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Old 12-14-20, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by jackbombay
There are some people that kind of brag about "sit and spin" as if its the undisputed proper way to ride a bike, and there are advantages to it, but to never get out of the saddle and try to twist the cranks clean off the bike is a miserable way to go through life!
Exactly. Some of us even succeed !




Le Professeur became my cycling hero after I broke a Phil BB on my Ron Cooper touring rig in similar fashion. I had a poster of him on my college dorm wall.
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