My car is embarrassed
09-28-07 | 04:56 PM
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From: Arlington, VA
My car is embarrassed
I had to have my muffler replaced so I left it at the Midas the other night. I picked it up today after work and rode my bike out there to get it, vs. taking Metro out (Rosslyn to East Falls Church). I bike to work almost every day so it's no special thing, but...heh. Sorry Car. Bike saved your tailpipe. You were just sitting there twiddling your cams until Bike helped you out. You owe him one. Don't be embarrassed, everyone needs a hand now and then. 
Okay, be embarrassed a little. But it was nice of you to give Bike a ride home. I'll see you next week at grocery time.
Okay, be embarrassed a little. But it was nice of you to give Bike a ride home. I'll see you next week at grocery time.
09-28-07 | 05:32 PM
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Crankenstein
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From: Spokane
Bikes: Novara Randonee (TankerBelle)
When I still had my truck, I rode my bike on more than one occasion down to the auto parts store to pick up parts for it (Let me tell you: A 30 lb starter is NOT comfortable to be carrying in a backpack!)
That's part of what made me realize that I didn't NEED the truck.
That's part of what made me realize that I didn't NEED the truck.
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09-28-07 | 06:08 PM
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I took my car to the mechanic once w/ the bike on the roof rack. Took the bike off and rode to work. Then rode back to the mechanic, put the bike back on the rack and drove home. One of the owners was admiring my bike (the IRO) and said it looked pretty sweet.
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09-28-07 | 06:11 PM
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From: Southern IL
Bikes: 2007 Specialized HardRock Sport, 1982 Schwinn Super Le Tour
My car is always embarrassed by my bike. It knows the bike is worth more. 
09-28-07 | 06:20 PM
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Bikes: Giant Excursion, Raleigh Sports, Raleigh R.S.W. Compact, Motobecane? and about 20 more! OMG
I do it all the time. I take my big work truck into the local dealer/shop to be serviced, take the bike out and ride off to my wife's shop. Ride back down around lunch time and pick it up. I have even walked it a couple of times (all of 14 blocks) The people at the dealership seem shocked that I ride or walk that far
Jeeze people the freakin' town is only 12 square miles and almost flat. I can ride from one end to the other and side to side in less than 15 minutes!
Aaron
Jeeze people the freakin' town is only 12 square miles and almost flat. I can ride from one end to the other and side to side in less than 15 minutes!Aaron
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Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(
ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
09-28-07 | 06:48 PM
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From: Bayou Blue, La. but I ain't from around here
Bikes: 1976 step thru Schwin 10 speed with fenders, home made20" long bike, '73 Puegeot P-15, several beaters, kids bikes and projects
I carry a folder in my car as a lifeboat.
09-28-07 | 11:06 PM
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Oldfool, that makes perfect sense to me somehow.
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09-29-07 | 11:23 PM
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From: Calgary
Bikes: 2018 Ghost Square Trekking B2.8 e-bike; 2015 MEC Cote gravel/touring bike; 1985 Boyes-Rosser tourer, now outfitted as Winter Trundle-bike
Hee. The first post in this thread made me smile. And the "folding bike as lifeboat" bit made me spit on the keyboard. I love it!
10-01-07 | 05:17 AM
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Bikes: Giant Excursion, Raleigh Sports, Raleigh R.S.W. Compact, Motobecane? and about 20 more! OMG
Thanks for the reminder...I put my beater in my truck this week before I trekked off to work. If the fuel supply dries up, or a hurricane threatens I will at least have a method for beating feet homeward...probably take a couple three days, but at least I will be at home
Aaron
Aaron
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Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(
ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(
ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
10-01-07 | 09:54 AM
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Yeah, I stopped by the dealer a couple of years ago to pick up a rear spindle for my Taurus. Not too bad, it only weighed about 12 pounds. That's the heaviest part I've had to pick up recently. The car has never been out of commission, I just don't drive it much.
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Work: the 8 hours that separates bike rides.
Work: the 8 hours that separates bike rides.
10-01-07 | 11:31 AM
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I picked up an Intake manifold for my wifes Crown Vic the other day. I used ratchet straps to attach it to my camel back and rode about 6 miles.
My car died about 6 months ago. Maybe from neglect? Could it be it was to lonely in the driveway and it wanted to join others in the scrap yard?
My car died about 6 months ago. Maybe from neglect? Could it be it was to lonely in the driveway and it wanted to join others in the scrap yard?
10-01-07 | 02:42 PM
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From: Spokane
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Ships in 1 business day (20.00 lbs.)
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"There is no greater wonder than the way the face and character of a woman fit so perfectly in a man's mind, and stay there, and he could never tell you why. It just seems it was the thing he most wanted." Robert Louis Stevenson
"There is no greater wonder than the way the face and character of a woman fit so perfectly in a man's mind, and stay there, and he could never tell you why. It just seems it was the thing he most wanted." Robert Louis Stevenson
