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Christmas came early at D4's place

Old 12-09-09, 02:34 PM
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Christmas came early at D4's place

Santa came early to Rock & Road Cyclery and last week left the wife & I a set of matched Specialized Roubaix Experts..

Here's the lovely wife with her trusty steed

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Yes "Official" photos will soon be uploaded
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Dude, and all you sent me was a picture?...But a nice picture at that!...Nice bike but I can't see you or your bike!

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Originally Posted by Mr. Beanz
Dude, and all you sent me was a picture?...But a nice picture at that!...Nice bike but I can't see you or your bike!

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Like i said, "official" pictures of the bikes will come this weekend. I'm hopin we didn't jinx the winter weather by buying new bikes.
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Hey - hurry up and post pics - that is the bike I most envy.
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Originally Posted by d4c4c8
Like i said, "official" pictures of the bikes will come this weekend. I'm hopin we didn't jinx the winter weather by buying new bikes.
Too late, last forcast I've heard, you've already jinxed it!
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Originally Posted by RedWhiteandRed
Hey - hurry up and post pics - that is the bike I most envy.
Saturday or Sunday
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Originally Posted by Mr. Beanz
Too late, last forcast I've heard, you've already jinxed it!
yea whats up with that... i thought we were supposed to get global warming? Oh thats right the Eco crowd is in Copenhagen trying to figure out how to do damage control after all their faked numbers got out. Ever noticed that EVERY time there's a global warming conference they get snowed out?
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And here's the official pic: change the bottle cages to black/pink and you have the wife's bike.
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