So who passed me this morning on the MVT?

[dasgeh]

There was an entire thread on this. Maybe we could revive that to add new thoughts?

[KelOnWheels]

@dasgeh 30948 wrote:

There was an entire thread on this. Maybe we could revive that to add new thoughts?

Are you suggesting that a thread started by me should stay on topic?

MADNESS! SPARTA! BACON!

[KelOnWheels]

Today!

Got up almost as early as I planned and made it to Friday Coffee Club!

Various parts of me were tired so I did not ride fast. Also it was very nice out and I didn’t really see the plus side of actually arriving at work, except that they pay me, which is good, as I can exchange legal tender for goods and services relating to cycling. Or, y’know, pay bills, which is not as much fun except that if I pay my rent it gives me a place to keep my bike when I’m not riding it.

Also I got a Real Deal e-mail for 50% off eyelash extensions, which is apparently a thing. My eyelashes already hit my cycling glasses, so I do not think I need them extended, plus I’d rather get new bar grips and fenders and smaller shorts.

This sun thing is getting difficult as it is all in my eyes in the morning and at night, which is very tricky of it. There are some bits on the trail where I must slow way down as I cannot actually see, which seems like a good time to slow down. Maybe if I was ELITE I would not slow down.

Zoom!

[Tim Kelley]

@KelOnWheels 31006 wrote:

Today!

Got up almost as early as I planned and made it to Friday Coffee Club!

Various parts of me were tired so I did not ride fast. Also it was very nice out and I didn’t really see the plus side of actually arriving at work, except that they pay me, which is good, as I can exchange legal tender for goods and services relating to cycling. Or, y’know, pay bills, which is not as much fun except that if I pay my rent it gives me a place to keep my bike when I’m not riding it.

Also I got a Real Deal e-mail for 50% off eyelash extensions, which is apparently a thing. My eyelashes already hit my cycling glasses, so I do not think I need them extended, plus I’d rather get new bar grips and fenders and smaller shorts.

This sun thing is getting difficult as it is all in my eyes in the morning and at night, which is very tricky of it. There are some bits on the trail where I must slow way down as I cannot actually see, which seems like a good time to slow down. Maybe if I was ELITE I would not slow down.

Zoom!

We’ve never met, but after 500+ posts you’ve made on this board since April, I’m really intrigued to meet you in person.

[TwoWheelsDC]

@KelOnWheels 31006 wrote:

This sun thing is getting difficult as it is all in my eyes in the morning and at night, which is very tricky of it. There are some bits on the trail where I must slow way down as I cannot actually see, which seems like a good time to slow down. Maybe if I was ELITE I would not slow down.

Zoom!

Summon your inner Cole Trickle…gun it and ride through.

[KelOnWheels]

@Tim Kelley 31014 wrote:

We’ve never met, but after 500+ posts you’ve made on this board since April, I’m really intrigued to meet you in person.

I don’t actually speak much in person, being perishingly shy, hence all my talking here 😮

[consularrider]

@KelOnWheels 31006 wrote:

… This sun thing is getting difficult as it is all in my eyes in the morning and at night, which is very tricky of it. There are some bits on the trail where I must slow way down as I cannot actually see, which seems like a good time to slow down …

Kel,

Take Dirt’s advice and wear a cycling cap under your helment. It’s fairly easy to dip your head slightly (kinda like flipping down the visor in your car, if you have one of those cages) and block the sun and still be able to see. While Dirt also recommends them for blocking overly bright bicycle lights, I’ve had much less success because I have to dip my head too much because the light is frequently coming at me from below eye level, and have trouble seeing what’s in front of me.

[rcannon100]

We’ve never met, but after 500+ posts you’ve made on this board since April, I’m really intrigued to meet you in person.

500+ since April. Gotta be a record! Seems like maybe it earns a Bike Arlington Jersey or something :rolleyes:

[KelOnWheels]

@rcannon100 31020 wrote:

500+ since April. Gotta be a record! Seems like maybe it earns a Bike Arlington Jersey or something :rolleyes:

Or a perma-ban for clogging up the forum

[Tim Kelley]

@KelOnWheels 31023 wrote:

Or a perma-ban for clogging up the forum

Or her post count artificially lowered for unnecessary post count padding…

[ShawnoftheDread]

@Tim Kelley 31014 wrote:

We’ve never met, but after 500+ posts you’ve made on this board since April, I’m really intrigued to meet you in person.

Kel is just as groovy but entirely different in person.

[KelOnWheels]

@ShawnoftheDread 31028 wrote:

Kel is just as groovy but entirely different in person.

I hired an actor to do all my public appearances.

(That’s why I don’t talk in public. Couldn’t afford the SAG rates for a speaking role.)

[dbb]

@rcannon100 31020 wrote:

500+ since April. Gotta be a record! Seems like maybe it earns a Bike Arlington Jersey or something :rolleyes:

While that is a pretty good pace for a randonneur, the sprint record remains 28 posts in less than 72 hours (match that Kel!) in a thread on how rude we all are last fall.

It would appear that Kel needs to declare her event.

[KelOnWheels]

Back to the off-topic topic for a moment, The Clymb has a bunch of cycling stuff on sale right now. Holla if you’d like a referral link.

Also, someone needs to explain to me this picture, for I do not think I am ELITE enough to gaze upon this.

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[thecyclingeconomist]

@KelOnWheels 31047 wrote:

Also, someone needs to explain to me this picture, for I do not think I am ELITE enough to gaze upon this.

That’s a super elite in his rain slicker… it’s non-permeable so that he ensures that he gets nice and glistening when he pulls up next to his competition…

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