Please enlighten me on gravel bik
03-15-23, 06:31 PM
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rydabent 's troll threads generally end up proving exactly the opposite from what he intends. Most people actually do know why they like what they like and are happy to talk about it. I know next to nothing about gravel bikes, but I like reading about why people appreciate them, plus they take some damn nice pictures. If anyone is being a sucker here, it's the guys who thought they were going to look good by knocking people for buying gravel bikes. Invariably, they've been systematically embarrassed.
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03-15-23, 09:03 PM
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And no one responded with the "I'm a Lumberjack" skit?
Mr. @beng1 ... you speak eloquently and believably of your quest for spiritual growth .... and you need it. You are full of bitterness and anger and misdirected aggression.
I am no better. I know what it is like to try to grow .... hard work and endless failures, which hopefully lead to realizations and growth.
I try to look at my posts now and ask myself, "Is this in line with my best understanding of the best way for me to live? Is this post a fair representative of the path I claim to be trying to a walk?"
I still post bonehead sarcastic nonsense, but a lot less.
Mr. @beng1 ... you speak eloquently and believably of your quest for spiritual growth .... and you need it. You are full of bitterness and anger and misdirected aggression.
I am no better. I know what it is like to try to grow .... hard work and endless failures, which hopefully lead to realizations and growth.
I try to look at my posts now and ask myself, "Is this in line with my best understanding of the best way for me to live? Is this post a fair representative of the path I claim to be trying to a walk?"
I still post bonehead sarcastic nonsense, but a lot less.
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03-16-23, 04:23 AM
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Honestly, I think he resented a couple of incidents with road bicyclists on a MUP, and he's made it his life's mission to get revenge on BF. He's been told to stop going after df bikes, so now he's trying to mask the attack by posing them as "questions". His problem is that he can't figure out a decent reaction when people quickly skewer his stupid " gotcha " premise.
All this "racer boyz" and "me generation" crap seems to have come from a couple of close passes years ago.
I actually frequent a MUP that is the regular ride for several bent riders. I have no problems with them and I cause them no problems. It's a fake conflict he's made up.
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03-16-23, 08:36 AM
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I think he thinks of himself literally as a "voice crying out in the wilderness," trying to enlighten us heathens and baptize us all into the 'bent religion. In other words, he thinks he's trying to help us see the error of our ways.
"Repent! Re(cumb)ent!"
"Repent! Re(cumb)ent!"
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03-16-23, 10:38 AM
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03-16-23, 09:00 PM
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Mr. @beng1 ... you speak eloquently and believably of your quest for spiritual growth ....
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03-17-23, 06:07 AM
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Don't be a stranger....
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03-17-23, 06:08 AM
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03-17-23, 06:13 AM
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I never got far with the "Cubewheels made me do it" defense. Or Squeezebox. Or BTH. Or Larry....
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03-17-23, 10:33 AM
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