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@NickBull 108610 wrote:

Fixie riders — they know how painful it’s going to be to lose speed so they’re willing to risk other people’s lives to avoid a bit of pain;

Embrace the pain. Pain makes you beautiful.

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@jrenaut 106982 wrote:

That was not pleasant.

Sure it was.
You’re just still too close to it.

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@DaveK 106585 wrote:

My wife still thinks I’m crazy because I run around the auto show grumbling about all the cool wagons Europe gets that we don’t. And the ones that we do get, they don’t give us the manual transmission. Heathens…

Used BMW 3-series sportwagon. Not crazy hard to find in stick. Came in AWD, too.

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20-ish. It’s been a while since I tested it.
Pretty much every morning consists of playing around within the 1:2 push-up to pull-up ratio and totaling 60 pull-ups/120 push-ups. Usually I do 5 sets of 12/24 with some abs thrown in if I need a break between. Otherwise, I do 10 sets of 6/12 and just try to knock them out quickly.
I’m honestly too lazy to take the third option which is to do as many as I can in a row for as many sets as necessary until I hit the target numbers.
I hear you on the over-use concerns. I row—so my back, shoulders, and arms get an additional flogging, but I find that if I listen to body and take breaks when I honestly need to (as opposed to when I’m just being a wimp), I can usually avoid injury.

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Grab yourself an iron gym or similarly easy-to-install indoor pull-up bar and start doing alternating sets of pull-ups and push-ups every morning. Maybe one set of 1 pull-up followed by 2 push-ups to begin with and repeat for however many sets works for you. Should take less than 15 minutes and you’ll be amazed at how quickly you start seeing results if you stick with it.

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Alexandria has an indoor parkour facility. http://urbanevo.com/

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I’m with dcv on crank length. Shorter cranks also leave me less worried about pedal strike in the corners.
As for ratios, it’s good to see what others are doing, but whatever works best for you is what’s best for you.
And, honestly, what feels about right today may not work tomorrow. This time of year, 48×16 on the steel bike can feel like a slog. Come Spring and Summer, it will feel right. I’m just not in the mood to switch out the cog and chain.

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@Harry Meatmotor 105628 wrote:

Nah – no existential crisis, you’re merely paving the way for the next big thing: the “Post-Hipster” era. It’s where everything ‘boring’ is cool. irony is ridiculed in favor of sincerity. Seriously, you can tell a movement or era is over when it’s means of transmitting identity are co-opted by those not in the tribe. that’s some heavy sh*t, man!

Not entirely sure what most hipsters are transmitting with their underpants, but can’t imagine it’s a good thing.

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I tend to line my helmet with it.

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I am lazy. I just grab onto whatever fixed object is handy. Don’t have dcv’s skill when it comes to doing track stands.

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Easier if you remain clipped in.

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You should be fine with those tires in whatever little bit of snow we get. Just take it easy and try not to do anything sudden.

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@ShawnoftheDread 103115 wrote:

Certainly not. I’ve never heard that before. Not this month anyway.

My bad. It takes me a while to switch gears.

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@ShawnoftheDread 102902 wrote:

I’m both dreaded and dreadful, and my momma named me Shawn.

Certainly not because of any resemblance to Simon Pegg or as an allusion to his work.

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Wool base layers will keep you pretty warm even if your outer layers don’t keep you dry.

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