Piston Honda
Well-Known Member
Just ventured down that Google rabbit hole on loquats. So it tastes like an orange but with a peach texture?
BIYF Winter 2020-2021: Go Zwift or Go Home!!!!
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rick81721
Lothar
Not like oranges at all. Hard to describe, the texture is peach-like - they have 3 - 4 giant seeds. Sweet and a little tart but not citrus sour
Victor I
aka Ridgehog
2/28
2:38-2.5 points
Rain-1 point
Above added together =3.5 points
Took a ride up to High Mountain with low expectations and was correct in that it was a no go. Just wanted some type of destination as riding the road in the rain sucks. Things went fairly well until I was about a mile from home and all of a sudden Stans started gushing out of my rear tire. Not sure what sliced it as didn’t notice any debris on the road. Ended up stopping my Strava there and started a separate Strava session for my walk of shame home. Can hardly wait to get back to mountain biking.
https://strava.app.link/3KCEfSEcgeb
2:38-2.5 points
Rain-1 point
Above added together =3.5 points
Took a ride up to High Mountain with low expectations and was correct in that it was a no go. Just wanted some type of destination as riding the road in the rain sucks. Things went fairly well until I was about a mile from home and all of a sudden Stans started gushing out of my rear tire. Not sure what sliced it as didn’t notice any debris on the road. Ended up stopping my Strava there and started a separate Strava session for my walk of shame home. Can hardly wait to get back to mountain biking.
https://strava.app.link/3KCEfSEcgeb
Piston Honda
Well-Known Member
Yeah mine were semi-saturated/water beading except over my knee where I had a Copper Fit brace. Like there was a clear line where it started and stopped. Copper deflects water?
Tim
aka sptimmy43
2/28
1:58
2 points
My brother and I rode bikes at Blankets Creek Trails. This is by far the coolest place I have ever ridden a bike. While hikers are allowed, we only saw two of them during the couple hours we were there. All the trails are directional based on the day of the week. The hikers go the opposite direction of bikes. They had natural trails with some tech, and several machine built trails. The trails here were marked better than I have ever seen. Anywhere there was a feature ahead there was a sign and all the features had a go around. It was dope AF. I know the politics are complicated and I’m not gonna get on my soapbox but this should be a model for building trails. I snapped a few pictures but not too many since it was 81º here and therefore the trails were packed so we kept it moving.
1:58
2 points
My brother and I rode bikes at Blankets Creek Trails. This is by far the coolest place I have ever ridden a bike. While hikers are allowed, we only saw two of them during the couple hours we were there. All the trails are directional based on the day of the week. The hikers go the opposite direction of bikes. They had natural trails with some tech, and several machine built trails. The trails here were marked better than I have ever seen. Anywhere there was a feature ahead there was a sign and all the features had a go around. It was dope AF. I know the politics are complicated and I’m not gonna get on my soapbox but this should be a model for building trails. I snapped a few pictures but not too many since it was 81º here and therefore the trails were packed so we kept it moving.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
2/27
2 + 1 rain = 3 points
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holy crap, was yesterday a soaker...i also realized that the 45nrth naughtvind pants, while easily the best cold weather riding pants i've ever owned, are not called naughtrain for a reason....they are decidedly NOT waterproof! but, if you're going to get wet, it might as well be your legs...
i also was sure to treat my shell and actual gore-tex pants with this stuff, after the ride...now it won't rain for another month!
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Correct. Naughtvinds are not waterproof, they're designed for snow. I have a pair of Specialized Deflect H20 pants for rain that work well. I just ordered some Pearl WxB pants too because, it's the season...
thegock
Well-Known Member
Wore the Spec Deflect pants and Defllect orange rain jacket Saturday. I was actually warm and dry after an hour+ in the rain.
Piston Honda
Well-Known Member
3/1
2:06 + dark + rain = 4 points
Switched to 20t because puny
2:06 + dark + rain = 4 points
Switched to 20t because puny
GSTim
Formerly M3Tim
And just like that, February is done and we only have 3 weeks left in BIYF 2020-2021!
Below are the leaders for February:
Since @Piston Honda won the January milestone, he is not eligible for any other monthly milestone, so @jimvreeland is the February winner. Since he doesn't want his own swag, he gets a Halters unicorn hat.
At the end, I will figure out how to distribute the remaining hats and stickers. A bunch of people will get stuff as I backfill people on the podium for milestones and the overall. At this point, someone really needs to put in a huge month to topple @Piston Honda, even if he stopped riding now.
Bonuses will return, I didn't do them during February, because February kinda sucked...
Below are the leaders for February:
| Piston Honda | 79.5 |
| stb222 | 74.5 |
| jimvreeland | 62 |
| pygmypony | 46 |
| rick81721 | 45 |
Since @Piston Honda won the January milestone, he is not eligible for any other monthly milestone, so @jimvreeland is the February winner. Since he doesn't want his own swag, he gets a Halters unicorn hat.
At the end, I will figure out how to distribute the remaining hats and stickers. A bunch of people will get stuff as I backfill people on the podium for milestones and the overall. At this point, someone really needs to put in a huge month to topple @Piston Honda, even if he stopped riding now.
Bonuses will return, I didn't do them during February, because February kinda sucked...
Piston Honda
Well-Known Member
Congrats on the milestone win, @jimvreeland!
rick81721
Lothar
3/1
2:03
2 pts
https://www.strava.com/activities/4872332413
Carlton reserve today, tomorrow is day off to go to Ybor City to meet my bro and sil
Course markers still up from yesterday's Piggies Revenge
2:03
2 pts
https://www.strava.com/activities/4872332413
Carlton reserve today, tomorrow is day off to go to Ybor City to meet my bro and sil
Course markers still up from yesterday's Piggies Revenge
pygmypony
Well-Known Member
olegbabich
Well-Known Member
3/01
1 hr = 1 pt
1 hr = 1 pt
kearneyb
Well-Known Member
3/1
0.5-pts
I came down with something Thursday night and didn’t feel well for a couple days. I probably could have gotten back in the saddle yesterday, but took another day off. Finished work early enough to actually get in a daylight ride, but the wind was picking up and didn’t want to go out and feel cold after feeling blah. So an hour on the trainer.
0.5-pts
I came down with something Thursday night and didn’t feel well for a couple days. I probably could have gotten back in the saddle yesterday, but took another day off. Finished work early enough to actually get in a daylight ride, but the wind was picking up and didn’t want to go out and feel cold after feeling blah. So an hour on the trainer.
3/2
1:56 plus dark = 3
Enter Lion
With the rapidly dropping temps, decided to see what core was up too after the melting. One of the loops is mostly good all the time so would ride that at a minimum. Said loop was frozen dirt on one side and frozen snow on the other side. Someone rode during the warmer days and left a shallow mud rut in the dirt and didn’t have such a fun time in the snowy spots, as their track showed a lot of weaving. Elsewhere in the park was good where there was minimal traffic in the snow and pure ice where the packed down snow was the last few weeks. Other than that rode out through some fields and was murdered by the wind and kinda JRA to cap the 2. Saw at least 6 newspapers at random spots in the road.
1:56 plus dark = 3
Enter Lion
With the rapidly dropping temps, decided to see what core was up too after the melting. One of the loops is mostly good all the time so would ride that at a minimum. Said loop was frozen dirt on one side and frozen snow on the other side. Someone rode during the warmer days and left a shallow mud rut in the dirt and didn’t have such a fun time in the snowy spots, as their track showed a lot of weaving. Elsewhere in the park was good where there was minimal traffic in the snow and pure ice where the packed down snow was the last few weeks. Other than that rode out through some fields and was murdered by the wind and kinda JRA to cap the 2. Saw at least 6 newspapers at random spots in the road.