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#3553
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Had nothing better to do, and was tired of sulking in the house to took the C2 and madone out for a complete wash. Took the sram chain off the madone and put in in a jar with mineral spirits. Gave it a good shaking, and let it while I cleaned the rest of the bike. The first time I pulled it out one side of the chain was still caked in this sticky grease. Never had that happen before, usually a couple shakes the chain comes out looking new. Gave it a second wash and it was only mildly better, ended up using a tooth brush and piped cleaners to clean the chain.
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My guess is that t2p is right on the money. Both of my Ritchey Breakaways have plenty chips in the paint and neither has rust spots. They do appear to have some kind of coating to improve paint adhesion and prevent rust.
Ritchey might have touch-up paint for yours. If not, a car parts store might have a close match. Mine both fly a bit, so I'm not going to spend a lot of time dealing with it. I may make it a yearly ritual.
I guess since mine goes in the cargo hold I just expect that they will get a little banged up even with the OEM padding. Seems every TSA agent has to open the case to see for themselves that it really is a bicycle, and it does get shifted around a bit.
Ritchey might have touch-up paint for yours. If not, a car parts store might have a close match. Mine both fly a bit, so I'm not going to spend a lot of time dealing with it. I may make it a yearly ritual.
I guess since mine goes in the cargo hold I just expect that they will get a little banged up even with the OEM padding. Seems every TSA agent has to open the case to see for themselves that it really is a bicycle, and it does get shifted around a bit.
#3555
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#3556
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It's Schrodinger's price - it's simultaneously both 1700 and 1200, and only becomes one or the other when you check out.
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People tend to forget that ophthalmology is a surgical specialty and a pretty aggressive one at that.
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Dupont Imron
back in the late 70's friend used Imron on his car ... 68 SS Chevelle
his father owned a body shop - but painted the car at another shop with a better spray booth and respirator ... apparently that stuff is nasty
unfortunately the car met an early death ... driver ran a traffic light and T boned it ... of course just before I was planning to purchase it
pics attached - before and after
My best friend, in the very early 70s, in Sacramento, had a souped up 68 Chevelle SS, He had done the souping. He would get it up to 60 and then shift it into third.
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My guess is that t2p is right on the money. Both of my Ritchey Breakaways have plenty chips in the paint and neither has rust spots. They do appear to have some kind of coating to improve paint adhesion and prevent rust.
Ritchey might have touch-up paint for yours. If not, a car parts store might have a close match. Mine both fly a bit, so I'm not going to spend a lot of time dealing with it. I may make it a yearly ritual.
I guess since mine goes in the cargo hold I just expect that they will get a little banged up even with the OEM padding. Seems every TSA agent has to open the case to see for themselves that it really is a bicycle, and it does get shifted around a bit.
Ritchey might have touch-up paint for yours. If not, a car parts store might have a close match. Mine both fly a bit, so I'm not going to spend a lot of time dealing with it. I may make it a yearly ritual.
I guess since mine goes in the cargo hold I just expect that they will get a little banged up even with the OEM padding. Seems every TSA agent has to open the case to see for themselves that it really is a bicycle, and it does get shifted around a bit.
Do you use the zeta wheels? I’ve been wondering if they would be actually worth it once I start bringing it to work.
My travel case is the old one, doesn’t have any wheels on it. Something else I plan on replacing once I start bringing it to work more.
What size do you have? What all can you fit in your case with your bike. Mine is a 58, and didn’t appear to have all that much room left in the case once the bike was in there.
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Touch - "Stare at the blue ball and try not to blink or run the hell away."
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#3564
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Even my layman’s eyes could easily see from the retinal scans how worse things had gotten in 7 weeks. I missed my 4 week shot because I was in Arizona.
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I’ve had no problem with contact lenses for the last 25-30 years, or even drops and me touching my own eye to get rid of dirt/hair, but I can’t imagine Lasik or cataract surgery. HARD stop on that….
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I cannot do contacts or drops in my eyes. My wife risks a beating if she even tries to remove an eyelash from my eyes.
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Literally the next day, she comes to me with her hand over her eye, asking what she should do about having put the antifungal drops in her eye.
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I can’t count how many bottles of eye drops I’ve wasted believing my wife when she said she “won’t blink THIS TIME” when she asks for help with eye drops. She can’t stand anything near her eyes either.
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When I had Shingles in my eye the doc had to put a lens or something on my eye to check it. I couldn't handle it and I tried. Each time the thing touched my eye I fought it. I once had a piece of metal plucked out of my eye and it wasn't that bad.
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I bought Imron paint, gloss black with gold flake in it. It was expensive, a lot more than other paint but it was beautiful in the sun. Dark colors tend to show bodywork and this car showed every lump, bump, and wave. People always complimented the car but if they took a close look they could see the Bondo.
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This thread has turned into a horror show for people with eye issues.
Speaking of horror, got halfway into Ouija: something something the second one. Origin of Evil or something. Not bad, and just creamy beautiful in terms of film. Smooth.
Director is enough of a nerd he added cigarette burns, even though it's digital, even for home releases.
Speaking of horror, got halfway into Ouija: something something the second one. Origin of Evil or something. Not bad, and just creamy beautiful in terms of film. Smooth.
Director is enough of a nerd he added cigarette burns, even though it's digital, even for home releases.
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Taking contacts out is harder than putting them in.
For me, that is.
For me, that is.
#3575
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Do you use the zeta wheels? I’ve been wondering if they would be actually worth it once I start bringing it to work.
My travel case is the old one, doesn’t have any wheels on it. Something else I plan on replacing once I start bringing it to work more.
What size do you have? What all can you fit in your case with your bike. Mine is a 58, and didn’t appear to have all that much room left in the case once the bike was in there.
My travel case is the old one, doesn’t have any wheels on it. Something else I plan on replacing once I start bringing it to work more.
What size do you have? What all can you fit in your case with your bike. Mine is a 58, and didn’t appear to have all that much room left in the case once the bike was in there.
They have 25 mm GP5000TL running tubeless. They have reinflated without loosing the bead. I drop the pressure to around 20 PSI when they fly.
Mine is a 60 cm frame. It just barely fits in a Ritchey soft case with the original cloth protectors on the frame. I put the whole Shebang in the case. Including the tools I need to assemble it.
It has a 120 cm stem, 175 cranks, but they are Campagnolo so one bolt and they come off. The bars are Fizik Cyrano Snake 46 cm. Saddle is also a Fizik Snake 140 mm wide. Pedals are Shimano SPD. I use the MTB pedals because I wanted walkable shoes.
The shoes go in the case, along with a couple sets of riding kit, but I carry my helmet.
My memory says there are wheels on the case, but I would have to get it down from the garage attic to be sure. If I sprang for an S&S case it might not get as beat up.