. Unfinished business ... now finished ... time to move
on. No flames please.
On the lighter side, now for some mandatory HPV content. I hadn't done a ride since October 31st.
Early in the season, when I got flat on my P38, I jumped on my upright and was still riding and
enjoying it some 4000 plus miles later. Well, yesterday I finally fixed the flat on my recumbent and
went out for a spin. I felt surprising comfortable on my P38, almost like I hadn't even been off it
for any length of time, except I was quickly reminded of just how differently the set of leg muscles
are that come into play when riding a recumbent. Yesterday's ride proved interesting. It was warm
enough at 61 degrees, but the wind was horrendous and it ushered in a cold front. When I felt the
wind pick up and the colder air start to roll in, I called the ride off after only 10 miles. By
then, the wind was around 40 mph and gusty. Later on it reached 60 mph. Anyone who rode yesterday in
the Midwest can attest to the challenge that the wind presented. It was not unique the to the "Windy
City". I am anxious to put in a few more miles on my P38 since I have little more than 700 miles on
it this year, but I prefer really not to ride in the cold, so it all depends on when winter arrives
to stay. Today might just reach 40 degrees F. with winds 25-37 and gusts approaching 40 mph. I think
I'll take a pass on today.
Jim McNamara
At the risk of incurring the wrath of the readership, I will chance commenting on two topics that
have been bugging me ever since I failed to address them during my previous flame war with Ed Gin.
Call it unfinished business ... things left unsaid. For those of you that followed the various
threads, you will understand. For those of you that did not, ignore this unless you care to go
back and read all that stuff (not recommended). With that said, I'll try to be brief. Here is what
went unsaid.
The censor of the Monkey Island Forum, Ed Gin, implied that he didn't expect me to make any cycling
related post on BROL that would prove worthwhile. I rarely pay BROL a visit. Be that as it may
though, in the past, I informed Ed that I wasn't put on God's green earth to either live up to his
whimsical expectations, to dance to his music or to be judged by him. Ed is incapable of making an
objective, unprejudiced, unbiased evaluation of a post from someone he vehemently disdains, namely
me. How can a man who deleted the posts I made at Monkey Island (including innocuous, informational
ones) delude himself into believing that he is impartial and qualified to stand in judgment of me or
anything I do? What Ed thinks of me and whatever I've done in the past or whatever I will do in the
future, is of no consequence because Ed Gin is of no consequence. In the Ed vs. Jim, posts I was
forthcoming regarding how I feel about Ed. Deceitful hypocrite that he has proven himself to be, Ed
claims that he harbors no ill-will toward me and even pretends to wish me well. This is not
corroborated by his countless vitriolic posts. Ed's numerous virulent (including his sock-puppet
pseudo) posts attest to his genuine feelings in utter contradiction of his pretence of feigned
sincerity and tenderheartedness. Ed's asseverations, like Ed, are a sham. OK, I feel much, much
better now that I got that out of my system. Unfinished business ... now finished ... time to move
on. No flames please.
On the lighter side, now for some mandatory HPV content. I hadn't done a ride since October 31st.
Early in the season, when I got flat on my P38, I jumped on my upright and was still riding and
enjoying it some 4000 plus miles later. Well, yesterday I finally fixed the flat on my recumbent and
went out for a spin. I felt surprising comfortable on my P38, almost like I hadn't even been off it
for any length of time, except I was quickly reminded of just how differently the set of leg muscles
are that come into play when riding a recumbent. Yesterday's ride proved interesting. It was warm
enough at 61 degrees, but the wind was horrendous and it ushered in a cold front. When I felt the
wind pick up and the colder air start to roll in, I called the ride off after only 10 miles. By
then, the wind was around 40 mph and gusty. Later on it reached 60 mph. Anyone who rode yesterday in
the Midwest can attest to the challenge that the wind presented. It was not unique the to the "Windy
City". I am anxious to put in a few more miles on my P38 since I have little more than 700 miles on
it this year, but I prefer really not to ride in the cold, so it all depends on when winter arrives
to stay. Today might just reach 40 degrees F. with winds 25-37 and gusts approaching 40 mph. I think
I'll take a pass on today.
Jim McNamara