We made CNN...is this guy one of us?
04-21-06 | 01:52 PM
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We made CNN...is this guy one of us?
https://www.cnn.com/
I'm sure the picture will change soon, so if it isn't a picture of a guy with a commuter bike at a gas station, please ignore...
edit: "us" = someone on bikeforums
I'm sure the picture will change soon, so if it isn't a picture of a guy with a commuter bike at a gas station, please ignore...
edit: "us" = someone on bikeforums
04-21-06 | 02:05 PM
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04-21-06 | 02:07 PM
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this bike is an aqueduct
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I think we need to reinforce the words "handsome" and "bike" as often as possible.
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04-21-06 | 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Matthew A Brown
I think we need to reinforce the words "handsome" and "bike" as often as possible.
It's lightly raining btw.
The guy in the pic isn't using anything to keep his pant leg tight...I see disaster in the future.
04-21-06 | 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by rule
No way it's one of us...his bike has a kickstand.
04-21-06 | 03:01 PM
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1) Me! Me! I love kickstands!
2) Idea from the pic: hang out on your bike "adjusting the things in your pack" near a gas station and be visible to drivers (without crossing the fine line into loitering). Low-key advocacy. Hmmm. Or figure out how to distribute city-published bike maps on the sly near gas stations, or to drivers waiting in dead-stop urban gridlock. Nothing too evangelical, just a simple "Want a bike map? It's free. Ta-ta."
2) Idea from the pic: hang out on your bike "adjusting the things in your pack" near a gas station and be visible to drivers (without crossing the fine line into loitering). Low-key advocacy. Hmmm. Or figure out how to distribute city-published bike maps on the sly near gas stations, or to drivers waiting in dead-stop urban gridlock. Nothing too evangelical, just a simple "Want a bike map? It's free. Ta-ta."
04-21-06 | 03:11 PM
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or tarckeemoon, depending
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Talking smack about kickstands, eh? I-Like-To-Bike posting in 5...4...3...2...
I'm not sure what the image of the dude with the bike has to do with the article other than to show that it must be REALLY BAD if people are *gasp* actually starting to ride BIKES for transportation. Oh, the horror!
I'm not sure what the image of the dude with the bike has to do with the article other than to show that it must be REALLY BAD if people are *gasp* actually starting to ride BIKES for transportation. Oh, the horror!
04-21-06 | 03:15 PM
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Easily distracted...
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Originally Posted by marqueemoon
I'm not sure what the image of the dude with the bike has to do with the article other than to show that it must be REALLY BAD if people are *gasp* actually starting to ride BIKES for transportation. Oh, the horror!
04-21-06 | 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by rule
No way it's one of us...his bike has a kickstand.
Way to advocate !!
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
04-21-06 | 03:40 PM
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Fenders, rack, trunk bag - check
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
04-21-06 | 04:04 PM
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These go to 11.
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Originally Posted by rule
No way it's one of us...his bike has a kickstand.
Originally Posted by marqueemoon
I'm not sure what the image of the dude with the bike has to do with the article other than to show that it must be REALLY BAD if people are *gasp* actually starting to ride BIKES for transportation. Oh, the horror!
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04-21-06 | 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by yespatterns
I made sure to leave an email on how gas prices affect me... as an avid bike commuter. 
04-21-06 | 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Wulfheir
I think he's a gas jockey, and it looks like he's trying to figure out where the gas cap is.
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04-21-06 | 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by golgotha
Gas will be $6 a gallon by the end of the year. Maybe the end of next year, but soon.
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
