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Our rides today were very similar.... my biggest issue was the nasty headwind halfway into the ride today. http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/v3QEtZwRWhQ

Pm'ing you.

So this old guy that lives where I work is former navy and his son was a Seal back in the 70's. Said his son had a hand in the input and planning of this operation. Idk how much of it is true but it sounds pretty crazy. BTW I know his son was Team 6, he brought one of his patches down today, pretty neat to see.

No Giant Eagle around here but I was under the impression that this guy is right. Hence why I have always been jealous of you Cbus guys with your Giant Eagles. I only use the measly Krogers.

Thats cool then, just wondering, not trying to shit in the thread as I think in some situations it does look pretty cool.

Alright I will say it... I don't understand the point of this stuff. If your just wrapping it can't be for weight reduction. It's just for looks right? I mean in the right place I agree it LOOKS cool. But isn't this kind of ricer-ish?

WOOT! lol I'm glad you didn't take me too seriously. The internet is serious business you know...

I concur, 12oz at best, and I work in food service, that steak is no bigger than the baked potato. BTW to the OP your fork and spoon need to switch sides and your spoon goes on the outside of the knife, salad looks great though nice, simple and fresh. PDQGP is the clear winner here though... mostly because of his amazing photo skills.

I would be willing to bet that you couldn't. Although I don't play basketball, I do like to bet.

I can't imagine crashing at over 200 mph on a real road and living. This is from the Silver State Classics around 2003, sorry about the terrible video quality. Hope it's not a repost. http://www.streetfire.net/video/SSC350z_57095.htm I assume most of you know what Silver State Classics is, if not. http://www.sscc.us/ It's pretty cool we still allow this in the US. One of the last true real road races in the USA IMO.

Quoted for truth, It's 2 things, the image sensor, and the person behind the lens.

I do want to sell my D5000.... with 18-55 lens battery charger strap. $500? My problem with selling is I need a D7000 first.

Man I totally would, but I have a wedding this year and can't buy any toys till next year.... women.

Hmm could you do $10,999 or are you FIRM on that 11k? JP glws.

Yeah you should notice a nice power difference... don't be embarrassed if you forget to unclip and fall over at least once, it happens to most people. I rarely unclip, although now that I got this new bike for Christmas and its much stiffer than my aluminum frame the balance takes some getting used to.

The registration includes the sag wagon for your overnights and clothes if you stay in the schools. You will need a sleeping bag, they provide hot showers. It also includes maps of the route (which you dont really need) and breakfast and lunch both days. Along with a snack stop. It also benefits COP so it does go to a good cause. No you don't "need" to pay for it, but if your not wearing your number you may not get food and paying customers may look at you like an outcast.... It's mainly on road riding but the route they take you on never is too busy... plus with 2500 other riders it makes it hard for trucks and cars to go fast anyway. I remember one year this 18 wheeler was going about the 15-20 mph for like 10 miles... that was a nice free draft ride for us about halfway through the ride. Registration closes April 15th, you never know what the weather is going to be like... traditionally its bad, my first year I was spoiled it was perfect, year 2 I was all ready for it and it rained and was cold the whole way....(and I was like 12) terrible, but thats what makes it fun. I talked to my dad tonight and I think we are going to do it... I will let you know for sure when, if we do we should make plans to all start Sat morning together just to say hi and meet each other since I am from Dayton. Fortunately for us we have a family member about 7 miles past the finish in Portsmouth (so every year we ride about 225 miles) that we can stay with so we don't have to sleep in bags, but we don't use the sag so this year we would have to carry backpacks.

Not counting stopping time our best time ever was 6hr 25 min. I think the avg was in the 17's. Whats nuts is there is a hardcore group of riders that goes out and back each day for 420 miles total.

My first TOSRV was in 93 when I was 11. I did that on a tandem with my dad. I did that for 3 years straight until my sister went with my dad on the tandem (she was 9) and I went solo at 14. It is an amazing ride and brings back some great memories. I did it 7 years straight and don't know why I have not been back since. I still feel like I could do it in a heartbeat though. I can easily jump on the bike and go 40-50 miles and my biggest ride in the last 2 years has been 76 miles but that was on a day that was hot as hell. Tosrv is traditionally know for bad rainy weather, 5 of the 7 times I went it rained and most times there was a headwind on the way back on day two, which is TERRIBLE! I remember my last year on the tandem I thought I was gonna quit. Moral of story Evan. Sign up and do it you will not regret it. It makes me sad to think I am not going on the 50th anniversary. I really should see if my dad wants to sign up and do it. BTW if you look at the stats on the website when I started it was at the peak of TOSRV around 6k riders from all over the USA. It's cool they can still pull 3k though.

<----- Knows nothing about boating, anyone care to explain what drain plug does, when you need it in and out? I would venture to guess its to drain the boats water after you get out of the lake?

Got out for a quick 16 miles today, it was windy, and a little chilly but fun none the less.

Man this is just sad....

We just took down two pine trees and a weird dead tree in my friends front yard. One of the pine trees was taller than a two story house. We actually used an electric chainsaw, (the gas one had a weak chain on it) It took a total of about 8 hours for all three trees to take down and another 3 hours for cleanup(2 people). The stumps are still there, my dad will most likely go back and take them out with an ax and shovel by hand because he is insane. We did this all for free since she is a friend and just bought this house, I will get some video up of the trees falling. The second one was pretty scary we took all the limbs off as high as we could get his ladder (which is huge) then cut the bottom ax men style. We did have a rope attached at the top, to help pull it away from the house just in case. We had 11 pine trees in our yard at home and we took them all out over a period of 6 years, so we def have experience doing this.

The problem here is that there is nothing different between practicing riding and actually riding. Have you ever sat on a true "road" bike with skinny tires and a rock hard seat? Thats what the shorts are for with padding. as for the top spandex, sure I could wear a t-shirt and I have before, but it blows around gets in the way and can chafe moving body parts very quickly. It also does not wick away sweat etc. If I go out for a slow ride with the family thats a totally different story but generally it's about having the right equipment for the job. Oh and you don't wear underwear with spandex.

Also, keep in mind, there are going to be many many more bicycles on the road again this summer if the gas prices keep going up. There is nothing wrong with riding on main roads, most have two or more lanes for a reason, passing.

Tosrv is a great ride I started on a tandem with my dad when I was 8 and went solo when I was 13. I rode it 8 years in a row.