Jul 17, 2014 at 10:32 PM
Is it my imagination or is someone re-purposing C02 tire inflators as a "Pet Convincing" tool?
Sandbox - Trash Talk, Tall Tales & Flotsam... It's a mess in here!
Jul 17, 2014 at 10:39 PM
Sparky'll never shit on the couch again once you freeze his eyeballs out with a long blast of CO2!
Jul 20, 2014 at 09:49 PM
Anybody want a free Giant OCR-C3? A 75 yr old man just got doored in front of my place and seems to have a separated shoulder. The guy who opened the taxi door INTO TRAFFIC was nice enough to take off. Fortunately he paid with a card so they can track him down?
And once again, the EMT's that showed up were horrible. He could barely stand and it was strangers keeping him from falling over as they stood there unconcerned. I say this as a former paramedic: if you think they're doing a crappy job, they probably are.
Anyway jk I got his number and whatnot. Now I have 7 bikes again in my apt! (Chick repellent)
And once again, the EMT's that showed up were horrible. He could barely stand and it was strangers keeping him from falling over as they stood there unconcerned. I say this as a former paramedic: if you think they're doing a crappy job, they probably are.
Anyway jk I got his number and whatnot. Now I have 7 bikes again in my apt! (Chick repellent)
Jul 20, 2014 at 09:57 PM
^ugh
Is the passenger at fault for the dooring, or the driver? Obviously anyone fleeing the scene is culpable for something.
I was witness to EMT's removing the electrodes of a defib machine as it was saying "stand clear, about to shock!" so nothing surprises me anymore....
Jul 20, 2014 at 10:13 PM
I believe if the driver doesn't pull over far enough so that a bike CANT get through than it's on him/her. I didn't witness this, but apparently the guy opened the door OPPOSITE from the curb so then it's on him. The cabbie can tell people not to do that, but can't force them not to.
I dunno.
I dunno.
Jul 21, 2014 at 02:48 AM
If the passenger gets out at the wrong place, on the wrong side, at the wrong time, etc, it's on the cab driver. It's his vehicle. He takes the hit, as does his insurance. (and when I got doored by a passenger getting illegally out of a cab, the cab company paid not only my medical bills, but a good bit more, thanks to my lawyer)
Here's the reg
"(c)
Pickup and discharge of passengers by taxis, commuter vans and for
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hire vehicles.
Operators of taxis, commuter vans and for hire vehicles may, in the course of the lawful operation of
such vehicles, temporarily stop their vehicles to expeditiously pick up or discharge passengers at the
curb in areas where standing or parking is prohibited. Taxis, commuter vans and for hire vehicles,
while engaged in picking up or discharging passengers must be within 12 inches of the curb and
parallel thereto, but may stop or stand to pick up or discharge passengers alongside a vehicle parked
at the curb only if there is no unoccupied curb space available within 100 feet of the pickup or
discharge location; however, picking up or discharging passengers shall not be made:
(1)
Within a pedestrian crosswalk.
(2)
Within an intersection, except on the side of a roadway opposite a street which intersects but
does not cross such roadway.
(3)
Alongside or opposite any street excavation when stopping to pick up or discharge
passengers obstructs traffic.
(4)
Under such conditions as to obstruct the movement of traffic and in no instance so as to
leave fewer than 10 feet available for the free movement of vehicular traffic.
(5)
Where stopping is prohibited.
(6)
Within a bicycle lane.
(7)
Within horse drawn carriage boarding areas."
Jul 21, 2014 at 04:04 AM
Damn the wump is all on point with this crap
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Jul 27, 2014 at 03:34 AM
Saw this and thought of the FBF locals when @Malcolmson started racing there...
Jul 30, 2014 at 09:15 AM
i am not sure where this request is best placed, but i will put it here seeing as pictures of bruised polar bears and general tomfoolery always bring me to this discussion.
basically this: i am hoping to speak to people that have any experience, past or present, of managing or running a bike shop. i want to potentially pick people's brains about an idea in development.
should just be a few-minute phone call. in return i will buy beers (though they will have to be beer futures, deliverable when i am back in new york).
if you can help, please PM me and i will be in touch. cheers.
Jul 30, 2014 at 10:17 AM
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Aug 06, 2014 at 12:43 AM
Peoples of the Club, I am about to embark on a shameless plug!
I am looking at moving on to the next stage of my career, I am a cancer molecular and cellular biologist. If anyone knows anyone or can put me in contact with a friend, relative or contact who is in the Pharmaceutical or Life Sciences industries, get in touch. Think Pfizer, GSK, Astra Zenica and so forth. Can be anywhere in the US or worldwide. I am at the exciting beginning of my search and seeing what's what. Collecting info and contacts at present
Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.
1...2...3...Go!
Aug 06, 2014 at 02:37 PM
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Aug 12, 2014 at 08:00 PM
Holy Shit. I swear I thought this was parody... until today
Aug 12, 2014 at 08:33 PM
^ aka Fluid Trainer.
Aug 13, 2014 at 03:28 AM
So CycleSmart CX camp was first class. I don't think I'll have the time or energy to write up a run-down of what was great about it, but I do have to share this little tidbit. We were divided into 3 groups, beginner, intermediate and advanced and from talking with Patrick (who was in the advanced group), it seems he too had a few douche bags in his group. This is the story of the douche bag in my group.
So when we rolled down to the staging area to work on CX starts (a series of efforts similar to my "race to the first corner drills" at the crit workshop from years past), I started to get the sense that at least one dude was especially competitive. After that it was then impossible for me to notice that he was always the first to go and do a skill at the next station. And rather than take it slow at first, work on technique, dude was "all in" from the get-go. He wasn't the only one that biffed his rear wheel and took a little tumble on a wee log while we were working on "J-hops," but he was the only one where my reaction was, "of course..."
Moving over to the "World Cup" skill station, a steep sweeping, off-camber right handed descent into an out of the saddle slow climb, or dismount and run, we started to do our thing. Get the demos, watch the pros, line up and take a stab at diff't lines ourselves. Eventually we moved to doing it "2x2." So two campers attack the same feature at the same time. You know, like a race.
Well, I rolled up to Douchey McDouches ALot, because he was next in line, I was next after that and it just made sense. He promptly turns his head and gaze straight past me and asks one of the camps Cat 1 roadies if he would go next with him.
And I'm like WTF? I'm right here, you know? And then I asked him, "what you don't want to go one turn with me?" And he answers, not to me, but to his chosen one, "I just think it would be really fun if you and I went together." I guess he deemed me unworthy.
And so they went off to have fun, I went through alone, and then we all circled back and did the same obstacle like 20 more times. And for me it was almost always with a diff't random person.
Anyway, later in the day when we were doing mini hot-lap cornering repeats I made sure to get in front of him and wouldn't you know it, he just couldn't come around me.
Fast forward to yesterday and I see that crossresults.com has him seeded a couple of dudes in front of me at Gloucester in the Master's 4/5 35+. I'm already thinking of clever things to say to him as I make my way past him. And make no mistake about it, a lot is going to happen that is totally unpredictable at Gloucester, but one thing that WILL HAPPEN, is that I will beat Mr. Colin Plepgras to the finish line.
Aug 13, 2014 at 07:04 AM
@Marc, sorry about Mr. McD; glad to hear it was a good camp.
Your guy reminds me of the dirtbag who hit me with his chainring at the barriers at Granogue. After 4+ laps of me repeatedly taking 50 yards back from him and putting ANOTHER 50 into him by the finish, he "passed" me by cutting a hole in my bibs with his chainring, cursing all the way and proceeded to lose his traditional 100 yards to me before the finish.
Flash forward to the "accident" on the start line; turns out he's the race DOCTOR who has no emergency experience but did have a lot to tell the guy about his "Feelings" as he lay there.
(Needless to say Doc Roazen was less than impressed when she took over)
Aug 13, 2014 at 01:58 PM
@Jules Let me get this straight: The doctor chainringed you at the start, you pass him, he curses a lot, you beat him, you time travel back to the start to discover he's also the race doctor, this time he has an accident and is lying on the ground talking about his feelings, Lisa takes his bike and races for him?
Aug 13, 2014 at 06:56 PM
Jules was into his 5th bottle of Chenin Blanc when he wrote that.
Aug 13, 2014 at 09:17 PM
Too fat to type, apparently.
Where the Fcuk did the Granogue thread go? Screw it, Vanilla search is just not good.
Don't you guys remember the awful crash at the start of the Masters race; like the HOLE SHOT crash? Two dudes down, one out cold, Lisa had to call the chopper for one of them?
Yeah that crash. Not in our field, but the Jerk Physician "attended" until Lisa handed me the kids and headed over to sort things out.
Yeah that crash. Not in our field, but the Jerk Physician "attended" until Lisa handed me the kids and headed over to sort things out.
Tonight was only a four bottle affair, just for the record, but we'll make it to five if it gets me a KOM.
Aug 13, 2014 at 09:48 PM
Was in the field in that master crash. Was rough. Helicopter rescue and all. Everyone recovered after a while.
Five bottles will get you a KOM. OBVS.
Aug 15, 2014 at 11:11 PM
Vlad it's a small
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Aug 15, 2014 at 11:12 PM
Your welcome to try it...
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Aug 18, 2014 at 01:26 AM
The deli guy at Whole Foods asked me tonight if I had just come back from vacation this week, and pointed to the tan lines visible because of my t-shirt. No, I said, I ride my bike. A lot.
Fitness can be measured in a variety of ways.
Aug 21, 2014 at 03:47 PM
For those athletes of the canine persuasion, there was an interesting article in yesterday's NY Times about performance nutrition for dogs.
Here's tidbit to get you salivating, or drooling, as the case may be.
Q.
Does that mean feed it like a human runner?
A.
No. Humans and dogs fuel exercise very differently. When we run, we start out burning mostly glycogen, which is stored carbohydrates. Dogs don’t, partly because they have more mitochondria in their muscles than we do. Dogs burn fat as their primary endurance fuel, and carbohydrates are not very important for them.
Q.
So there’s no reason to give a dog a sports bar, which is full of carbohydrates, during a run?
A.
No. Same for those gel packets. I see people sharing them with their dogs. The dog may like it, but its not helping its running. Fat is the fuel for performance dogs.
Aug 26, 2014 at 03:45 PM
Sep 04, 2014 at 08:44 PM
I have no idea where this goes other than here.
I ran into Nosson in the park. Apparently he his moving to St. Louis next week. He is following his wife who is from there originally, and just got a job at a hospital in the Neonatal ICU.
Dan
I ran into Nosson in the park. Apparently he his moving to St. Louis next week. He is following his wife who is from there originally, and just got a job at a hospital in the Neonatal ICU.
Dan
Sep 04, 2014 at 10:09 PM
http://youtu.be/enSYlCEz5VI
Sep 04, 2014 at 11:51 PM
New club/personal credo?
Sep 05, 2014 at 12:53 AM
I hope this means he's getting out of the oven.Dan Reiners said:I have no idea where this goes other than here.
I ran into Nosson in the park. Apparently he his moving to St. Louis next week. He is following his wife who is from there originally, and just got a job at a hospital in the Neonatal ICU.
Dan
Sep 21, 2014 at 03:09 PM
Posting because #murica
