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#4976
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121 degrees on the other side of the valley from here. It's the highest temperature ever recorded in L.A. county. Amazing level of suck.
Our little window air can't handle it, keeps kicking off the compressor. There's another window air in the back room/office but it trips the circuit breaker after a few minutes.
Our little window air can't handle it, keeps kicking off the compressor. There's another window air in the back room/office but it trips the circuit breaker after a few minutes.
#4977
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After some close calls yesterday, I am seriously considering a loop video camera for my bars to record the license plate of any driver that hits me and/or does me bodily harm. I don’t want a fancy GoPro and have no desire to post on YouTube or social media. Ideally said device might also have a rear-facing camera so encounters from behind can be recorded in their entirety.
One close call yesterday that motivates this was not mine but a friend’s. We were on the last climb of the day and the road was totally straight. A big black pickup with big side mirrors buzzed us. I was near the white line but my friend was in the middle of the lane. Truck passed us way too close at very high speed and from my vantage point came a few inches from hitting the back of his head with passenger side mirror. There was no reason for such a fast and close pass as there was no oncoming traffic. Driver was either careless or a menace, maybe both.
Any suggestions on a budget camera to record my demise so my family knows whom to blame??
One close call yesterday that motivates this was not mine but a friend’s. We were on the last climb of the day and the road was totally straight. A big black pickup with big side mirrors buzzed us. I was near the white line but my friend was in the middle of the lane. Truck passed us way too close at very high speed and from my vantage point came a few inches from hitting the back of his head with passenger side mirror. There was no reason for such a fast and close pass as there was no oncoming traffic. Driver was either careless or a menace, maybe both.
Any suggestions on a budget camera to record my demise so my family knows whom to blame??
#4978
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Got our cv tests back and my wife and I are both negative. We’re thinking we’ll go out to a bar to celebrate.
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#4981
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#4982
Ever since COVID, reading what people express on social media has left me unsettled. I feel like there’s so many hostile people in the world and somehow COVID has brought voice to the hostility. It’s weird, but on a subconscious level it has kind of left me uncomfortable with road riding. Not that COVID has brought up anything about bikes. But more that you realize there’s a lot of people who aggressively have no regard for their fellow human beings. At least that’s how it feels to me. I still ride the road, of course, but I don’t feel the same way about it. I feel hugely less vulnerable out on trails. We have very few trails at home sadly. So I’m gorging on it while I can.
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#4983
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Was the road one lane in each direction with no shoulder? I was surprised to just learn that on such roads you can take the entire lane thanks to a 2016 amendment to PA law.
Last month I nearly got doored near my house by a NJ driver. She got out and said she would never try to hurt me. I noted that she just broke the law. Her ass of a husband asked “How? By opening the door?” I paraphrased this: “No person open any door on a motor vehicle unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic…” Shut him down quick
Last month I nearly got doored near my house by a NJ driver. She got out and said she would never try to hurt me. I noted that she just broke the law. Her ass of a husband asked “How? By opening the door?” I paraphrased this: “No person open any door on a motor vehicle unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic…” Shut him down quick
#4984
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#4985
serious cyclist
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#4986
Silver Comet Fred
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#4987
VFL For Life
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You just kicked 2020's ass. You're my hero.
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#4988
Silver Comet Fred
#4989
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So on today’s ride a friend behind me yelled “your rear tire is flat!” It did not FEEL flat so I replied: “you sure?”
He said the center is flat and time to change tire or risk “real” flat tires.
I put the bike in the stand and I think it’s ok. The wear dimples have about 0.5mm depth still. Am I being reckless to keep riding??
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He said the center is flat and time to change tire or risk “real” flat tires.
I put the bike in the stand and I think it’s ok. The wear dimples have about 0.5mm depth still. Am I being reckless to keep riding??
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#4991
Silver Comet Fred
Who can say? It's looking grim out there. #RIPVeloVol
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#4992
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#4993
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Ever since COVID, reading what people express on social media has left me unsettled. I feel like there’s so many hostile people in the world and somehow COVID has brought voice to the hostility. It’s weird, but on a subconscious level it has kind of left me uncomfortable with road riding. Not that COVID has brought up anything about bikes. But more that you realize there’s a lot of people who aggressively have no regard for their fellow human beings. At least that’s how it feels to me. I still ride the road, of course, but I don’t feel the same way about it. I feel hugely less vulnerable out on trails. We have very few trails at home sadly. So I’m gorging on it while I can.
#4994
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you have nothing to worry about, you're well over 30. Also, how is it possible for Knox County hospitalizations to go up 9 when there were 5 new hospitalizations and no deaths? Where did the extraneous 4 hospitalizations come from?
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#4996
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#4997
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COVID has certainly been a focal point, but I think lots of ugliness is nearer the surface for many reasons and some people are interpreting political messaging as license to stop adhering to social norms or act out. It’s very scary and I’m glad I live where I do. I don’t feel any more threatened on the roads than usual.
#4998
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Have you tried rubbing ice cubes on him? When my ac was out due to repairs that’s what we did. Our boy loved it. Try on the top of the head first.
#5000
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