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Old 11-15-21, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
My trainer is 25t max. I generally do 50% because of that too
I have my steel road bike with old-school gearing 53/42 and 13-21 on the trainer, so I keep it at 50%.
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Part of the dress code:

"No excessively revealing clothing will be allowed. Clothing emitting offensive odors is not permitted to be worn anywhere on the property."

A woman was relatively recently tossed from an area restaurant for wearing something very revealing. I wonder if it was there.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Part of the dress code:

"No excessively revealing clothing will be allowed. Clothing emitting offensive odors is not permitted to be worn anywhere on the property."

A woman was relatively recently tossed from an area restaurant for wearing something very revealing. I wonder if it was there.
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Originally Posted by datlas
I have my steel road bike with old-school gearing 53/42 and 13-21 on the trainer, so I keep it at 50%.
damn.

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Clothing emitting offensive odors is not permitted to be worn anywhere on the property.
there goes 90% of my wardrobe
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Part of the dress code:

"No excessively revealing clothing will be allowed. Clothing emitting offensive odors is not permitted to be worn anywhere on the property."

A woman was relatively recently tossed from an area restaurant for wearing something very revealing. I wonder if it was there.
Based on some of the female clothing I've seen in DF restaurants, I'd say you have to be trying pretty hard to get tossed.

Skanky and smelly are something else.
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
damn.



there goes 90% of my wardrobe
Are you telling us you stink all the time?
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I'm in an unbelted territory.
But that belt is on the east coast like you always dreamed.
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Originally Posted by datlas
I have my steel road bike with old-school gearing 53/42 and 13-21 on the trainer, so I keep it at 50%.
"And I'm never going back to my old school!"

Even on my C&V rigs, I don't go old school. They all have at least 26t cogs - which, BTW, are hard to find. There are a TON of corncob cassettes and freewheels out there, and a fair number of 14-28s and 13-32s, but 13-26? Hard to find.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
"And I'm never going back to my old school!"

Even on my C&V rigs, I don't go old school. They all have at least 26t cogs - which, BTW, are hard to find. There are a TON of corncob cassettes and freewheels out there, and a fair number of 14-28s and 13-32s, but 13-26? Hard to find.
I agree that old-school gearing is inferior to 21st century options. I shudder when I recall that I used to go up 10% climbs in a 42/21 as recently as 12 years ago. Never going back to THAT old school!
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Originally Posted by datlas
I agree that old-school gearing is inferior to 21st century options. I shudder when I recall that I used to go up 10% climbs in a 42/21 as recently as 12 years ago. Never going back to THAT old school!
I wonder how many cyclists gave up riding BITD because they couldn't reasonably turn a 42x21 on a steep climb anymore? I have to say, wide range cassettes and fatter tires are the biggest improvements in cycling these days.
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Wish it was a little bigger, but it will fit the wife well.
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Across the street there is an apartment building. It has a small fenced in yard. Currently there are three dogs running around in it like they are possessed.

Dogs. SMH.
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
speak for yourself. Cap area is definitely more NE than anything else
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Originally Posted by genejockey
I wonder how many cyclists gave up riding BITD because they couldn't reasonably turn a 42x21 on a steep climb anymore? I have to say, wide range cassettes and fatter tires are the biggest improvements in cycling these days.
I ran 42x28 in the late 80s and switched to 39x28 low when I moved to the mountains in 1994. I built the CAAD5 with a triple in 2001 so I would have a low if I needed it. Now we have compacts.
I could live with a 39x25 low for a lot of stuff but not going into the mountains.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Part of the dress code:

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A woman was relatively recently tossed from an area restaurant for wearing something very revealing. I wonder if it was there.
wut? What are you people running down there, a convent? Oh wait, that can’t be true, you’re talking Philadelphia, right? lol
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Originally Posted by genejockey
I wonder how many cyclists gave up riding BITD because they couldn't reasonably turn a 42x21 on a steep climb anymore?
Pffftt that’s an easy fix, just stop riding steep climbs.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Based on some of the female clothing I've seen in DF restaurants, I'd say you have to be trying pretty hard to get tossed.
This is Philly. We punch police horses and eat their poop.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
wut? What are you people running down there, a convent? Oh wait, that can’t be true, you’re talking Philadelphia, right? lol
See immediately above.

That is part of their dress code for all their locations in the U.S. Also prohibited are things like sleeveless shorts, hats, baggy pants, athletic wear, etc.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
This is Philly. We punch police horses and eat their poop.
This is more information than I needed.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
See immediately above.

That is part of their dress code for all their locations in the U.S. Also prohibited are things like sleeveless shorts, hats, baggy pants, athletic wear, etc.
All my shorts are sleeveless.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Pffftt that’s an easy fix, just stop riding steep climbs.
That only works if you live in the flatlands, or only ever tool around town. And a flat town at that!
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That's funny!
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
This is Philly. We punch police horses and eat their poop.
That falls under skanky and smelly.
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