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08-25-22, 05:14 AM
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Recumbents generally offer inferior viewing, especially when there is something like high brush around, but you do get better views of tailpipes and bumper stickers. 
One only thinks they don’t if they (claim to) believe the fallacy that all DF riders stare at the riding surface. But whatever.
One only thinks they don’t if they (claim to) believe the fallacy that all DF riders stare at the riding surface. But whatever.
08-25-22, 05:27 AM
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Lying to us about how we ride is a novel debate tactic which you've been flogging for many years. How's that working out for you?
Again, why do you always turn this into a debate by constantly saying stupid things about the supposed inadequacies of the DF design? Each day worldwide, literally billions of people get on a DF bike of some kind. In the meantime, I suspect that all of the users in the world of bents could probably fit comfortably in a single stadium.
08-25-22, 05:58 AM
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Last thread where he pulled this crap, he revealed that he was basing all of this staring at the wheel stuff on two guys he saw several years ago who supposedly almost ran him off the path.
He then proceeded to try to convince me that I ride that way. It's friggin' weird behavior.
08-25-22, 08:49 AM
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08-25-22, 09:13 AM
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24% of threads get locked by the 1% who run this forum but 10% of those threads are junk threads but the other 90% needs to be heard so I propose that the 1% stop locking the 90% of threads that need to be read by the 99%. Also these threads are just too big if we need to break down these threads for 99% of the people they would be easier to read as some of us don't have 99% of the vision we used to have.
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08-25-22, 09:32 AM
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Many years ago I was up on Mount Pinos on a weekday. I flatted, unusual on the mtb, but my spare tube was bad or something. There was nobody around . I tried the old BS thing about stuffing weeds in there, and its BS. Ended up riding down on the rim. Encountered a lady walking her Llama and asked if she had any tubes, she didn't.
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08-25-22, 10:05 AM
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OK -- ive gone through over a hundred posts in this thread trying to find it --
but whats DF stand for?
forgive me for not knowing the nomenclature, but im guessing its an acronym for a regular bicycle?
but whats DF stand for?
forgive me for not knowing the nomenclature, but im guessing its an acronym for a regular bicycle?
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08-25-22, 10:29 AM
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Dumb Fsck who ride diamond-framed bicycles, despite the constant reminders of their inherent inferiority.
08-25-22, 10:32 AM
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...Diamond Frame. (Sometimes called the "Safety" bicycle, after the term used at its introduction as an alternative to the high wheeled penny farthing.)
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I saw a guy riding a really tall penny farthing the other day. His head was a good 8 feet or so off the ground. Probably was a great view, but he didn't look like he wanted to be distracted.
08-25-22, 10:50 AM
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08-25-22, 10:56 AM
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You get points for the admission you don't know something and the good informed guess.
Diamond Frame, aka Double Diamond Frame aka Safety Bicycle aka Bicycle.
This one was built by the Wright Brothers:
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Speaking of llamas....I saw these folks while on tour in Montana riding a DF bike with my head held high.
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08-25-22, 11:13 AM
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Yes, I frequently watch other DF riders ride as we pass each other riding. Neither of us is staring at the road.
Lying to us about how we ride is a novel debate tactic which you've been flogging for many years. How's that working out for you?
Again, why do you always turn this into a debate by constantly saying stupid things about the supposed inadequacies of the DF design? Each day worldwide, literally billions of people get on a DF bike of some kind. In the meantime, I suspect that all of the users in the world of bents could probably fit comfortably in a single stadium.
Lying to us about how we ride is a novel debate tactic which you've been flogging for many years. How's that working out for you?
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Last thread where he pulled this crap, he revealed that he was basing all of this staring at the wheel stuff on two guys he saw several years ago who supposedly almost ran him off the path.
He then proceeded to try to convince me that I ride that way. It's friggin' weird behavior.
He then proceeded to try to convince me that I ride that way. It's friggin' weird behavior.
08-25-22, 11:35 AM
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LOL ! Thank you guys' for the enlightenment and for taking it easy on me with my ignorance!
With Polaris OBark inference that it can also be used for "Dumb F*** " -- this gives me an acronym to use almost anywhere in multiple situations also !
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08-25-22, 11:37 AM
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You wouldn't pass, because he would be riding up a hill. The whole world is not as flat as Nebraska.
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