Retrogrouch Snootiness
05-16-18, 10:21 AM
#102
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In contradiction to the long standing rule of 'the group" stopping to allow for repair or assist with a mechanical or flat, I have a few exceptions. I have decided that certain categories of modern equipment are so problem-prone or take so long to sort. For that reason, I will no longer wait for problems related to
*disc brakes
*computers of any sort including cell phones
*tubeless tires
*oversized/external bearing bottom brackets
*anything related to electronic shifting
*disc brakes
*computers of any sort including cell phones
*tubeless tires
*oversized/external bearing bottom brackets
*anything related to electronic shifting
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05-16-18, 10:32 AM
#103
1/2 as far in 2x the time
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pry that wrenchable bike out of my cold dead hands...
Even the shirt is getting old.
Retrogrouches, ride on!
Retrogrouches, ride on!
05-16-18, 06:06 PM
#104
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In contradiction to the long standing rule of 'the group" stopping to allow for repair or assist with a mechanical or flat, I have a few exceptions. I have decided that certain categories of modern equipment are so problem-prone or take so long to sort. For that reason, I will no longer wait for problems related to
*disc brakes
*computers of any sort including cell phones
*tubeless tires
*oversized/external bearing bottom brackets
*anything related to electronic shifting
*disc brakes
*computers of any sort including cell phones
*tubeless tires
*oversized/external bearing bottom brackets
*anything related to electronic shifting
05-16-18, 06:17 PM
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05-16-18, 08:33 PM
#106
What??? Only 2 wheels?
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05-16-18, 09:33 PM
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Add your town to the short list of places I'd retire to.
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05-16-18, 10:02 PM
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Off the top of my head I can only recall a few people I rode with in the 1970s who built their own bikes, and one was a part-time bicycle dealer and the other was the Technical Editor of the League of American Wheelmen Bulletin. It's much the same now. But, it's hardly surprising, considering who you, are that you would hang with SOPWAMTOS members.
We had heard of the League of American Wheelmen from the four of us that subscribed to Bicycling Magazine in the town I grew up in. I guess there's a lot of different ways to get into cycling, even if we couldn't decipher SOPWAMPOS into plain english.
:;-)
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If someone tells you that you have enough bicycles and you don't need any more, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
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05-17-18, 09:22 AM
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05-27-18, 10:28 AM
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