Re: Catrike

On Sun, 19 Jan 2025 21:04:40 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
wrote:

I did another 28 mile ride About half way to the coffee stop I was passed by about 20 cyclists going the opposite way. I was going along pretty good considering my foot had hurt all night.
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I put a set of cleats on my new Giro shoes abd they fit my feet well enough that they didn't hurt. I'd been wearing the 2nd from the top Sidi's and they simply don't work. My feet are a wpeciual case since I'm missing the large toe on my left foot. I do have a set of Sidi Genius 6's but I'm saving those for summer and dry streets.
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I've sto;; got a lpt pf Jamuary left and already I have 285 miles and 9,000 feet of climbing. So with any luck I should get better than last yaers 4,3000 miles and 90,000 feet of climbing.
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On the way to the coffee shop I was riding mostly around 14 mph and on the way back mostly 16 mph but the average speed remained at 8 mph. It doesn't take much waiting at stop lights to knock an average speed down. I will be curious to see my average speed out to and back from Moraga after Redwood Road is repaired.
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Which reminds me - repairs have been announced but looking at Google Earth it STILL, after two years, doesn't even show the large hole where the road used to be. And in case it has been repaired - there is no sign of new asphalt on the road on Google Eqrth/
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Not long ago I looked at Google Earth for Cull Canyon and it had an old photo and then two weeks later they finally updated that section and finally showed a house that Twisted Vine Winery has been building on their property all year.

The Catrike helped me with my vertigo and the fact that my balance is
all screwed up because of my ears, but the issue with my feet is
called periperphal neuropathy. It's gets better when it's warm, and
unbearable when it's cold. Fifty degrees is bearable, but not
comfortable, walking or riding. I hope you're not afflicted with it.

For what it's worth:

There's no way on earth that I can ride like you ride and you're about
the same age as me. Andrew Muzi and Junior Carrington (you call him
"flunky") ride like I never could have ridden on their fixies. I
respect their abilities, although flunki is a bit of an asshole.  I
don't know what kind of a problem you have with Jeff Lierbermann, who
I consider to be veritable genious. He and Andrew Muzi are the the
only people here in RBT who I consider qualified to geve me advice,
and whose opinions I respect.

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C'est bon
Soloman