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Old 10-20-22, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by tomato coupe
The girls or the threads?
Hysterical
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Old 10-20-22, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
I am guessing that you missed the rash of spam threads in General yesterday. The threads were advertising call girls from Dubai or wherever it was. The mods took care of them pretty quickly.

Will have to get out bed earlier so I don’t miss the interesting stuff.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
I am guessing that you missed the rash of spam threads in General yesterday. The threads were advertising call girls from Dubai or wherever it was. The mods took care of them pretty quickly.
I saw them. It would be useful to have screen shots of the titles of those threads to show new members who complain about the current rules limiting new members to 5 posts a day and no pictures or ability to post links
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Old 10-20-22, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by alcjphil
I saw them. It would be useful to have screen shots of the titles of those threads to show new members who complain about the current rules limiting new members to 5 posts a day and no pictures or ability to post links
I though the same thing when I saw them.
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Old 10-20-22, 07:35 PM
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Cycling jackets too haha
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Old 10-20-22, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by adlai
Cycling jackets too haha
Wherein lies the humor for you?
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Old 10-21-22, 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Wherein lies the humor for you?
Must not mind riding in jackets that are too long in front and too short in back, have sleeves that are too short, have no back pockets, have side pockets or front pockets or both that sag with any appreciable amount of stuff in them, let wind through or else become clammy, and are loose and floppy and thus function as parachutes.

Most of those objections apply primarily to people riding at training-level speeds, of course. For casual upright riding, utility riding, food delivery riding, etc., conventional jackets can work fine. I use my cycling jackets for training rides and my regular jackets for shopping rides.
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Old 10-21-22, 07:06 AM
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I was going to make the joke about call girls in Dubai, good thing I read a bit of the thread.
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Old 10-21-22, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by adlai
Phone mounts.

​​​​​while I do use my phone while bicycling, I do so to look at the maps while at an intersection or to change the music or something. No need to have a phone mounts. Also road bumpiness makes it both useless and dangerous.

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I have a good phone mount that handles all sorts of bumps just fine. I use my phone for GPS and monitoring my speed and mileage in real time so it's very useful to me to have it where I can see it.
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Old 10-21-22, 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Wherein lies the humor for you?

Have you ever seen a jacket cycling? It's a pretty funny sight.

(Reference: "When I See an Elephant Fly")
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Old 10-21-22, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by livedarklions
Have you ever seen a jacket cycling? It's a pretty funny sight.

(Reference: "When I See an Elephant Fly")
I’ve seen a housefly.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
I’ve seen a housefly.
How about a deer or horse fly?
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Never swat a fly.

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Originally Posted by rsbob
How about a deer or horse fly?
Or a Brundlefly?


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Old 10-21-22, 01:30 PM
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Old 10-21-22, 03:46 PM
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I can only assume you find that jersey very exciting!
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Old 10-24-22, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by CheGiantForLife
I Set off for a random ride today. I decided I may opt for a longer ride and keep going out.
So, I grabbed an empty plastic soda bottle and filled it with electrolyte water.
I then thought how people waste $40 on a water bottle. Not just bikers, but in general.

What are the biggest wastes of money in biking?
I don't waste money on pop and don't fill up landfills with wasteful disposable plastic bottles. I use inexpensive, often free, reusable bike bottles that you don't need to unscrew the lid to drink out of. But you're much more clever and thrifty than me I guess
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Originally Posted by Camilo
I don't waste money on pop and don't fill up landfills with wasteful disposable plastic bottles. I use inexpensive, often free, reusable bike bottles that you don't need to unscrew the lid to drink out of. But you're much more clever and thrifty than me I guess
You must be new around here.

P.S. Check OP's forum status.
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Old 10-24-22, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
You must be new around here.

P.S. Check OP's forum status.
Oops.
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I just assumed he had an anatomical abnormality.
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$100 tire chains?We shall see. Got these for xmas and put em on for the first time. I’ll report back after giving them a go.

First time chained up.
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Holy crap,the chains were awesome. 4-5” of snow and slush and ice and no fear. Nice fit,no rub. Would recommend.

Riding confident.
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Old 02-28-23, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by CheGiantForLife
Drinking and riding seems dangerous
Especially if you start choking lol
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Originally Posted by CheGiantForLife
Drinking and riding seems dangerous
Not if you are on a t----------------------------oh yeah Im not supposed to mention them.
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Bravo Rydabent. I can see the headlines now_--"Veteran cyclist takes break from yelling at clouds to champion drunken cycling."
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