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re: FBD - What day is it?
Posted by gmrkr5 on 4/23/24 at 2:13 pm
2BD: whatever tf this is the wife bought. Not terrible
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FBD - What day is it?
Posted by gmrkr5 on 4/23/24 at 1:20 pm
Haven’t done one of these in a while…
FBD
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re: tOfficial Cycling Thread
Posted by gmrkr5 on 4/23/24 at 5:43 am
Nice.. we’re on the coast for the week. Brought a bike, but definitely no hills ...
re: tOfficial Cycling Thread
Posted by gmrkr5 on 4/22/24 at 10:28 am
[quote]I can just ride up mountains.[/quote]
now we're talking......
re: tOfficial Cycling Thread
Posted by gmrkr5 on 4/21/24 at 5:06 am
interesting approach.. i'm going to stick to training methods that involve a saddle though....
re: My Dad gave me some cool souvenirs/momentos from his chemical weapons career.
Posted by gmrkr5 on 4/18/24 at 3:12 pm
I’ve been to most of those sites. Worked for firm that did plume modeling....
re: Anyone here live in the Raleigh/Durham area?
Posted by gmrkr5 on 4/3/24 at 12:25 pm
Depending on where you’re going, you can be in the smaller foothills (uwharrie, pilot mountain) in 1.5hrs…. Western NC (asheville, boone, etc) is 3+...
re: Anyone here live in the Raleigh/Durham area?
Posted by gmrkr5 on 4/3/24 at 12:15 pm
Currently live in the triangle.
Lots of good food, sports are big here, still the “south”, 2 hours to the beach 3 to the mountains. COL is not low
And this…
[quote]Beautiful area but quickly turning into Nashville, Austin etc[/quote]...
re: tOfficial Cycling Thread
Posted by gmrkr5 on 4/1/24 at 2:19 pm
Threw the TT bike on the trainer this morning for my annual 1 month TT cram. I like riding that bike fast, but i really hate riding that bike..lol. NC/SC regional road race/TT champs is at the end of the month. Hoping to go sub 55min...
re: tOfficial Cycling Thread
Posted by gmrkr5 on 3/31/24 at 2:06 pm
[quote]Sounds perfect for me lol. Good result[/quote]
No flat that’s for sure.. thx!
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re: tOfficial Cycling Thread
Posted by gmrkr5 on 3/31/24 at 5:50 am
Decided to drive a couple hours west for another gravel race yesterday. Change of pace from last week’s long, flat drag. Haven’t been training for 5min punchy efforts but it could have been worse. Shorter race at 55mi, but 5000ft of up. P9...
re: tOfficial Cycling Thread
Posted by gmrkr5 on 3/26/24 at 6:51 pm
Actually been thinking about planning our Louisiana visit in March next year so I can do rouge roubaix. Probably going to take a year off from Croatan. ...
re: tOfficial Cycling Thread
Posted by gmrkr5 on 3/23/24 at 9:55 pm
Buck Fifty ended up running in spite of the forecast, which did hold up. Made for some interesting spots in the course that are normally pretty tame. 13th overall. Took a few minutes over 8hrs...
re: tOfficial Cycling Thread
Posted by gmrkr5 on 3/19/24 at 2:09 pm
Those are 2 very different bikes…....
re: tOfficial Cycling Thread
Posted by gmrkr5 on 3/19/24 at 11:47 am
First race of the year (Croatan Buck Fifty) is scheduled for this Saturday. Forecast has been a little wet all week but now they are talking about 3” of rain and a ton of wind. Race organizer sent out an email earlier today about possibly having to shorten the course down from 150 to 75 miles. Gu...
re: tOfficial Cycling Thread
Posted by gmrkr5 on 3/17/24 at 8:09 am
[quote]1up. It has no equal, imo.[/quote]
This, with 1 caveat. Spacing is tight so we’ve had to get a little creative with drop bar bikes as the drop on the inside will touch the back tire of the bike next to it...
re: Want to do a triathlon - bike options?
Posted by gmrkr5 on 2/20/24 at 1:55 pm
I missed the part about this being Olympic distance… yea disregard my last comment, dont spend 2000-3000 on a bike. ...
re: Want to do a triathlon - bike options?
Posted by gmrkr5 on 2/20/24 at 5:55 am
Used bike market is in the shitter. You can find a descent 2nd hand tri bike on facebook for $2000-$3000...
re: tOfficial Cycling Thread
Posted by gmrkr5 on 2/9/24 at 12:07 pm
[quote]hogfly[/quote]
ha, that's not much recovery time..
knowing how to pull off an efficient dirtbag weekend is definitely an acquired skill haha. buddy just got an awesome sprinter van so we'll be trying that for the first such weekend next month.
who is he going to be riding for?
th...
re: tOfficial Cycling Thread
Posted by gmrkr5 on 2/8/24 at 12:11 pm
[quote]I need 3 hr lunches lol
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haha... i'm able to sneak one in here and there....
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