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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 06-09-15, 12:16 PM
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It just struck me as odd. Even more so because of the guy on the mup a few weeks ago who got the flat and nothing to repair it with.
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Maybe the neighbor has been reading UD's postings about road tubeless???

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Maybe the neighbor has been reading UD's postings about road tubeless???

Well, I suppose that's possible. If I see the bike again with disc brakes, then I'll know she is.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Brake cable
Shift cable

Both cables

Cables break
Different gauges and stresses. Not really comparable.
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It just struck me as odd. Even more so because of the guy on the mup a few weeks ago who got the flat and nothing to repair it with.
You're supposed to just throw the bike in the car and take it to the nearest bike shop.

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It just struck me as odd. Even more so because of the guy on the mup a few weeks ago who got the flat and nothing to repair it with.
Yeah, but his mommy brought him his repair kit finally. The way I see it, it was all her fault. Maybe her mommy likewise got involved finally and took it to the LBS for her. Mommys are like that. They make you suffer a while before helping you out. Not mine. But mommys in general. Or is it mommies. That's a tough one.
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Originally Posted by rpenmanparker
Different gauges and stresses. Not really comparable.
cable is cables
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Maybe pcad is campaigning for electric brakes.
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My raspberry patch has been invaded by this very annoying invasive vine affectionately known as "Mile-a-Minute" which apparently can grow 6 inches/day.

I have been trying to pull them out but they are winning the war.
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Maybe pcad is campaigning for electric brakes.
No maybe about it.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
cable is cables
You don't really mean that.
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You don't really mean that.
I'm just trying to help.
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Nobody has offered any wisdom about mommys vs. mommies. Neither one looks right. You could help with that. Where are your priorities?
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Non-cyclists (heathens) probably just assume bicycle cycle tires are like car tires which do not flat often. Most people do carry a spare tire for their car around with them, but they probably think nothing of it since it came with the car and they never actually see it.
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Originally Posted by rpenmanparker
Nobody has offered any wisdom about mommys vs. mommies. Neither one looks right. You could help with that. Where are your priorities?
Moms.
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Nobody has offered any wisdom about mommys vs. mommies. Neither one looks right. You could help with that. Where are your priorities?
"mommys" is not a werd

use mommies
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Moms.
Not one of the options.
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The Trek big surprise thread needs a disc brake comment. Unfortunately, I have not been able to get the comment properly formulated.
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Originally Posted by RPK79
Moms.
Sure, but that doesn't play as funny regarding the MUP guy without the tool kit.
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Originally Posted by RPK79
Non-cyclists (heathens) probably just assume bicycle cycle tires are like car tires which do not flat often. Most people do carry a spare tire for their car around with them, but they probably think nothing of it since it came with the car and they never actually see it.
Speak for yourself. My inner city neighborhood is in in the middle of a great teardown and gentrify-rebuild episode. Nails everywhere, and they are apparently the variety which will only penetrate tires through the sidewall just above the highest spot that can be successfully plugged and patched. Total of three new $250 tires already on two 1 yr old cars.
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I forgot my Garmin on today's Old Fart Retired Racer Ride and never missed it. Sort of refreshing to ride by feel again.
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I forgot my Garmin on today's Old Fart Retired Racer Ride and never missed it. Sort of refreshing to ride by feel again.


I actually don't use a computer at all. I do turn on my Strava app at the start of a ride and turn it off at the end, mainly to track mileage. But I don't really care about real-time speed info. Enjoy the ride.
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I actually don't use a computer at all. I do turn on my Strava app at the start of a ride and turn it off at the end, mainly to track mileage. But I don't really care about real-time speed info. Enjoy the ride.
Until you get a power meter. Then it will be all work and no play.
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My raspberry patch has been invaded by this very annoying invasive vine affectionately known as "Mile-a-Minute" which apparently can grow 6 inches/day.

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Anything that's squeezing in to raspberry turf has got to be pretty damn hostile.
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Anything that's squeezing in to raspberry turf has got to be pretty damn hostile.
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