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creekster · 07-09-2008, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

I don't like in podunkville, where a fire can rage over 50,000 acres for a month, and not a single house burn down.

The only train out there is a freakin Amtrak, with no station.

I don't see you commuting on your bike.

Are you being serious? What do you think I am talking about? DO you thinking I was talking about DRIVING home in my truck? I just rode my bike home. I am sweating like a dog and I got home at least twice as fast as I could have in my truck becasue part of my route had a brownout and so all the cars were bumper to bumper. Of course, this made it more dangerous for me because all these idiots kept pulling into the very safe shoulder (just ask SPaz, he'll tell you how safe it is there) to see what was holding things up, even thought they had just gone through about three intersections with no working lights but, hey, you never know. I suppose I could have pulled oer and waited for a bus or found a train, but instead I slowed down, rode very defensively and came home under my own power.

Steel was also riding his bike. You should read the cycling forum more often.

Oh, I am not in a super impressive city like Dallas, but I would think a metropolitan area of over 7 million isn't exactly podunkville.

SteelBlue · 07-09-2008, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Pussies.

If riding in 112+ weather makes me a pussy then so be it. Oh, and I'm not living in Mayberry either. Granted, there are only 100,000 people here but that's plenty of cars to get a guy killed. In fact it's already happened a couple of times this past year.

Archaea · 07-09-2008, 05:27 AM

Is Mike drinking tonight?

Vegas is a two million denizen town, metro that is.

RC Vikings · 07-09-2008, 01:03 PM

115, 111, 105, 2 million, 7 million. I wasn't commuting but I will tell you during our ride yesterday it was 81, no wind, miles and miles of green wheat and potato fields and no traffic. The winters may be hell but the summers up here are a little slice of heaven.

creekster · 07-09-2008, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by RC Vikings

115, 111, 105, 2 million, 7 million. I wasn't commuting but I will tell you during our ride yesterday it was 81, no wind, miles and miles of green wheat and potato fields and no traffic. The winters may be hell but the summers up here are a little slice of heaven.

That souinds great. For my area these tempoeratures are unusually high, although we certainly get up there from time to time. I'll think about you this February when I go for a Saturday morning ride and try to decide if I shold wear tights or just leg warmers that I can peel off when the temps get back above 60 around mid morning.

SteelBlue · 07-09-2008, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by RC Vikings

. The winters may be hell but the summers up here are a little slice of heaven.

Summer= July-July?

MikeWaters · 07-09-2008, 02:30 PM

Try riding 100+ with humidity, such that your sweat doesn't evaporate.

Hotter N Hell a couple three years ago was brutal. People were laid out in the shade of tiny trees on the side of the road. Two of the stations had run out of ice near the end. All kinds of people getting IVs at the end. This was Texas heat, not dry desert heat. I wouldn't wish this on any of you.

Btw, some of you should come to Hotter N Hell. In August. One of the best rallies/races in the country, I dare say with 11,000+ bike riders.

RC Vikings · 07-09-2008, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by SteelBlue

Summer= July-July?

June 15 -August 20 Summer
August 21 - October 15 Fall
Oct 16 - April 10 Winter
April 11 - June 14 Spring (With some winter thrown in there)

Yes Creek in February I truly will be wishing I was living the life in No Cal but right now I'm taking in every day of summer I can.

bluegoose · 07-09-2008, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Btw, some of you should come to Hotter N Hell. In August. One of the best rallies/races in the country, I dare say with 11,000+ bike riders.

It sure sounds like one of the best rallies in the country. No shade for people to cool down under, not enough ice or water for all of the riders, 10,500 people who are probably unsafe to ride near in a group.

Sign me up.

MikeWaters · 07-09-2008, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by bluegoose

It sure sounds like one of the best rallies in the country. No shade for people to cool down under, not enough ice or water for all of the riders, 10,500 people who are probably unsafe to ride near in a group.

Sign me up.

Then race there. Do the crit Friday night, then the road race in the morning. The race leaves before the unwashed masses.

And the no-ice thing was an anomaly. I have done it for 5 years.

Plus get all the pickle juice you want.

07-09-2008, 05:27 AM	#13
Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	Is Mike drinking tonight? Vegas is a two million denizen town, metro that is. __________________ Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα

07-09-2008, 01:03 PM	#14
RC Vikings Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rexburg, Idaho Posts: 2,236	115, 111, 105, 2 million, 7 million. I wasn't commuting but I will tell you during our ride yesterday it was 81, no wind, miles and miles of green wheat and potato fields and no traffic. The winters may be hell but the summers up here are a little slice of heaven. __________________ "I always rode to my limit. If I won by three minutes, that's because I couldn't make four." Eddy Merckx

07-09-2008, 02:30 PM	#17
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Try riding 100+ with humidity, such that your sweat doesn't evaporate. Hotter N Hell a couple three years ago was brutal. People were laid out in the shade of tiny trees on the side of the road. Two of the stations had run out of ice near the end. All kinds of people getting IVs at the end. This was Texas heat, not dry desert heat. I wouldn't wish this on any of you. Btw, some of you should come to Hotter N Hell. In August. One of the best rallies/races in the country, I dare say with 11,000+ bike riders.