From: ganthony@gmail.net   
      
   bfh  wrote:   
   > George.Anthony wrote:   
   >> bfh  wrote:   
   >>> Ted Heise wrote:   
   >>>> On Fri, 20 Sep 2024 17:24:36 -0500,   
   >>>> sticks  wrote:   
   >>>>> On 9/20/2024 3:25 PM, bfh wrote:   
   >>>>>> sticks wrote:   
   >>>>>>> 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.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Almost well done. I heard somewhere from somebody who heard   
   >>>>>> somewhere that 800 rides is the minimum required to be an   
   >>>>>> official Master Tandemist. There's probably also a minimum   
   >>>>>> miles/ride to be counted as a ride, but I didn't hear that   
   >>>>>> anywhere from anybody.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Good points.  And come to think of it, since there are two   
   >>>>> people actually powering the bike, his mileage really should be   
   >>>>> cut in half to account for it.  So they're down to somewhere a   
   >>>>> little over 16 miles each trip.   
   >>>>>    
   >>>>   
   >>>> I know you're joking, but I do have to say I work just as hard for   
   >>>> the miles on the tandem as on the single.   
   >>>>   
   >>> We once rented a tandem while R&Ring in Hawaii in a previous life. I   
   >>> worked harder on that thing than on any bike I ever pedaled anywhere   
   >>> in all of my history. My wife liked it............which led me to   
   >>> suspect that she wasn't doing a statistically significant part of her   
   >>> part.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> A little off the biking topic but I had a similar issue when in my younger   
   >> and much poorer years. I had an old beater car that broke down on me on a   
   >> major hi-way. I wanted to push it to the next intersection to get it off   
   >> the main road. Two of my friends who were riding with me were helping me   
   >> push. It seemed very hard going and I was really struggling. I stopped   
   >> pushing for a second and the car stopped. Those bastard †  
   “friendsâ€Â� weren’t   
   >> even pushing. They thought it was funny but I damn sure didn’t.   
   >>   
   > At the end of the day going forward, did you hold them accountable in   
   > the passage of time?   
   >   
      
   Nah, we had all grown up together and pulled this kind of thing on each   
   other a lot. To this day we are all close.   
      
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