On the road today....
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completed the sean kelly tour of waterford 2 wks ago my first 160 km ,4 climbs two cat1 went in at deep end i supose pure torture but enjoyable met the great man himself as he rode along with us great event though ...its an anual event bueatiful scenery south of ireland
did not bring camera just got a pic with sean on my phone not a great camera on the phone unfortunatly some pics on utube of the event sean kelly tour of waterford ...think there was bout 1500 did the 160 ,hit the wall at about 140 km but struggled on may not have eaten enough just ran out of energy64Paramount said:
For the record, nothing happens. Not a damned thing. Must be some slick new feature. More importantly, why the hell do you want to know? Is this like when you asked people to test drive the forum just a few days before the transition? It's not as if you were actually going to pay heed to any comments made. You'd already made your decision. So, really Steve, all that matter is that the new forum pleases you.
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Again, this forum "package" is the absolute worst I've seen, without question.
I took this pic on my ride this morning, it's just a small portion of a large plant nursery of few miles from my house.
This is about 60 acres of potted plants....
This is about 60 acres of potted plants....
Here is a pic of the Mississippi from this morning. I think it is at 13 feet now. 14 feet is flood stage and it crested at over 17 feet just last week. The road I took the pic from had been closed till a couple of days ago.
It floods just about every Spring, how high it gets depends on how much snow we got during the Winter. But it's unusual for it to flood this late in the year, I've lived here 14 years now and this is the first Fall flood I've seen.
Sure, this thread has been dormant, but it it has pictures. Just like a "Hustler" magazine, that's the best part.
I passed a woman in traffic on the way home from a ride, and she had a Volagi bike on the back of her car (car and bike were color coordinated). I stopped to let her pass me so I could take a closer look, and by a stroke of the gods, she turned in the parking lot of an LBS that was very close. So I followed, but not in a stalking way. I studied the bike for a while and chatted with the lady. The bike looks well made and well thought out. As it happens, Volagi's going to be hosting test rides here in the Old Pueblo next week, so I think I'm gonna take up a climb. In the words of the lady, the bike is a lot more comfortable in terms of fit and damping impulses from riding over road imperfections. Her measure of comparison is the Madone 5.9 she had prior. The Volagi is certainly an attractive looking bike:
As interesting as the bike was and, frankly, the lady (It's curious sometimes how much in common you can find with a stranger), the riding before was much better. The ride was up and down Mt. Lemmon. I only stopped for one pic:
If you like climbing, Mt. Lemmon is reason enough to come to Tucson. There are of course many other cycling reasons as well as others--loads of scantily clad women--for coming to Tucson. Mt. Lemmon is a roughly 25 mile climb, at an average grade of 4.7% or so. Of course the upside to that is the roughly 25 mile descent. The road is a smooth as the soft, inner portion of Marisa Tomei's thigh.....except at a corner called "Windy Point" where apparently it was decided to install fake paving stones.
I passed a woman in traffic on the way home from a ride, and she had a Volagi bike on the back of her car (car and bike were color coordinated). I stopped to let her pass me so I could take a closer look, and by a stroke of the gods, she turned in the parking lot of an LBS that was very close. So I followed, but not in a stalking way. I studied the bike for a while and chatted with the lady. The bike looks well made and well thought out. As it happens, Volagi's going to be hosting test rides here in the Old Pueblo next week, so I think I'm gonna take up a climb. In the words of the lady, the bike is a lot more comfortable in terms of fit and damping impulses from riding over road imperfections. Her measure of comparison is the Madone 5.9 she had prior. The Volagi is certainly an attractive looking bike:
As interesting as the bike was and, frankly, the lady (It's curious sometimes how much in common you can find with a stranger), the riding before was much better. The ride was up and down Mt. Lemmon. I only stopped for one pic:
If you like climbing, Mt. Lemmon is reason enough to come to Tucson. There are of course many other cycling reasons as well as others--loads of scantily clad women--for coming to Tucson. Mt. Lemmon is a roughly 25 mile climb, at an average grade of 4.7% or so. Of course the upside to that is the roughly 25 mile descent. The road is a smooth as the soft, inner portion of Marisa Tomei's thigh.....except at a corner called "Windy Point" where apparently it was decided to install fake paving stones.
