July 2011 Chat Thread
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Hangin 10 bra
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From: Bartlett TN
Yeah typical government! They wait til the last second to send me somewhere and where the cost of the flight is triple normal, since its like the day before I leave haha.
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From: Drummonds, TN USA
Nah! I bet he had a bunch of leave stacked up and had to take it or lose it....
A job like that where you get all the road time you want regardless? The cycling makes a lot of sense - you can slow down enough to see what you're passing!
*I noticed that. Even on a motorcycle you can't get as close to the country as on a bike - cycling you can even SMELL it!!!
I met a bunch of people stopping along the way too.
So far today the bike has stayed put.
I got G1 down on all fours again, but have 99% decided to build a V8 and only tinker with the 2.3 as a curiouosity.
If I had one of the 351's done already I'd never have been in the pits this long.
So today I found a stock intake (4Bbl) and it's a whole new list of priorities
A job like that where you get all the road time you want regardless? The cycling makes a lot of sense - you can slow down enough to see what you're passing!
*I noticed that. Even on a motorcycle you can't get as close to the country as on a bike - cycling you can even SMELL it!!!
I met a bunch of people stopping along the way too.
So far today the bike has stayed put.
I got G1 down on all fours again, but have 99% decided to build a V8 and only tinker with the 2.3 as a curiouosity.
If I had one of the 351's done already I'd never have been in the pits this long.
So today I found a stock intake (4Bbl) and it's a whole new list of priorities
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Hangin 10 bra
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From: Bartlett TN
Meet me at my house at 1530 shipmate and me and my navy chief plan on busting some miles on the pavement! 
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From: Drummonds, TN USA
Too different a league, shippy. But thanx fer the invite!
Even my old tourer would be left in the dust
My style is based on more like shear obnoxious ruggedness than lightness and speed, in a phrase;
"I prefer to spend more time riding it than fixing it"
You guys are all about high speed and lo drag... You think in ounces what I think in pounds!
WHAT does the new bike weigh again?
*Just for fun I grabbed a scale and went out to my Hardrock. 37 pounds...
Now think of it this way: In the best of situations how far would you want to go carrying a 37 pound backpack?
Greywolf's Second Principle of Bicycling: "The bicycle is also carrying the bicycle..."
Even my old tourer would be left in the dust
My style is based on more like shear obnoxious ruggedness than lightness and speed, in a phrase;
"I prefer to spend more time riding it than fixing it"
You guys are all about high speed and lo drag... You think in ounces what I think in pounds!
WHAT does the new bike weigh again?
*Just for fun I grabbed a scale and went out to my Hardrock. 37 pounds...
Now think of it this way: In the best of situations how far would you want to go carrying a 37 pound backpack?
Greywolf's Second Principle of Bicycling: "The bicycle is also carrying the bicycle..."
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Hangin 10 bra
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From: Bartlett TN
Oh side note......Chief didnt show up, so I went alone with some pretty knarly head winds. I was just about spent around 38 miles and called it the day. Stupid humidity and heat index of 106ish bonked me out bad. I was wondering if I could make it home....however my average mph was around 22.8 and top speed of 39.5.
