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    Weight training and Riding

    I could only see the picture when I got home. Then I understood why it was blocked at work. I submit that my pose in my skivvies was in better taste.
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    Weight training and Riding

    Yeah, it was a mistake. Ya learn. Jockeys... light gray. Posing in your skivvies is a weight trainer thing. But I guess you guys wouldn't know about that stuff. :hmmm: Easy on the Hateraide, boy. Considering the previous responses, I'm not sure how to take that. :cool: Huh...
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    Winter riding

    As a runner years ago I used to be a weather weenie. Only a fair weather runner. Once I braved some ice and snow and quickly scratched that off the list. I've been only a fair weather rider too. Time to break that paradigm.
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    Helmets MANDATORY!

    There was a boy I was growing up with and friends with in my old neighborhood in Vailsburg Newark. His family lived two doors down, and we played all the time. His family took me to their vacation home in Ocean Gate, sat for me, and so on. Now, this incident was 35 years ago when helmets...
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    Not liking a sound from the cranks

    Thank you for the compliment. Tact is not your forte is it? :hmmm: I know it's probably a piece of crap, but it's what I could afford and justify at the time. And until now it's served me well, on road and off road, in mud, sand, gravel and root jumping. Unfortunately I am not in a...
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    Helmets MANDATORY!

    I'm ashamed to admit the thought has crossed my mind to go helmetless when I am riding someplace as tame as Manasquan Reservoir or when I erroneously believe that Ocean Ave. in Long Branch is safe (the Pier Village area). But then I think better of it. Especially this past weekend when I even...
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    Not liking a sound from the cranks

    Well, as ashamed and loathe as I am to say where I bought the bike, I will... Sports Authority. When I brought the bike in yesterday one of the managers said that ordinarily this is something that a "Columbia authorized" shop should do, but he would let his techs look at it. I have no idea...
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    Winter riding

    Ooh! New stuff to get! :D
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    Not liking a sound from the cranks

    Just an update Yep, it's the bottom bracket. It looks like a collar on the left side came off, exposing the bearings and leaking out grease. So, Mr. Bike is in the shop. Hopefully just a couple of days, and no charge because of the warranty. :)
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    Not liking a sound from the cranks

    The bike's only a year old! I'll get my head handed to me. :eek: :p Besides I just got two new guitars this year, a Jackson electric 6-string and a Seagull acoustic 6-string. My toys allowance is shot. :(
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    Winter riding

    I think maybe some fruit juice with some Sangria. The alcohol in the Sangria should keep the juice from freezing. :D
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    Not liking a sound from the cranks

    It's a Columbia Twin Peak. I don't know about the bearings. OK, it sounds like something might not be tight. I'll check that. Thanks guys.
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    Winter riding

    I have sock liners that are supposed to be thermal, athletic socks and Timberland boots. I have thermal gloves and a balaclava. So I guess I am set. :)
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    Winter riding

    OK, very good. Thanks. Road riding is a horror, imo, when it's super cold. But I think in the woods it's probably more sheltered. I will prepare myself and psych myself up for it. :)
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    Winter riding

    I know it's probably a little early to be talking about winter riding, but hear me out. :o I haven't gotten very much riding in this summer, for personal reasons I don't want to burden you with. Suffice to say I wasted a lot of evenings and Sunday mornings that I could have spent on trails...
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    Not liking a sound from the cranks

    I didn't notice this last year, or before my tune-up this year. I'm not suggesting the shop screwed up, it's just coincidental. When there's pressure on the pedals, an uphill for example, I hear a snapping or clicking sound... like something catching then releasing. I thought that when...
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    Have a question about curtisy and manners

    Last year when I rode Allaire for the first time, of course I was a babe in the woods. There was a steep curving hill I was going up, but 4 or 6 other guys came barreling down. The first one yelled "rider up" which meant me. He also told me there were more coming. I yielded to them because...
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    south jersey gal new to the site

    Check out the Burlington County Parks website. I did that for the Monmouth County Park System, which I might say is probably the best (am I showing my bias? :p). The state has some pretty good county park systems. Google any county park system you'd like to check out, and even "state parks".
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    Did everyone get out before the storms yesterday?

    Not me. :( I fidoodled around too much in the morning, and by the time I was ready to go out, the storms hit. It stormed literally all afternoon, from about 1 pm to 5 pm. Remind me to waste time again when I can be out. :rolleyes:
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