Maybe this is why the rest of the US hates us
12-11-12, 05:34 PM
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Maybe this is why the rest of the US hates us
Sunday, December 9, 2012. Hawk Hill at the top of Conzelman Road, Marin headlands. What a great day to be alive.
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12-11-12, 06:53 PM
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Meh... Next time, try to get Diablo in the background.
12-11-12, 08:09 PM
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color matching frame pumps and big saddle bags were at one time, for some of us, associated closely with road bikes. 
and by the look of the bend in the fork, that bike looks old enough to remember the nixon administration.
and by the look of the bend in the fork, that bike looks old enough to remember the nixon administration.
12-11-12, 08:40 PM
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Simply righteous. Disregard the comments from the 'valley' people, they no not better.
12-11-12, 08:58 PM
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That's for me and yo' mama to know and you to find out. 
Bigbossman loves to make fun of my "steamer trunk" . . . until I have the tool or gizmo to bail him out.
Close. It's a 1978 Eisentraut, so make that the Carter Administration. And it is decked out with Campy 10-speed. Mmmm, classic lugged steel with modern drivetrain, mmmmm.
Sigh. I fear you are right. 'Tis simply part of our burden . . . . 
Bigbossman loves to make fun of my "steamer trunk" . . . until I have the tool or gizmo to bail him out.
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12-11-12, 10:26 PM
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Holy headtube, Batman!
Otherwise, a gorgeous, drool-worthy ride. Love the contrasting bartape.
Chapeau on your impeccable taste, sir.
Otherwise, a gorgeous, drool-worthy ride. Love the contrasting bartape.
Chapeau on your impeccable taste, sir.
12-11-12, 10:32 PM
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What's in the bag? Everything you see here, plus lunch:
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12-11-12, 10:55 PM
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As for the headtube, don't forget that I am, and my bikes are, in the words of bigbossman, freakishly large.
And your lunch, and everyone else's lunch.
I think I am finally over the rash I got from sitting on that couch . . . .
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12-11-12, 11:11 PM
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always rides with luggage
the tire, too? Looks a little big for the bike... unless you have a friend with a fat bike. 
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12-11-12, 11:15 PM
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12-12-12, 12:46 AM
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Don't mince words
I saw that the lettering and the bar tape were very close in color. I'm no fashinista either, but I do watch "What Not to Wear", and as a former dye processor at textile mill, I get it. It's very cool.
And btw, I get the "freakishly large." Remember, we've ridden together a time or two...I just like saying that phrase.
I don't care if you have a surgical kit in that saddlebag. It works for me. Carry on, sir.
And btw, I get the "freakishly large." Remember, we've ridden together a time or two...I just like saying that phrase.
I don't care if you have a surgical kit in that saddlebag. It works for me. Carry on, sir.
12-12-12, 01:22 AM
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I saw that the lettering and the bar tape were very close in color. I'm no fashinista either, but I do watch "What Not to Wear", and as a former dye processor at textile mill, I get it. It's very cool.
And btw, I get the "freakishly large." Remember, we've ridden together a time or two...I just like saying that phrase.
I don't care if you have a surgical kit in that saddlebag. It works for me. Carry on, sir.
And btw, I get the "freakishly large." Remember, we've ridden together a time or two...I just like saying that phrase.
I don't care if you have a surgical kit in that saddlebag. It works for me. Carry on, sir.
I have a patent attorney in my pocket, and I'm not afraid to use it.
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12-12-12, 11:10 AM
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Idle threat. Everybody knows he spends his time in Death Valley sleeping in a van and watching scorpions do the "wind dance."
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12-12-12, 11:29 AM
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I thought they all hated us because of our freedom?
12-12-12, 12:51 PM
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In any direction, however, the picture is improved when it includes a beautiful lugged steel road bike from the 70's.
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12-12-12, 03:36 PM
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always rides with luggage
That's the spirit!
I have done group rides with panniers so I could do some shopping on the way home. Lock on board and all. So that seat bag is nothing.
I have done group rides with panniers so I could do some shopping on the way home. Lock on board and all. So that seat bag is nothing.
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12-12-12, 11:09 PM
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Meet Uncle Bambi.
He's a fixer. He fixes things. Need something fixed? Call Uncle Bambi. He'll fix it.
He's a fixer. He fixes things. Need something fixed? Call Uncle Bambi. He'll fix it.
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12-13-12, 12:21 AM
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If Uncle Bambi is so good at "fixing" things, why do I have this premonition of my kneecaps breaking?
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12-13-12, 12:14 PM
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I don't think Bambi ever broke a kneecap in his life. I don't think my 4th cousin Joe did either...... but he was pretty handy at fixing problems with an ice pick.
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12-13-12, 01:33 PM
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I think I'm glad I never knew Uncle Bambi. I know I'm glad I never met Cousin Joe; you have to be really committed to the project to "fix a problem" with an ice pick. <shudder>
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12-13-12, 01:56 PM
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For a button man, Uncle Bambi was kind of a shabby dresser.