Addiction LXXIV
06-16-19, 07:00 PM
#3401
Should Be More Popular
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06-16-19, 07:12 PM
#3402
smelling the roses
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Tixkokob, Yucatán, México
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In the absence of his wingman, @rjones28 is in second place, 100 posts back. Sad!
06-16-19, 07:17 PM
#3403
Mostly Harmless
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Chittenango, NY
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06-16-19, 07:18 PM
#3404
Mostly Harmless
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In the absence of his wingman, @rjones28 is in second place, 100 posts back. Sad!
06-16-19, 07:21 PM
#3405
cowboy, steel horse, etc
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: The hot spot.
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One of my friends has drunk the tubeless Kool Aid. He has the LBS do all his wrenching. He just got new Sprcialized tires put on.
I asked how he likes them, he says they are fine but lose all their air overnight. I told him that’s NOT normal and he should insist that they find/fix the leak(s). I told him best guess is at valve. His previous tires were Hutchinsons and did not lose air.
I asked how he likes them, he says they are fine but lose all their air overnight. I told him that’s NOT normal and he should insist that they find/fix the leak(s). I told him best guess is at valve. His previous tires were Hutchinsons and did not lose air.
06-16-19, 07:31 PM
#3406
So it is
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Westminster, CO
Posts: 21,329
Bikes: Luzerne, 684, Boreas, Wheelhouse, Alize©®, Bayamo, Cayo
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06-16-19, 08:04 PM
#3407
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 28,682
Bikes: 1990 Romic Reynolds 531 custom build, Merlin Works CR Ti custom build, super light Workswell 066 custom build
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SPOILER ALERT: If you cannot countenance fast food of the trashiest kind, read no further. But if you have adventure in your soul, be aware that for a limited time McDonald’s is offering a Stroopwaffel Macflurrie. Jus’ sayin’.
06-16-19, 08:10 PM
#3408
Should Be More Popular
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Location: Malvern, PA (20 miles West of Philly)
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I’d hit it.
06-16-19, 08:12 PM
#3409
Administrator
Thread Starter
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Location: Hudson Valley, NY
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I'm sipping on my nightcap as we speak. 19 Crimes, The Uprising. 
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See, this is why we can't have nice things. - - smarkinson
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06-16-19, 08:16 PM
#3410
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You're still in school? Man, talk about tenacity.
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Where else but the internet can a bunch of cyclists go and be the tough guy? - - jdon
06-16-19, 08:43 PM
#3411
So it is
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Location: Westminster, CO
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06-17-19, 05:43 AM
#3412
Should Be More Popular
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Non-cycling content question:
My lawn tractor motor is on its way out, I fear. It's 18 years old and I have done so-so maintenance (change oil every 2 years not every year), the last few times I have used it, it sounds lounder/scraping type engine noise and it's burning oil about 1/2 quart per hour of use, with some blue smoke coming out, and a modest but notable decrease in power.
I really don't want to sink much $$ into the thing as it's been quite reliable and 18 years old, but I am wondering if I can get another season out of it if I put some type of additive in, like Seafoam to clean up whatever is gunked up in there. I figure I have little to lose if it's about to die anyway.
Thoughts??
My lawn tractor motor is on its way out, I fear. It's 18 years old and I have done so-so maintenance (change oil every 2 years not every year), the last few times I have used it, it sounds lounder/scraping type engine noise and it's burning oil about 1/2 quart per hour of use, with some blue smoke coming out, and a modest but notable decrease in power.
I really don't want to sink much $$ into the thing as it's been quite reliable and 18 years old, but I am wondering if I can get another season out of it if I put some type of additive in, like Seafoam to clean up whatever is gunked up in there. I figure I have little to lose if it's about to die anyway.
Thoughts??
06-17-19, 05:55 AM
#3413
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: TC, MN
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BRB - gotta go to Mickey D's.
06-17-19, 07:08 AM
#3414
Mostly Harmless
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Chittenango, NY
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Non-cycling content question:
My lawn tractor motor is on its way out, I fear. It's 18 years old and I have done so-so maintenance (change oil every 2 years not every year), the last few times I have used it, it sounds lounder/scraping type engine noise and it's burning oil about 1/2 quart per hour of use, with some blue smoke coming out, and a modest but notable decrease in power.
I really don't want to sink much $$ into the thing as it's been quite reliable and 18 years old, but I am wondering if I can get another season out of it if I put some type of additive in, like Seafoam to clean up whatever is gunked up in there. I figure I have little to lose if it's about to die anyway.
Thoughts??
My lawn tractor motor is on its way out, I fear. It's 18 years old and I have done so-so maintenance (change oil every 2 years not every year), the last few times I have used it, it sounds lounder/scraping type engine noise and it's burning oil about 1/2 quart per hour of use, with some blue smoke coming out, and a modest but notable decrease in power.
I really don't want to sink much $$ into the thing as it's been quite reliable and 18 years old, but I am wondering if I can get another season out of it if I put some type of additive in, like Seafoam to clean up whatever is gunked up in there. I figure I have little to lose if it's about to die anyway.
Thoughts??
06-17-19, 07:51 AM
#3415
Should Be More Popular
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Malvern, PA (20 miles West of Philly)
Posts: 43,032
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06-17-19, 07:53 AM
#3416
So it is
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Location: Westminster, CO
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The Saturn pollutes, the lawnmower pollutes, win-win!
06-17-19, 10:13 AM
#3419
smelling the roses
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06-17-19, 10:47 AM
#3420
Should Be More Popular
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I love me some stroopwafels. One of my clubmates is Dutch and brought some for us awhile back from Holland. They are good.
06-17-19, 11:02 AM
#3421
Should Be More Popular
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I hope no one objects to my dropping a Slade video into the "We Are All Crazy" thread. It was too much of a temptation for me.
#sorrynotsorry
#sorrynotsorry
06-17-19, 07:36 PM
#3422
Mostly Harmless
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06-17-19, 08:13 PM
#3423
Administrator
Thread Starter
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Ewwwww.
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Where else but the internet can a bunch of cyclists go and be the tough guy? - - jdon
06-17-19, 08:15 PM
#3424
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See, this is why we can't have nice things. - - smarkinson
Where else but the internet can a bunch of cyclists go and be the tough guy? - - jdon
06-17-19, 08:43 PM
#3425
Mostly Harmless
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