From: wolverine01@charter.net   
      
   On 9/20/2024 8:27 AM, Ted Heise wrote:   
    > On Thu, 19 Sep 2024 18:01:29 -0500,   
    >    sticks  wrote:   
    >>   On 9/18/2024 1:02 PM, Ted Heise wrote:   
    >>> On Tue, 17 Sep 2024 21:03:09 -0500,   
    >>>     sticks  wrote:   
    >>>>    On 9/17/2024 7:52 PM, Ted Heise wrote:   
    >>>   
    >>>>> The Mrs. and I ride a tandem, and it has S&S couplers so it   
    >>>>> can be taken apart and packed into two airline legal cases.   
    >>>>> For travel with the trailer I can split three cables (two   
    >>>>> shifter one brake), undo half of the couplers, drop off the   
    >>>>> timing chain, and then have two halves that stack one on top   
    >>>>> of the other (with quilt between) in the back part of our   
    >>>>> Acadia.   
    >>>>   
    >>>>    Nice system.  We could just throw them in the RV, but I   
    >>>>    think I'll just get a hitch rack.   
    >>>   
    >>> One advantage of inside the SUV is it's out of the weather and   
    >>> road grime.  It also feels (maybe deceivingly so) more secure.   
    >>> Both good things for a $12k bike.   
    >>   
    >>   Yikes!  That must be one heck of a ride.  Would like to see   
    >>   that if you can post a pic somewhere.   
    >   
    > Yeah, it was quite the investment.  The couplers were essential   
    > because I wanted the ability to travel with it by air without any   
    > oversize luggage handling or fees--or being unable to fly on small   
    > regional jets.  I chose titanium not for weight savings, rather   
    > because it seemed most resistant to damage (e.g., paint chipping).   
    >   
    > Here's a picture...   
    >   
    > https://ridewithgps.com/more#photos/15978261   
      
   That's impressive, as well as your miles ridden!  You're averaging   
   almost 32.5 miles an outing!  I do like to go about 25 to 30 when I   
   ride, but you have 799 rides!  That is some serious dedication to your   
   health and the activity.  Well done.   
      
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    >>   I forgot to add shoulders.  When you're young and you fall off   
    >>   the bike, you just get back up and move on.  You start getting   
    >>   fake joints, you really don't want to do that anymore.   
    >   
    > Indeed.  On the other hand, I did a topside crash in my late 40s,   
    > and the shoulder I landed on has never been the same.  So soon   
    > old, so late wise.  :-0   
      
   Wow, same thing I did.  Only I managed it in my early thirties.  Was   
   going to the tavern on Thanksgiving morning for the annual warm Tom and   
   Jerry breakfast ritual and not wanting a DUI I rode the bike.  There was   
   a dusting of snow, just enough to cover the road.  I turn a corner and   
   coming out of a house is this absolutely beautiful looking girl with her   
   mother.  She was striking and held my gaze.  I then hit a pothole right   
   in front of her house and over the handle bars I went landing on my   
   right shoulder.  I managed to get to the bar, but the pain was so bad I   
   could not finish one drink.  I just had that shoulder replaced 10 months   
   ago.  I'm still getting in trouble with women, though.  Some things   
   never change.   
      
      
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