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#3926
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Stashed my backpack at the rendezvous and rode straight to work from this a.m.'s group thrash. I don't seem to be recovering very well.
#3928
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tbh, Mom wasn't really the "take in boarders" type, so that was the last time. I think she was more the "prepare to repel boarders" type.
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My boss bought a new one when they came out, 1981, I think. He was in a DeLorean club so we worked on them. They were definitely not fast but fun to drive. I drove my boss' through Malibu Canyon to the beach and back and really enjoyed it.
Two of our customers had their cars painted, one red and one black. I don't know how they made the paint stick to the stainless steel but it looked great.
Two of our customers had their cars painted, one red and one black. I don't know how they made the paint stick to the stainless steel but it looked great.
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#3930
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I was thinking more that as rude and annoying as "Well, actually..." is, it's MUCH worse if the corrector is wrong.
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I miss having minions. My last group didn't need coddling. They just needed to know the objective and the priorities, plus occasional troubleshooting. A good group makes you look like you're a better manager than you actually are.
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I've heard there is some sort of etching for painting certain metals used in marine applications. My Seven is painted on the front half of the ti frame. It looks good but it chips very easily. I bumped it against the seat clamp on my old mtb and it took off more paint than I thought it should have.
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Packing up the R3, signaling the official (for me) end of the VA trip.
The schmutz on my Varia suggests that I had an otherwise unnoticed puncture stone time over the last couple rides. Tubeless ftw.
Like most VA trips, some good times were had, but we're all ready to go home.
The schmutz on my Varia suggests that I had an otherwise unnoticed puncture stone time over the last couple rides. Tubeless ftw.
Like most VA trips, some good times were had, but we're all ready to go home.
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My boss bought a new one when they came out, 1981, I think. He was in a DeLorean club so we worked on them. They were definitely not fast but fun to drive. I drove my boss' through Malibu Canyon to the beach and back and really enjoyed it.
Two of our customers had their cars painted, one red and one black. I don't know how they made the paint stick to the stainless steel but it looked great.
Two of our customers had their cars painted, one red and one black. I don't know how they made the paint stick to the stainless steel but it looked great.
He's an unusual guy and spent way too much time on submarines.
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#3940
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At least twice in the last week, I've seen forum posts where the OP describes a problem, and attempts to foreclose any discussion of bike fit with "I've had a bike fit, so it's not that." It does make me wonder about the quailty, or perhaps the priorities of their bike fitters, especially when others post that they went to two bike fitters and got contradictory advice.
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Not like there aren't polite ways to correct someone.
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At least twice in the last week, I've seen forum posts where the OP describes a problem, and attempts to foreclose any discussion of bike fit with "I've had a bike fit, so it's not that." It does make me wonder about the quailty, or perhaps the priorities of their bike fitters, especially when others post that they went to two bike fitters and got contradictory advice.
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I'm also not sure that if you have to ask BF about how to do a hillclimb TT, you ought to hope for high results.
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A guy in our road bike club converted an old Fiesta to electric. It only had a range of about 20 miles, I think. He just did it for fun.
Almost forgot, one of our regulars was on a submarine and another who used to ride with us was a Captain and wrote a book about it.
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I wonder if applesauce is available for purchase here.
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This morning I passed my citizenship test. It will now take six to eight months to work its way through the system.
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Ah... yes, that makes sense. Regardless, I let her field aaaaaaall the questions on the next meeting until she got in over her head. Strong opinions without full knowledge (but had to make sure to correct me on the one thing she did know, rudely, after letting me answer all the questions over email this morning. Happy to have someone else want to deal with the crap I've been on for a year and half, honestly.
Not like there aren't polite ways to correct someone.
Not like there aren't polite ways to correct someone.
Her eyes got real big, and her face got a little pale, and she visibly shrank back in her chair. She quietly said, "Uh... I think Doug is probably better suited to do that."
She wanted to make me look bad in front of as large an audience as possible, but she didn't want any responsibility for fixing the problem.
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There is one of those (a 5 ton?) at the end of my street. I don't know what the guy does with it but he does drive it.
A guy in our road bike club converted an old Fiesta to electric. It only had a range of about 20 miles, I think. He just did it for fun.
Almost forgot, one of our regulars was on a submarine and another who used to ride with us was a Captain and wrote a book about it.
A guy in our road bike club converted an old Fiesta to electric. It only had a range of about 20 miles, I think. He just did it for fun.
Almost forgot, one of our regulars was on a submarine and another who used to ride with us was a Captain and wrote a book about it.
#3949
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Kudos. Do you have to renounce your USA citizenship or can you be dual citizen??
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