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Life is getting in the way of GRUSK so I may be around for this. If I go I’m happy to escort anyone who needs it back to FC and adjacent areas.

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If it’s not legal then good thing I’ve never done it. [emoji41]

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@Judd 162051 wrote:

Crap… now I have to run to Bikenetic before the ride to make sure I’m not the only one without a Renegade.

This is your conscience speaking: Do it. Go get one. Sell both Treks and get the Elite.

P.S. If you’re hungry and heading to Wakefield check out The Block. There’s also a Shilla Bakery near there.

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Have fun! I’m out. Gravel bike is getting work done and my current bike is rocking slick 23s.

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@Judd 161621 wrote:

Hope you’re ready for this:
https://youtu.be/53We9SgHboM

Wait, so does that you mean you and Bo Derek are gonna con me out of my inheritance? I’m confused.

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@Judd 161581 wrote:

Hmmm… By the transitive property, does that mean that we are family?

That would be fine, although my family has been cursed as of late.

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@Judd 161573 wrote:

I can’t make it tonight due to a family issue.

Same. And might be the case for a while for me.

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The cylinder in back must connect to the rear hub via some sort of belt to become a crank driven zoetrope. You can ride and animate.

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I really want to but need to rush home and play family chauffeur until folks are cleared to drive again. Sending my love to the DK finishers.

Edit: Sending busted Jason my sympathies too.

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Hmmm… you do get a signal at Wilson and Quincy and getting onto Wilson from a cross street is definitely easier than the reverse, so that may be the way to go.

@Tania 160927 wrote:

There’s no hustling on a tandem.

5th grader not pulling their weight?

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@TwoWheelsDC 160923 wrote:

Fairfax has a bike lane and Wilson is a shit-show, so I’d say Fairfax just for that reason.

You speak the truth. You’ve got the bike lane on Fairfax and in general traffic feels a little more predictable on Fairfax than on Wilson.

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What’s an epic adventure without some drama, Casey?

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@Judd 160850 wrote:

There’s also a norming effect. When you hang out with people that ride lots of miles, you wake up one day and realize that you also ride lots of miles. I was talking to Komorebi who is unaware of her ranking unless I tell her (currently 287th nationally… go Komorebi!) She was a bit surprised by her state ranking and started rattling off names of people that should be ahead of her. Many of them haven’t signed up for NBC this year, but when I started comparing mileage there was only a few hundred miles of difference.

I started riding consistently in earnest this year because of peer pressure—ahem—community here and I’m pretty surprised at my weekly mileage lately. And that translated to surprisingly high (for me) ranking in the NBC.

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@Tania 160816 wrote:

I could be talked into this for tomorrow especially if we reinstate the Slacker Edition. I’m way behind on my mileage goal for the year.

I’m very unlikely for tomorrow unfortunately. Everyone’s falling apart and I expect to be making hospital visits/checking in on folks. I do owe you a loafy gravel ride, Tania. Hopefully next week we can all dead-leg with the Kanzanauts as they regale us with tales of mud and sorrow.

@TwoWheelsDC 160817 wrote:

Just as a warning, the Towpath was pretty muddy this morning. Didn’t require fenders, but I had to maneuver around A LOT of big puddles. Could be hard to execute such maneuvers at high speed in a group….

With this evening’s rains I expect C&O conditions to be even worse tomorrow.

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@mstone 160835 wrote:

So I actually pondered going road hydraulic for my planned rebuild of my do-everything bike. (It needs new rings & cassette & cables & whatnot anyway, so why not take it from 8 gears to 10 and address every other possible want at the same time?) So I’m pouring over the shimano tech docs (have I ever mentioned how much I hate shimano?) and it seems like there’s a total dumpster fire right now. So shimano invented a new standard for brake mounts? And, being shimano, they even have different pads for brakes within the same family with different mounts? And the only 10 speed hydraulic shifters are mechanically incompatible with everything other than the current 11 speed (road) stuff. It’s like evil gnomes sit around a table at shimano hq discussing how to prevent people from building the bike they want. I think I’ll stick with 5700 shifters and try the hy/rd brakes rather than buying into this mess.

I bought into road hydraulic complete and new, so I’ve delayed the bike rebuild pain. Therefore, I’m pretty satisfied and haven’t hit my cynical phase yet. HY/RD sounds like a great plan for you though. Certainly the path of least resistance.

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