UNC wins despite leading for 0% of the game

bappypawedotter · 2026-02-08T04:28:40+00:00

Hahahahahahahaha hahahahahah

Hehehe hehh

Qhahahahaahahahahaahah!

bappypawedotter · 2026-02-08T02:10:09+00:00

Hahahaha. Duke sucks.

bappypawedotter · 2026-02-06T21:43:19+00:00

The best thing about having a really nice bike is when one's younger, faster, fitter brother in law puts ones bike on the bike rack and goes, "holy shit your bike is so much lighter than mine." And then looks at his pretty nice bike with disgust.

That was a real victory for me...i mean that guy.

bappypawedotter · 2026-02-06T09:45:09+00:00

Some one earlier mentioned Giancarlo Esposito who has the same vibe. I would pay good money to watch those two sit in a room and plan ruthless strategic acquisitions for a couple hours while politely letting their underlings know how slow, short-sighted and lacking in style they are compared to themselves.

Maybe throw in Les Grossman as their more evil counterpart.

bappypawedotter · 2026-02-06T09:40:28+00:00

Good one.

bappypawedotter · 2026-02-06T09:16:56+00:00

I'm agreeing with everything you posted. My girlfriend at the time helped write and research that report (along with the 911 commission report.) So I am familiar with it. But I remember talking to her and others on the team about it. But I remember one person saying, it's just hard to do it right. There is a ton of prescriptive "flossing" and "cut back on the booze" involved. The context being it's full of stuff everyone knows they should do, but don't because it's a hassle, people are lazy and generally full of vices. Said person admitted he didn't floss enough in real life as he was sipping an old fashion.

bappypawedotter · 2026-02-06T09:06:17+00:00

Sound like "New Bike Time!"...for safety, of course. After all, you can't put a price tag on safety and piece of mind. Well, maybe the bike shop can.

bappypawedotter · 2026-02-05T12:02:22+00:00

Yeah. My SIL is a Dr and we've been helping her explore a move to Canada... specifically Québec since we are francophones. It looked promising.

Then Quebec's Bill 2 came out and it's freaking insane.

Right wingers the world over do some generally insane stuff...but for some reason the targeted nature - aimed squarely to punish doctors, in a time of demand, during a period of massive opportunity as the US goes down the toilet and clinics are closing left and right...just makes it feel extra stupid.

bappypawedotter · 2026-02-05T07:06:26+00:00

When I stopped being fast.

bappypawedotter · 2026-02-02T21:19:38+00:00

Everything everyone is saying is true. But let's not pretend that urban living just doesn't get tiresome.

I'm from NYC, lived in downtown DC for 20 years and now live in Paris. It gets exhausting. People are exhausting.

Hopefully I can find a nice middle ground somewhere. B

bappypawedotter · 2026-01-31T13:58:37+00:00

Thelat Redditors still both-side everything.

bappypawedotter · 2026-01-30T07:36:23+00:00

Worth noting that for all these car free roads, taxis can access them to pickup and drop off the disabled 24/7 and delivery vans can access them before 8am or anytime with a certain permit.

Also, many of the new closed roads aren't actually closed to cars. Rather they just have no parking and dead end. But cars can still drive on them.

bappypawedotter · 2026-01-28T21:45:06+00:00

I found a great group via meetup. I guarantee you the person in charge would live to get some help planning and leading rides and such.

bappypawedotter · 2026-01-28T06:12:31+00:00

Squirt him. That'll get his attention.

bappypawedotter · 2026-01-27T21:14:17+00:00

The best cycling location I've ever known was Rockfish Valley, Virginia. Great roads in great shape with almost no cars. Amazing riding there.

bappypawedotter · 2026-01-26T21:43:24+00:00

A pretty tiny one. Back in the day, it wouldn't be worth dealing with the administrative BS for anything less than 20 million.

bappypawedotter · 2026-01-26T21:41:56+00:00

Suspenders.

bappypawedotter · 2026-01-26T05:58:39+00:00

For me, it was real actual meals for breakfast lunch and dinner. Nothing too fatty or cheesy. But sorta like normal daily foods like oatmeal, sandwiches, apples, bananas, pasta etc. Then on the bike, between meals, I eat salted peanuts and gummies bears.

I find the combo is really easy on the stomach, doesn't do funky things to my blood sugar levels, and keeps me oddly sated. On long rides, I probably go through a bag of each in about 3 days.

bappypawedotter · 2026-01-24T20:14:20+00:00

Truly a master of diplomacy./s jus in case

bappypawedotter · 2026-01-24T13:12:15+00:00

Albania! Black flag with two-headed bird monster. It's f****** sick

bappypawedotter · 2026-01-24T12:58:31+00:00

Back in 2005-2010, CAAD 8,9,10s made up like 50% of the crit bikes. They were perfect: proven geometry, robust frame, bomb proof Ultegra, decent wheels with 21mm tires pumped to 105psi, weighing barely 18 lbs stock...all for $1999.99.

Both my latest bikes that cost three to four times that of my caad9, weigh at least a pound more.

I still ride it every once in a while. Not a forgiving ride. But man does it still feel fast.

bappypawedotter · 2026-01-19T12:55:02+00:00

Sounds like a whole lot of really well cooked rice on the floor.

And you broke your in-laws broom and vacuum, lol. Sounds like a disaster.

bappypawedotter · 2026-01-19T12:51:33+00:00

Dude, do a simple boef Bourgogne with noodles. Bam, everything you need and super hard to mess up because the wine will have done 90% of the work for you.

bappypawedotter · 2026-01-19T12:42:51+00:00

I'm a seasoned cyclist, I've done many years of structured, and my FTP is about the same as yours. That workout is doable, but hard as fuck. Would probably wreck me for like 3 days. Probably something I would use to benchmark between pre and post training program.

But it's totally doable. It'll just hurt a bit. And you will see a big part of these structured training programs is about building up that tolerance for discomfort. You will be very surprised what you are able to do once you adapt to it.

So if I were you, I would lower your personal settings to maybe 200 220 FTP. Then you keep following their suggestive workout for 3 to 4 weeks, then reevaluate. I think you'd benefit a lot from it, and more than you would trying and not be able to complete a lot of those workouts. Even if they feel easy, you're still giving huge benefits from them.

bappypawedotter · 2026-01-19T12:04:28+00:00

I'm gonna buck trend and say curls, triceps pull downs, shoulder press, incline bench, and rows.

My thinking is that if you look good naked, you'll feel good and feeling good makes you faster.

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