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Wiswell
05-20-08, 07:00 AM
I know many of you will be suffering through the Horribly Hilly. Anyone going to do the Waterford Factory Tour and ride on June 14? Mr. Wiswell and I are in, but he's prefers shorter distances, so we are riding 45 miles after the tour.

http://waterfordbikes.com/now/home.php?newstype=public

When we hit out midlife crises, we might actually get a Waterford or Gunnar.

sekaijin
06-03-08, 01:51 AM
Hey there! :notamused::wtf::notamused: I have fantasized about getting a Waterford or Gunnar. What makes them midlife crisis bikes!?!?!

:twitchy::50::twitchy:

:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:

PS - I just noticed the (new?) wider range of smileys available, hence my gratuitous overuse of the smileys. (Fun fact: BF limits us to 10 smileys per message)
Wiswell
06-03-08, 06:57 AM
Hey there! :notamused::wtf::notamused: I have fantasized about getting a Waterford or Gunnar. What makes them midlife crisis bikes!?!?!


The price. What distinguishes (some of) the cheeseheads from the BFNICs is our bicycle budget.

sekaijin
06-03-08, 07:33 AM
Touché. I'm such an incurable cheapskate bottomfeeder, no wonder I'm hooked on C&V. I'll probably never get a Gunnar or Waterford unless someone is throwing it out/giving it away.

I'm doing the HHH on the 14th, but enjoy the factory tour and post-tour ride.
jbmadtown
06-03-08, 01:13 PM
I'll be channeling my inner (tiny, overweight, weak!) mountain goat that day at the HHH. Please be sure to check the dumpsters out back for something in a 56... you know, just in case.
Wiswell
06-03-08, 03:02 PM
The price. What distinguishes (some of) the cheeseheads from the BFNICs is our bicycle budget.

Speaking of which, has my C&V lurking revealed that you have scored two bikes for $5 in the last few weeks?

Now, which of the BFNICs can lay claim to that kind of accomplishment!
We may not be able to achieve 20+ average, but our proportional speed to cost ratio is really high!
sekaijin
06-03-08, 04:30 PM
Speaking of which, has my C&V lurking revealed that you have scored two bikes for $5 in the last few weeks?

Nothing escapes you. Actually it's just the Schwinn LeTour that I got a couple weeks ago for $5. (A neighbor was trying to unload it for free, but I managed to bargain it up to $5.) link to thread (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=425319)

The Ladies Raleigh Sports was a CL freebie I picked up for my wife last fall, but I bumped the thread with an update because she just rode it for the first time. link to thread (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=363941)


We may not be able to achieve 20+ average, but our proportional speed to cost ratio is really high!

That's right - best bang for the buck!