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Spyglass

You easing your way in with a few beers/wines atm globby? Had a walk through town at lunch and it's building up alright. Envious. There is literally no hype about rugby anywhere near me. :(( Where are you Hawk? Pop up to Oundle! I hope to survive the alcohol onslaught. Oundle, very nice! Alas, I'm ...

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Currently in Steamboat Springs on business, not much snow which makes me feel better as I can't break away for a quick ski session

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Houston, great diversity, Boots, world class Barbecue, a voice of over 60 rental handguns at Athena, the Rodeo, $16 steak night at the Front Porch and an entire city who find my accent "so cute". Houston deservedly get a bad rap for being an ugly sprawling city with congested freeways and no/limite...

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If anyone has experience with both, which one should I visit out of New Orelans and Miami? I don't like Miami. Just don't. Enjoyed N.O. for the visit but wouldn't live there. During one of the festivals (madi gras or the like) it's f**k awesome. For me, no question it has to be N.O. If I was to go ...

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Hawk, yeah I did. I really like a lot of cities, Hong Kong is amazing for example. But I will always love Newcastle. It may or may not be irrational but I don't care. Though it does tick a lot of the boxes in the poll Great nightlife, and the people are really nice. Apart from a certain cast-listin...

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I am not familiar with this site and how it works. Can anyone do a quick search and find out how does 1h23min fare on this site when it comes to the Superbagnères climb? are performances ranked over a number of users, etc..? Shame on you Xupi, how can you call yourself a cyclist without being on St...

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It's amazing how quickly Strava has established itself in cycling culture. Whilst I don't go "segment hunting", I always load up my data after a ride and see if I've figured on any of the segments. I think it's just that secretly, all cyclists always wondered how they stacked up. It really is inter...

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Heading down to the borders tomorrow for a 55 mile route that takes in a local landmark called the Talla Linn climb. It's a 2.5 mile climb that averages 8.4% but the main problem is the first 800m which averages 23% . :(( ouch, that will hurt. What are you planning to use? 800m is too long to power...

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Going to attempt an ascent of Mont Ventoux with my son in October. Any hints or tips? start early you'll avoid heat at the top if the weather is good. did it aged 13 8) bit of a tear passing the Simpson Stèle Made it! 8) Just awesome. Loved every minute. Congrats, on your own or an organized tour?

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Yeah, ended up as an outside back. Pretty quick over 60m. Do triathlons now and generally pretty strong on the bike in a TT style effort up to 40km or so. Doing a flat Iron distance race next year so need to start to build up distance (did one hilly middle distance race this year on the wrong bike ...

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Just got back from a great three day cycling trip based in Leakey in the Texas Hill Country, it's a limited numbers catered/supported event (80 max) called the Leakey Death Ride. Weather was perfect - 50's overnight and low 80's later in the day, and no rain. Believe it or not the Texas Hill Country...

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I've broken mine three times. Once was a small fracture which healed quickly and I was out of the sling in four weeks. The other two were complete breaks with some displacement, the first time (about 30 years ago) they left it to heal itself in a sling which resulted in some bone protrusion due to m...

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So while I'm killing time on my flight home, I may as well post a "review" of my Pyrenees trip. 1 week, 5 days in the saddle, 192 miles (309km), 38,500ft (11,735m) elevation gain, 16h18 in the saddle. Rented a Kuota Kharma from the LBS in Bagneres (the shop was actually in Beaudean, 4km down the ro...

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Now in my 12th week of cycling six days a week. I do between 120-140 a week. Yesterday I did 37 miles and today I will ride 20 miles then run a track workout 6 by 800. Went from 207 lbs tangle to 185 lbs in the twelve weeks. Really enjoy riding. Congrats, keep it up, but be careful as it will start...

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Did my first cycle in about 10 years this morning. 80km in 4 hours, with about 70% of it flat. I´m at 2700m altitude and was on a mountain bike, but after this morning I think I´ll need to get a road bike, with plenty of people on racers flying past me. Was absolutely broken afterwards, knees, arse...

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This is the finish from my race last night. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152225621443341 Never celebrate before the line! I guy from our club made his breakaway stick in an RR earlier this season, he was approx. 200M+ clear of the field and put his arms up to celebrate before the line, a ...

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I'm a sales rep and set my own schedule. Between October 1st through December I'm busy but the rest of the year is pretty much mine. To be fair doing a twenty miler is just a tad more then an hour but I drive to my starting point. I hope to see 175 lbs again. Be careful it can become addictive. I s...

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Hmmmm..hoping to be back on my bike soon. Several weeks ago (March 6) I skidded in wet weather and ended up in A&E with a badly dislocated shoulder, plus 4 fractures of the humerous. :( At first they were talking about a shoulder replacement, but eventually they put a metal rod and four pins in it....

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Finally got back on the road today after a mind numbing 7 weeks on the trainer waiting for my shoulder to repair itself. Just a solo 60 miles of tempo but it felt great to get back out, I didn't even mind the short rain shower! Unfortunately I've missed two of my A events for this season, but hopefu...

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Through a process of elimination I ride the Romin Evo and so far it's the least painful saddle I've tried. But it may not work for you; saddles are a very personal think and what works for me won't necessarily work for you. The only way to find out is to ride it for a few weeks, making small adjustm...

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Wommers, are you using a heart rate monitor to judge your effort? Nothing wrong with single digit mph if you are sticking to your plan. Highly recommend joining a club if you want to improve. Yeah, I've guesstimated my threshold HR at around 157 although I understand the point that if you're actual...

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My thread subscription is working brilliantly as ever :x Spyglass, that sucks, but you haven't told us the important stuff - was your bike OK?. Similar thing happened to me this time last year but I got away a lot more lightly - a few stitches in my knee and a new mech hanger - and the parcours was...

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No don't think I'll go to Durango now, I don't fancy watching the racing with the women! Both our flights are air miles so they will just be refunded to my account if we cancel.

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Holy crap, SG, that sounds like a nasty one. On- or off-road? What speed were you doing at the time? Good luck with the recovery. Thanks DOB. Road event, guys at the front were going really hard on an extended hilly section (successive short hills 500-600W up each one) to shred the pack, it was wor...

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Holy crap, SG, that sounds like a nasty one. On- or off-road? What speed were you doing at the time? Good luck with the recovery. Thanks DOB. Road event, guys at the front were going really hard on an extended hilly section (successive short hills 500-600W up each one) to shred the pack, it was wor...

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Went down hard last weekend, knocked myself out (helmet did it's job), broke my right clavicle and detached a ligament. Had surgery Tuesday to install a plate for bone and anchors to reattach ligament. Dr said surgery went well but it was a tight fit to attach the plate because of bone growth from p...

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Sissyfuss wrote:3D Sound?

What does that entail? Never heard of it... good with a lot of things but sound systems are not one of them.

The Sony projector and PS3 (as BD player) are both 3D, the Marantz receiver just passes through the 3D video signal but breaks out and processes the sound for my 7.2 system

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My system is as follows: Speakers: RBH MC series, using bipole/dipole for rears Subs: Two SVS PB12's Receiver: Marantz 6006 Projector: Sony HW30 Screen: Can't remember Great setup, it has 3D capability but I got a headache using it so just do regular 2D now, which was the original plan for 90+% of v...

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Just replaced my Kurt Kinetic trainer with a Wahoo Kickr, an excellent (if somewhat expensive) piece of kit that syncs up seamlessly with TrainerRoad and Sufferfest videos to provide fully automated suffering. So I now have the Tarmac (now officially my backup bike) permanently hooked up to the Wah...

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Just replaced my Kurt Kinetic trainer with a Wahoo Kickr, an excellent (if somewhat expensive) piece of kit that syncs up seamlessly with TrainerRoad and Sufferfest videos to provide fully automated suffering. So I now have the Tarmac (now officially my backup bike) permanently hooked up to the Waho...

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Thinking of upgrading the groupset on my bike from Tiagra to Ultegra 6700. Can get the whole lot for £440, including cassette , chain and bottom bracket (which need done anyway) and will do the work myself. Never been impressed with the Tiagra which despite my best efforts, I can never get dialled ...

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I'd like to know peoples age vs the max heart rates they reach. I'm 40, and my garmin says I hit 194 bpm. I am not sure weather I should be pleased with this, or scared of it. Been feeling shifty about it ever since Andrew Marr said he had a Heart attack from going to hard at the gym. I think the m...

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What sort of category was that? I have thought about doing some racing but my mate who does some club runs and early season races has told me the lower categories are full of fuckwits whose main concern is riding in military order for the full race and then sprinting for the finish. In the US there...

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First time over 70 miles today with just over 4000ft of climbing, most of it into a 20 to 25 mph wind. It was actually slowing us down going down some pretty good descents. :? Needless to say it was the sort of day that would encourage you to start playing more golf instead. :thumbup: Nah, lose too...

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Did the Chappell Hill Classic Road Race on Sunday, 50 miles with just over 2,000ft of climbing, mostly just rollers and short punchy 30 to 60 second climbs - ideal for attacks! Field size was 50 riders, my team only had 3 guys entered so we were basically racing as individuals, two other teams were ...

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Did my first ride to work today, just over 20 km. f**king dog jumped out at me so got to work with a fair amount of blood on the legs, arms and knuckles with my shorts ripped and just flapping in the wind, much to the amusement of others. :lol: So I can fully enjoy you misery it's important to unde...

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Nice piece of skill but not sure why he took the additional risk as he didn't gain anything on the Sky rider that was following. You see all sorts of crazy stuff in crits that's why it's best to ride at/near the front if you can, it minimizes chances of getting caught up in the inevitable crashes an...

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I use my Weber for roasting turkeys for Thanksgiving, the biggest being over 20ib. It does them beautifully, but make sure that you have the char-baskets to put the coals to the sides. https://fc03a76d7309b5c68d79-d0aeafc7cd9ebb5eae45c08affdb0cc5.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/307403_194x144.jpg And of course...

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Is 275NZ$ the going rate in NZ for a 22" Webber Kettle, they're US$99 over here. Having said that they are an excellent investment, are great for cooking on and last a long time - I've had mine for 16 years! Go for it, you won't be disappointed.

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I entered again, put down 4:30 as estimated time this time. I did 5:19 (chip time) a couple of weeks ago including one stop for food and a slash and 3 stops for p*******s - all mine. Last flat was with less than a mile to go and nobody had any long-valved tubes so I had to try a glueless patch. Tha...

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