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lots of great new places to eat, drink "beverages", and enjoy some solid top quality coffees...but since I'm late to the party and see that the old school "surrey by sea" mentality hasnt quite left yet - I guess I will have to elaborate in a post mortem fashion.  Yes, we have a homeless issue (as does every moderate temperature town/city), yes, there is a club of people who ride motorcycles, strippers: not a single place to see that any more...well...okay there was that one guy outside the library who thought spiders from space were invading his body...but that's no worse than a ham-shammy, is it?  Next time you're over....feel free to DM me....I know I owe you a beverage or whatever from years gone by and would gladly provide some recommendations other than "meth and hells angels and strippers"

Posted by: Adam-West

Let me know if y'all wanna check out some proper beaches ( srsly fuck tofino )

this man knows what he is talking about!!

If you ever want to come slightly south, I'm good for providing shuttles or beverages and food suggestions!

Welcome to the our Island Fortress!

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Mic, true about the slow to go fast. Also keep in mind that a easy ride needs to be just that. We tend to ride our easy rides to fast and hard when it is supposed to be the opposite.

The slow and easy part is a serious challenge for me and my Ego. I tend to try and ride as fast as I can, without easy spinning or "just riding along", unless I force myself to do so. I tend to constantly check my bike computer. Riding as slow and easy as possible is only possible when I ride with my kid, which is not as often as I would love to. 

Tracking and monitoring my rides is an unnecessary obstacle, it seems.  Riding buddies have told me the same, guess it is part of our condition as cyclists, or humans.

Okay...so let me get up on my old high horse about "slow down to go fast".....it's not about riding slow, nor is it about GOING slow: its about the timing of your slow sections and your fast sections. With my old job, one of the big things I ran into was excessive brake maintenance on our fleet vehicles. Basically, while our drivers were being cognizant of rules of the road (driving at or below the posted limit - what they considered slow) they were still driving the cars waaaaaay too deep into corners or late braking at stop lights/in traffic. Me, on the other hand, have go much longer between brake service than most people I know. Why: because of timing of the slow sections and the fast sections.  If you want to slow down to go fast, try this: look ahead further, time your braking (or off pedals) earlier, and then get on the pedals as soon as you can (early apex corners, when you anticipate lights changing, when "openings" exist in traffic, when you can get a jump on people in line ahead of you. We all think we look far enough ahead when we are riding, but considering how damn slow I am, I can tell you, you need to look as far ahead as possible.   Look ahead, focus, breathe.

I've been away from the forum for a long time, it's good to see this thread still has traction.  

Just *semi* retired after 8 years of working with a fleet of EV's and have picked up some knowledge around the long term viability of using EVs for high mileage and heavier logistics and courier work.  It was a great learning experience.

sometimes you have to slow down to go fast....(holy crap, when was the last time I posted on this forum?)

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And I honestly am fed up with streaming. I miss the good old days of renting a film or even buy one...unpacking....celebrating the movie. Not just clicking an icon and binge watchibg whatever whenever.

My favorite parts of watching a movie were the trip to the rental store and the hour spent picking out a movie.

And then returning it a week late.  $25.00 to watch Howard the Duck.

But...others were worth it. Definitely.

Are you saying you didn't love Howard the Duck?

well, sorr..but I have never seen Howard the Duck.....I was thinking along the lines of certain actresses. 

By the way, is Gooch still alive?

....8 months late, but I'm pretty sure he is still alive....I cant remember the last time I logged in here....then again, I can barely remember my own name

I can do 140k downhill towards the snowshed,but its horrifying. The lift does not help.

no lift - '95 suzuki sidekick 4 door…I only have 4 limited displacement hamsters powering it!

…I mean its never gunna get great mileage, but mine was horrendous I went from 18L hwy to 13L…

wow…and here for the last couple weeks I was complaining about going from 8.8/100 to 9.6/100 when I was running around with the hubs locked!

Mind you, I'm lucky if I can hit 95kmh going downhill with a tail wind!

I always thought lettuce was just a filler food. Interesting.

just eat around the lettuce…it's nothing but useful nutrients!

maybe a Mad Dog lap? you'd need a recovery vehicle though….