Who are you (and what do you look like)?

[jemoryl]

Originally Posted by froze

huh????

By the way, I heard it from scientists that the reason the sky appears blue is due the fact that the Earth is mostly water and the sunlight reflects that back into the atmosphere, which why Mars atmosphere is red because they have no water and the dirt is red.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayleigh_scattering

[froze]

Originally Posted by jemoryl

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayleigh_scattering

Ok, so let's make this simple for me and other readers like me. If there wasn't any water on the surface of the earth then what color would the sky be?

[gbcoupe]

Originally Posted by froze

Ok, so let's make this simple for me and other readers like me. If there wasn't any water on the surface of the earth then what color would the sky be?

Brown, black, red? Really wouldn't matter... we wouldn't be here to see it.

[froze]

Originally Posted by gbcoupe

Brown, black, red? Really wouldn't matter... we wouldn't be here to see it.

But we are in two places to see it, Earth and Mars; and for both the full daytime sky is the color that predominantly inhibits the planet. On Earth that is blue from the water and green from plant life, and on Mars its reddish from the dirt. Are you saying, that these colors we see on both places have nothing to do with planets makeup and the reflection of that color back into the atmosphere?

[jemoryl]

Originally Posted by froze

Ok, so let's make this simple for me and other readers like me. If there wasn't any water on the surface of the earth then what color would the sky be?

Blue skies don't have anything due specifically to water. Rayleigh scattering is also why sunsets tend to be red-orange: the blue gets preferentially scattered in all directions, while you are looking at the direct rays from the sun, so it appears red, because less long wavelength light is scattered in other directions.

[gbcoupe]

Originally Posted by froze

But we are in two places to see it, Earth and Mars; and for both the full daytime sky is the color that predominantly inhibits the planet. On Earth that is blue from the water and green from plant life, and on Mars its reddish from the dirt. Are you saying, that these colors we see on both places have nothing to do with planets makeup and the reflection of that color back into the atmosphere?

No, not at all. Left out the part if we had no water.

[steveoz]

Originally Posted by steveoz

*Real Name- Steve
*Where do you live? Deerfield Beach, Fla.
*Explanation of your forum handle -First name and first two letters of my last name
*Explanation of your avatar-uhhh I don't have one
*Age 48
*Occupation Service tech and part time artist
*How did you find the Paceline -it always pops up on internet searches
*Favorite Bike HA! the newest one....
*What’s in your stable? 2 Serotta,1 Moots, 1 Specialized,1 Salsa,1 Look, 2 Lemond steel...that's it for now..
*Fastest speed on your bike? Where? When? I'm in S Fla...it's flaaaat and I'm faaat...but I can get it up to 30 mph on my own on occasion
*How many miles did you ride last year?not enough..
*Picture of yourself, your ride, or both together.
*Make up an answer to at least one additional question. Do you like flats? no- I don't like flats
*What is the biggest lie you ever told? I'll NEVER ride carbon wheels lol!
*Tell us something fun. On a long charity ride rest stop I grabbed a chocolate chip cookie and some gatorade and tried to get them both down my gullet simultaneously - which resulted in me violently upchucking the whole mess point blank into the chest of a fellow rider lol!! I was gagging and coughing so hard it elicited sympathy from the guy so I didn't get a beat down...after I regained composure I apologized profusely and offered to reimburse him for his really soiled jersey - he and his wife just laughed it off "we got little kids"they said "we get puked on all the time"
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After dropping about 50 lbs figured I deserved an updated picture...
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[mightywingman]

* Name Gene
* Where do you live The rolling hills of Austin, TX
* Explanation of your handle Taken from my favorite television commercial, a Coors Light spot from around 2005 that you have to see if you haven't seen it
* Age (general or specific) Late 40s
* Occupation Sportswriter
* Favorite bike My next one
* What's in your stable? A soon-to-be-replaced 2010 Cervelo S2 (below) and a sub-15 pound Veloforma Strada. My badass wife has a drool-worthy Alchemy Atlas (also pictured below)
* Fastest speed on a road bike? Where? When? Not sure but too slow to even mention
* How many miles ON THE ROAD on a road bike last year? 800 in the last five months
* Picture of yourself or your ride? See below
* What is the biggest lie you've ever told? It's not the biggest lie I ever told, but I once lied to sneak into Interbike in Vegas. Totally worth it.
* And, something fun During the 2010 Tour de France, I was a runner-up in the Cadillac Lead the Pack Sweepstakes on Versus (now NBC Sports Network) and won the Cervelo below. The grand prize winner won a Cervelo AND an all-expenses paid trip to the 2011 Tour de France, but I'm not complaining.

[cgolvin]

Originally Posted by mightywingman

My badass wife has a drool-worthy Alchemy Atlas

Welcome to the forum!

If your wife rides with that much drop she is, indeed, badass.

[mightywingman]

Originally Posted by cgolvin

Welcome to the forum!

If your wife rides with that much drop she is, indeed, badass.

Haha. I was surprised by the drop too, but she was fit professionally (if anyone is in need of a fitter in Austin, message me), and she loves the fit. She owns all of the Strava QOMs on our route.

[edsteck]

I'll bet.

[rdv]

Rob
Ventura County, California
72 yo and counting (or so I hope)
Primary occupation: grandfathering
'Only' three road bikes: though I have yet to figure out how to ride more than one at once.
Vintage ~1988/1989 Bottecchia Team, steel (shorter, flatter rides)
2008 Serotta Cour d'Acier, steel w/carbon seat stays (stand-by)
2015 Bertoletti Legend HT7.5, carbon (longer, hillier rides)
2500~3000 recreational miles per year
How many times does “this will be my last bike” become the next to last, then second from, then …?

[pbarry]

Wrong Thread

[fords4life]

* Name Nathaniel
* Where do you live Greeley, CO
* Explanation of your handle I'm a hardcore Ford fan, it's all I drive on 4 wheels
* Age (general or specific) Late 30s
* Occupation Engineer/Construction Manager
* Favorite bike Trek DS1(working on restoring the '84 Raleigh Prestige)
* What's in your stable? 2020 Trek DS1, '84 Raleigh Prestige, '85 Raleigh Prestige
* Fastest speed on a road bike? Where? When? Not fast enough to impress anyone here....
* How many miles ON THE ROAD on a road bike last year? Do hybrids count? close to 500 since purchased memorial day of this year.
* Picture of yourself or your ride?
* What is the biggest lie you've ever told? I have no idea.
* And, something fun Planning to do my first Century ride next season on my Dad's old race bike(The '84 Prestige)

[B4_Ford]

* real name: Ethan

* where do you live? Anarchist Jurisdiction, Oregon

* explanation of your handle: I used to wrench on old Volvos

* age (general or specific): Not yet 50

* occupation: Design Engineer

* favorite bike Serotta Colorado III or whichever one I’m riding.

* what's in your stable? Colorado III, Litespeed Tuscanny, LeMond Ti (Clark-Kent), Specialized Diverge, Giant XTC, Leader 715R build in progress, 80's Bianchi Celeste unknown model stripped waiting a rebuild someday

* How did you find the paceline Forum? Stumbled across it researching Serotta bikes