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Read the story and then watch the video... I now desperately want to live in Italy

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/06/italy-driver-parking-naples-standstill

How is that a two way street?
I'm not sure if the computrainer will make me faster this year...but I'm damn sure the new mojo will !!!
That's good bling!  Matching valve caps next, perhaps. . . 
Strange morning. Woke up feeling fine, watched the weather report predicting glorious 50c sunshine, all of a sudden felt terrible so called in sick, headed out for a long ride and oddly enough I feel just fine again. Strange.
Who's fat?
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http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-oman-2013/stage-5/photos/252332

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-oman-2013/stage-5/results

Is it normal for all the best guys to be racing so well so early in the season? 

Also - Stybar finished 4 seconds down on the stage and 2 minutes down overall, not a bad ride for him. 

@Mike I think they're all going to be at the same level this time of year if they are targeting the same races; I'm not convinced they are going that well vs their July selves.

Wasn't it you that SMOKED the P123 field early in the season? :)

I guess what I'm questioning is having the race fitness to hold a season from February to September. These racers are really early. Really really early. 

A retired tennis pro recently questioned how often the top guys can compete these days, in terms of days per year. 

I guess I'm just skeptical about everyone. 

AND FYI - after that win I think my best placing in a 123 race didn't come until a 5th place in july. So yeah, it's hard to hold fitness that long. 

holly shit. a high school girl Mary Cain just ran an indoor 4:28.25 mile in the professional women's division of the Millrose games for 2nd place. 

if you don't know how fast that is, consider she broke her own record by 4 seconds. 


"For second place"
Damn
For those well-attended out-of-town races... Trek Travel’s Traveling Di2 Powerstation http://www.bikerumor.com/2013/02/15/trek-travels-traveling-di2-powerstation/
I'm selling some bikes to get one of these...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=m4Bm3cs9TFo
Word of warning for those that ride Flushing Ave (aka Hipster Parkway): I today saw cops writing four seperate cyclists for red light shenanigans in barely a 15-min window. They're clamping down big time.
Is Omloop not a UCI race?  I don't see it on the calendar

http://www.uci.ch/templates/UCI/UCI2/layout.asp?MenuId=MTUyMjQ&LangId=1
Jules said:
Is Omloop not a UCI race?  I don't see it on the calendar

"It’s a sign of the confusing pro cycling calendar that the Omloop and K-B-K are not on the UCI World Tour yet are regarded by some as the true start to the season."

http://inrng.com/2013/02/omloop-kbk-preview-2/#more-13246

Jules said:

Is Omloop not a UCI race?  I don't see it on the calendar


"It’s a sign of the confusing pro cycling calendar that the Omloop and
K-B-K are not on the UCI World Tour yet are regarded by some as the true
start to the season."

http://inrng.com/2013/02/omloop-kbk-preview-2/#more-13246
Please allow me to channel a little Big Ring Riding...

BLEEP MY BLEEPS HOW DO I KEEP TRACK?!?

That is all...

Bike lights not enough? Just use lasers to create your own bike lane. http://www.gearculture.com/gear/x-fire-bicycle-laser-lane-marker/
Former Kissena member Gui Weinmann is ditching his sweet apartment on turn four of the Harlem course.  Here's a basic description.  Contact him gui@alphabetware.com if interested.

The apartment was entirely redone in 2010 and with high end details including new light ash hardwood floors, granite counters, stainless GE appliances, new cabinets, Kohler bath fixtures with new tubs, toilets, and sinks, 17 windows, 6 closets (inluding 1 walk-in closet), and 4 rooms plus a full size living room, a dining room, and kitchen, and a small play area. The window sills are deep enough that an adult can sit comfortably in some of them. The best way to get a sense of the apartment is to see it, we can show it any time. It's never been advertised and was rent-stabilized for over 40 years before we moved in. It's very bright, and across the street from Mount Morris park where (as you mentioned) there is a gym, public swimming pool, and bandstand. There are great restaurants, music, and things to do in the area, and it's two blocks away from the subways at 125th street, either the 2/3  or the 4/5/6 train. $2625/mo.
Here is a little joy for those of you who have had it up to here with the Harlem Shake...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cVW-ZeMeh5E
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OMG i have those Adidas sneakers!
Does anybody have any experience with rent stabilized lease buyouts? 

My landlord, who  just bought the building in October wants to buy me out of the lease on my large greenpoint railroad ostensibly so he can remodel it along with 2 others and get the building refinanced. He bought out the person upstairs from me for what I think was too littlle and kicked out the people across the hall who hadn't paid in about 8 months. He had already remodeled another vacant apartment 

I have lived in the apartment for 12 years. I live near McGolrick Park and my neighborhood used to be on the frontier and pretty unhip.  But now it's  gentrifying at a crazy rate with new restaurants and coffee shops opening all the time. I think the water taxi has a lot to do with the gentrification push.

 When the landlord first bought the building he mentioned a buyout possibility and I told him that I might be amenable but felt like I wouldn't be ready to move for another year or more. He seemed ok with that and I still feel that way more or less. However now he is saying that it's now or never with the urgency being dictated by the refinancing

I really don't know how much to ask for and I don't know if the now or never press is legit or just a ploy I don't trust the guy. He's a developer and lawyer.

I would be giving up a lot if I moved. I'd probably move in with my GF in the east Village for the time being and share a tiny one bedroom with she and my jack russell. All my dog walking clients are over here and I'd be commuting from the EV to over here...pretty ironic as for many years I commuted from over here to walk dogs in the EV.  But I could also use the dough for  entrepreneurial ventures eg opening up a doggie day care and other things that I've given a lot of thought to.

Lease buyouts in Manhattan have been fairly well documented but over here it's all brand newish. If anybody has any anecdotal info as to how much folks have been bought out for in Brooklyn or any other advice, I'm all ears.
One of my ex-roommates in GP got bought out.  He had lived there almost 17 years and they didn't giev him enough either, IMHO.  I think he got about $25,000, which sounds like a lot, but considering what he was paying for the size of the place, it wasn't.  They "renovated" and immediately quintupled the rent.

Hold out for a boat load.  Start with a high figure and make this guy negotiate down.  Sorry, I have very little sympathy for landlords, I've had way too many scumbags.

I miss GP and plan on moving back there once I get a nursing job.  It's still less over-developed than a lot of places b/c so many people don't wanna deal with the train situation.  But if you ride a bike, it's not a problem!  It's still so much more neighborhoodish than Williamsburg, etc., which has become so completely obnoxious in the last 2-3 years I can't wait to get out.

Let us know how it goes!
Yeah. $25,000 is too low. The upstairs neighbor got $30,000 cash....too, too low. The guy stands to make so much money both now and in the future when the apartments in the building come off of stabilization.



Yeah. I would wait until I got bought out of my current place. I could probably get almost 6 figures bc it's on Bedford. But it sucks so bad I don't wanna wait!
If you're looking for a lawyer, I think member Todd McLoughlin can advise.  A billable hour would probably be worth many times your cost.
mugwump said:
If you're looking for a lawyer, I think member Todd McLoughlin can advise.  A billable hour would probably be worth many times your cost.
Yeah, this guy has had many dealings with NYC real estate law. I'm sure he could point you in the right direction, at least.

My gut tells me something like, you should get, in cash, about the money they stand to make on your newly renovated/market priced apartment after like 5 years of renting it at the new rate. So, say your apartment cost $1500/month, but they are going to be able to get $2500 a month after they boot you. Well, in 5 years, they are going to make $60,000 on your place. So that's the money you should get. Or not. I don't know .I just made that shit up in my head just now. Don't listen to me about this shit. Talk to Todd.
mugwump said:
If you're looking for a lawyer, I think member Todd McLoughlin can advise.  A billable hour would probably be worth many times your cost.
I'll message him. Thanks
Rick I would email him I'm not to sure how often he checks the forum. FTMcLoughlin@McLoughlinFirm.com