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Re: Tell us why you are happy!

Postby 439Tiger » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:48 pm

curt wrote in Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:34 pm:Gijs: "like"
439Tiger: As of about a week ago our roads and trails have finally dried out enough now to ride on. I've logged 66 miles on my bike now. Hopefully I can keep it going and log some good mileage over the next few months.


So you are a cyclist too??? 8) I try to get at least 1000k done a year 75% road 25% Mountain :D
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Re: Tell us why you are happy!

Postby curt » Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:14 pm

I won't call myself a cyclist, but I go out and pedal a bit. I have a 1992 vintage Bianchi steel frame road bike (that I bought new.) I always thought it was a pretty cool bike until all these carbon fiber frames started showing up ... now it looks pretty ancient and clunky by comparison. 2 years ago I logged a lot of miles; last summer I got out maybe once. This year I've promised myself to get out and log lots of miles again. My route goes past 2 different dairy queens so I don't exactly have a Lance Armstrong build. :-)

I try to have fun with it ... it's a way I can push myself and try to stay in a little bit of shape. And I like that it's relatively low impact as long as you steer clear of crashing. :-) I've put a few upgrades into the bike ... new seat, new helmet, new gloves, new wheels, and a few things, and it hasn't made me the slightest bit faster. I suppose losing 20-30 lbs from my mid-section would help a lot more than shaving a few ounces off with a new carbon fiber frame -- so I haven't bothered shopping for a new bike. :-)

I also have an old beat up mtn bike that I'll hop on if I need to run a quick local errand and don't need to carry much. It's a hand-me-down from my younger brother, but I've put just enough into it to keep it running.

I have a friend who's a serious semi-pro cyclist who laughed and laughed at this picture. Here I got a flat and was trying to fix it ... eventually called my wife because it turned out I had the wrong spare tube, but he said it looked like I shed parts for the last 100m before I came to a stop. :-)

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Re: Tell us why you are happy!

Postby 439Tiger » Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:19 am

@ Curt

All the fancy stuff is good but it's the engine that makes you faster :wink: Where I live, around CYSG, if you don't like riding in hills you don't ride a bike :lol: My regular ride is around 20k and features 1000M of climbing and since I'm gravity challenged (read heavy) it makes me work but that is where a nice carbon road bike pays for itself. 8)

I have to admit that having worked for Rocky Mountain Bicycles for eight years did have its perks, my wife and I both have nice relaxed geometry road bikes. :D

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Re: Tell us why you are happy!

Postby Gijs » Sun May 15, 2011 4:31 pm

Happy because my examms start tomorrow. Finally, after 6 years of studying, I can show what I learned (or what not) :)
And the best part of it: after those two weeks I will be done with school for about three months :D
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Re: Tell us why you are happy!

Postby longfly » Sun May 15, 2011 6:47 pm

Good luck Gijs! I have 2 and a half years to go! :P
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Re: Tell us why you are happy!

Postby Liam » Mon May 16, 2011 9:18 am

Good luck in your exams Gijs, although I'm sure you do not need it.

I'm not a cyclist anymore but I do enjoy kayaking/canoeing.. But since stresses of late I can't really get out of the city much :?.
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Re: Tell us why you are happy!

Postby nickyivyca » Tue May 17, 2011 8:26 am

I think I have only something like 8 or 9 days of legit school left before finals. :shock: This school year went by really fast compared to previous ones.
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Re: Tell us why you are happy!

Postby curt » Wed May 18, 2011 11:34 pm

My P-47 is repaired and ready to fly again ... maybe tomorrow if the winds are light?

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Re: Tell us why you are happy!

Postby skyop » Sat May 28, 2011 2:22 am

I'm happy because school is out for the summer. :mrgreen:
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Re: Tell us why you are happy!

Postby nickyivyca » Sat May 28, 2011 8:01 am

^3 days left for me...but they're all finals. Good thing that I don't have any finals on one of the days though, PE and Band don't have any finals!

Also, in my World Studies class, we were doing presentations. My presentation was the ONLY one that wasn't a bunch of people reading off exactly what they had written on slides, so that felt good. :wink:
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Re: Tell us why you are happy!

Postby Muffinman » Sat May 28, 2011 2:02 pm

I am happy because I have a week or two of school left and I go to Germany to visit family in less than 3 weeks!! :D :mrgreen:
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Re: Tell us why you are happy!

Postby 439Tiger » Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:11 pm

I'm happy because I found this cool application to log my bike rides :D


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Re: Tell us why you are happy!

Postby nickyivyca » Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:47 pm

Two planes recently flew over. BOTH of their shadows passed over my house.
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Re: Tell us why you are happy!

Postby curt » Tue Jun 07, 2011 7:15 pm

I did some work on filming my own shadow from an RC aircraft. I noticed that when I fly the RC aircraft exactly though the sun, the shadow flies right through me. Makes sense of course, but hadn't thought it all through from both perspectives before.

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Re: Tell us why you are happy!

Postby Mcayon » Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:15 pm

I'm happy because 10 years of school is finally over! :D
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