[Brent]

Congrats! I set a goal at the beginning of the summer to ride a century by the end, and I just finished my second!

[Brent]

I just bought a set of rollers second hand off of craigslist, and so far I really enjoy them. I’ve used a trainer before, and it was loud, annoying, and boring. The rollers require a lot more thought and focus to stay balanced, and in my opinion, provide a better overall workout.

[Brent]

@consularrider 8066 wrote:

Uh, what am I, chopped liver?

Well, technically, I met you IRL first, then through the forums…

[Brent]

yea…except dummy me forgot cash or a debit card…grabbed id, but left money at home…

[Brent]

actually, I neglected my nutrition yesterday…I only brought enough shotblocks for a 2 hour ride (30 miles), but it was such a beautiful day, I kept going, and ended up riding for 4 hours (60 miles). I was probably looking pretty tired.

Definitely say hi! I have yet to meet anyone from the forums IRL.

[Brent]

That was probably me…I rode out past Ashburn and was on my way back to Arlington.

[Brent]

I rode the W&OD from the beginning in Shirlington to Carolina’s Pit BBQ in Ashburn yesterday, and the trail was pretty good. Only a handful of places with gravel on the road, and two places where the edge of the trail was washed out and they had one lane blocked.

[Brent]

@CCrew 7920 wrote:

one of the whoop de doo’s is almost washed out.

Is that a technical term?

[Brent]

What’d we do to piss off mother nature…an earthquake, a hurricane, and now this?

[Brent]

if I hadn’t just overhauled the bottom bracket of my mountain bike, I’d be out there muddin’ it up somewhere…

That’s my excuse, and I’m stickin’ to it.

[Brent]

I take a ziploc bag with some essentials (band-aids, antiseptic, etc), roll-it up, tie a piece of string around it, and stick it in the end of the handlebar, leaving a little bit of the string hanging out to be wedged with the bar end cap, so it’s easy to retrieve when needed.

[Brent]

@Tim Kelley 7492 wrote:

Getting even further from the topic of bicycles…

Earthquakes shake the ground…we ride our bikes on the ground…

[Brent]

@SteveTheTech 7480 wrote:

I wonder if the plates we sit on are made of rock that transmits shock over a longer distance as opposed to west coast faults.

I grew up in St. Louis, which is not that far from the New Madrid Fault. That fault caused a massive series of earthquakes in 1811-1812 that did all kinds of craziness, like shifted the course of the Mississippi River and stuff. I remember after the 1989 earthquake in California, there was all kinds of earthquake paranoia.

Anyway, back to the point: The rock on the east coast is “cold and old.” The older rock tends to be less seismically active, and the colder rock tends to be harder, transmitting the earthquake vibrations for longer distances. On the west coast, the rock is younger (meaning more seismically active) and softer, dampening the seismic waves (just like soft cork handlebar tape dampens road vibrations ).

This is my understanding of things, but any geologists out there should correct me if I’m wrong.

[Brent]

I was actually worried about my bike today. I rode the Reston Century on Sunday, and my bike got soaked. I had it up on the bike stand, ready to do some maintenance when I got home from work. I was afraid it could have fallen off…but alas, everything was good.

[Brent]

Congratulations! I’m doing my first century tomorrow in Reston!

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