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01-26-23, 09:10 AM
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I started reading that thinking the guy was trying to build a streamliner or some kind of speed record type thing, but he just wants to put it on a regular bike. Somebody linked an earlier thread with a guy wanting a similar thing and I wonder if it's the same guy.
01-26-23, 09:10 AM
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Eric is too nice for that place, although he did have a pretty good zinger yesterday. Genejocky hits 'em with facts and won't back down, even from the guy who knows all things about all things.
But, yeah, it's quite a cast of characters. Even guys who seem to like the abuse they get.
But, yeah, it's quite a cast of characters. Even guys who seem to like the abuse they get.
01-26-23, 09:15 AM
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01-26-23, 09:24 AM
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01-26-23, 09:50 AM
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A few days ago.
DougRNS may recognize this as right by where we had our rendezvous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5AEWCBHIug
DougRNS may recognize this as right by where we had our rendezvous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5AEWCBHIug
01-26-23, 09:55 AM
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General raises my blood pressure. Y’all are much healthier.
01-26-23, 10:00 AM
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A few days ago.
DougRNS may recognize this as right by where we had our rendezvous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5AEWCBHIug
DougRNS may recognize this as right by where we had our rendezvous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5AEWCBHIug
Never had the privilege of doing that.
01-26-23, 10:04 AM
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01-26-23, 10:07 AM
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Eric is too nice for that place, although he did have a pretty good zinger yesterday. Genejocky hits 'em with facts and won't back down, even from the guy who knows all things about all things.
But, yeah, it's quite a cast of characters. Even guys who seem to like the abuse they get.
But, yeah, it's quite a cast of characters. Even guys who seem to like the abuse they get.
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01-26-23, 11:45 AM
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My mental state.
01-26-23, 11:54 AM
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01-26-23, 11:55 AM
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01-26-23, 12:02 PM
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You all are referring to the subforum General Cycling at this website?
I looked in there a couple times recently and it looked pretty boring to me. Shrugs.
I looked in there a couple times recently and it looked pretty boring to me. Shrugs.
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01-26-23, 12:18 PM
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01-26-23, 12:33 PM
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And some are absolutely bonkers but boring because they are going back over well-trodden ground.
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01-26-23, 12:41 PM
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But then there's this one,
- $500 instead of $850
- has a spare wheelset
- comes with a fluid trainer (useless to me, but...)
- probably lighter
- won't need to cut the seattube
- has the same crabon fabric as my crabon hardtail (if I'm gonna have two plastic bikes they might as well match)
- not Italian
- 5 or 6 years older
- maybe less aero except the fork (which probably doesn't matter to me much as a hammerhead ride for me is 16.4mph avg on a good day
)
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01-26-23, 12:43 PM
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In the ER yesterday afternoon, a kid came in who had shot himself in the eye with a BB gun. “You‘ll shoot your eye out, kid” is not a joke.
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01-26-23, 12:47 PM
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01-26-23, 12:57 PM
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01-26-23, 01:02 PM
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01-26-23, 01:04 PM
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I imagine many of us who had bb guns BITD experienced getting hit in the face with a bb from shooting at something too close and too hard.
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01-26-23, 01:06 PM
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but yeah I have fond memories of BBs ricocheting off wood panel walls of small bedrooms
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The story we overheard was that the gun dropped on the ground and fired. I don’t know if that’s the truth, but that’s the story that mom told the ER people.
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But then there's this one,
- $500 instead of $850
- has a spare wheelset
- comes with a fluid trainer (useless to me, but...)
- probably lighter
- won't need to cut the seattube
- has the same crabon fabric as my crabon hardtail (if I'm gonna have two plastic bikes they might as well match)
- not Italian
- 5 or 6 years older
- maybe less aero except the fork (which probably doesn't matter to me much as a hammerhead ride for me is 16.4mph avg on a good day )
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