Chuck Naill

Snice the Kona Sutra has nice fenders, nothing gets dirty. I've never even considered cleaning the tires, but I am sure now I will not be able to un-consider...LOL!!

Troul 

the underside of those debris flap catchers might be hoarding mess too. Might consider applying wax to the undersides

indyfabz

I hear the crime rate’s going up, up, up, up, up!

DorkDisk

You heard right; if you want a fight, it's super easy to get in one here these days. Its a bit much.

Troul 

probably because some pizza rating stated that Chicago beats NY... idk. I do like Chi's deep dish.

Eyes Roll

The crime rate is going up everywhere in the US, folks. I live in a Midwest city, and the crime rate since the pandemic has doubled the crime rate prior.

Where I am, the people are calling to vote out the mayor, the prosecutor, and the police chief in the next opportunity/election. America is doomed.

DorkDisk

F

From today's ride. See the squished sewer rat at the bottom? They were not so prevalent before the pandemic. Now, they're literally all over the streets. It just rained yesterday so this is as clean as it gets.

indyfabz

Did you miss my "Shattered" reference in my previous post?

Good read on the history of rats in NYC:



We have them here in Philly too. Two summers ago, I was eating lunch in a popular park that is a tourist draw. I saw a red tail hawk land on a lamp post. He leaned forward then swooped into some tall grass. Hawks generally don't land on the ground unless they are hunting, so I ran towards it. This bird flew up with a rat the size of a medium rabbit in its talons. The rat was so heavy the bird had a hard time gaining altitude and had to take a break on a shorter lamp post before finally flying away.

Iride01 

Troul ... I'm from Chicago originally. I'll never say that deep dish anything can be called pizza. <grin> Now for hot dogs and real malted shakes, Chicago might have an edge.

<grin><friendly jab>

Troul 

to me, i've never thought "thin" & "pie" are the same meaning. Hence deep dish making more sense wrt "pie"

DorkDisk

For sure. I have no idea what "Shattered" is. Is it a bike?

rsbob 

In my 30s and 40s and childless, I had the cleanest, shiniest car around. Every other weekend it was detailed and waxed 4X/year. Now that I have been retired, the cars are lucky to be washed and vacuumed every three months and hopefully waxed once. Other priorities have pushed the cars out and now my OCD has moved to keeping manicured gardens, riding 4 to 5 K a year and beating my and other’s PRs. Then there is hiking and skiing. Most importantly there is my grandson, though marriage, who receives a good chunk. Priorities change.

indyfabz

The No. 1 hit and field final track on “Some Girls”, by The Rolling Stones.

”Go ahead. Bite the big apple. Don’t mind the maggots,”

Metieval

I used to keep tires clean, but I used to ride in farm country. Pesticides, herbicides, manure....

If I rode in the city on human urine , human poop, dumped soda, dumped trash, dumped beer... I'd definitely be cleaning my tires and bikes more often.

Fenders are a must for city riding! Humans are.... there really isn't a nice word for city dwellers.

MaxKatt

I got it. Looking forward to getting my Hackney Diamonds this week.

Billlyy

pride in ownership !!

indyfabz

Uncorrect.

Nachoman

I always prefer a thin crust to a deep dish.
Deep dish is too much like cheese soup.

Iride01 

What would we do if no one ask questions that have already been ask here?

prj71

That there sure are some weird people out there!!!!

Jeff Neese

You must be a renter, and those aren't YOUR carpets.

mihlbach

Incorrect

indyfabz

I'd probably read more books.

Koyote

They haven't put out a decent album since Some Girls...So I'm not getting my hopes up.

MaxKatt

Certainly everything pre-Some-Girls was the golden era, but I like at least some stuff on their later albums. I admit I play them less, but even Bigger Bang had some stuff I liked. Emotional Rescue is probably my least played.