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Old 04-02-20, 09:57 PM
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Why put their Pure Road Ti frames on sale for 50% off!




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Originally Posted by Jadesfire
Also, thanks all for the kudos. Multi-quote keeps acting up for me, or I'd add all y'all to this. It's nice to have a funny/sarcastic community focused around one of my hobbies.
Multi-quote hasn't worked for me in years.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Why put their Pure Road Ti frames on sale for 50% off!

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Wait but who's on first?
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Originally Posted by Jadesfire

Blockade-running- not just Civil War.
I was hoping for Uganda. Might be a bit difficult in a sail boat.
Any boat and to get there by sea, looks like you’d have to go right past Somalia to Kenya, the worst waters in the world for piracy. What were you planning to do there? Sounds interesting.
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Old 04-03-20, 05:33 AM
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I am SO relieved to hear our leader tell us that a scarf can be better than a mask. Gotta go find my balaclava.

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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Any boat and to get there by sea, looks like you’d have to go right past Somalia to Kenya, the worst waters in the world for piracy. What were you planning to do there? Sounds interesting.
I think it would be best if one wore an eye patch in order to fit in.
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Old 04-03-20, 05:43 AM
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Originally Posted by sbxx1985
No BD ti anymore?
Still there on their website. Click on "Road Bikes" and scroll down.
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Originally Posted by LAJ
I think it would be best if one wore an eye patch in order to fit in.
I have heard those guys patched one eye to keep it dark adapted. Hardass!
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Went to old people hours at the local supermarket this morning. The bad: Crowded with little sense of distancing and because it was only one hour right at opening and everyone was hot to trot, we were part of a bolus of people moving through the store. The good: Mask density was about .75!
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Why put their Pure Road Ti frames on sale for 50% off!




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Ugh, etap only? A) dumb. B) pass.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
More Ti.
Wow

That's a really lovely bike, Billy. I've never seen one of those before.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Before a good cleaning in preparation for a century to Brooklyn. Of course it rained and the thing got filthy again.
Hot. King hubs to match the headset?
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Originally Posted by Jadesfire
Well, landed an internship today. Plans/intentions laid for the past several years had to change with recent events and thus no international traveling, which bums me out. On the other hand, I don't have to quit my "essential services" job to fulfill said internship, so I still get a paycheck. If all goes well, graduation is imminent in August.
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
And I was beaten to the punch. Drat!
That's lame
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Old 04-03-20, 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I don't need a new bike but I do need to replace the saddle, some cables, wheels trued, one of the shifters seems to be in its dying days.

Sad.
Sounds like you need a new bike to me.

Which shifter and what model?
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Old 04-03-20, 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Tomorrow morning, we will go to 60+ hours at the supermarket en masque.
I can't stand being around moping old folks during normal times, I damn sure don't want to be around therm now.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I don't need a new bike but I do need to replace the saddle, some cables, wheels trued, one of the shifters seems to be in its dying days.

Sad.
I've got a bunch of spare parts.
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Originally Posted by LAJ
I'll just put this here.

The Patriots organization juggernaut shipping 1 million masks has already been upstaged by a single solitary basketball player shipping 10 million masks.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/c...professionals/
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Originally Posted by Jadesfire
Also, thanks all for the kudos. Multi-quote keeps acting up for me, or I'd add all y'all to this. It's nice to have a funny/sarcastic community focused around one of my hobbies.
Did you mean caustic instead of sarcastic? Just trying to help.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
Multi-quote hasn't worked for me in years.
ditto
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
Wait but who's on first?
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Multi-quote hasn't worked for me in years.
I don't see the problem.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Any boat and to get there by sea, looks like you’d have to go right past Somalia to Kenya, the worst waters in the world for piracy. What were you planning to do there? Sounds interesting.
It would have been something along the lines of 12 weeks working with local populations. I don't have any particulars on possible projects, unfortunately, as even applying (and I had a very good chance of being accepted) is a moot point now- considering it just came up on my Handshake site a couple of months ago. But here's a brief intro to the organization:
Who We Are « Uganda Village Project
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Did you mean caustic instead of sarcastic? Just trying to help.
I appreciate the help .
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Originally Posted by abshipp
Wow

That's a really lovely bike, Billy. I've never seen one of those before.
That's a 2004 model Cyrene, tastefully toned down from an earlier version that was hideous . . . looked like a tattooed arm sleeve.
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Originally Posted by Jadesfire
Also, thanks all for the kudos. Multi-quote keeps acting up for me, or I'd add all y'all to this. It's nice to have a funny/sarcastic community focused around one of my hobbies.
Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
Multi-quote hasn't worked for me in years.
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