datlas 

It's the right thing to do for me. Good for my health, good for the planet, and good karma. Why not?

Mojo31

No reason not to. Just curious about the reasons why people do one thing or another.

Mojo31

Meanwhile, more dickhead **** in Tejas: A Teenager Hit Six Cyclists While Trying To Roll Coal And Was Not Arrested (msn.com)

Velo Vol 

Correct.

I'll add that I was raised as one, and, especially the last 20 years, the idea of killing animals for food seems bad to me.

BillyD

. . . and show your work.

genejockey 

"Fried Basket"? That sounds unappetizing. Possibly inedible.

Velo Vol 

Already did.

To the surprise of no one, unless you get a season pass and eat there a lot, it's more expensive in the park than getting fast food down the road.

LAJ

Holy crap. You almost made it to Canadialand. Nice jaunt!

datlas 

That's messed up. Sad. Truly.

Mojo31

Probably won't be much happen to the kid even though something should happen to him.

I'm sure Bubba, Sr. merely told him not to get caught next time.

Trsnrtr

Oh, crap.

bampilot06

documentary “Game Changer”, i think that’s what it is called, really made me want to become one. Still havnt made the switch though.

indyfabz

I am not kidding when I say that I was in the building or about 20 min. and with the doctor for maybe 5 min.

When I used to have to bill hours I would always wrestle with questions like "Should I knock off a couple of minutes because I went to the bathroom even though I was thinking about what UI was working on? We used to bill in 15 min. increments. That all changed, at least at larger firms, when federal bankruptcy courts got annoyed at how much of a debtor's assets were going to legal fees in bankruptcy proceedings. They started changing their rules to require billing in 6 min. increments. Other clients then said "Hey. If your billing system can do that for debtor clients it can do it for me. You want to keep my business, you have to bill in 6 min. increments."

Interestingly, I and a former colleague once billed part of a Saturday morning bike ride. We were discussing a brief we had to write on a novel issue and actually came up with a good outline and arguments during the ride on Forbidden Drive.

indyfabz

That's where I started. St. Albans City is roughly 15 miles south of the border.

seedsbelize2

I became a vegetarian while working as a cook in a steak house. We were reviving rotten steaks by soaking them in vinegar and then scrubbing the white scum off them.
Much later it turned into an ethics thing.

LAJ

Very nice. Since you started at the top, at least it was downhill.

genejockey 

I was taking the recently-acquired Ironman apart last night for restoration (and to make some room in the bike corner for the newly-returned Bianchi), and discovered I've lost my chain breaker. Spent half an hour searching fruitlessly, and almost gave up on finishing the tear-down, when a thought occurred to me:

Break the chain.

I mean, I won't reuse it, since it's old and a little rusty. So I grabbed 2 pair of pliers and twisted till a link gave out. Problem solved!

genejockey 

Also last night, I spent some time looking into wheelbuilding. Turns out you can download a PDF of the Jobst Brandt book. I'm curious to see if it's as knowledgeable, but annoyingly pedantic as JB was on rec.bicycles.tech....

I looked into rims, based on a suggestion above (rjones28?), and found that cheap rims are out of stock, but the expensive ones can be sourced. Of course. Next question is what kind of rims do I want? The current set are Velocity Aerohead, so the most straightforward thing is to just replace them with something like Velocity A23s. But do I want essentially the same wheels again? Or something a bit more modern? I was able to run 28mm tires on the Ritchey without too much fuss, apart from getting them through the brakes, but if I use a wider rim, the brake calipers will be farther apart, solving that problem. Of course, if they're out of stock everywhere that's moot.

Then spokes - I checked Sapims, and wow, do they make a lot of different spokes! Also at least half a dozen different kinds of nipples.

Since these 7400 hubs have been so good to me, I want to build them into really good wheels. But in the end, the best parts will still have a first time wheelbuilder building them. So.....

indyfabz

This sign I passed is truth in advertising:

73 County Rd - Google Maps

MoAlpha

Is there a concern about the effect of criminal sanctions on a perpetrator's future earnings and ability to pay civil penalties, or is that just stuff lazy prosecutors say?

WhyFi

I will say this on spokes: if I build another set of wheels in the future, I'll pay the premium for bladed spokes; to me, the visual for wind-up is worth it, alone.

sbxx1985 

He'll get charged. Just not yet.

seedsbelize2

It can be done with a bit of tape. And then you're not stuck with those ****** bladed spokes. I don't know what it is about bladed spokes, but we don't see eye to eye.

DougRNS

Note:
The area around 6 flags is a "food desert" so it might be a last resort thing. It doesn't make sense to us but it might work for reasons unknown.

Mojo31

I've never heard that as a legitimate excuse for non-prosecution. Few criminals ever pay restitution or fines.

Inability to pay would certainly be a reason not to file a civil suit.