I just want to say: Grant Petersen
03-26-15, 06:40 PM
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Musa spats are the Homer of the bunch, Simpson that is, not Hillsen.
(best I can do.....the good stuff is gone
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(best I can do.....the good stuff is gone
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Life is too short not to ride the best bike you have, as much as you can
(looking for Torpado Super light frame/fork or for Raleigh International frame fork 58cm)
Life is too short not to ride the best bike you have, as much as you can
(looking for Torpado Super light frame/fork or for Raleigh International frame fork 58cm)
03-26-15, 06:44 PM
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Grant Petersen was raised in wool diapers from sheep he sheared.
03-26-15, 06:46 PM
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Grant Petersen coined the term "Q Factor." He has also coined terms for the other 25 letters of the alphabet but is keeping mum on those.
03-26-15, 06:48 PM
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Grant Petersen vulcanizes rubber with his mind.
03-26-15, 06:57 PM
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Before Grant Petersen, wingnuts were merely threaded fasteners.
03-26-15, 07:01 PM
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When Grant Petersen plucks his spokes for tension, it is a match to Rigoletto.
03-26-15, 07:03 PM
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Luciano Pavarotti finds middle C with Grant Petersen's bell.
03-26-15, 07:03 PM
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There is no Wikipedia entry for "Grant Petersen."
Actually, there is but you can't search it on that site; you must rely on searching for Google's link to it. So...
Grant Petersen controls what you can find out about him on the internet.
Actually, there is but you can't search it on that site; you must rely on searching for Google's link to it. So...
Grant Petersen controls what you can find out about him on the internet.
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03-26-15, 10:16 PM
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Grant Petersen used to race bikes and sold aluminum frames before he unknowingly started his own cult.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
03-26-15, 10:24 PM
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Grant Petersen can fix the Bay Bridge fiasco with lugged steel tubing.
03-27-15, 04:00 AM
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4 pages, less than two days. 
Nice work Tom!
Nice work Tom!
03-27-15, 05:10 AM
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Prior to Grant Petersen, steel was not real.
03-27-15, 05:11 AM
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Pannier is pronounced as "Grant Petersen".
03-27-15, 05:15 AM
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In, fact, it was Grant Petersen who said "Bisogno cambiá qualcossa de drio." as he pedaled past Tullio at Croce D'Aune.
03-27-15, 05:17 AM
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Petersen'd - adj. - to make perfect. " I peteresen'd my Thanet "
03-27-15, 06:31 AM
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03-27-15, 08:04 AM
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Gum hoods want to be chewed by Grant Petersen.
03-27-15, 08:05 AM
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The open space in the triangles of bicycle frames feels unloved by Grant Petersen.
03-27-15, 08:08 AM
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03-27-15, 08:09 AM
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03-27-15, 08:11 AM
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You east coasters are cute. We see Grant out on his bike ever once in a while, drop by his retail store when the wife and I are out at happy hour. https://www.yelp.com/biz/rivendell-bi...t-walnut-creek Nice guy, seemingly humble. Fun to talk to about bikes. He doesn't seem to worry much about riding in dense downtown traffic. He looks to be in pretty good shape, happy...but sort of intense.
In other words, he's no Chuck Norris.
In other words, he's no Chuck Norris.
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03-27-15, 08:26 AM
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03-27-15, 09:14 AM
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You east coasters are cute. We see Grant out on his bike ever once in a while, drop by his retail store when the wife and I are out at happy hour. Rivendell Bike, Book & Hatchet - Bookstores Nice guy, seemingly humble. Fun to talk to about bikes. He doesn't seem to worry much about riding in dense downtown traffic. He looks to be in pretty good shape, happy...but sort of intense.
In other words, he's no Chuck Norris.
In other words, he's no Chuck Norris.