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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 09-22-20, 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Just saw an email that an outside counsel of ours from Detroit is very ill with Legionnaires' Disease. Really nice guy. He's on a ventilator and needs dialysis, although eh recently produced some urine, which is a good sign.
Ugh. Usually this illness only hits older folks with not-so-great lungs to begin with. It's a bad bug but I hope he does ok.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I want my car to be quiet. Loud vehicles are annoying.
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Originally Posted by datlas
Is that like swapping bikes on a TT from a TT bike on the flat to a road bike for the climb?? I saw that the other day.
Originally Posted by big john
It's more like swapping a car that's out of gas for one with a full tank.
Too bad the bike swap didn't provide some added fuel to one rider.
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On Bloomberg Radio a guy says he overheard talk at a bike store saying they're taking orders for a year from now.

wut
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
On Bloomberg Radio a guy says he overheard talk at a bike store saying they're taking orders for a year from now.

wut
Most of the bikes people around here are interested in won't be available until late fall or mid winter. Since we're about a month away from our first snowfall, that's next year for most people.
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Old 09-22-20, 09:09 AM
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This post doesn't count.

https://www.bicycleretailer.com/indu...f#.X2oTVz-Sk2w
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Most of the bikes people around here are interested in won't be available until late fall or mid winter.
What are they interested in?
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Old 09-22-20, 09:17 AM
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Oh, hey. Apparently it really is Autumn now. Has been for the last hour and 47 minutes.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
What are they interested in?
Hybrids, cruisers, and entry-level mountain bikes.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Hybrids, cruisers, and entry-level mountain bikes.
How are fat bike sales?
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Old 09-22-20, 09:28 AM
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I'm betting they're phat.
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Originally Posted by datlas
Ugh. Usually this illness only hits older folks with not-so-great lungs to begin with. It's a bad bug but I hope he does ok.
He's 66. Never met him in person. Only dealt with him over the phone.
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Old 09-22-20, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by genejockey
Oh, hey. Apparently it really is Autumn now. Has been for the last hour and 47 minutes.
The bump crossing the equator woke me up.
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Old 09-22-20, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Hybrids, cruisers, and entry-level mountain bikes.
Not LeMond E-Bikes?!? Shocking.
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Old 09-22-20, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Most of the bikes people around here are interested in won't be available until late fall or mid winter. Since we're about a month away from our first snowfall, that's next year for most people.
Fake news?
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Old 09-22-20, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
Fake news?
Those look like Duals and Werves, whatever those are. Not the Madone, Domane, or Emonda.

The other question is, does the supply meet the demand, or will the market absorb this and go back to a shortage?
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
Those look like Duals and Werves, whatever those are. Not the Madone, Domane, or Emonda.

The other question is, does the supply meet the demand, or will the market absorb this and go back to a shortage?
I no longer need a bike after a 4 month wait. SMH
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
I no longer need a bike after a 4 month wait. SMH
Well and that's how it'll be for a lot of the northern hemisphere. "Oh you can sell me a bike now, in late September? Thanks so much! That's very helpful after a summer of NOT HAVING IT."
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
How are fat bike sales?
For our shop, they're few and seasonal.
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Fat bike season is just around the corner.
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Originally Posted by datlas
Not LeMond E-Bikes?!? Shocking.
We've sold a surprising number of Specialized Creos this year.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
Well and that's how it'll be for a lot of the northern hemisphere. "Oh you can sell me a bike now, in late September? Thanks so much! That's very helpful after a summer of NOT HAVING IT."
I hear you loud and clear. In other words, thanks for nothing. SMH
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Originally Posted by rjones28
We've sold a surprising number of Specialized Creos this year.
are they anything like oreos?
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Fat bike season is just around the corner.
What would it take to get me humming down the road on a new fat bike?
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