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@GuyContinental 36863 wrote:

Not that I don’t love the enthusiasm… but isn’t this getting a bit complicated? Multiple teams, platform-specific data entry (google docs)… Why not just use the BA club on Strava and heckle from there? Allows manual entry and it’s easy to summarize (individual) miles and hours by month.

If we did data entry on Strava, it’d be easy for me to cobble together scripts to do the scoring (Strava has excellent external APIs).

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@dasgeh 36781 wrote:

I’m pretty sure having kids didn’t affect YOUR body so much…

I’m pretty sure I’m packing on pregnancy pounds faster than my wife.

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@OneEighth 35756 wrote:

Possible Ronwalf sighting around 1700 heading south on the MVT just before the Humpback bridge?

A doppelgänger, sadly enough. Not only am I a little far north for regular MVT use, I’m currently recovering from some child-borne plague.

The Black Death – caused by rats, or the advent of preschool?

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@pfunkallstar 35703 wrote:

And regarding the transport issue. Easy. Simply wear it as a backpack.

200lb backpack? You’re a beast!

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If you catch me going to work, it looks like this:
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But otherwise, there tends to be a large bulbous attachment to the handlebars:

(photo by our own certifried)

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@Bilsko 35451 wrote:

Hold on, I think its just a case of wrong Ctrl-C + Ctrl-V. Valerie’s other posts are fine. And I think Valerie was out riding on the #stoputurnsonPenn ride (new rider, showed me a freshly cleaned cassette?)

Maybe this is the right link?
http://ddot.dc.gov/DC/DDOT/Publication%20Files/On%20Your%20Street/Bicycles%20and%20Pedestrians/Bicycles/Bike%20Lanes/L_St_ProtectedBikeLane.pdf

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@vvill 35007 wrote:

I guess given that this year’s was the day after the derecho and 100F+, next year’s conditions should be relatively easy unless something freaky happens.

The Euro is predicting a nor’easter hurri-quake-maggedon.

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That would be this article. At this point in the year, the “winter storm” (if it hits) will just be gusty, grey, and wet.

(boo, beaten to the punch)

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So our forum Sandy-riders aren’t the only one.
Here’s a sandy-Sandy-rider. Perhaps his name is Sandy, too.

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@PotomacCyclist 34619 wrote:

Today’s a good day to ride.

Woo for pre-Sandy rides!
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Ok, since I can’t compete on coverage, here’s my map anew with 100% more pointless animation!
http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ronwalf/2012/map/

(Some bugginess may ensue. Dragging the map causes my clones to get lost. People view similar pages have experienced dizziness, upset stomachs, and sudden death. Call your doctor immediately if you sprout extra appendages.)

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@Dirt 33323 wrote:

My close-in map.

Fixed it for vvill:
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@Greenbelt 33087 wrote:

That’s awesome. I’ve been tracking my rides pretty religiously on Strava since May — I wonder if they can automatically create a tracking map from all those rides. I’m going to check!

There’s a third party tool for Strava here:
http://www.jonathanokeeffe.com/strava/multi-ride-mapper/

I wanted to make my own, mostly for fun, but also because that tool takes a long time to load all of my rides.

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@jrenaut 32175 wrote:

After about 1200-1400 miles on my Specialized Armadillo Elites, the rear tire was wearing through in patches.

I’ve had chains last longer than that! Is tire worn all over and just worse in these spots? If not, is it from skidding while braking?

I’ve got 2800 on my Vittoria Randonneurs, and they’re just starting to show the second layer of rubber (it’s red). But then, I’m relatively light and only occasionally haul one kid and he’s on the front.

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@thecyclingeconomist 31049 wrote:

So, commuting just takes a bit longer, but I keep from doing anything long/rough for a week after.

I think this is a good take-away point. I took the just-after commute slow, but pushed hard the rest of the week. There’s probably not much healthy in that.

@acc 31050 wrote:

And size matters. Smaller people, seem to be affected more.

Off topic: Last time the Red Cross called, my wife informed them that she was under their weight limit. They asked if they could call back after Christmas.

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