Relatedly, this sort of foolish behaviour is exactly why I’ve not mounted a cycling computer to any of my bikes since I stopped racing a few decades ago.

Day 2 update: by adopting an aero tuck - hands in drops; gonads on top tube; shoulders on handlebars; head over front wheel - I reached a lazy 67.4 km/hr (41.9 mph) down Emily Murphy hill.

I think I’ll wait until the gravel is swept off of the streets before trying to top this…

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This is the second time I’ve used this GIF in relation to Alberta today:

Le sigh.

Right on!

No, but I've installed Campbell Scientific weather stations in Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Alaska, and Antarctica, largely in support of my research into glacier dynamics and mass balance/water resources.

It couldn't hurt (and might help?) to pour a bottle of fuel injector cleaner into your gas tank with your next fill-up.

This is excellent - thank you very much for the background on this! I'll share it with the CSI folks.

...especially given that ETS's Whyte Ave. on-time statistics are undoubtedly driven by vehicular traffic - rather than pedestrians crossing the street at timed lights.

Thanks, you too!

And yes it is - the little wineglass transom; the tumblehome; the sheer rising just so up to the bow. Sublime!

Good morning!

(Also: that gaff-rigged schooner! 😍😍😍)

Good morning! I *really* need to visit Valencia.

This is very cool - do you happen to have any additional information about the performers and concept?

(As background, I know the folks at Campbell Scientific, the company that manufactured the weather station. I'm sure they'd be thrilled to know more about this.)

Can 100% confirm.

Nice Campbell Scientific station!

I can tell you just by looking at that Texas Electronics rain gauge that this took place in the U.S.

Would

I’ve only had a tiny handful of skeets ever run up any sort of numbers. Each time, my thought was: “Really? THIS one?”

(Those cute little drunkards.)

Bohemian waxwings’ trilling calls always make me smile.

Cateye cycling computer, showing a maximum speed of 58.8 km/hr (36.5 mph).

Update: not bad for riding hands-on-hoods and w/a headwind; 70+ km/hr should be easily achieved.

This being my first fast(ish) descent, I wanted to see how the bike handles before pressing harder. It tracks as if on (titanium) rails, but as turns as sharply as asked. What an amazing machine!

Meh.

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Right on, Dan.

This being Alberta, of course we're going with Daylight Savings Time rather than Standard Time.

Can't wait for those 9:50 am winter sunrises!

/s

Haha, I saw this weeks/months/years phrasing used with respect to home renovation projects just last week - seems like memeification is underway.

Accurate!

Titanium Guru Praemio road bicycle, patiently waiting in my office for the ride home.

What a difference ~5 kg (>10 lbs.) of wheel+tire weight makes, with near-instantaneous acceleration and the ability to seemingly float up the Emily Murphy hill to campus.

I can’t wait to bomb down that same hill on my ride home this evening!

Less than 20 minutes ago, I pulled two 350°F cast iron pans out of the oven so I could put a cake in to bake.