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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 12-12-19, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Which, the ****in or the ****in?
That's getting awfully personal there, Mr. Internet man! Longest I've ever gone with out one of those is five days.

One of the best bits of lore on the highly entertaining, uncensored, free-for-all, sailing site I used to frequent before I was driven away by the bad stuff, was some guy who got mad and told someone, "Eat my f***!" I still chuckle over that and even use it occasionally .
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Old 12-12-19, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Did they make you put that big Matrix sticker on the TT?

"We really need to hype our rims this year!"

Or maybe it doesn't say Matrix. I can't find the "Enhance" button.
It said Matrix and TruTemper (behind my knee) and being the Trek team frame for sponsorships that year, the logos came on it. I hated those frames. They sent me a 54 cm which was too big and a 52 cm that was too small. Rode like a brick.

I had Matrix training wheels but my racing wheels were tubulars, always tubulars as clinchers had yet to come close at that time for performance.
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Old 12-12-19, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
C'mon, I'm down to once a month as it is!
tmi

Sad!
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
Did you give him the look?
I thought thrice and held my ground
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Old 12-12-19, 04:56 PM
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I had a Rhode Gear cloth covered helmet in those days. I still pick up Rhode Gear products when I find them. My number one mirror is one of theirs
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Old 12-12-19, 05:00 PM
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I began re-assembling the '84 Letour Luxe coupled bike which I dis-assembled two years ago for a repaint. Repainting was done last week. I plan to do a couple short tours on it next summer.

I'm thinking I might even use new bearings in the bb.
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Old 12-12-19, 06:41 PM
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Rejected. My wife and I are actually relieved.
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Old 12-12-19, 07:17 PM
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I miss you guys.
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Old 12-12-19, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
I miss you guys.
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Old 12-12-19, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
It only made it 46 F yesterday so I did not ride. I accept the shame and ridicule I deserve.
Sad.
Shame!
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Old 12-12-19, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
oh no, he's going to drag out that picture of his old odometer mounted on the fork with the ancient method to determine speed.
My first bike computer was an Avocet 25.
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Old 12-12-19, 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by datlas
Rejected. My wife and I are actually relieved.
How is the rejectee taking it?
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Originally Posted by datlas
Rejected. My wife and I are actually relieved.
Oh?
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Old 12-12-19, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
I miss you guys.
Howdy, runner.
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Old 12-12-19, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
How is the rejectee taking it?
She seems mostly annoyed. I think she will be ok.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
I miss you guys.
To what do we owe this special visit?
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Old 12-12-19, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Shame!
I paid my penance today. I rode and the conditions were worse than yesterday. After 10 miles I got rained on and gave up and called it a day. I got what I deserved. Sad.
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Originally Posted by datlas
She seems mostly annoyed. I think she will be ok.
Good reaction. “Centered” kid. Happy retirement!
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Originally Posted by datlas
She seems mostly annoyed. I think she will be ok.
Now she can go to the oldest University west of the Alleghenies. The mighty University of Pittsburgh founded in 1787 as Western University. You can look it up.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
I miss you guys.
And whoooose fault is that?

If you stick around for a while, I will try to be charming and tolerable.
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Old 12-12-19, 08:38 PM
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I'm trying to buy a new phone for my wife for Christmas. Sorting out the fees (activation? upgrade? in-store? online? can I just swap the damn SIM?) is dumb.
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Now she can go to the oldest University west of the Alleghenies. The might University of Pittsburgh founded in 1787 as Western University. You can look it up.
Pitt is on the short list. Ditto Penn State.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha

If you stick around for a while, I will try to be charming and tolerable.
Unpossible?
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