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took the plunge

Old 06-28-06, 06:36 PM
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took the plunge

ordered that khs flite 100 today. should be here next week.
couldnt hold out for the iro, deal was too god for the khs plus i got to test ride one here in boston.
hopefully i wont kill myself trying to ride it.
thanks to all who responded without judgement to my previous posts.
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Originally Posted by tracer
hopefully i wont kill myself trying to ride it.
= Brake!
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Originally Posted by tracer
hopefully i wont kill myself trying to ride it.
= Helmet!
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yeah i got a front brake installed and i have a helmet...
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better shave your ***** too
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Originally Posted by G0balistik
better shave your ***** too
legss?
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Originally Posted by G0balistik
better shave your ***** too
The first thing that comes to mind is pen15
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Originally Posted by G0balistik
better shave your ***** too
*****?
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taint?
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*****?
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rhymes w/ wussy?
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what is up with this forum?!?
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we have problems. congrats on your new ride, hope you enjoy it.
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Seriously...shave what?
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rhymes w/ wussy?
Yes! I was being rude. I mean brakes AND a helmet...pfffff
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I think he wanted to say B-E-A-R-D. but was scared that was one of the no-no words not allowed on this forum. I think if you shave your B-E-A-R-D along with the helmet and brake, you'll be better protected for your journey into fixed gears.
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Congrats on the flite 100 though, i just bought one last week and am still getting alltogether.
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did you get last years of this years?
i'm pretty stoked on the 2005 yellow i got.
are you building yours up or did you buy it complete?
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I actually ordered mine through spicer as a frame and fork. Im pretty sure its a 2005. And I am building it up with everything from my old frame, except I had to get a new headset, stem, seattube and bb cause my last frame was frenchy. The only thing I don't really like is, I have to use the stem that came with, my old one didn't havea long enough steertube to go through the size 60 frame.

Oh and I got a black one, but i stripped off all the paint and now its purple. I have all black components and didn't wanna be another one of the many all black bikes out there.
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Originally Posted by tracer
did you get last years of this years?
i'm pretty stoked on the 2005 yellow i got.
are you building yours up or did you buy it complete?
Guys, seriously, let's try to avoid talking about bikes here okay. Now back to the mysterious *****.

What about "balls"?
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that mysterious ***** was already confirmed a rhyming with wussy
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