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i got a little over a grand overall. i spent it on a 14 or 16' boat with a ~25hp motor and a trolling motor...took it out fishing on alum and hoover a couple times, sold it at the end of the summer for $1300. no idea what i did with that money.

my buddy has 2 09's (i believe)... we were just talking about them yesterday. his GXP is now 4 years old and has 381 miles and his GT is 6 months older and might now be at 4000 miles. garage queens for sure. but they sure do look good sitting there when i've been over and seen them. lol

Got anything like a link i can look at to walk me through it? i dont have a problem following a how-to, i just have no idea what im supposed to do otherwise.

I have a Bolens brand weed eater that i got at lowes a few years ago...i believe may need the carbs cleaned. end of last year, it'd start up, but if i gave it any gas, it'd die. when i looked online, that seemed to be the response i was seeing for others with the same issue. only problem is, i have no friggin clue about these things. so i need to see if someone else does...my lawn is looking pretty bad and i need to get off my ass and get this fixed so i can quit pissing off my neighbors

lol. mom works for one. i went for a while after a car accident. cant say if it helped or not. usually felt good to get my back cracked, and decompression was awesome.

nevermind...looked right over the buzzfeed link. still not watching the videos. lol

cliffs? im not watching 40 minutes of that guy. i can't stand him as it is.

If its a FL nonresident permit, i dont see why not.

the ONLY issue i could see is if its like the meter in the picture that says "2 hour limit"...if you've been there 2 hours, time to go. otherwise, i like hearing the cops getting fucked with

It might be called wing stop and owned by mmz06

Carson st is like arena district on steroids. Its great. Good friend lives out there and we've went down there a couple times. its crazy busy in winter, i cant imagine summer/warmer months

I go through COPCP too, but in gahanna. Been seeing that doc for 15+ years.

Skip Edamame if you like sushi. I was quite unimpressed. But being that i live 1/2mi from the caddy dealership, i go in for meals somewhat often. 5 guys, chipotle, jimmy johns, i hear northstar is good, champs, red robin, logans, mmmmm

Hmm...plenty of ice cream? Might be a good day to make a ride out there and back.

oh wow. i failed hard there. in my defense, it was midnight and i was just off a 2 day 200+ mile ride. lol

am i missing something in the name?

^ first thing in my head when they were shooting cigars in the others mouths. FUCK THAT.

my buddy did the 1/2 with his 8 year old on a tandem this year. ran into them in chillicothe as they were rolling out around 1030, and passed them just before west portsmouth. kid said he had fun when i saw them at the park

heck of a mother's day, i'd say

thanks! i could've done without the rain and wind, but that's what its notorious for, right? i got spoiled last year only going one way. it was 72, calm winds...we averaged 19.5 for the whole way down last year. sunday on the other hand, i heard it was horrible. i didn't regret missing that. lol

well, TOSRV ended up not so bad. Saturday - I rode the first 52 with my brother to Chillicothe. He is not a cyclist, and had about 4-5 rides in prior to this, for MAYBE 80 miles. he just refused to train, and he's not a really in-shape kinda guy. he's maybe 6'1, 230lbs, so i wasn't expecting much. I was meeting friends for the 2nd half and Saturday in Chillicothe to finish and do some filming for them, so i knew we'd have to leave early to not get passed by them and miss my group. We left at 6:30, and within the first couple miles, hooked up with a guy in from Erie, PA. said he was a fairly serious cyclist, but that he wasn't looking to hammer, so he hung back with us and took it easy. Luckily for my brother, we had a VERY favorable tail wind. even with his previous best ride/average was maybe 14mph, he was able to do a 17.2 average all the way down. me and the Erie guy pulled the whole way, but with the tailwind and those speeds, i had an average HR of 135 (which is insanely low for me. im usually at high 160s on a normal/fast ride)...i was definitely impressed with him. the down side? we got to Chillicothe about an hour before I guessed we would, so i had to sit around waiting for my group. he did take a spill at our first stop...the first thing i tried to pound into his head when he did his first ride was "get your feet out of the cages if you're not moving, or slowing to stop...well, he had one foot out, and tipped the other way. knee looked worse than it was due to mist we had all morning keeping it wet and dripping down his leg. he's fine now, so he says. the mist sucked, but it stopped about 10 miles from chillicothe, so about 9am. second half of the ride the pace picked up with one of my regular groups. felt a lot better to ride at my pace. the beer at Tracy park at the end never tasted better. after making the extra 1/2 mile ride to cross the border into Kentucky (just to say i rode from downtown to another state), then going on a wild goose chase trying to find the place my overnight bag was going, and the ride to the hotel i was able to split with someone last minute, i was just short of 113 miles for the day...my longest day ever. Sunday - started off chilly. my dumb ass doesn't have "mid-weather" gear...i've got summer, and winter. i didnt feel like packing full winter tights, so i just had bibs. luckily a guy who drove down with beer, gear, etc had some knee warmers he loaned me, which made all the difference. first 25 miles to Waverly, we were smokin. we had a 21.1 average, with much thanks to a guy who was a pro cyclist in the early 90s (qualified for the olympic time trial national team) pulling our group for probably 10-15 miles of it. we left around 7:15 to beat some of the forecasted 15-20mph winds out of the WNW, and it worked...until Waverly Waverly to Chillicothe - the hills. lost some average speed, but still rolled in around 20.5mph (i think...over 20 for sure). some lunch, rest, time to roll again. Chillicothe back to Columbus, and the stop in circleville was down right miserable. i would've taken the mist we had Saturday morning over that wind. it was BRUTAL. by the time we got back to columbus, our group of 7 was split into 2. Me and 2 guys rolled in first, with the others shortly after. i think by that point, we were at a mid 18 average for the day, so it REALLY dropped once we started getting the wind. and my luck, my Garmin last night and this morning said it was still at 100% battery...seemed odd, but i've never paid attention to it because it charges every time i upload a ride. since i didnt have my PC, i didnt upload anything. so, i didnt plug it in...of course, today, im at mile 99ish, and it says low battery. im OCD, and if it didnt log 100+ miles, even if i did them, it would drive me nuts. quick stop at the state house for a picture at mile 99.3, and hit the road to go meet my ride at Battele. made it to 100.67 miles before it died along the Olentangy trail. i was probably closer to 103-104...i'll have to check with my buddy who rode to Battele with me. all in all, I had a great time. first full TOSRV ever (last year, only did Saturday down). also, first back to back centuries, and got my longest day ever. puts me at 3 centuries for the year (goal of at least 6), and about 1600 miles or so for the year. maps - Day 1 - http://app.strava.com/activities/53855771 Day 2 - http://app.strava.com/activities/53855750 few pics - at the lunch stop. this is the group I usually ride with, but they were riding on a different schedule than me and my brother, as well as the group I was filming with/for, so we ate and got some pics my brothers knee - like i said, looks worse than it is. misty rain kept it wet and bleeding for 20+ miles. picture my brother and i took for our Mother, albeit a day early view from the food stop in Waverly Over the OH/KY line, along with my buddies video equipment mounted on my helmet Early in day 2. maybe 6-7 miles into the ride my friends for the ride back...and the little old 60+ year old lady at the front of the group. she's still crazy fast too! THE END (well, about 3 miles before it)

112.63 today between the ride, the short jog over to KY, and to the hotel. Similar mileage expected tomorrow...im exhausted now ans ready for 8-9 hours of sleep

FYI, if youre doing the harder route (the one you posted), you may want to spend some time out east on those hills or you're gonna be walking reynolds, blacksnake, etc. I was doing about 150/wk and we averaged a hair under 20 (19.8 i think) via the reynolds rd route. And we FLEW for the first quarter. 23+ average. For a small bit, we were within the front 25 or so of the entire ride.

Except for the fact that your fundraising is 100% donated to the James and Solove centers. Your donations you receive dont pay for police holding traffic, food at stops, merch bags, etc. MAYBE your $100 registration fee, but im not 100% sure. All that stuff is paid by sponsors, which they have a shit ton of every year to get their name out there, or donated. Theyd probably have a lot better luck if they lowered the minimum fundraising, raise the registration fee a little (if necessary) and allow more people to get in. There was 6k last year, people from all over the country. They could easily double that and have the word go out a lot further. You may not have a hard time raising $1800 with your social circle, or have issue with covering it if you dont make it, but its different for the common participant. Hell, i signed up in feb right at the start, had raffles with some donated prizes and some i paid for (cornhole set from Tim, custom bicycle themed jewelry a friend made, salon gift certificates from my sisters salon, some art my old roommate did), and in 8 months, i barely got to $1k. The problem now vs the first couple years is then, you might know 1 person riding and kick em $50...now, you know 5 and split it up to $10 each. Its harder for people to donate to multiple riders like they would to just one.

+1...great event, humbling, but its a huge commitment to raise that much. I did it last year and barely cracked $1k in donations. Luckily i was with chase at the time and the team had enough funds to share. New employer doesnt do a team, despite being a columbus based national business (Safelite), so im doing some smaller charity rides instead. Tour de Cure for diabetes next month and work donated $200, which is the total minimum donation. A lot easier to cover $200 if i couldnt raise it vs 12-2200 Good luck!