I almost hit a ped this morning when they jumped out from between two parked cars in the middle of a block. Missed 'em by inches.
TC I am trying to decide between biking to the store by myself this afternoon or driving to the store with the baby after work and I am leaning toward driving for the daddy x daughter time
No, there was no bike lane. She popped out from behind a truck in midtown and had a deer in the headlights reaction instead of taking one step back. There were cars on either side of me so I couldn’t maneuver around her. Slammed on the brakes and knocked her over while going over my handlebars.
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BITD this thread was called true confessions (but mostly stealth braggin’)
I was looking at old races on Strava and saw my total hours, and remembered this thread since what I was thinking fit perfectly with the old title.
It feels like I’m getting close to finishing bikes, 1 year seems long enough. Maybe I’ll space out my remaining time and skip the really crap weather days or when I don’t feel 100%. Maybe I’ll ride less each day and get in more total days. Maybe I’ll just keep going forever.
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Oh we humble bragging? Now that I’m full time in office I’m strava local legend of like 1 mile worth of 0.2 mile segments
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Randonneurs get the “Mondial Award” for every 40,000 km of stamp collecting
you’re working on your fifth lap of the world for internet points
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I’ve got a few of these. I wear them like a lame badge of honour.
last year i got up to 90 local legends!
.. all at the downhill bike park while i was working there.
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True confession: I just installed a new dangler… and just ran a new cable through the old housing.
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Did you at least pop off the ferrules and trim the ends of the stranded cable flush with the jacketing?
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No.
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Did you at least check to see if the cable moves through the housing smoothly?
A couple drops of Tri-flo and you’re fine
Life is short
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I probably would have reused the old cable, albeit a little shorter from trimming the crimped bit off.
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That’s what I did when I switched my emergency randonneuse to disco lyfe; took the rear cable & housing and cut them down for the front spyre.
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And Tri-flo smells good
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If the cable don’t drag, cats out of the bag