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I will be riding as well. This is no different than altitude training, getting your body in sync with the environment. 

8 hours ago, throet said:

I'm starting to think this might be the best approach for me as well, with the exception of any trips that I can manage to take to ride in a more hospitable summer climate. Riding in Cali last week was simply amazing and I've had little desire to ride since returning. I wish I could get my wife to agree to just stay there in the summers, which my job would allow me to do. 

Like others on this thread, I have spent past summers trying to figure out what time of day is best to ride around here. Summer humidity here never goes away. It may feel less humid when you're baking in 98 degree temps, but the dew point late-afternoon / evening is usually only a couple of degrees lower than what it is early mornings. Our dew point here generally ranges from mid-sixties to low-seventies in the summer, which makes it very uncomfortable - period. Throw in temps in the high-nineties and it's downright oppressive. I used to believe that riding between 7-9 in the evening was best but have now concluded that the best time for me to ride is between 9-11 in the morning. Temps are still reasonable and just enough of the morning dew has burned off to keep my goggles from remaining in a constant fog.   

I completely disagree. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. I plan to either be stronger. Today’s challenge was it was so humid that I had to ride without glasses. 

Took my geared HT out on the GB again today and realized I now have 3 different mountain bikes with 3 very different feels to them. 

God for shaking things up and keeping skills sharp. 

Tip - you should always ride.

My record is the Greenbelt at 110 (the temperature, not some index.) On the other end of the spectrum it is probably around -20F back in Chicago.

It is all about dressing appropriately, hydrating and riding to the temps. At 110 I took it slow.

I do believe that there are smarter people than me on this, but I'd rather die of heatstroke from riding than from heart disease from not riding.

9 hours ago, Anita Handle said:

Let's do it.

If you want to do a heavy ride we can do the following:

My house to the GB, north side out to HOL, 360 to courtyard, city park road, lap around the outside of CP (or inside if you are into that), Jester up, Ladera up, down through Ken's (you'll have to guide me on that, 360, Yaupon, through the neighborhood and back home. That used to be my EB training route, if I recall it is around 50 miles all in and the climbing should be close to 4K. I could plan on a Sunday ride some time, starting early, if you are into that type of thing.

2 hours ago, Anita Handle said:

Short version of the T100 (40 mile) on July 27. I'm averaging 9hrs per week. I estimate that I'll be doing well if I can finish in 7 hours. But having never done anything with this much elevation (8700 feet) at this elevation I am not sure how long it will take me. I'm sorta flinging myself at this, doing my best to prepare, and just hoping to enjoy the scenery and experience of being at a race that is run by friends and course marshalled by even moar friends, perhaps learn a thing or two.

I have a hill training regimen (as you would expect.) Ping me if you want some punishment, I might even join in.

Well, you are right on that count. vSeems that Shapiro is continually triggered by micro aggressions and turns to the court to resolve his hurt feelings.

However, the whole UM story does not really fit any truth because there does not seem to be any detail to back it up. I would say that is a category of "people want to believe it because it fits their narrative, even without any evidence to back it up."

Again, they all go back to the original "college fix.com" story. Fox is not even doing its own homework.

Collegefix is associated with Ben Shapiro and calls itself "your daily dose of right minded news." (emphasis is theirs, not mine.)

If this is a lawsuit then it would be public. 

Apparently this IS a lawsuit with Shapiro and the U: https://www.mndaily.com/article/2019/02/brshapiro

So all of this stinks as fake news:

1. No actual names

2. No actual dates (other than 'fall of 2018'')

3. All lawsuits are public record and one should be able to find data fairly easily

So I would say that this is not true unless you can provide some real data that ties to an actual incident with actual details. Notice how there is a VERY detailed description of the conversation but ZERO detail on the location, date, names, etc. - you know, the stuff that would exist in a lawsuit.

All of this looks fake unless you can provide some actual data.

Seems like the only "micro aggression" that involves the U is Ben Shapiro who is suing the school. My guess is the college fix story is a simply fabricated to help sell a narrative, not something that really happened.

Huh.

Do you have a link to this off of a normal website? Only seem to find links from Breitbart-type websites. None list a person's name (which would be in a lawsuit). 

Pretty sure this is fake news.

On 6/15/2019 at 7:13 PM, Seths Pool said:

I got smoked like a joint today! Haha

 

it was fun and a super cool event but that ultra twisty XC terrain killed me. Lol. 

That is how some of us feel when we see the other stuff that you do....

Maybe it is dead...

Someone went out to do recon at WC yesterday, they gave the thumbs up.

Word is the trails are dry!

It lives. 

It will live. Urban ride. Urban Imbibe.

It has never died.

Did see a tarantula coming down a fast drop on the Greenbelt this weekend. 

On 6/13/2019 at 9:17 AM, Anita Handle said:

Is the "s" for size small in that grip? Can you post a pic of how angled you have yours set up? It is so strange to me that you can do the shit you do with those paddles on your grip. I have some specialized equivalents for the bike I ride on the street but I can't imagine using them for technical off road rides.

 

I swear by them, but I don't do crazy shit. Ergon grips are great for longer rides. My arms do not get fatigued and It helps me maintain a better hand position.

Nope, definitely alive. On the NWCT a couple weeks back. 

What is this?

If you do them separately you can dial them each in on their own. Changing both at the same time makes the dial in a little more difficult. 

Got in 14 miles yesterday on the trails. Even though we had rain, getting there early was the saving grace. I was stunned at how dry the trails were, but eventually we opted to head back because the light rain was starting to make the loose dirt cake up on tires, so we rode the concrete path back.

I approve of this strategy

That cloud is the hero dirt maker 😉

8 minutes ago, Chardog said:

Sounds great.  I think I'll do the same.  Carpool?

I will be heading there from the vet, not the house. Gotta take Lucky in for his yearly stuff. 

I’ll be there about 4 to do an early lap, if anyone wants a social lap ~5 chime in. 

You are 100% correct. It is no different than tires. When Kenda Blue Grooves first hit the market everyone was in awe of them, oh my god did they grip. Six months later we had all moved on because they wore out so fast.

Grippy but durable is like coming up with something that is wet and dry at the same time. Not a physicist, but working with different sole materials for years, you either had soft and grippy or hard and durable.