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Old 11-12-14, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Doug28450
I'll get on that after I start a Campy/SRAM/Shimano thread.
What about Steel/Aluminum/Carbon Fiber/Ti??
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OK, I have a non-bike question. A car question. I am considering a new car, and I once heard that it's generally unwise to buy a car the first year they redo the model. Is that true, or just an old wive's tale??
Foolishness.
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Originally Posted by datlas
OK, I have a non-bike question. A car question. I am considering a new car, and I once heard that it's generally unwise to buy a car the first year they redo the model. Is that true, or just an old wive's tale??
Zipcar. Bandwagon. Public Transport.
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Originally Posted by zymphad
Zipcar.
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wut
Oh, zipcar is a car-sharing service. Zipp car is overpriced aero wheels.
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Season???

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Might wanna take note before next cycling season starts, @Velo Vol
What is this cycling season that you speak of?

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everybody here loves dogs, right?

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everybody here loves dogs, right?
Only yellow labradors, golden retrievers, belgian wolfhounds, german shephards and corgis. Anything smaller than a corgi is not a dog, it's an ugly giant rodent.

Some are revolting. Poodles, gross. Greyhounds are gross too. Some seem more like diseased blobs than dogs (bulldogs, perpetually sound like someone is shoving crap up their nose). Dislike majority of dogs.

That show about rescuing pitbulls? Couldn't care less. Don't think it's a bad idea to let that breed die off. Neuter/sterilize them all.

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Originally Posted by gc3
everybody here loves dogs, right?
Incorrect.
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I think I can relax now. There is no danger of me continuing to be the biggest a-hole Addict. There isn't even any use of me trying. Speaking of amateur vs. professional! I bow to @zymphad.
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Originally Posted by datlas
OK, I have a non-bike question. A car question. I am considering a new car, and I once heard that it's generally unwise to buy a car the first year they redo the model. Is that true, or just an old wive's tale??
The only issue with that now is the dealer techs don't have the pattern failures to fall back on. The state of industry is such that you're generally golden to 100K, but they gain more info from in use testing. That's where they contact an owner or ten, and pull the car in and do mandated in depth analysis. The new model doesn't have that, but it does go through rigorous testing. Cars fail because the bean counter is in charge, not the engineer.
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Originally Posted by rpenmanparker
I think I can relax now. There is no danger of me continuing to be the biggest a-hole Addict. There isn't even any use of me trying. Speaking of amateur vs. professional! I bow to @zymphad.
When I hear of coyotes and coywolfs eliminating ugly giant rodents, I think, nature is awesome. Coywolfs rock. Need to keep the corgis indoor though at night. Corgi vs Coywolf, not pretty.

When I hear the screech of a fisher cat, I imagine it's on the prowl for some giant rats and overpopulated felines.
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Originally Posted by rpenmanparker
I think I can relax now. There is no danger of me continuing to be the biggest a-hole Addict. There isn't even any use of me trying. Speaking of amateur vs. professional! I bow to @zymphad.
Some days, it's good not to be the king, or queen, as the case may be.
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Originally Posted by rpenmanparker
There is no danger of me continuing to be the biggest a-hole Addict. There isn't even any use of me trying. Speaking of amateur vs. professional! I bow to @zymphad.
You're not even going to put up a fight for the title?
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
You're not even going to put up a fight for the title?
No need. Nature is awesome. Nature is king. Too bad we don't have honey badgers. They would wreck some havoc, even hyenas won't mess with them. Wolverines be nice too. Mountain Lions now sure about, they may eat me too.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
You're not even going to put up a fight for the title?
@rpenmanparker is @rpenmanparker. No real malice intended, in my opinion.

Natureboy tries hard to be an *******, and it's readily apparent.
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Originally Posted by gc3
everybody here loves dogs, right?
Originally Posted by zymphad
Only yellow labradors, golden retrievers, belgian wolfhounds, german shephards and corgis. Anything smaller than a corgi is not a dog, it's an ugly giant rodent.
He wasn't talking about you, he was talking to the regulars. You're just passing through. You won't be around long, the flash in the pans always burn out.
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zymphad talks too much.
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Originally Posted by sbxx1985
zymphad talks too much.
That's a gentle way of putting it.
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It is.
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Last time I was here, Robert talked too much. He's better now.
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It's too cold to work on my bike, and that's kind of sad.
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This is all kinda hot.

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Last time I was here, Robert talked too much. He's better now.
Less is indeed usually more, but it's not necessarily the quantity that is the issue.
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