On Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 9:15:42 AM UTC-8, Andre Jute wrote:
On Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 4:51:49 PM UTC, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Friday, February 7, 2020 at 2:46:14 PM UTC-8, Tim McNamara wrote:
On Fri, 07 Feb 2020 09:04:13 -0600, AMuzi wrote:
https://cyclingindustry.news/governm...ld-in-england/

My own experience isn't dissimilar- I started racing because I lived
riding so much and training was an excuse to ride bike every day but to
not be some kind of slacker ("I'm training for a race" rather than "I'm
going for a bike ride"). Over the next nine years it brought me to
despise riding a bike. I was so relieved when I stopped racing.

I was going to go for a 30 mile ride this morning but I managed to get 3/4ths of a mile before the wind blew me into the middle of the street twice and was clocking around 360 degrees at 50 mph. They were reporting 40 mph on the peaks but from racing sailboats I have a pretty good grasp of wind speeds. When I turned around and got back I opened the side door of the garage and the gusts were flexing the insulated garage door as long as the side door was open. So much for my Sunday ride.

You shouldn't be riding on a Sunday anyway. You should be in church, confessing to your sins, of which Slow Johnny and Rideablot and Franki-boy will give you an exhausting* list.

Andre Jute
* No, I don't mean "exhaustive", I mean exhausting

Can you imagine John telling us how dangerous the US is just before 21 people are murdered and another 42 injured in a mass murder mall shooting over there. Jay has his faults and loves to blame them on Trump. Frank is a basket case who believes he is still a teacher.

Today I was supposed to break 400 miles for a butt freezing year while NASA is telling us this is the hottest winter on record. We'll have to ask the polar bears if they agree with that. The northern Ice pack is the second largest on record and in 1955 when the USS nuclear submarine Skate was at the North Pole it was free of ice. So too it was the following year when the USS Nautilus surfaced at the North Pole. The next year when the Skate returned there was only a thin ice sheet so they surfaced right through it.

On the TV they are predicting temperatures "above normal". You sure as hell can't convince me of that. The Japanese Maple in front of my house has lost all of its leaves. I can't remember it ever doing that before. The Jasmine has stopped growing which is also novel. Normally at this time of year I have to cut it back every three weeks. That must be because NASA sees this as the "hottest winter on record".