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rideit

rideit

Bob the Builder
Aug 24, 2004
24,686
12,481
In the cleavage of the Tetons
So, last evening’s ride was spicy. I was road riding (trespassing) on a stupid fancy private road here in town tonight. It has an 1100ft climb, with amazing pavement, perfect switchbacks, and no traffic. However, it is a poach. I had never been hassled there, but friends have. Anyhoo, at the very top, the road continues after a chained off barrier. There is a property up there that recently sold for many millions for just raw dirt. Anyhoo, the road climbs a few hundred feet, then goes around the top of the Butte and out of sight…but only for a short way. So, I am above the chain section, and I look back, and I see a local rent-a-cop Jeep with his very intimidating lights on, going through the gate.
just so happens at the top there is very tall sage. I found the deepest patch, waited for him to drive by….and then got on my bike, and went hell bound for leather back down the road, around the chain, and all the way back down into town. I knew he would never catch me, but I think I got a top five or ten Strava time (I previously had the 10 trophy).
Anyway, it was epic fun, feeling like a hoodlum on a $6k bike.
Good morning!
 
HardtailHack

HardtailHack

used an iron once
Jan 20, 2009
7,752
7,096
Easy day for me today, annoyingly, we found our apprentice, he went AWOL for a few days and will be back Monday.
I was hoping we would have had five from five not finish their time, hahaha!
 
I Are Baboon

I Are Baboon

Vagina man
Aug 6, 2001
32,745
10,691
MTB New England
Howdy, cowboys. I rode the KICKR pretty hard last night, so I had to battle through fatigue on my run workout this morning. I got 7 miles done in 50 minutes and it was nice to get RAINED ON. We need a hell of a lot more of it though. I'll do more pedaling later, the nature of which depends on how the weather holds up.

Working from home today. Got a meeting with our new personal finance lady this morning. It'll be interesting to hear what she has to say. I know we're in good shape but our finances could certainly use some tweaking.
 
Sandwich

Sandwich

Pig my fish!
Staff member
May 23, 2002
21,832
7,079
borcester rhymes
hello!

thinking about trying out the weeknight time trial this evening. I won't win, i probably won't do particularly well, but it's something new to try. Or I might zip around the local training loop on the roadster and see if I can't die.

Parents are in-bound tomorrow evening so the next couple of days should be wrought with panic and conflict as wife and her in-laws do not get along well.
 
Westy

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
56,004
22,036
Sleazattle
rideit said:
So, last evening’s ride was spicy. I was road riding (trespassing) on a stupid fancy private road here in town tonight. It has an 1100ft climb, with amazing pavement, perfect switchbacks, and no traffic. However, it is a poach. I had never been hassled there, but friends have. Anyhoo, at the very top, the road continues after a chained off barrier. There is a property up there that recently sold for many millions for just raw dirt. Anyhoo, the road climbs a few hundred feet, then goes around the top of the Butte and out of sight…but only for a short way. So, I am above the chain section, and I look back, and I see a local rent-a-cop Jeep with his very intimidating lights on, going through the gate.
just so happens at the top there is very tall sage. I found the deepest patch, waited for him to drive by….and then got on my bike, and went hell bound for leather back down the road, around the chain, and all the way back down into town. I knew he would never catch me, but I think I got a top five or ten Strava time (I previously had the 10 trophy).
Anyway, it was epic fun, feeling like a hoodlum on a $6k bike.
Good morning!
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Rent a cop, fancy. When I was 14 I got a shotgun pulled on me by an old farmer. He was cool though when I told him I was just there to ride my bike, not smoke weed or worship the devil.
 
jstuhlman

jstuhlman

bagpipe wanker
Dec 3, 2009
17,342
14,179
Cackalacka du Nord
@rideit brought back many memories for me of being chased around downtown durham by cops for skating. good times.

off to le museum. hopefully there's a lunch with a beer in my future. i suppose i need to put on pants before venturing into public.
 
boostindoubles

boostindoubles

Nacho Libre
Mar 16, 2004
8,417
6,956
Yakistan
A pair of stray dogs is roaming the neighborhood. Our cat wasn't waiting at the door to come in this morning. Fuck. Found her sleeping on the roof of the shed. Good kitty. I dunno why people can't deal with their dogs. I blasted them on FB lost dogs and someone got back to me. They said the owner let them out of the yard and never wants to see them again. Wtf
 
TreeSaw

TreeSaw

Mama Monkey
Oct 30, 2003
17,813
2,132
Dancin' over rocks n' roots!
Afternoon. En Route to our final camping trip of the summer. Should be a good time. Also hoping to hit some new to us trails (Wheelerville) before their festival on Saturday/Sunday. Good times will be had.
 
jimmydean

jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
43,085
15,175
Portland, OR
Woot, still alive and stuff. I admit I've been pretty slack lately but my jeans are WAY too snug. I did weights on Monday and 20 hard minutes on the trainer last night. That was a little eye opening, so that will need to change. I thought I had a pandemic 25 to lose, turns out it's 35. :panic:
 
AngryMetalsmith

AngryMetalsmith

Business is good, thanks for asking
Jun 4, 2006
22,056
12,779
I have no idea where I am
Whew, Dad is alright, sort of. He was working out with Kettle Bells this morning and his nose basically started erupting blood. Blood freakin everywhere, bathroom, his face, hands, clothes, multiple towels and spit up just as much. Mom was of course freakin out. So I drove them to the hospital. The PA ran some labs and everything came back good. So now he’s got to go to a specialist.
 
canadmos

canadmos

Cake Tease
May 29, 2011
21,977
21,507
Canaderp
Last day here in North Bay. Short easy trip, it's been nice. And a few days to just chill at home before going back to work.

In other news, I used a new online bike shop that I found. Ordered some new handle bars and got sent the wrong ones. They are insistent that I ordered the wrong ones (25mm rise vs 35mm). Whatever. Their stupid system doesn't show the actual part number on the order history and when the product is sold out, it dissappears from the website (unlike at let's say Jenson). I chalked it up to a drunken order mistake.

So I order the bars again. And again am sent the wrong bars. I explained to them, nope, the only option on the page was the 35mm rise ones.

They finally say yeah it's our mistake. Ship those back to us on our dime and here are some Chromag BZA's for $83.

Score. But what a damn process, Jesus.
 
stoney

stoney

Part of the unwashed, middle-American horde
Jul 26, 2006
22,002
7,886
Colorado
Who's getting muscle relaxants? This guy.

That pain in my shoulder is apparently a knot the size of a golf ball on my upper back that is likely pinching a nerve. Until it's loosened up some, PA said trying to massage it out is a pointless effort. So, no driving for this dude for the next few days.
 
SkaredShtles

SkaredShtles

Michael Bolton
Sep 21, 2003
67,828
14,168
In a van.... down by the river
stoney said:
Who's getting muscle relaxants? This guy.

That pain in my shoulder is apparently a knot the size of a golf ball on my upper back that is likely pinching a nerve. Until it's loosened up some, PA said trying to massage it out is a pointless effort. So, no driving for this dude for the next few days.
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Mmm... muscle relaxants...

What did they give you?
 
Adventurous

Adventurous

Starshine Bro
Mar 19, 2014
10,851
9,889
Crawlorado
stoney said:
Who's getting muscle relaxants? This guy.

That pain in my shoulder is apparently a knot the size of a golf ball on my upper back that is likely pinching a nerve. Until it's loosened up some, PA said trying to massage it out is a pointless effort. So, no driving for this dude for the next few days.
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Care to share?
 
Toshi

Toshi

butthole powerwashing evangelist
Oct 23, 2001
39,753
8,750
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Drove up to the mountains to replace a bed frame. Then did the Alpine Slide a bunch and then picked up kid 3 via e-bike like a regular European.
 
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