Winter Sucks

[Stefan Mikes]

a good many entertainers died during that outbreak.Charlie Pride,Gordon Lightfoot,to name a couple( both great talents)

Dave Greenfield of The Stranglers, too.
Oh, Gordon Lightfoot, a great persona indeed!

 

[Chargeride]

I went through this in a scientific pub conversation, I personally dont know anyone who died of covid, not even friends family.
No one in the pub who joined in the chat knew anyone who had died of it.

It turned out one of the guys who gives you a ticket at the station on our local line died of it.

My mothers partner, in his late 80s with severe heart failure caught it in hospital...barely a sniffle, cruised through it.

Its kind of reassuring..not on an individual level of coures...that we are all diverse enough that a virus..natural or constructed is unlikely to take us all out.

 

[RunForTheHills]

My father died of Covid last year. He was 94. I had never tested positive for Covid up to that point, but I caught it from him when I went to help him while he was sick. It was like a bad flu for me. I am 62 years old and had the original Pfizer vaccination but none of the boosters. It is definitely deadly to older folks and those with a compromised immune system. So is the flu.

 

[Roamers]

My son had a race today.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

My son had a race today.

Let me guess: cyclocross?

 

[Roamers]

Let me guess: cyclocross?

I don't know all the types of races, but probably.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

I don't know all the types of races, but probably.

It is riding a bike in a tight circuit in the mud or snow/ice while often carrying the bike on the shoulder. Is it? A very conservative discipline!

 

[Roamers]

It is riding a bike in a tight circuit in the mud or snow/ice while often carrying the bike on the shoulder. Is it? A very conservative discipline!

I don't think this was that. He did the Poker run associated with this event.

Triple D Winter Race – Trek Across Dubuque County in the Dead of Winter https://share.google/Dr5aDu8ii6MaMvIZE

He does what looks like a cyclocross with 3 teammates in an annual relay. Most completed circuits by the team in [whatever the time was].

 

[kevinmccune]

I went through this in a scientific pub conversation, I personally dont know anyone who died of covid, not even friends family.
No one in the pub who joined in the chat knew anyone who had died of it.

It turned out one of the guys who gives you a ticket at the station on our local line died of it.

My mothers partner, in his late 80s with severe heart failure caught it in hospital...barely a sniffle, cruised through it.

Its kind of reassuring..not on an individual level of coures...that we are all diverse enough that a virus..natural or constructed is unlikely to take us all out.

used to take the shots tested positive a time or two.if I take anymore shots it will be for pneumonia or the flu,if I happen to be in the Drs office and they have the shots available I will take them.havent had any shots for awhile,I swear I believe my mild dementia has improved,going to see about getting the amalgam removed from my back molar( that crap actually split my tooth after years)

 

[stompandgo]

I don't think this was that. He did the Porker run associated with this event.

Triple D Winter Race – Trek Across Dubuque County in the Dead of Winter https://share.google/Dr5aDu8ii6MaMvIZE

He does what looks like a cyclocross with 3 teammates in an annual relay. Most completed circuits by the team in [whatever the time was].

That is not a cyclocross race. It's more like an MTB Enduro event.

 

[Roamers]

That is not a cyclocross race. It's more like an MTB Enduro event.

What's in a name? He gets on his bike and pedals like a SOB dealing with whatever ends up next in front of him! His daughter took 2nd in her age group this year. Up from 4th last year. His wife now rides Ebike so she can ride/keep up with them.

 

[stompandgo]

Good for them. Just stating facts.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Stomp is a cycling sports expert here.
I mentioned Cyclocross as the Poland's Cyclocross Championship was held the weekend before, in snow and ice. To my biggest surprise, my local bike mechanic took the Masters Champion title!

 

[Chargeride]

When are cyclocross riders going to switch to flat bars?

Or are drops the only thing making it a different sport?

 

[Stefan Mikes]

When are cyclocross riders going to switch to flat bars?

The most conservative cycling sport! So: Never.

Or are drops the only thing making it a different sport?

Cyclocross CX is probably the only cycling sport where you need to jump the bike on and off and run with the bike Usually, the cyclocross riders carry their bikes on their shoulders. I doubt Charge you could do that with the Haibike or Levo Cyclocross involves circuits for very tight cornering. These can take the shape of a spiral.

Don't confuse CX and XC. Cross Country is another discipline: lightweight bikes are ridden off-road but not necessarily in the mountains. No need for extreme downhill in the XC.

 

[Chargeride]

Instructions unclear, why does fitting flat bars mean you also need an ebike.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Instructions unclear, why does fitting flat bars mean you also need an ebike.

Yours are simply too heavy

 

[PedalUma]

I saw this on a ride today. The bench is made from old bikes.

 

[BlackHand]

When are cyclocross riders going to switch to flat bars?

Or are drops the only thing making it a different sport?

Clearly you don't sell bikes or organize races for a living.

I suggest you apply for a position with the UCI and be sure to ask these types of questions during your interview.

 

[Gionnirocket]

I saw this on a ride today. The bench is made from old bikes.

You mean you saw them on a ride tomorrow