bbbean 

Is that a Bichon or a Doodle?

Eric F 

Probably. We have learned that bike thieves in Eugene, OR are very active, and apparently, quite coordinated.

Very cool of you to provide that service. There is a fleet of subscription-access bikes around the Univ. of Oregon campus that seem to get a good amount of use.

Koyote

Thanks. 35 years teaching in higher ed, and that bike program is probably my fave memory.

rsbob 

That is a 60 lb lap dog otherwise known as a Labradoodle

rsbob 

That is a 60 lb lap dog otherwise known as a Labradoodle

indyfabz

bbbean 

Fine looking pup! My assistant has 4 of them. Big rowdy teddy bears.

rsbob 

Perfect summary. He is a wonderful dog. Smart, loving, obedient (unless there is a squirrel) fun, hypoallergenic and doesn’t shed.

Maelochs

Unless he;s the guy who steals them. A lot of assumption, generalization, and imagination masked as hard data, Even the hard numbers were fudged, it seems.

Are some bikes bought and not ridden? Of course.

So what.

rsbob 

A picture of Mr Congeniality during a happy moment?

livedarklions

Don't pick on the dead guy.

tomato coupe

You make your dog wear a cone of shame, and then you post a photo of him wearing it. Are you a monster?

Eric F 

I envy that part. Between my 2 pups, we get tumbleweeds of dog fur in our house on a daily basis. Considering how much they seem to lose, I don't understand why they aren't both bald, at this point.

rsbob 

Before Harlee-dog we had two back labs at the same time. Our Roomba would choke on the dog fur. It just couldn’t keep up. We had hair-bunnies doing a conga-line down the hallways. Now we just have cat hair-bunnies.

indyfabz

Spring for a Miele vacuum. The one for pets. Problem solved.

rsbob 

Do they have a combo vac and coffee maker? They make great stuff.

indyfabz

Each vacuum bag costs like $30. Wonder what a coffee filter goes for.

Koyote

I've got a Shark vacuum. Doesn't use bags -- rather, it has a removable container that gets emptied into the trash, and the filter are washable. Handles my dogs' shedding quite nicely, and it wasn't very expensive.

rsbob 

we had one of those, It was a good vac.

Gear_Admiral 

Why do I need to be able to tell the difference betwen 3 and 6 thousand dollar bikes? I can't tell the difference between a low end yacht and a high end yacht but I can tell that a 50-foot yacht for someone living in Kansas is a waste of money if the owner never takes it to the ocean.

This thread is about wastes of money. I think newbies going in head first with multi-thousand dollar bikes, locking them up improperly in area with high bike thefts and leaving them locked to building railings with flat tires 24/7, i.e., abandoning multi-thousand dollar bikes a waste of money.

Gear_Admiral 

1. I see your point about disagreeing with the premise of the thread and respect that.

2. I did know some people with high end bikes. I am like a pauper in old rags seeing someone in a 3-piece suit. I cannot differentiate one uber exoensive bike from another on sight. Anyhow, they were people who lost interest or said their bikes were stolen. When I pass by bikes poorly locked up and the next day the bike is gone but the same front wheel is still locked wih an orange U-lock in the same position on the rack, then I can guess it wss stolen. I have also seen pickup trucks hauling off clearly stolen bikes at night by the truckload. If on Week One I see a dozen very expensive brand new pristine bikes on my way to work daily and then by Week Seven there is not on until the next year, I have an idea they are gone. As I have written, I have also seen parents buy their kids expensive bikes. The father casually says "how about this one?" pointing to the shiny new bike display with a bike tagged at $3000 or $5000. The kid is only half-interested and is apparentky clueless on the basic functions as the bike mechanic/salesman explains rudimentary basics. I am not stalking anyone. I am waiting to buy a new chain and lube because freshmen move-in week at a 40,000 person campus overloads every store and restaurant in town, ... and I have ears and eyes.

Neither they nor the students I chatted with or knew (i.e., both my own students and just students I knew as people) were former bike racers or had any plans with their bikes for summer. This was Florida. It was plenty warm enough to bike 9 months out of the year, even by a very sensitive person's standards. It never froze over on the streets. Ot never snowed. Florida is as flat as a pancake.

The reason I had no clear idea what the bikes cost was because I never asked or I did ask and the person replied "I dunno; my oarents bought it."

All I am saying is that household wasted money on the bike. Paying $300 for a custom bowling ball despite having not played once in a decade, then playing three frames, saying bowling is boring, then leaving the bowling ball in your tool shed forever is also a waste of money.

Darth Lefty 

We have a huge doodle. He's a good dog. He's dumb as a sack of hammers (for lack of education, the potential was once there) and weirdly anxious about people doing things he doesn't expect and gets the zoomies about 7pm every day. But blessed be the lack of shedding, for sure

pbekkerh

PLEASE don't ridicule or dissuade people that buy the best and newest stuff. How else would all we environmentally conscious people get all the used stuff we ONLY buy, for the sake of the environment. We might be forced to ride around on old obsolete rust heaps.

JoeyBike

Special clothing and shoes are the biggest waste. Unless you race. Then EVERYTHING is a waste of money unless you're WINNING money.

IMO of course, which is worth exactly what I'm charging you for it.

Eric F 

For cycling, or everything?