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BoxsterCy said:
Unprepared Velo on a road bike would still crush a 65-year old although I have been pretty good at getting out. Was a little hot and humid out there today but not nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. I am for sure faster then most of my same age peers but that isn't saying much. Haven't gone out more then 25 miles, mostly 20 mile rides.

Thinking off getting my old Bianchi tuned up. It was shifting pretty bad when I hung it up and bought the Sirrus. Would like to have it as a loaner and for any rides with gravel. Got any good repair places? Neighbor recommended One on One downtown since they have a basement full of old bike parts and I think they are familiar with Bianchi's. I don't think the Eriks and Penns are really very good at repair on old stuff. They assemble bikes and service new stuff. I don't want to get sold a pile of expensive new components because they don't know how to deal with a 20 year old bike.
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If you were willing to drive Martin's bike shop in Albert Lea, they were reasonable and willing to straighten a bent chain so it worked on the worn gears instead of selling me new chains and gears.
 
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Cybirdy said:
Alabama softball camp sounds awesome. Past 8th grade the ISU camps are more position camps or team camps. I wanted to send her to libero, but it conflicted with driver's ed. The HS coach may send a 9th grade team to a smaller team camp.

Today was even more trips to school. And had to run the one to Lied, zip back up to Gilbert to catch the last half of JV and beginning of varsity, then back to Lied and home by 9pm to get little ones in bed. Same routine tomorrow night.
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You're awesome!

Question: We've been watching the Cyclone Athletics website and waiting for months for information about the next one... and still nothing. Have you heard anything about the next ISU softball camp?
 
BoxsterCy said:
Unprepared Velo on a road bike would still crush a 65-year old although I have been pretty good at getting out. Was a little hot and humid out there today but not nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. I am for sure faster then most of my same age peers but that isn't saying much. Haven't gone out more then 25 miles, mostly 20 mile rides.

Thinking off getting my old Bianchi tuned up. It was shifting pretty bad when I hung it up and bought the Sirrus. Would like to have it as a loaner and for any rides with gravel. Got any good repair places? Neighbor recommended One on One downtown since they have a basement full of old bike parts and I think they are familiar with Bianchi's. I don't think the Eriks and Penns are really very good at repair on old stuff. They assemble bikes and service new stuff. I don't want to get sold a pile of expensive new components because they don't know how to deal with a 20 year old bike.
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VeloClone said:
I'm not going to be much help up here. I generally do most repairs myself and if I have something that I don't want to tackle I usually take it to Steve at Bike World in Ames.
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The serious riders I know all use Trailhead Cycling up here in Champlin. As a purely recreational rider, I don't go there too much, but when I'm in there, they are very helpful and friendly and tend to have a variety of ages of workers there. It's close enough to him that Velo may know something about the shop. Also, it is a pretty busy place, at least on weekends and evenings.

As a bonus, Hudy's Cafe is in the same strip mall and has fantastic breakfasts.
 
cowgirl836 said:
all this bike talk makes me kinda want to bike even though I don't do that

hold your horses on me running stuff next year! Haven't run since my April race.........not sure about doing a 10k later this summer/fall

I'm good with spreadsheet making though ;)

I swear there is a muscle memory for songs. I can still never remember the bass clef scale nor the > < signs but by God I'll sing word for word that song that was hot for a month in 1998.
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The key to the > < signs is to remember that it is a hungry alligator and the mouth of the alligator opens towards the bigger amount of M&M's. That's the trick I was taught. fewer M&M's < More M&M's
 
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The key to the > < signs is to remember that it is a hungry alligator and the mouth of the alligator opens towards the bigger amount of M&M's. That's the trick I was taught. fewer M&M's < More M&M's
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more M&M's. More M&M's. Maybe this will stick.
 
VeloClone said:
Mrs. Eschen taught us that in 4th grade but she drew a furry little monster around the sign - a greedy furry little monster. The other way to think about it if you are musically inclined is as a crescendo or decrescendo.
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oooooo I can do that last one I think. M&M's and music.
 
Just had a power flash at work from a nearby lightning strike. Had my hopes up for a brief second. Also I just scurried to save my open stuff.
 
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