Did a nuke hit us ???...........Bruce
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Been busy putting front pads and rotors on our FJ Cruiser. 
Repaint the wiper blade arm from black to silver.
Hanging out on Balboa Island (Newport Beach, SoCal)...
Taking the Ferry from Balboa Island...
...to Balboa Peninsula for some lunch.
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Parents, kids, work, house renovation, motorcycles, trying to jam some holiday time in at the cottage ....
Living on a sailboat for the last 2 weeks. Concert Friday night. Flooded on Saturday. Bailing out Sunday. Speedster driving and dodging Tourons today.
He's not kidding about the flood. Most of Massachusetts got, like, half an inch of rain over 3 hours, but Cape Cod? They got 6" in about an hour. It REALLY dumped on Nantucket Island and then flooded the elbow of the Cape.
Been riding a lot of bicycle miles getting ready for a Century (100-mile) ride in September. Tomorrow, I'll be riding with my local, small group (5) to Bristol, RI, down towards the coast on Narragansett Bay. We'll start in Woonsocket, RI to make it 60 miles, all along the Rhode Island Bike Path network.
Otherwise, been dog sitting for the Grand-dog, tearing out carpeting, fixing pool leaks....Just a normal Summer. Driving the Speedster in the evenings when it's cool - had to wear a jacket last night, Lane!
We were at the Pageant Of The Masters in Laguna Beach yesterday and ran right into the mob of protesters, anti protesters and the horde of police in riot gear on the way home. Man was that a sight. It was something I have only seen on TV.
Kathy and I participated in Atascadero's Cruize Nite friday evening. The city closes El Camino (parallel to U.S. 101) for about 2 miles from 6pm to 9pm each year which kicks-off their Hot Summer Nights weekend. The weekend includes Cruize Nite, a car show at the Lake Park on Saturday and Dancing in the Streets on Saturday evening. They close off 4 square blocks of the old downtown where 6 bands (on separate stages) perform, there were 4 local breweries and 20 food vendors, it's a city party!
There were over 200 entrants in Cruize Nite and the same at Saturday's car show. We were the only Porsche in the Cruize Nite parade other than an early Boxster but there were some collectable VW's including a shortened bus, a ridiculously high pre-68 bus on Chevy 4x4 running gear and a couple bugs.
At the Central Coast Cruisers car show on Saturday there were 2 VS speedsters: Brett and Kathy's '56 and Whitecloud, a real '58 Speedster and a beautiful green '64 sun-roof coupe. There was a totally restored/concourse white/yellow '65 bus and 2 very nice red Corvairs.
It was our first car show and we really enjoyed running into old friends and making new ones. Brett was excited about his new VS and had lots of questions and wants to go on some drives so that alone was worth the entry fee.
Other than that I'm scheduling an oil change/valve adjust since Whitecloud now has 467 miles on her (and is running like a champ!).
I'm also scheduling her in to get the wide-5 system installed on the front so she can start wearing the Vintage 190's up front (I did the rears earlier this spring).
Jack with the same model/color as his first car
pristine Corvair engine and bay
gorgeous leather-work in the trunk of this car
Kathys' favorite color is burgundy
the only early bug in the show (there was a Super Beetle ragtop as well)
do you remember these 3 gums?
turbo-charged early Corvette
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Be careful on those bumper cars Jim, oh yeah grab me a Balboa bar!!
Be careful on those bumper cars Jim, oh yeah grab me a Balboa bar!!
I got bored so I pulled my engine out to fix and change a few things. Before I removed it though I had a clank at idle so I removed the Alt belt and presto! No Clank ! The clank didn't turn out to be the fan. It was the serpentine pulley on the Alt. It was bent slightly but enough to hit the Alt. housing. How it got bent is a mystery. Will check the Alt. shaft today to see if it's bent. Also changing my fan shroud to a non-heater type and getting rid of the hex-bar throttle linkage system and installing a Vintage Speed system. I still had the oil cooler adapter I modified to read the oil temps in and out of the stock cooler so I switched that back to one without temp. senders. I'm waiting for the shroud to come back from the powder coat painter.
While getting parts at Chico's Performance on Sunday I got to see a fuel injected, turbocharged type 3 running 100 octane and 11 lbs boost put out 318 hp on the dyno at 6500 rpm! pretty impressive. It's going in a Ghia.......Bruce
Got the FJ rear brakes done yesterday.
JiI (Jeff in Illinois) posted:Got the FJ rear brakes done yesterday.
Jeff - I love Landcruisers! Here's a couple of pics of the FJ-40 I had before my Speedsters.
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Well ours is a 2007.
I've been off armed with my 1894 Moisen Nagant rifle protecting endangered Civil War Memorials from kooks that are offended by our nation's past history. Stone Mountain was low on my list and I was going to protect that last - but dang they got to it already!
All criticized ISIS for destroying ancient monuments - and now we are rewriting history and removing memorials to our nations past. 620 thousand Americans died for their beliefs in the Civil War - a number not matched by 1812, WW1, WW2 or Korean wars totaled (Viet Nam conflict pushed that number higher but not by much). The Civil War was fought over states rights - NOT slavery. Abraham Lincoln (a Republican by the way) signed to free the slaves after War's end. I'm a NJ Yankee and was never offended by the confederate states or their war flag. The flag represents heritage not hate. Hoodies (in August) and pants below butt are more indicators of hate IMHO.
Billy Bob - pass the jug this a way.
I'm offended by everything. 
Unfortunately, one of the "states rights" was the specific right of the Confederate states and territories of the Confederacy to allow it's citizens the right to own slaves, and allowed for the expansion of slavery into any new additions to the Confederacy.
Look up the Constitution of The Confederacy:
Article I, Section 9 (4)
Article IV, Section 2 (1)
Article IV, Section 3 (3)
You can tear down all the monuments you want, it won't change people's hearts. That is a much more difficult project, but the only real answer I think.
OK.....So yesterday was definitely NOT a car day. Got together with four of my biking friends and we hit the Central Rhode Island Bike Trail from Woonsocket in the north near the Massachusetts border, all the way through Providence and onward to Bristol, RI, 2/3'rds of the way down Narragansett Bay. The path was the old tow-path of the Blackstone Canal and it takes us to Pawtucket, RI (Home of the Red Sox farm team, the "PawSox") and then scoots around the back side of Brown University (where we check out the co-eds) and along the Somerset River to India Point (where the clipper ships used to dock in the 1,800's) and then pick up a different bike path (used to be the Providence to Newport trolley line) all the way to Bristol. That one continues down to Newport, but that puts you at 100 miles and yesterday was too hot, so we gave up on THAT idea!
Started off overcast and surprisingly cool in Woonsocket, at about 80F and HUMID out but that moisture tends to cool your body when you're moving. The down-leg to Bristol was 31.5 miles, taking about 2-1/2 hours with one stop at India Point to pick up another friend who had ridden up from Bristol to meet us - Here is the map:
http://ecrumbs.roadid.com/map/dgkMNkmm
The return trip was the same route, but the sky had cleared and the temps were pushing 90, plus the humidity. We had been riding to a pace of 16-17mph all morning and that took its' toll on our two newbie riders who were struggling, after returning through Providence, so we slowed the pace to 12-ish until 4 miles from Wooksocket. They then dropped back while three of us pushed the pace to 18-20mph for the last four miles, changing lead every 1/2 mile. The Bike Path is either the tow path for the Blackstone Canal or the old Providence to Newport trolley line so the grade is consistent between 1%-3% max - you can really fly on it when there's little traffic. We're all training for a 100-miler in Mid-September in that same part of New England so this was perfect for us. Got another long one (58 miles) coming up this weekend, but it'll be in mixed/hilly country - hills are always good - they build Character!
Gordon, what are you riding?
Panhandle Bob posted:Unfortunately, one of the "states rights" was the specific right of the Confederate states and territories of the Confederacy to allow it's citizens the right to own slaves, and allowed for the expansion of slavery into any new additions to the Confederacy.
Look up the Constitution of The Confederacy:
Article I, Section 9 (4)
Article IV, Section 2 (1)
Article IV, Section 3 (3)
You can tear down all the monuments you want, it won't change people's hearts. That is a much more difficult project, but the only real answer I think.
People can tear all of the monuments but it won't change history either.
Some people will dig really deep to find something that offends someone.
They need something meaningful to do. Something that actually matters or helps the situation. All the false indignation wastes time.
Sorry to see politics here.
Robert M posted:Panhandle Bob posted:Unfortunately, one of the "states rights" was the specific right of the Confederate states and territories of the Confederacy to allow it's citizens the right to own slaves, and allowed for the expansion of slavery into any new additions to the Confederacy.
Look up the Constitution of The Confederacy:
Article I, Section 9 (4)
Article IV, Section 2 (1)
Article IV, Section 3 (3)
You can tear down all the monuments you want, it won't change people's hearts. That is a much more difficult project, but the only real answer I think.
People can tear all of the monuments but it won't change history either.
S/B - Tear down
Jeff: Nice cats.
My road bike is a Trek Madone 5.2 50CM, Ultegra with cable shifters, set up via the "Fit Kit". Tried the electronic shifters and while they're very nice I don't feel like dragging along another battery, "just in case". This is my fourth season with it and it fits like a glove. Also riding a Brooks B-17 saddle.
My retired road bike is a 1980 Takara Professional, same as the 7-11 team back then (Bob Roll rode one!) made in Oregon. I retired it to be my trainer bike after somewhere around 60,000 miles, most of that from commuting and all with my previous Brooks B-17 saddle...
My MTB is a Trek 950, pretty much stock and fine for what little I use it, mostly once the temps drop below 40 or so on the trails around here. Jeff Tilles saddle (local in New England) and cleatless (I kept falling over when almost stopped, so deleted the clip-ins).
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I have a Trek 820SHX MTB. Totally love it. Haven't ridden it in years but we are going to be looking for a new bike for my wife that she can ride comfortably. Will need new pads and tires too.
60,000 miles?! Damn, my parts can't take sitting on a padded seat more than 8 miles!
Jeff
Yup, That's why I got the Brooks saddle. Once it wears in to your hip bones it's like sitting on a pillow. OK, a slightly hard pillow, but you get the idea. My buddies all ride Fi′zi:k saddles and like them a lot but I'm very old school.
Been riding seriously since I was 17-18, back when riding road bikes wasn't "cool". Lots of miles under the tires since, so I just keep it up. I truly miss it when I don't ride. Maybe it'll give me a few more years if I don't get hit again.
Hey! One of the guys, yesterday, had a 48cm frame with 600C wheels. You had to look twice but it looked perfectly proportioned, just small, like a 24" Raleigh 3-speed. Only trouble is, he has to work a bit harder to keep up (always a gear higher and pushing harder) and that took its' toll on this ride. Still, it fits him. I can barely touch when stopped and vertical but I'm sure not going to a smaller/lower bike - I would never keep up with my group if they had any more of a greater mechanical advantage than me than they have - all my biking friends are at least 5" taller, and a couple are about 12" taller - that leg torque arm difference is YUGE! Like this, and no, I'm not a midget. Scott is pretty tall and our waists are about a foot apart. He's all leg:
But I got great comfort out on Cape Cod when I saw this at a cafe in Hyannis:
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Still, my nards would be numb by mile 8 and laying along the roadside by mile 12!
Back when I was riding regularly I would get in 2-3 20 milers a week at lunch. Due to a surgically induced layoff I haven't ridden in 3 months, but intend to change that today if the rain holds off. I may only make 10 miles or so, but it'll be good to be back in the saddle.
ANY day is a better day when you ride.
And what's a little rain? Four of us rode through a Tornado in Leesburg, VA a few years back (and the story gets better with every telling!)
Yeah, but I'm riding at work. Cleaning up afterward is hassle enough without having to clean and lube the bike.
i've been off the radar for a few years while i finish off my latest toy. Family camper
debuted it, got 2 firsts, then a multi-mag photo shoot. Now my kid can scratch it 
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Very cool!!
Outstanding! More pics, please!
Just doing a little light remodelling...
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Still riding my bike. Another 65 miles today!
At least THIS time we stopped for lunch at le Café Francais in Bristol, RI.
Found that people often move away from smelly bicycle riders in a cafe.......
Gordon Nichols posted:Still riding my bike. Another 65 miles today!
At least THIS time we stopped for lunch at le Café Francais in Bristol, RI.
Found that people often move away from smelly bicycle riders in a cafe.......
Due to weather and work schedule I've only gotten in two rides in the last two weeks - one for 11 miles (first since surgery) and one for 15 yesterday. Riding this rarely makes recovering my former abilities awfully slow.
On the other hand, I have some landscaping to do around the new garage/workshop that intend to start this weekend - again, weather permitting. Probably get it done just in time for hurricane Irma to knock it down.
Say... What was this thread originally about, anyway?
I think it was something about Vegas and involving midgets and jell-o...I could be wrong though...
I got a half an hour of seat time today in the Speedster. Chilly in high 50's. But the sun and heated seats made it nice and comfy.
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