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08-08-21, 01:36 PM
#3901
serious cyclist
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08-08-21, 01:38 PM
#3902
serious cyclist
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Also, the smoke appears to have not deterred the endurati one iota. The half-iron was yesterday, too.
08-08-21, 01:39 PM
#3903
Senior Member
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Location: Greenville SC
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Bikes: 1975 Motobecane Grand Jubile, 2020 Holdsworth Competition, 2022 Giant Trance 29 3
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It was a fantastic day to be a road cyclist in Upstate SC
I'm loving this bike so much. Can't wait to start taking it into the mountains.
I'm loving this bike so much. Can't wait to start taking it into the mountains.
08-08-21, 02:01 PM
#3904
smelling the roses
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Location: Tixkokob, Yucatán, México
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It was the first thing I learned about wrenching on bikes, back in the early 70s.
08-08-21, 02:21 PM
#3905
smelling the roses
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Sure was nice riding maskless though. It went back on for this morning's ride.
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08-08-21, 02:25 PM
#3906
smelling the roses
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08-08-21, 02:59 PM
#3907
smelling the roses
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Aluminium? Crabon?
08-08-21, 03:01 PM
#3908
Senior Member
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08-08-21, 03:10 PM
#3909
Should Be More Popular
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Malvern, PA (20 miles West of Philly)
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I suspect I can, although the idea is intimidating. Will put on my “to do list” but first must get daughter #2 to LA and sister (who has been with us for 9 weeks now and improving mightily) out on her own.
08-08-21, 03:15 PM
#3910
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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Grease those spoke threads! I like to grease the nipple beds too, just a dab with a Qtip.
08-08-21, 03:58 PM
#3911
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We don't have deer.
08-08-21, 04:01 PM
#3912
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08-08-21, 04:32 PM
#3913
he said member
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Location: is everything
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I had a pretty scary wheel failure yesterday.
I pumped this up before leaving for the ride. On the way there, it exploded in the back of the truck. Glad I wasnt riding it when it when it blew up. This was the wheelset I built with the tubless rims. Im waiting for a response from "Candie" at Princess Bike about my warranty.
I pumped this up before leaving for the ride. On the way there, it exploded in the back of the truck. Glad I wasnt riding it when it when it blew up. This was the wheelset I built with the tubless rims. Im waiting for a response from "Candie" at Princess Bike about my warranty.
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08-08-21, 04:38 PM
#3914
VFL For Life
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Free baseball
Free baseball
08-08-21, 04:43 PM
#3915
VFL For Life
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08-08-21, 04:49 PM
#3916
VFL For Life
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08-08-21, 04:51 PM
#3917
VFL For Life
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08-08-21, 04:53 PM
#3918
he said member
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One interesting snafu happened on yesterday’s ride. One of my friends, who is a good triathlete, started to suffer about 3 hours into the ride. He asked to stop to adjust his saddle height.
Long story short, his saddle was way too high and causing all kinds of knee problems. He said his bike had been in the LBS for servicing and he said the guy who works on his bike is taller than him and must have done a test ride and jacked up the seat.
I did not want to badmouth his shop, but if someone ****s with something like that, they should at least have the courtesy to mark the owner’s positions and return it with the owner’s fit.
Long story short, his saddle was way too high and causing all kinds of knee problems. He said his bike had been in the LBS for servicing and he said the guy who works on his bike is taller than him and must have done a test ride and jacked up the seat.
I did not want to badmouth his shop, but if someone ****s with something like that, they should at least have the courtesy to mark the owner’s positions and return it with the owner’s fit.
08-08-21, 05:19 PM
#3919
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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Now our ABC affiliate is showing the White Sox vs. Cubbies game!
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08-08-21, 05:22 PM
#3920
So it is
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08-08-21, 05:23 PM
#3921
So it is
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I had a pretty scary wheel failure yesterday.
I pumped this up before leaving for the ride. On the way there, it exploded in the back of the truck. Glad I wasnt riding it when it when it blew up. This was the wheelset I built with the tubless rims. Im waiting for a response from "Candie" at Princess Bike about my warranty.
I pumped this up before leaving for the ride. On the way there, it exploded in the back of the truck. Glad I wasnt riding it when it when it blew up. This was the wheelset I built with the tubless rims. Im waiting for a response from "Candie" at Princess Bike about my warranty.
08-08-21, 05:27 PM
#3922
VFL For Life
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08-08-21, 05:30 PM
#3923
VFL For Life
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08-08-21, 05:47 PM
#3924
So it is
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08-08-21, 05:50 PM
#3925
Super Modest
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An acquaintance of my wife is a vociferous anti-vaxxer. She’s now struggling in the ICU with CV-19.
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