Retirement!
08-18-23 | 01:35 PM
#27
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From: Tallahassee, FL
Congratulations!
I retired in March and couldn't be happier.
But I'm amazed that I'm still busy enough that I haven't been riding nearly as much as I thought i would. And have yet to embark on any other planned bike related projects. Minutia multiplies to absorb any seemingly excess time.
I retired in March and couldn't be happier.
But I'm amazed that I'm still busy enough that I haven't been riding nearly as much as I thought i would. And have yet to embark on any other planned bike related projects. Minutia multiplies to absorb any seemingly excess time.
08-18-23 | 01:45 PM
#28
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From: City of Angels
Bikes: A few too many
CHEERS! 
Best, Ben
(I tired to post with 500 images but limited to only 10)
Best, Ben
(I tired to post with 500 images but limited to only 10)
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08-18-23 | 02:58 PM
#31
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From: South Louisiana
Bikes: '71 Raleigh Inter, '98 Tommasini, '83 Trek 500, 83 Trek 720 '
Nicely done...
I am just over a year away... but it wouldn't be terrible if it came sooner...
my plan is to stop getting up and going to a place of work...
I am just over a year away... but it wouldn't be terrible if it came sooner...
my plan is to stop getting up and going to a place of work...
08-18-23 | 03:08 PM
#33
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From: SF Bay Area, East bay
Bikes: Miyata 618 GT, Marinoni, Kestral 200, Soma double cross 2002 Trek 5200, KHS Flite, Koga Miyata, Schwinn Spitfire 5, Mondia Special, Univega Alpina, Miyata team Ti, Santa Cruz Highball, Waterford rs11
All play and no work?...good stuff.
08-18-23 | 03:29 PM
#34
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Bike Butcher of Portland
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From: Portland, OR
Bikes: It's complicated.
Well, just got outboarded. Sounds like something the Geneva Convention outlawed, no? I won’t miss the constant corporate reworking of the English language. Reduction in force? We fired a bunch of people, etc. No more badge to get in and out of a building, MS Office and Teams are gone from my phone. No more CFTs with SMEs, weekly reports, performance reviews, staff meetings and 1:1s.
Nap time.
Nap time.
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08-18-23 | 03:44 PM
#35
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From: Hardy, VA
Bikes: Mostly English - predominantly Raleighs
Well, just got outboarded. Sounds like something the Geneva Convention outlawed, no? I won’t miss the constant corporate reworking of the English language. Reduction in force? We fired a bunch of people, etc. No more badge to get in and out of a building, MS Office and Teams are gone from my phone. No more CFTs with SMEs, weekly reports, performance reviews, staff meetings and 1:1s.
Nap time.
Nap time.
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In search of what to search for.
In search of what to search for.
08-18-23 | 04:42 PM
#37
feros ferio
Joined: Jul 2000
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From: www.ci.encinitas.ca.us
Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
After 33 years in the semiconductor industry, I've finally hit the finish line. I've been joking with [MENTION=170517]rccardr[/MENTION] that he's my hero and I hate him - he's been retired since I've known him, and shows up to cycling events all over the country - damn I've been jealous! Doc, I don't hate you anymore 
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More time with my wife, more time in the Atelier, and more time to ride.
.More time with my wife, more time in the Atelier, and more time to ride.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
08-18-23 | 05:09 PM
#38
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From: Germany
Bikes: 80s Alan Super Record, 79' Somec Special, 90s Rossin(?) Columbus Ego Triathlon, previously: Bianchi SBX Reparto Corse (stolen) and so on...
08-18-23 | 05:14 PM
#39
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From: San Jose (Willow Glen) Ca
Bikes: Kirk Custom JK Special, 86 De Rosa Pro, '84 Team Miyata,(dura ace old school) 80?? SR Semi-Pro 600 Arabesque
Well, just got outboarded. Sounds like something the Geneva Convention outlawed, no? I won’t miss the constant corporate reworking of the English language. Reduction in force? We fired a bunch of people, etc. No more badge to get in and out of a building, MS Office and Teams are gone from my phone. No more CFTs with SMEs, weekly reports, performance reviews, staff meetings and 1:1s.
Nap time.
Nap time.
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Life is too short not to ride the best bike you have, as much as you can.
Life is too short not to ride the best bike you have, as much as you can.
08-18-23 | 05:19 PM
#40
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From: Beaverton, OR
Bikes: Yes
Well, just got outboarded. Sounds like something the Geneva Convention outlawed, no? I won’t miss the constant corporate reworking of the English language. Reduction in force? We fired a bunch of people, etc. No more badge to get in and out of a building, MS Office and Teams are gone from my phone. No more CFTs with SMEs, weekly reports, performance reviews, staff meetings and 1:1s.
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My Bikes
My Bikes
08-18-23 | 05:23 PM
#41
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From: Point Reyes Station, California
Bikes: Indeed!
Don't be like me. The same character flaw that makes me take on bare-frame bicycle resurrections also makes me take on home improvement projects, gardening projects, construction projects for the kids and grandkids, photography projects, and educational projects. As a result I have less "free time" than ever. Now firmly into my seventh decade I have less energy for all those projects.
Naps and bike rides are my salvation.
Brent
Naps and bike rides are my salvation.
Brent
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08-18-23 | 05:52 PM
#43
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From: Central Virginia
Bikes: Numerous
You retired? First I’ve heard of it.
Congrats and enjoy!
Congrats and enjoy!
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N = '96 Colnago C40, '04 Wilier Alpe D'Huez, '10 Colnago EPS, '85 Merckx Pro, '89 Merckx Century, '86 Tommasini Professional, '04 Teschner Aero FX Pro, '05 Alan Carbon Cross, '86 De Rosa Professional, '95 Gios Compact Pro, '95 Carrera Zeus, ‘81 Masi Gran Criterium, ‘81 Merckx Pro, ‘89 Cinelli Supercorsa, ‘83 Bianchi Specialissima, ‘VO Randonneur, Ritchey Breakaway Steel, Rivendell Rambouillet, Heron Randonneur, ‘92 Ciöcc Columbus EL
08-18-23 | 05:54 PM
#44
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From: Saratoga, CA
Bikes: 1981 Bianchi Specialissima, 1971 Bob Jackson. 2012 Kestrel 4000. 2012 Willier. 2016 Fuji Cross 1.1, 1950 Hetchins, 194X James Fothergill, 1971 Paramount P15, 1973 Paramount P12, 1963 Legnano (x2), 1951 Hetchins, 2024 Canyon Endurace
08-18-23 | 06:09 PM
#45
do-over candidate
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From: PNW
Bikes: One of everything and three of everything French
I expected this would topic be about a new set of tires. Regardless, congrats gugie! I would have liked to buy you lunch tho.
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08-18-23 | 06:19 PM
#46
I AM AI
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From: Tucson, AZ
Bikes: 2008 S-Works Roubaix SL, 1979 Raleigh Comp GS, 1978 Schwinn Volare
Congratulations, and enjoy!
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A race bike in any era is a highly personal choice that at its "best" balances the requirements of fit, weight, handling, durability and cost tempered by the willingness to toss it and oneself down the pavement at considerable speed. ~Bandera
08-18-23 | 06:26 PM
#47
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From: Utah
Bikes: Paletti,Pinarello Monviso,Duell Vienna,Giordana XL Super,Lemond Maillot Juane.& custom,PDG Paramount,Fuji Opus III,Davidson Impulse,Pashley Guv'nor,Evans,Fishlips,Y-Foil,Softride, Tetra Pro, CAAD8 Optimo,
Congrats, a very envious congrats!!
About 3 more years for me, can't come soon enough.
About 3 more years for me, can't come soon enough.
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Steel is real...and comfy.
Steel is real...and comfy.
08-18-23 | 07:39 PM
#49
Crawlin' up, flyin' down
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Democratic Peoples' Republic of Berkeley
Bikes: 1967 Paramount; 1982-ish Ron Cooper; 1978 Eisentraut "A"; two mid-1960s Cinelli Speciale Corsas; and others in various stages of non-rideability.
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08-18-23 | 07:42 PM
#50
Crawlin' up, flyin' down
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 6,726
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From: Democratic Peoples' Republic of Berkeley
Bikes: 1967 Paramount; 1982-ish Ron Cooper; 1978 Eisentraut "A"; two mid-1960s Cinelli Speciale Corsas; and others in various stages of non-rideability.
Now gugie can be a full-time bike tour organizer/.travel agent and still be a part-time bike butcher. And an occasional ice-bag-hugger. 
Congrats, gugie. I'm about a year behind you, give or take, depending on how long it takes to dispose of the last couple cases . . . .
Congrats, gugie. I'm about a year behind you, give or take, depending on how long it takes to dispose of the last couple cases . . . .
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