79pmooney
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| 10/28/2014 04:07 PM |
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Cycle Oregon six weeks ago.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikeportland/15203589485/in/photostream/
This photo probably came from Day 4, the 2 mile hill with stretches at 14%. You can see that I am working from my calf muscles. My outfit matches my best memory of what I wore that day. (Long fingered gloves to protect my fingers from the underside of the brake levers, my climbing socks (Lyon is my middle name), the cog wrench on the top tube and I rode that hill on the 17 tooth cog, not the 23. I thought the "real" climb was two miles further. Once I was into it, I didn't want to stop.)
Notice the 12 day old fork; good old 531 with a good traditional crown, investment cast and 5 days old hobby shop paint job. (No time for a real paint job; I had tour to ride!) Also notice the sandals in the red bag. They worked. Two years before, I had foot issues fronm doing CO fixed that plagued me for 18 months. This year I was able to walk around the rest stops in comfortable Tevas. And I wore silk liner socks every day. No foot issues at all.
Ben
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79pmooney
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| 10/28/2014 04:19 PM |
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The road, Day 2, where Jessica ruled supreme. It took maybe 100 yards to realize that she was perfectly suited for that gravel, that I could do anything and go anywhere I wanted on it. The next two miles were a blast!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikeportland/15185749085/in/photostream/
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jacques_anquetil
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| 10/28/2014 04:24 PM |
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nice.
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Cosmic Kid
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| 10/28/2014 04:39 PM |
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AAAAAAHHHHH!!! The drag, the drag!!!
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| Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
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SideBySide
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| 10/28/2014 04:42 PM |
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| Nice! |
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Orange Crush
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| 10/28/2014 06:07 PM |
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| Where's the like button. CK - strong dudes like Ben need something to slow them down. Tevas are perhaps a bit of overkill though :-) |
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longslowdistance
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| 10/28/2014 06:31 PM |
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| like the socks, too |
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SideBySide
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| 10/28/2014 06:59 PM |
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Posted By Frederick Jones on 10/28/2014 06:31 PM
like the socks, too
Except he is 79mooney, not 79peugeot. 
Edit: Funny, I used to have a '79 Peugeot, and I do know the lion was not the same as back then. 
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Dale
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| 10/28/2014 08:26 PM |
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My favorite socks of all time. Down to one pair- the others are long disposed of.
and Holy Cow, Ben, those are some ripped calves! Thank you for not racing, I don't need anyone else kicking my fat behind in a race |
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79pmooney
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| 10/28/2014 09:15 PM |
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SideBy, I forgot about the lion/Peugeot theme. My first fixie was my beat up UO-8. Jessica (the first) was a sport Peugeot ~1990 and the inspiration for this bike. Both Peugeots have spent time sharing apartments or garages with Pete, the Peter Mooney. (And no, that bike's name isn't associated with Peter Mooney. It just came to me on a ride in its second year that Pete was its/his name.)
I won't change my user name, at least not while Pete is still running strong, but I think I will reserve those socks for Jessica J (and climbing days). Thanks!
Dale, I have never seen my calves looking like that! The photo was taken on one of the hardest climbs I have ever done fixed. Look at the next few photos on the link and you will see how steep it was. Fun also; look at that vein standing out on my forearm. (When I showered after the ride, it hurt to soap my arms!)
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79pmooney
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| 10/29/2014 12:32 PM |
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SideBy, the lion of the socks is not the Peugeot lion, it's the lion of Flanders. I haven't tracked the changes in the Peugeot lion over the years, but that his one is different is to be expected.
So the socks are really Belgian hard man socks, not French mountain man socks. I hope the Belgians will forgive me.
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Spud
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| 10/29/2014 12:34 PM |
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| Ben, was the cog wrench for adding other assorted cogs as needed? |
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SideBySide
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| 10/29/2014 12:35 PM |
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I do know. It looks closer to the lion in the mid 80's (?) though, than the 70's, IIRC.
Good job on the ride. Some of those hills look pretty steep. |
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79pmooney
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| 10/29/2014 12:52 PM |
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Spud, yup. That day I brought a 12 tooth as well as the 17 and 23 you can see on the wheel. Big downhills fixed on 95" gears are fun! I brought all the cogs between to CO and would pick out the next day's cogs the afternoon before. (Never carried more than 2 in addition to the ones on the wheel but I could. Heck, I could ride Jessica as a proper 12 speed! She would grumble though at the weight and clanking. Just two cogs and the wrench stays behind. The bracket that positions the wrench on the seatstay is on the wrench not the bike so when I take off the two toestraps, the bike is clean.)
Over the week, I used 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 21 and 23. Chainring was a 42. That cog wrench weighs barely more than 12 oz and is the best/easiest I've ever used. Goes on and off the bike quickly too, rattles zero and doesn't interfere at all.
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jacques_anquetil
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| 10/29/2014 02:00 PM |
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ben, you need this hub, then no more lugging around the chain whip
http://www.thefootdown.com/blog/2011/10/21/halo-fix-g-hub-review/ |
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