The new Road Cycling questions thread
02-24-10, 07:26 PM
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That's awesome! Coincidentally, the 8 g weight of the grape is the same as the weight difference between the carbon fiber water bottle cage that I didn't get, and the 1/4 cost plastic/nylon water bottle cage that I DID get. I will either take one less grape with me on future rides, or else scrape my own Mavic stickers off....
02-24-10, 07:28 PM
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No, but it may improve your wife's...
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02-24-10, 07:30 PM
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waterrockets,
You're losing control of the thread, dude...
You're losing control of the thread, dude...
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02-24-10, 07:35 PM
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I need a good comeback line for when I'm riding out in the country and I stop at a Marathon gas station for a diet Coke and a Little Debbie snack cake and some redneck comes up to me and says, "Hey funny boy, are you choir?" because I'm dressed in Lycra.
I need a really good comeback line that won't get me killed.
I need a really good comeback line that won't get me killed.
02-24-10, 07:49 PM
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Tell them you gotta keep fit and healthy 'cos you look after their ******** inbred kids for P.E.
...... then run like hell
...... then run like hell
02-24-10, 08:22 PM
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Be careful removing valve stem caps. The weight imbalance that this causes in the rim can lead to oscillations in the wheel which will lead to catastrophic wheel disintegration.
I will post more on this later but I need to get back in the lab and figure out these sticky accelerator pedal.
Domo Arigato.
02-24-10, 08:25 PM
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(stop trying to derail this thread with your serious questions
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02-24-10, 09:25 PM
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If I wash out on a descent in the rain and there are no other cyclists to see it, will it still hurt?
02-24-10, 09:49 PM
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I'm too moody to f with it right now. Off the bike due to bike crash injuries makes me pissy.
Hold on tight... we're just days away from the Madone tear-down when we all get to see the crumbly bits inside that BB shell... and maybe a creative -- umm -- autopsy or some sort of disrespect to the carcass...
Not if you crash hard enough, it won't. My crash didn't hurt at all. The injuries sure do though.
Hold on tight... we're just days away from the Madone tear-down when we all get to see the crumbly bits inside that BB shell... and maybe a creative -- umm -- autopsy or some sort of disrespect to the carcass...
Not if you crash hard enough, it won't. My crash didn't hurt at all. The injuries sure do though.
02-25-10, 08:52 PM
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Does anyone make a ~53 tooth capable 130mm BCD chainring guide/guard?
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02-25-10, 09:16 PM
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In addition:
How do I keep up with those cute female cyclists?
Which shorts will make my ass look the best?
And if I'm a mean potato, does that make me a dictator?
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02-26-10, 12:21 PM
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02-26-10, 12:40 PM
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Is that a real carbon fiber bike, or a Wal-Mart carbon fiber bike?
02-26-10, 04:45 PM
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02-26-10, 11:14 PM
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02-27-10, 12:36 AM
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In the Original Star Trek series where Kirk -- or perhaps Spock, can't recall -- got the android to self destruct by telling it "everything I say is a lie," could a more concise line have been used to overcome the android and get back to the Enterprise?
02-27-10, 01:07 AM
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Deja vu all over again!
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