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Old 07-26-16, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
9000
To celebrate, go ahead and order up a DA 9000 group. You deserve it.
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Old 07-26-16, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
I like that shirt. Does it come in an XXL?
Apparently it does!

Bikes & Coffee | Carytown Bicycle Company

I also have this one which is more appropriate for brewery tours-

Bikes & Beer | Carytown Bicycle Company

Shameless plug for one of our local shops.
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Old 07-26-16, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
I don't see bikes or coffee in that picture.

#justsaying
My thoughts exactly.

Reported.
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Old 07-26-16, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan333SP
Apparently it does!

Bikes & Coffee | Carytown Bicycle Company

I also have this one which is more appropriate for brewery tours-

Bikes & Beer | Carytown Bicycle Company

Shameless plug for one of our local shops.
28 bucks?? They funding a charity or something?
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Old 07-26-16, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by BillyD
28 bucks?? They funding a charity or something?

How could you not spend that much on wording such as this?

Classic Helvetica tee available in Coffee with Cream print.
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Originally Posted by LAJ
How could you not spend that much on wording such as this?

Classic Helvetica tee available in Coffee with Cream print.
Helvetica is the reason for the upcharge. That font is so hipster snooty.

Speaking of helvetica, you can't pick the font in Office, but if you go into default font options and type in helvetica, it works.

Yes, I am a dork that likes hipster snooty fonts. On April Fools, I switch my default to comic sans to the day just drive people crazy.
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Originally Posted by WalksOn2Wheels
So I took my Crockett out this morning, and all day long I've been thinking about moving over the DA groupset and nicer wheels from the Domane to the Crockett and just figuring out what to do with the Domane later down the road. I'm just not riding it as much lately. I could get some proper tubeless tires on the Bontrager wheels. And I could keep the 32mm Panaracer Paselas on the spare wheels as my "road" setup.

What is wrong with me?
I have some pro one 23C tires I don't think I'm going to use. I'm going to stick with tubes for the road. Spesh's pro one post sorta convinced me ghetto tubeless is not a good idea with my wheels and these tires. It'd be a while before I could get to them (they're in storage with everything else right now).
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Old 07-26-16, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by LAJ
How could you not spend that much on wording such as this?

Classic Helvetica tee available in Coffee with Cream print.
I guess I'm just a cheap bastid.
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Old 07-26-16, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by BillyD
I guess I'm just a cheap bastid.
Me too! I have no problem spending a buck or hundreds on a shoe, but please... 28 bucks just because they think it's cool? Nossir.
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Old 07-26-16, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by LAJ
Me too! I have no problem spending a buck or hundreds on a shoe, but please... 28 bucks just because they think it's cool? Nossir.
Wife bought both of them for me, that's my excuse. It's also really comfy material.
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Old 07-26-16, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by BillyD
28 bucks?? They funding a charity or something?
They are our local Spesh dealer, so...
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Old 07-26-16, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
We must have purchased the same picture frame.


Took me a second but thanks! We've got our cheeseball smiles down pat after this trip.
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Old 07-26-16, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by BillyD
I guess I'm just a cheap bastid.
You and George.
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No matter where I go, here I am...
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Old 07-26-16, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by WalksOn2Wheels
So I took my Crockett out this morning, and all day long I've been thinking about moving over the DA groupset and nicer wheels from the Domane to the Crockett and just figuring out what to do with the Domane later down the road. I'm just not riding it as much lately. I could get some proper tubeless tires on the Bontrager wheels. And I could keep the 32mm Panaracer Paselas on the spare wheels as my "road" setup.

What is wrong with me?
Nothing.
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Old 07-26-16, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Nothing.
I've been thinking that I have nearly enough spare parts laying around to put the old Schwinn back on the road.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
I've been thinking that I have nearly enough spare parts laying around to put the old Schwinn back on the road.
What's wrong with you??!
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Old 07-26-16, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by WalksOn2Wheels
Does anyone here have any SRAM hydraulic brakes made in the last couple of years? Just wondering if they still suck or not. I remember on the MTB's the Avid series brakes had a very specific bedding in process that they required you to follow to the letter. I did that on a Cannondale 29er I had and still got noisy brakes. We also had lots of customers complain and we often refinished the pads and rotors and did the bedding in process again with mixed results. The bike I'm looking at now has the new Apex hydraulic brakes.

And another thing: People find it annoying when a manufacturer says 105, but then cheaps out on the crank and puts house brand brakes on. The new Fargo is labeled as the "Rival 1" but only has a Rival rear derailleur. And that's it. Lower level crank, Sunrace cassette, Apex shifters and brakes. Really, Salsa?
They just printed it backwards: 1 Rival (part)
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Old 07-26-16, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by SpeshulEd
Helvetica is the reason for the upcharge. That font is so hipster snooty.

Speaking of helvetica, you can't pick the font in Office, but if you go into default font options and type in helvetica, it works.

Yes, I am a dork that likes hipster snooty fonts. On April Fools, I switch my default to comic sans to the day just drive people crazy.
People love to hate Comic Sans, but Algerian actually pisses me off more.
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Originally Posted by rpenmanparker
You and George.
Thrifty is the word.
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Originally Posted by jtaylor996
And just where the hell have you been? Just waltzin' in here like that!
Doing a lot of training with the new job and it's half way decent so far. Didn't die from the 4th of July blitzkreig moonshine extravaganza.

Enjoying the heat out here, well sort of... 95 degrees IS finally a bit hot

Turned a new chapter (until Friday of course) - enjoying Kombucha. Where the hippies at? Calling all hippies.
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Old 07-26-16, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Doug28450
I went to the LBS today.

Look what followed me home...
That, is, sexy.
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Well the new tires don't feel any faster or more comfortable or any of the other things they're supposed to feel like. They did feel a bit awkward going into the first few corners, like they didn't want to lean into it, but three minutes later I forgot about it and they worked just fine.

And in what proved to be an absolute shocker, someone complemented my shoes. He also complemented the gumwall tires though, which the Hot or Not thread has taught me are not Hot at all, so maybe he just has poor taste.
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Originally Posted by PepeM
Well the new tires don't feel any faster or more comfortable or any of the other things they're supposed to feel like. They did feel a bit awkward going into the first few corners, like they didn't want to lean into it, but three minutes later I forgot about it and they worked just fine.

And in what proved to be an absolute shocker, someone complemented my shoes. He also complemented the gumwall tires though, which the Hot or Not thread has taught me are not Hot at all, so maybe he just has poor taste.
Anybody compliment that sassy bike purse?
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Riley at 8.5 weeks. He seems to be in an awkward head too big for his body stage.

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Originally Posted by topslop1
That, is, sexy.
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