Pub 51
#626
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: SW Fl.
Posts: 5,612
Bikes: Day6 Semi Recumbent "FIREBALL", 1981 Custom Touring Paramount, 1983 Road Paramount, 2013 Giant Propel Advanced SL3, 2018 Specialized Red Roubaix Expert mech., 2002 Magna 7sp hybrid, 1976 Bassett Racing 45sp Cruiser
Mentioned: 18 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1065 Post(s)
Liked 780 Times
in
502 Posts
#627
Padawan
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 838
Bikes: Orbea Mitis Dama, Bridgestone Sirius, Cranbrook Cruiser, Cheap Mountain Bike
Mentioned: 25 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 29 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I'm the new one around here so I'll spring for the drinks anyway.
I used to have really short hair, but it grew out so now I go for the crazy redhead look.
I used to have really short hair, but it grew out so now I go for the crazy redhead look.
#629
Padawan
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 838
Bikes: Orbea Mitis Dama, Bridgestone Sirius, Cranbrook Cruiser, Cheap Mountain Bike
Mentioned: 25 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 29 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
#630
Bicycle Repair Man !!!
#632
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Somewhere in the middle of Texas
Posts: 5
Bikes: Trek 7200 (everyday rider); Specialized Sirrus (go fast); Talera GT (death wish); Balance (work in progress); Pacific Render (rat bike...another work in progress, working toward a super large stingray).
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
someone please clue me in, just joined up...how do i do this? by the way, was i supposed to put year model on all my bikes? someone might guess how old i really am if i do that!
#633
Semper Fi
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 12,942
Mentioned: 89 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1172 Post(s)
Liked 358 Times
in
241 Posts
Bill
#634
rebmeM roineS
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Metro Indy, IN
Posts: 16,216
Bikes: Bacchetta Giro A20, RANS V-Rex, RANS Screamer
Mentioned: 15 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 653 Post(s)
Liked 347 Times
in
226 Posts
Did you get the information about sending joinment fees to all current 50+ participants?
__________________
Bacchetta Giro A20, RANS V-Rex, RANS Screamer
Bacchetta Giro A20, RANS V-Rex, RANS Screamer
#635
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: SF Bay Area, East bay
Posts: 7,643
Bikes: Miyata 618 GT, Marinoni, Kestral 200 2002 Trek 5200, KHS Flite, Koga Miyata, Schwinn Spitfire 5, Mondia Special, Univega Alpina, Miyata team Ti, Santa Cruz Highball
Mentioned: 52 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1604 Post(s)
Liked 2,569 Times
in
1,217 Posts
#637
Veteran, Pacifist
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Seattle area
Posts: 13,325
Bikes: Bikes??? Thought this was social media?!?
Mentioned: 284 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3897 Post(s)
Liked 4,823 Times
in
2,226 Posts
Got another impulsive urge.
I find myself being drawn to older bikes these days, no interest in anything new.
R531SL frameset, seems very light for it's age.
I find myself being drawn to older bikes these days, no interest in anything new.
R531SL frameset, seems very light for it's age.
__________________
Vintage, modern, e-road. It is a big cycling universe.
Vintage, modern, e-road. It is a big cycling universe.
#638
Seat Sniffer
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: SoCal
Posts: 5,625
Bikes: Serotta Legend Ti; 2006 Schwinn Fastback Pro and 1996 Colnago Decor Super C96; 2003 Univega Alpina 700; 2000 Schwinn Super Sport
Mentioned: 18 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 944 Post(s)
Liked 1,974 Times
in
565 Posts
I'd give in to that impulse. I mean ... it's better than affair or telling your boss to pound sand, eh?
I find myself really enjoying the steel frame bike I've been riding. I've even toyed with the notion of taking off the brifters and going with downtube shifters.
__________________
Proud parent of a happy inner child ...
Proud parent of a happy inner child ...
#639
Veteran, Pacifist
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Seattle area
Posts: 13,325
Bikes: Bikes??? Thought this was social media?!?
Mentioned: 284 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3897 Post(s)
Liked 4,823 Times
in
2,226 Posts
Me, I've always been 'against the grain' a bit and walked into many a boss' office with recommendations, often to be told to 'go pound sand'. Not sure if vintage bicycles are better than an affair (never tried an affair), but I've been told the affairs always cost much more.
edit: looking at your list of bikes, you've got great choices. Care to share a pic of the 'Nago?
__________________
Vintage, modern, e-road. It is a big cycling universe.
Vintage, modern, e-road. It is a big cycling universe.
Last edited by Wildwood; 11-09-15 at 08:15 AM.
#640
It's MY mountain
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Mt.Diablo
Posts: 10,001
Bikes: Klein, Merckx, Trek
Mentioned: 70 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4334 Post(s)
Liked 2,977 Times
in
1,614 Posts
Originally Posted by Wildwo od
Brifters are probably better for the vast majority of riders, but if you started cycling with downtube shifters (yeeeks, brifters have been around 20 yrs or so), there is a certain satisfaction with clean, no-look friction shifts and of course the nostalgia of it all.
There is - and there's also a robustness to downtube shifters that make them good for bikes that get ridden in rain and slop... stuff that makes brifters clog up.
#642
Veteran, Pacifist
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Seattle area
Posts: 13,325
Bikes: Bikes??? Thought this was social media?!?
Mentioned: 284 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3897 Post(s)
Liked 4,823 Times
in
2,226 Posts
#643
Semper Fi
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 12,942
Mentioned: 89 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1172 Post(s)
Liked 358 Times
in
241 Posts
Vic, as beautiful as that 'Nago is, please tell me you have that front skewer on the opposite side now. Man, you sure got a fantastic score with that Nago, I have dreams about it.
Bill
Bill
__________________
Semper Fi, USMC, 1975-1977
I Can Do All Things Through Him, Who Gives Me Strength. Philippians 4:13
Semper Fi, USMC, 1975-1977
I Can Do All Things Through Him, Who Gives Me Strength. Philippians 4:13
#644
Seat Sniffer
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: SoCal
Posts: 5,625
Bikes: Serotta Legend Ti; 2006 Schwinn Fastback Pro and 1996 Colnago Decor Super C96; 2003 Univega Alpina 700; 2000 Schwinn Super Sport
Mentioned: 18 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 944 Post(s)
Liked 1,974 Times
in
565 Posts
Thanks! Oh yea, I have that skewer on the right way now. I just took her for a little lunch ride today.
__________________
Proud parent of a happy inner child ...
Proud parent of a happy inner child ...
#645
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Bristol, R. I.
Posts: 4,340
Bikes: Specialized Secteur, old Peugeot
Mentioned: 20 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 663 Post(s)
Liked 496 Times
in
299 Posts
IRISH HUMOR
Old Murphy had worked in the mines beginning as a young lad. After many years of breathing coal dust he was on his death bed and was not expected to last another day. Neighbors had begun bringing food for the expected visitors as they paid their last respects. His wife was in the kitchen baking a ham for the visitors and as she did so, a wonderful aroma wafted throughout their cottage. Old Murph began to rally a bit and called out, "How about a piece of that fine ham, Meg". She replied, "Go on now. You know that's for the wake."
As told by Frank McCourt during an interview on NPR
Old Murphy had worked in the mines beginning as a young lad. After many years of breathing coal dust he was on his death bed and was not expected to last another day. Neighbors had begun bringing food for the expected visitors as they paid their last respects. His wife was in the kitchen baking a ham for the visitors and as she did so, a wonderful aroma wafted throughout their cottage. Old Murph began to rally a bit and called out, "How about a piece of that fine ham, Meg". She replied, "Go on now. You know that's for the wake."
As told by Frank McCourt during an interview on NPR
#646
Veteran, Pacifist
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Seattle area
Posts: 13,325
Bikes: Bikes??? Thought this was social media?!?
Mentioned: 284 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3897 Post(s)
Liked 4,823 Times
in
2,226 Posts
IRISH HUMOR
I just bought an Irish bike. So, I'll add to the Irish humor.
Walking into the pub, Patrick said to the bartender,
"Pour me a stiff one, Sean. I just had another tiff with
the little woman."
"Oh yeah," said Sean. "And how did this one end?"
"Well I'll tell ya now -- when it was over," Patrick replied, "herself came
to me on her hands and knees, she did."
"You don't say? Now that`s a switch! What did she say?"
She said, "Come out from under that bed, you gutless weasel!
I just bought an Irish bike. So, I'll add to the Irish humor.
Walking into the pub, Patrick said to the bartender,
"Pour me a stiff one, Sean. I just had another tiff with
the little woman."
"Oh yeah," said Sean. "And how did this one end?"
"Well I'll tell ya now -- when it was over," Patrick replied, "herself came
to me on her hands and knees, she did."
"You don't say? Now that`s a switch! What did she say?"
She said, "Come out from under that bed, you gutless weasel!
__________________
Vintage, modern, e-road. It is a big cycling universe.
Vintage, modern, e-road. It is a big cycling universe.
#648
Veteran, Pacifist
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Seattle area
Posts: 13,325
Bikes: Bikes??? Thought this was social media?!?
Mentioned: 284 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3897 Post(s)
Liked 4,823 Times
in
2,226 Posts
#649
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Bristol, R. I.
Posts: 4,340
Bikes: Specialized Secteur, old Peugeot
Mentioned: 20 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 663 Post(s)
Liked 496 Times
in
299 Posts
[h=3]Cajun Humor[/h] by Bern » Mon Jul 20, 2015 4:14 pm
I lived on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi for about 10 years and enjoyed the experience a great deal. The people are lively and fun and usually very courteous. For example, if being passed by someone on the street, you will get a "good morning" or "afternoon" or a" Jesus loves you". On PBS there was a program I particularly enjoyed where a Cajun, named Tommy Joe Brough, originally from Brough Bridge Louisiana, and with an accent as thick as gumbo, told stories about his home town and friends and family.
One story was about Tutu La Fouche and his cousin Edouward. Dey took it into dere heads to go goose hunting in Wiskonson, even though dey had never been out of Louisiana. So dey load up dere truck and set off. Dey get dere and find a good lake to hunt. As dey look around, suddenly dey see an ultralight plane buzzing overhead.
"Cousin Tutu, do you see what I see? Look at the size of muskeetos here.
"I see dat Edouward - but look. It's got aholt of that poor fellow in it's claws. We can't let dat muskeetow devout dat poor fellow, even if he is a yankee. We is got to rescue him."
So dey blast away with shotguns and in less than a minute that ultralight is just tatters slowly spiraling down. Well dat felow was well bloodied and lived but vowed to avoid Cajuns for the rest of his life.
I lived on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi for about 10 years and enjoyed the experience a great deal. The people are lively and fun and usually very courteous. For example, if being passed by someone on the street, you will get a "good morning" or "afternoon" or a" Jesus loves you". On PBS there was a program I particularly enjoyed where a Cajun, named Tommy Joe Brough, originally from Brough Bridge Louisiana, and with an accent as thick as gumbo, told stories about his home town and friends and family.
One story was about Tutu La Fouche and his cousin Edouward. Dey took it into dere heads to go goose hunting in Wiskonson, even though dey had never been out of Louisiana. So dey load up dere truck and set off. Dey get dere and find a good lake to hunt. As dey look around, suddenly dey see an ultralight plane buzzing overhead.
"Cousin Tutu, do you see what I see? Look at the size of muskeetos here.
"I see dat Edouward - but look. It's got aholt of that poor fellow in it's claws. We can't let dat muskeetow devout dat poor fellow, even if he is a yankee. We is got to rescue him."
So dey blast away with shotguns and in less than a minute that ultralight is just tatters slowly spiraling down. Well dat felow was well bloodied and lived but vowed to avoid Cajuns for the rest of his life.
#650
Full Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Central PA
Posts: 356
Bikes: 1984 Cannondale road w/ MANY upgrades, 2017 Trek Fx7.5 Hybrid, 1953 Rudge "work-in-progress", a 1956 Hercules "Royal Prince", and an unknown year, unknown frame lot's a fun single-speed!
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 74 Post(s)
Liked 141 Times
in
58 Posts