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Forum: Road Cycling
07-28-11, 03:23 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,313
Posted By NathanL

We have a 27 mile MUP here that's a paved over...

We have a 27 mile MUP here that's a paved over old railroad. I ride portions of it nearly every week and sometimes more than once a week. I think I've seen (2) other people in the last couple of...
Forum: Road Cycling
07-28-11, 03:19 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 4,367
Posted By NathanL

I wonder if they have it in their contract on how...

I wonder if they have it in their contract on how long they have to keep the bikes provided to them or turn them in etc...

Not similar but I used to be provided a boat at an incredible discount...
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-25-11, 04:08 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 2,867
Posted By NathanL

I think long term I would have remembered Andy's...

I think long term I would have remembered Andy's ride off from the Peloton early in the mountain stage longer if he had won..but he didn't.

Thor's first win in the mountains. I know it was hard...
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-25-11, 04:05 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 621
Posted By NathanL

I saw one very early, maybe the first stage when...

I saw one very early, maybe the first stage when they started in town. Only for a brief second it was on the right side of the road and you could see a McDonalds in the background to the left.
Forum: Road Cycling
07-25-11, 11:27 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 4,320
Posted By NathanL

Ummm NO. Glad he was gone, along with last years...

Ummm NO. Glad he was gone, along with last years RoadID commercials. This years were much better.
Forum: Road Cycling
07-24-11, 01:37 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 4,320
Posted By NathanL

Same here, I can't even tell you what they were...

Same here, I can't even tell you what they were selling and I bet I heard it at least 10 times a stage.

I guess I'll show my age..but everytime I heard the IZOD commercial start "It's a...
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-24-11, 01:33 PM
Replies: 76
Views: 5,881
Posted By NathanL

Phil has his quirks but I like him. He's...

Phil has his quirks but I like him. He's passionate about cycling and does a decent job with his sidekick of explaining the strategies and the ins and outs of the tour to people who don't know a...
Forum: Road Cycling
07-24-11, 08:54 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 2,607
Posted By NathanL

Been shopping for my first road bike lately. The...

Been shopping for my first road bike lately. The first shop I went to they asked and put on what matched my mountain bike shoes. After that I started taking my own pedals when I go shopping.
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-24-11, 07:50 AM
Replies: 76
Views: 5,881
Posted By NathanL

Best quote of the tour. While showing the...

Best quote of the tour. While showing the Norwegian broadcasters jump, dance and kiss his wife when a Norwegian won ..

Phil said "I flatfly refuse to kiss Paul each time Cavendish wins".
Forum: Road Cycling
07-24-11, 04:20 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,109
Posted By NathanL

My computer no, my brain yes? Seriously, no...

My computer no, my brain yes?

Seriously, no it doesn't. Seems to work like any other forum on my Win 7 machine. I also browse a fair amount on my Infuse Android phone and it works fine on it as...
Forum: Road Cycling
07-24-11, 04:16 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 745
Posted By NathanL

I didn't know either so I just went and looked....

I didn't know either so I just went and looked. Houston has a few which is about 4-5 hours away for me. I've never personally seen one.
Forum: Road Cycling
07-24-11, 04:13 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,837
Posted By NathanL

I don't think he's making a killing on...

I don't think he's making a killing on accessories, which to be honest I would have thought would have been where the biggest margins are in a bike shop. I bought the only 26" tube with a presta...
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-24-11, 02:19 AM
Replies: 76
Views: 5,881
Posted By NathanL

Trek advertsises ON versus. Specialized is a...

Trek advertsises ON versus. Specialized is a sponsor of the broadcast. Which basically means Trek runs commercials but during the TV broadcast they show "TDF brought to you by XXXX, YYYY, and...
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-23-11, 12:40 PM
Replies: 106
Views: 5,863
Posted By NathanL

I don't know why they wouldn't advetise it since...

I don't know why they wouldn't advetise it since they carry bull riding on their channel a lot. I'm not even sure Izod was paying for advertising during the Tour or just advertising on Versus since...
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-23-11, 11:50 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 584
Posted By NathanL

There's more of them still open to bid on.

There's more of them still open to bid on.
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-23-11, 11:47 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,757
Posted By NathanL

He said that but in a lot of ways his actions...

He said that but in a lot of ways his actions even late into the race this year suggested he was shadowing Contador even when he was out of contention. Yesterday when he got off the bike and said he...
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-23-11, 11:44 AM
Replies: 106
Views: 5,863
Posted By NathanL

Andy probably feels like he won, seems like they...

Andy probably feels like he won, seems like they only wanted to beat Contador and they did. Maybe next year he won't brew over losing to Contador and will get on with the business of actually winning...
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-23-11, 05:04 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 2,589
Posted By NathanL

I wonder what his team was telling him, I thought...

I wonder what his team was telling him, I thought at one point they showed him pulling off his radio and earpiece and throwing it into the crowd. Don't know if he had a technical issue with it or...
Forum: Road Cycling
07-23-11, 04:48 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,837
Posted By NathanL

It didn't come off like that all. They have a...

It didn't come off like that all. They have a bike shop in the back that you can't see and this bike was being worked on on the front counter, actually he was building a whole new bike on a bare...
Forum: Road Cycling
07-23-11, 03:43 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,837
Posted By NathanL

If the first thing you heard from the "salesman"...

If the first thing you heard from the "salesman" which also happened to be the owner was that the bikes were pieces of crap (and he didn't say crap) do you thinkt hat leads to a lot of sales? Then...
Forum: Road Cycling
07-23-11, 03:15 AM
Replies: 85
Views: 4,605
Posted By NathanL

To make it in sales long term you have to learn...

To make it in sales long term you have to learn how to read people very quickly. Some people want to hear all the BS and be joked with. Some people want the facts and only the facts and only when...
Forum: Road Cycling
07-23-11, 03:11 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,837
Posted By NathanL

This was my conversation at the bike shop yesterday. Odd.

Drove over to a bike shop yesterday to pick up a tube for my mountain bike and look at road bikes because I'm wanting a new one. Place is a Trek dealership as their main line and a few other lesser...
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-22-11, 02:17 PM
Replies: 111
Views: 6,559
Posted By NathanL

Please explain the tactic that Andy thought Cadel...

Please explain the tactic that Andy thought Cadel was going to help do the work in the last 5km when Alberto was so far out and Cadel was on Andy's wheel. Not only did he ask in the race he went on...
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-22-11, 12:48 PM
Replies: 111
Views: 6,559
Posted By NathanL

Andy has target fixation with Contador instead of...

Andy has target fixation with Contador instead of the yellow. Even after the race he was saying he was "suprised" that Evans didn't want to contribute to catch Contador. No kidding...because he...
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-22-11, 11:20 AM
Replies: 111
Views: 6,559
Posted By NathanL

Assuming Andy gets his shifts down tomorrow...too...

Assuming Andy gets his shifts down tomorrow...too soon/too early?

The Schlecks came to the Tour this year to beat Contador and they will do that, be funny to me if they wind up 2nd and 3rd but...
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-22-11, 10:20 AM
Replies: 111
Views: 6,559
Posted By NathanL

Interview afterwards they asked Andy what he said...

Interview afterwards they asked Andy what he said to Cadel and he was all innocent saying he asked him why he wasn't doing part of the work...gee I wonder why lol.
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-22-11, 05:38 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 4,784
Posted By NathanL

Next you are going to say Olympic curling and...

Next you are going to say Olympic curling and swimming are racist sports for being majority white. The list goes on of sports that are majority white. I'm pretty sure nowhere on the entry form does...
Forum: Road Cycling
07-22-11, 05:33 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 3,281
Posted By NathanL

Hard to believe for some but there are large...

Hard to believe for some but there are large chunks of the US with little to no cell phone reception...and those places normally don't offer cab service either.

Where I bike on the road I can go...
Forum: Road Cycling
07-21-11, 01:51 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 6,699
Posted By NathanL

Let me tell you about doing business in China....

Let me tell you about doing business in China. You go over there with a product to manufacture and before you get back to the US they are already making copies of it and will be selling it under...
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-21-11, 01:43 PM
Replies: 186
Views: 9,143
Posted By NathanL

I wonder if a couple had gone with Andy on the...

I wonder if a couple had gone with Andy on the breakaway he would have called it off like the other times he has in the last 2 weeks.
Forum: Road Cycling
07-21-11, 08:20 AM
Replies: 67
Views: 2,951
Posted By NathanL

Considering the top elevation is 10x the highest...

Considering the top elevation is 10x the highest point in my state...what do you think.
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-21-11, 08:11 AM
Replies: 186
Views: 9,143
Posted By NathanL

Maybe they thought on the desecent Andy would...

Maybe they thought on the desecent Andy would stop and throw a hissy fit about how dangerous the descent is and they could catch him.
Forum: Road Cycling
07-20-11, 05:28 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,100
Posted By NathanL

Saw a van with 4 bikes on it pull into a drive...

Saw a van with 4 bikes on it pull into a drive thru at the bank. Wasn't pretty. Lucky no one was hurt because the forks just pierced down into the top of the van.
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-19-11, 11:43 AM
Replies: 121
Views: 6,265
Posted By NathanL

Schlecks looked like Schit today. That...

Schlecks looked like Schit today.

That itself would be bad enough but to complain about the lack of aggression earlier and then drop like today....
Forum: Road Cycling
07-19-11, 03:13 AM
Replies: 175
Views: 9,061
Posted By NathanL

Hunting, fishing, kayaking (especially kayak...

Hunting, fishing, kayaking (especially kayak fishing), backpacking, building and flying giant scale radio control airplanes (up to 42% full size), building and restoring just about anything. I build...
Forum: Road Cycling
07-18-11, 10:57 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 830
Posted By NathanL

I ride a lot on the trail we have here, 27 miles...

I ride a lot on the trail we have here, 27 miles (one way not a loop) of pavement over an old railroad track. I go during the week and 9 times out of 10 I'm the only one on it, so it's nice to ride...
Forum: Road Cycling
07-18-11, 09:24 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 12,136
Posted By NathanL

Thanks it's working now...kinda slow but working.

Thanks it's working now...kinda slow but working.
Forum: Road Cycling
07-18-11, 08:27 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 12,136
Posted By NathanL

Out of curiosity I went to the site you linked to...

Out of curiosity I went to the site you linked to see how much and what they offered and I couldn't get it to come. Down today or gone?
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-18-11, 06:27 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,866
Posted By NathanL

Not a fan of morons either :)

Not a fan of morons either :)
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-18-11, 03:08 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,512
Posted By NathanL

Is it really one bottle per day? Seems like they...

Is it really one bottle per day? Seems like they could do a few more but what do I know.

Oh btw I won...a free spin.
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-18-11, 02:55 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,866
Posted By NathanL

Farrar was pretty upset in the interview at the...

Farrar was pretty upset in the interview at the end. I'm not sure what he was going on about the dangerous part, I could have missed it however. I'm not a Cav fan but if you want to beat him you are...
Forum: Road Cycling
07-17-11, 06:42 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 3,640
Posted By NathanL

No, I have no patience with people for the most...

No, I have no patience with people for the most part.
Forum: Road Cycling
07-17-11, 01:00 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 852
Posted By NathanL

Be interesting to know how many people get the...

Be interesting to know how many people get the "gotta have it right now disease" when bike shopping and if allowed to cool off while you order a bike would back out.
Forum: Road Cycling
07-17-11, 12:58 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 852
Posted By NathanL

I went Thursday to a few shops and anything above...

I went Thursday to a few shops and anything above a $500 bike they had maybe one size in stock. I was interested in the Cannondale Synapse and one store had one model in a 54cm frame but only in one...
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
07-17-11, 12:45 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 791
Posted By NathanL

I predict Team Radioshack will have one member...

I predict Team Radioshack will have one member finish the race....maybe.

No predictions for actual winner. Strategy so far seems to revolve around watching Contador who may/may not be in...
Forum: Road Cycling
07-16-11, 04:05 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 3,640
Posted By NathanL

Where do you work as a chef if you don't mind me...

Where do you work as a chef if you don't mind me asking?

Also what bike shop, shopping for a decent shop as I just moved to the northshore.
Forum: Road Cycling
07-16-11, 04:03 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,200
Posted By NathanL

Dunno on my road bike (which is pretty new...

Dunno on my road bike (which is pretty new anyway) the only flat it's had was from an apparently defective valve.

On my mountain bike it sitll has both original tubes from when I bought the bike...
Forum: Road Cycling
07-15-11, 03:16 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 3,558
Posted By NathanL

10 days in Teton National Park and Bridger Teton...

10 days in Teton National Park and Bridger Teton Nation Forest. I will not be bringing a bike as I will be backpacking, which is my usual vacation nearly every year out west somewhere.
Forum: Road Cycling
07-15-11, 03:12 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 705
Posted By NathanL

Yeah and it's $20 no matter the quanity, so 1...

Yeah and it's $20 no matter the quanity, so 1 bike = $20. Ten bikes = $20 total.

Nothing on that site adds up to anything but a scam.
Forum: Road Cycling
07-15-11, 01:26 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 705
Posted By NathanL

Hmm well if you put something in your cart and...

Hmm well if you put something in your cart and click to check shipping it comes up $20.00 for anything no matter what you put in there and any quantity like 10 bikes.

Also it never has a place to...
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