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Old 02-16-11, 03:39 PM
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Is winter making you stir crazy?

Im guessing you probably dont have it this bad...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2cngUil5AM
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Wow.

Its like Dance Dance Revolution meets Spin Class. This makes the Air Guitar championship seem normal.
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^ Well said. That's just silly. Those Germans and Koreans who do that fixed gear synchronized trick riding is pretty amazing to watch.
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Shouldn't a bucket of water come down on him at the end?
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Is winter making you stir crazy?
You have NO EARTHLY idea.
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Originally Posted by triplebutted
Shouldn't a bucket of water come down on him at the end?
where is Chuck Barris when we really need him?
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Originally Posted by triplebutted
Shouldn't a bucket of water come down on him at the end?
Ala Flashdance, no doubt
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Originally Posted by Bianchigirll
where is Chuck Barris when we really need him?
Wow, now there's a name I haven't heard in a while...every time I hear Chuck Barris I think of Popsicles....go figure.

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oh dear lord its a TEAM sport!

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oh dear lord its a TEAM sport!
I'll begin to be impressed when they do all that on a moving bike.
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^ Well, I'm taking a spinning class right now, and I have to say that synchronized spinning sounds pretty good to break up the monotony.

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Originally Posted by khatfull
You have NO EARTHLY idea.
+1 I don't recommend buying your dream bike in the dead of prairie winter
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Originally Posted by sauze
+1 I don't recommend buying your dream bike in the dead of prairie winter
lol, youre not tempted to take your Merkcx out in this weather? Then spend two hours cleaning it afterwards...
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wait, you mean you guys don't ride like this?
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Don't know what is more troubling, the post of the fact that I read it and watched the clips?
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Is there a vintage spin bike forum somewhere?
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why don't you guys move to warmer climates?
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why don't you guys move to warmer climates?
It's been nice in NC this week, 126 miles so far, all C&V, 36 on Sunday on a 1985 Peugeot, 90 commuting on my 82 Super Letour.
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I love it. I'm going to practice the moves
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Don't know what is more troubling, the post of the fact that I read it and watched the clips?
Maybe I should be troubled by the fact that I was disappointed that the videos both ended so quickly. I'm pretty sure there was a spectacularly weird dismount at the end.
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Their forks are bent.

Someone had to say it.
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Finally exposed!! How L. Ron Hubbard converts folks into a Scientologist.
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Finally exposed!! How L. Ron Hubbard converts folks into a Scientologist.
So this is what attracts all those wide eyed TV & Movie stars to this science fiction religion?

Hypnotically synchronized Korean young men dressed in skin tight matching kits dancing to electro-pop music and spin bikes. Sorry, I still don't get it!

The least they could do is dance with each other and spare the poor machines from such humiliation!
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The least they could do is dance with each other and spare the poor machines from such humiliation!
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