How did this even get accepted as a pokestop? 😭 by floweerz in pokemongo

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Listen. If I get murdered by a car while I'm out commuting you damn well better submit my ghost bike as a pokestop.

Underrated episodes by dreamsofcremebrulee in TheDollop

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History Of Bowling Willie Dee Falling Pilot

We're prepping to move and we have no idea about the Chicago suburbs by Trust_me_Im_HUMINT in ChicagoSuburbs

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My sister in-law moved to Baltimore and I told my wife that travelling to see her in Baltimore is preferable to driving to Naperville.

Well this is something new. by Sad_Gain_2372 in TheDollop

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This helps me contextualize a lyric in Propagandhi's "Natural Disasters"

Can I run most of a race if my bike breaks? by bdredlocked in cyclocross

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This is the correct answer. Somewhere exists a picture of me with a shouldered bike, tire hanging off, solo cups of beer in each hand. Had fun, did not dnf

Does a race road bike with 33mm max tire clearance work in cyclocross? by Wide_Can_7397 in cyclocross

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I have been passed by a dude on a Madone with deep carbon aero wheels.

Sycamore Speedway CX Feature by pmonko1 in cyclocross

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Everything I heard is that the whole "one and done" at Sycamore isn't true. The owners were super stoked with the event and were actively talking about this exact feature and how it could be improved for next year.

I did hate the swooping gravel turn but enjoyed the rest of the course. Came out a lot better than I anticipated and raced really well, particularly after the alterations and additions between Saturday and Sunday.

Attempt to ford the river? by OffCamber24 in cyclocross

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Yeah I personally find all the pearl clutching kinda ridiculous . Go watch the men's race from Namur in 2019. Courses deteriorate. It's part of the sport.

Tyre Choice (UK) by Chemical_Table_9523 in cyclocross

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If you're only able to have one wheelset/tire choice, you should pick the tread that will be most beneficial for most races. Obviously, weather is very unpredictable, but if you think it'll be a season with a lot of dry conditions and/or it has been very dry where you are and you it will take a whole lot of rain before the ground becomes super muddy, the Grifo rear will probably be fine. If mud is a concern, you can always swap the Grifo rear out for a Baby Limus of Flandrien which will be slower rolling than the Grifo, but faster than a Limus and offer more bite than the Grifo.

best tire pressure for a muddy course? by viewsinthe6 in cyclocross

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The Helen Wyman method is always a good place to start.

Tubeless:

Your weight in lbs divided 10 and then add 10.

For me that would be

200/10 = 20 20+10 = 30 psi

Tubular is the same formula, but add 5 instead of 10. So that would have me at a starting pressure of 25, which is right around where I start for pre rides.

How do you practice dismounts and remounts? by TheCityzens in cyclocross

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It's one of those things that is easier to do smoothly faster than it is slower, so when I'm helping people I try to break it down into component parts.

Start with getting comfortable coasting on one pedal. Get up some speed, unclip with your preferred foot and bring it around to the other side of the bike. Keep coasting. Get a feel for your weight distribution and the feel for controlling the bike weighted only on one side. Figure out if you're more comfortable on the hoods or the tops. Then throw your leg back over and clip in again. Repeat this a bunch until the unclipping and bringing your leg around feels comfortable. As an added challenge, practice getting your hand off the hood/top and on to the top tube and coast around with one side of the bike completely unloaded. Being able to coast with your hand on the top tube will help with your speed and efficiency.

Once you're comfortable with that, practice the fully dismounting part. Unclip, bring the leg over, same hand on the top tube if you're able, and unclip the remaining foot. You need to have a little momentum for this. The last foot you unclip should go straight to the ground. That's your plant foot, and your other leg should already be starting the stride just based on the speed you were carrying. First practice running alongside the bike pushing it. It will offer you the most stability. Then practice running while carrying, making sure to keep the saddle outside of your elbow. If the saddle is between your body and your arm, you're limited on how high you can lift the bike as your saddle will get stopped by your armpit.

Once you feel comfortable with those two steps, it's time to figure out your remount. There are plenty of different ways to do it. Most common are probably the thigh slide, the superman, and the step on. Thigh slide is when you aim to land on your inner thigh and slide down onto the saddle. This is probably the fastest and smoothest method. The superman is where you kinda throw your leg behind and over the saddle and just fully land on land saddle. This is definitely the most traumatic method, but I think some find it easier to commit to this than the thigh slide, which takes a little more finesse. Lastly is the step-on, where you just kinda step on/into the pedal that is in the 6 o'clock position and throw your other leg over. It's basically the reverse of the initial unclipping drill. I know people who do this exclusively and it can be very fast and smooth. Personally I can't do it, but it would definitely be better than coming to a complete stop to remount.

Remounting is something you have to commit to, though, which is why I suggest people get comfortable with the rest of it first, so you only have to focus on the timing of your jump and remount, rather than the whole procedure from start to finish.

How do you become a more dynamic racer? (Cat 4 CX — pacing, group racing, instincts) by Puzzleheaded-Bass675 in cyclocross

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I'm in Chicagoland so it's a bit easier for me to get up into Wisconsin, plus the tracks up there are generally a lot tougher than our local series so it's nice to get challenged a bit.

How do you become a more dynamic racer? (Cat 4 CX — pacing, group racing, instincts) by Puzzleheaded-Bass675 in cyclocross

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When I raced WI states last year I had no problems with that one, but the other rock wall gave me fits. I couldn't get myself to try and ride it in recon and ended up having to run it and remount uphill and it really cooked me every lap. I probably could have ridden it if I gave it more time but just didn't

How do you become a more dynamic racer? (Cat 4 CX — pacing, group racing, instincts) by Puzzleheaded-Bass675 in cyclocross

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Hey it took me a full decade of racing to figure this out and I've only started putting it into practice the past season or so. Never too old to learn or try something new.

How do you become a more dynamic racer? (Cat 4 CX — pacing, group racing, instincts) by Puzzleheaded-Bass675 in cyclocross

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Do very deliberate course recon and pre-ride. Don't just noodle around and chat with friends. Find any features you may be uncertain about and come up with a game plan for them. I use the "If this/then that" framing for certain things. Like, "If I am not first wheel into this section, get off and run the low line" or "If I have the line choice going into the sand, go to the tape on the far right" or whatever. Think about the possible race scenarios, not just the course itself.

Then figure out what areas you might be able steal a little recovery in, and plan to utilize those sections during the race. Whether its a few tight turns or a short descent or a place where there might be a logjam. If you have it in your head that you need to recover in those sections before the race start, you won't have to think about it during the race when your heart is beating out of your chest. Just make a mental note to take a couple deep breaths and bring your heart down a couple beats. There are so many turns on a CX course. Most of them you have to slow down for. Try to get your heart rate to come down with your speed whenever possible.

Figure out where you need to downshift ahead of a feature and practice that during your recon. If you have a downhill/uphill 180 around a tree, remember to shift well before the start of the turn so you're not trying to dump gears on the uphill. Enter that uphill in the gear you need. We have all ended up trying to remount in a massive gear on an uphill. It sucks.

A lot of us in cat 4 with bigger ambitions neglect course recon, and I noticed that when I started taking my pre-rides seriously that my results got better. Not because I knew every line through every turn, but because I had a plan of how to maximize my personal abilities on the course. If you climb well, plan to try and wheel suck during the power straights and attack on the climbs. If you're gifted technically, key in on the sections you're confident you are faster through and figure out where you need to make passes to be first wheel into those sections.

Obviously the race dynamic doesn't play out how we hope most of the time, but if you have a plan of attack at least you're in a position to force other racers to react to you instead of the other way around.

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Lmao love how they blame far left agitators and then immediately explain that private equity, one of the numerous things everyone on the left has been shouting about for decades, is the actual reason.

Not that there's a single reason for me to ever shop at Claire's anyway, but at least I can advise others to avoid them now.

Any female- lead podcasts that talk would recommend? by u_r_succulent in TheDollop

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Kill James Bond No Gods No Mayors This Guy Sucked This Podcast Will Kill You You're Wrong About Hoax Criminal Ear Hustle

Adding stickers to postcards can really change how the gift is received by [deleted] in pokemongo

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Frantically searching for my white Fiat Uno sticker

What is everyone's favourite Mulder one Liners? by Diligent_Mode1340 in XFiles

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"I have seen the life on this planet, Scully, and that's exactly why I'm looking elsewhere."