Lame things about C&V
11-09-09, 03:55 PM
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I can't wait til someone hacks the codes on that. Then I'll have a new hobby.....wifi hacking someone's bike derailleurs 
Imagine the surprise when I start shifting for them
imagine the hilarious and nut crunching implications it could have on a big hill climb
Imagine the surprise when I start shifting for them imagine the hilarious and nut crunching implications it could have on a big hill climb
11-09-09, 04:03 PM
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The high tech version of that "Breaking away" trick?
11-09-09, 04:07 PM
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yes! i forgot about that Except I'll be doing it for entertainment.
11-09-09, 06:20 PM
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Lame-o's who:
Have "good old days" syndrome without even having been there (or would know they weren't so good).
Think every lugged steel frame is a piece of "art". Actually most are a piece of crap. (Not that's there's anything wrong riding a piece of crap.)
Can only associate fixed gears with the current hipster fad. Fixed gears are THE roots of racing bicycles, and offer some of the best training and most fun you can have on a bike. If you do not get that you are lame.
Have given up on racing or riding hard so they can totally write off the usefullness of carbon fibre and modern components for everybody.
Have "good old days" syndrome without even having been there (or would know they weren't so good).
Think every lugged steel frame is a piece of "art". Actually most are a piece of crap. (Not that's there's anything wrong riding a piece of crap.)
Can only associate fixed gears with the current hipster fad. Fixed gears are THE roots of racing bicycles, and offer some of the best training and most fun you can have on a bike. If you do not get that you are lame.
Have given up on racing or riding hard so they can totally write off the usefullness of carbon fibre and modern components for everybody.
11-09-09, 06:35 PM
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I can just not imagine what will happen when/if the battery runs out in those (and brakes!!!) in the middle of a race/ride... they better have a back up dynamo 
11-09-09, 06:53 PM
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11-09-09, 08:08 PM
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On rare occasions one of the serious cyclist will poke fun at us Freds. Yes, I wear worn out running shoes so th local 'cyclists' won't laugh when they zoom past.
11-09-09, 08:16 PM
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Bicycle Repair Man !!!
11-09-09, 08:19 PM
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Bicycle Repair Man !!!
11-09-09, 08:41 PM
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Why is everone so reasonable? So laid back...
...and we are all lovers
11-10-09, 12:34 AM
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Drawbacks to C&V?
+1 there are now so many new posts, I'm staying up past bedtime to read them
+1 I now want so many C&V bikes that I'd never heard of just a year ago
+1 thanks to the enablers here who make wrenching look easy, I now have 30+ "vintage" bikes crammed into the garage and alley needing work
+1 I now feel guilty if I don't ride my vintage bike to work every day possible
+1 there are now so many new posts, I'm staying up past bedtime to read them
+1 I now want so many C&V bikes that I'd never heard of just a year ago
+1 thanks to the enablers here who make wrenching look easy, I now have 30+ "vintage" bikes crammed into the garage and alley needing work
+1 I now feel guilty if I don't ride my vintage bike to work every day possible
11-10-09, 07:35 AM
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11-10-09, 07:54 AM
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The lamest thing about C&V is that so many good and new friends are so faraway that riding together would be a logistical whipping.
11-10-09, 07:56 AM
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You know, you can still buy new hair nets...they're "Just for show" though...
11-10-09, 08:08 AM
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Lame-o's who:
Have "good old days" syndrome without even having been there (or would know they weren't so good).
Think every lugged steel frame is a piece of "art". Actually most are a piece of crap. (Not that's there's anything wrong riding a piece of crap.)
Can only associate fixed gears with the current hipster fad. Fixed gears are THE roots of racing bicycles, and offer some of the best training and most fun you can have on a bike. If you do not get that you are lame.
Have given up on racing or riding hard so they can totally write off the usefullness of carbon fibre and modern components for everybody.
Have "good old days" syndrome without even having been there (or would know they weren't so good).
Think every lugged steel frame is a piece of "art". Actually most are a piece of crap. (Not that's there's anything wrong riding a piece of crap.)
Can only associate fixed gears with the current hipster fad. Fixed gears are THE roots of racing bicycles, and offer some of the best training and most fun you can have on a bike. If you do not get that you are lame.
Have given up on racing or riding hard so they can totally write off the usefullness of carbon fibre and modern components for everybody.
Hey, That's me!
1980's to the mid '90's was the "Golden Age" IMO
Art or not, lugs are nicer to look at.
Ride a Boneshaker if you want to impress someone about "back to the roots" crap.
CF... paaalease.
11-10-09, 08:29 AM
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The screams can be heard for miles.
11-10-09, 03:13 PM
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11-10-09, 03:32 PM
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11-10-09, 04:37 PM
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The downside to joining the C&V forum is you start learning how to spend without hesitation or guilt to feed a component or bike hunting addiction. Little here, little there, before you know it you spent way over anything you've expected with (in my case) return to the sport. Sure I started this year thinking, yeah, I'll just get new tires and tubes for the ole PSV and get her on the road again, but then it all escalates to new tools, clothing, shoes, helmet, another bike, componenets to feed a restoration of that bike.....Stronglight!...Stronglight!....Spidel!......Spidel!.....Mavic!...Mavic!...MAVIC!.....MAAAVI IIIC!!!!...I'm out of controlll....Argggghhhhh!!!!! Dont tase me Bro!!!
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85(?) Vitus Carbone 7 Plussss......
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85(?) Vitus Carbone 7 Plussss......
11-10-09, 05:41 PM
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11-10-09, 06:58 PM
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No Powertaps?
Ha!
I just finally got all of the parts to get a vintage one working!
Ha!
I just finally got all of the parts to get a vintage one working!
11-10-09, 07:02 PM
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it's pretty lame that we don't have any DQ1954 polls....... they would put the drew thing in perspective
apologies cudak888
apologies cudak888
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11-10-09, 08:38 PM
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Drawbacks to C&V?
+1 there are now so many new posts, I'm staying up past bedtime to read them
+1 I now want so many C&V bikes that I'd never heard of just a year ago
+1 thanks to the enablers here who make wrenching look easy, I now have 30+ "vintage" bikes crammed into the garage and alley needing work
+1 I now feel guilty if I don't ride my vintage bike to work every day possible
+1 there are now so many new posts, I'm staying up past bedtime to read them
+1 I now want so many C&V bikes that I'd never heard of just a year ago
+1 thanks to the enablers here who make wrenching look easy, I now have 30+ "vintage" bikes crammed into the garage and alley needing work
+1 I now feel guilty if I don't ride my vintage bike to work every day possible
11-10-09, 08:43 PM
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I just thought of a couple.....
When people see you in biking shorts and politely turn away....
or
When I hear:
"Bicycling?"
"You?"
"Really?"
"You're kidding, right?"
and then...
"uh, hey, just kidding, put that tire iron down, man..."
When people see you in biking shorts and politely turn away....
or
When I hear:
"Bicycling?"
"You?"
"Really?"
"You're kidding, right?"
and then...
"uh, hey, just kidding, put that tire iron down, man..."