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Remarkable recovery for a guy who cheated death! Good that your docs aren't overly cautious. Not sure that tells you much about the averaging method behind your Average Watts metric. Did the segments differ significantly in the fraction of time spent coasting, stopped, or at very low power...

Einsteins of the Month Nomination The sea cliff above north Del Mar Dog Beach shows every sign of instability, including fresh piles of slide debris lined up along its base. Another sign of instability for the less observant. The small cave to the right was probably excavated in part by...

No, no, I don't want to actually go to the party. I just want to be invited. ;^}

I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I was born to be alive, too, but nobody ever invites me to parties like that.

Tell me about it. Every penny from our nice Denver area house on a lake went into our Carlsbad house a few minutes from the ocean. Result: 60% downsize, giving away or junking lots of valuable stuff in the process. No regrets.

I'm with you. We said no to turkey years ago. If it were up to me, we'd have pork chops, but the missus and I compromised on small beef tenderloins. No meat leftovers to feel guilty about wasting. No guilt over intentionally massive mashed potato and stuffing leftovers, though. Every gram's...

Thought about this yesterday (Thanksgiving) as the dog and I walked along the Coast Highway above North Ponto Beach. All but the last 2 photos here are from that walk. In no particular order... Thankful for having the Pacific 5 minutes away by bike. Thankful for pelicans. Never tire of...

Really hope this MGU succeeds. I'd like my N+1 gravel bike to have one.

Exactly. Never expected my Five Tens to be a problem on those Gazelle pedals. Now I know that some shoe+pedal combos just don't work well. And testing's the only way to be sure.

Then you guys probably don't want to hear about the 73°F and sunny spell we're having in coastal SoCal. This after 2 rainy and chilly Pacific storms in one week. Highs got down in the low 50s, but the damp chilly wind made it feel colder. Still, if I had a British attitude toward rain, none of...

I'll share 3 different experiences. Upshot: Love my Five Tens, but maybe not a good idea on pedals without spikes or grit to hold them in place. 1. Put 3,000 mi on my hybrid commuter in 2 years wearing Skechers arch support slip-ins on spiked MTB pedals. Yes, slip-ins, not even laced sneakers...

Thanks! Looks like search is up to date now. Big help.

Just filled out the emailed intake form for Roxie's upcoming vet visit. It's a university clinic in California in 2025, and Roxie's been neutered. You'd think they'd be with it enough to ask for her pronouns. ;^}

Sure, I'm Grok. Just ask me what a swell guy Elon Musk is.

Riding with others has its charms, but these are exactly the reasons I usually prefer to ride alone. In addition to my best thinking, I also do my best non-thinking on a bike. In the right setting, the saddle's a great place to be here now.

I don't ride anywhere without a good bit of hi-vis color showing. Not a concern for you, or is all of your hi-vis stuff in the wash?

Yes, she and the Gazelle got on just fine. Both of us would have preferred our own bikes, but there was no safe place to keep them overnight. If we'd had another clear day, we would have ridden the coast on the paved MUP between Ventura and Santa Barbara. The latter's still on our Know Your...

Home now from the latest foray in our ongoing Know Your (SoCal) Coast Program: 4 nights on Carpinteria State Beach ~15 mi east of Santa Barbara. Many thanks to @Extreme1 for valuable intel on this part of the coast. The 2-wheeled part Had 2 days of rain from our 1st big Pacific storm of the...

My 38 lb Specialized Vado SL has a lockout feature, but I'm not sure how much good it really does. A thief who defeated the physical lock could just carry it away and worry about powering it up later. For the lockout to serve as a theft deterrent, the thief would have to know it's there. With...

No, Court left maybe 2 years ago after selling the site to the owners of Electric Bike Report (or something like that).