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Park Tool ad in Bicycling: what are the odds?

Old 09-17-06, 09:30 AM
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Park Tool ad in Bicycling: what are the odds?

Anybody else have to stop and go back and re-read the Park Tool ad in the October Bicycling mag to make sure they were not imagining it?

For those who didn't see it, there is a guy in the US Air Force who maintains bikes when in Iraq. His name: Sheldon Brown. Rank: Captain (of course)


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If you've read Sheldon's personal page I'd say the odds are about as good as Osoma Bin Laden wrenching at your LBS.
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Originally Posted by BeantownFixed
If you've read Sheldon's personal page I'd say the odds are about as good as Osoma Bin Laden wrenching at your LBS.
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What do they use the bikes for in Iraq... and how do they get them to burn oil?
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Ever seen Black Hawk Down? One of the Delta Force guys has a mountain bike toward the beginning of the film.
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What do they use the bikes for in Iraq... and how do they get them to burn oil?
Why would you want to burn something you can sell for $70bbl
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Originally Posted by BeantownFixed
If you've read Sheldon's personal page I'd say the odds are about as good as Osoma Bin Laden wrenching at your LBS.
Hahaha. +1
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Originally Posted by Treefox
Ever seen Black Hawk Down? One of the Delta Force guys has a mountain bike toward the beginning of the film.
A crappy one at that.
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