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01-13-16, 08:44 AM
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01-13-16, 11:55 AM
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01-13-16, 01:21 PM
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01-13-16, 01:23 PM
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A) what bike is it?
b) love the stickers
c) interesting crank - please explain
d) are the bullhorns tilted up on purpose?
e) Spiderman should come before There's Something About Mary & Transporter 2
f) do the wheels really light up? or is that camera flash reflection trickery
01-13-16, 01:37 PM
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Few things:
A) what bike is it?
b) love the stickers
c) interesting crank - please explain
d) are the bullhorns tilted up on purpose?
e) Spiderman should come before There's Something About Mary & Transporter 2
f) do the wheels really light up? or is that camera flash reflection trickery
A) what bike is it?
b) love the stickers
c) interesting crank - please explain
d) are the bullhorns tilted up on purpose?
e) Spiderman should come before There's Something About Mary & Transporter 2
f) do the wheels really light up? or is that camera flash reflection trickery
b) thanks
c) It's a Race Face pink anodized chainring, on standard Andel square taper cranks. I got it for $5 because I guess no one else wanted to run a pink chainring and it was the size I wanted (47t). There's also a strip of reflective tape on the crank arms (as well as on the seat stays).
d) Yes, I tried them flat but didn't find that nearly as comfortable as tilted slightly up like this. Tried a few angles for days/weeks at a time before settling on this position.
e) Oh, ****. Fixing that tonight! *twitch*
f) It's just the camera flash. They are LIT (brand, not literally lit-up) super reflective tires.
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01-13-16, 01:45 PM
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a) BAMF Bike Co.
c) It's a Race Face pink anodized chainring, on standard Andel square taper cranks. I got it for $5 because I guess no one else wanted to run a pink chainring and it was the size I wanted (47t). There's also a strip of reflective tape on the crank arms (as well as on the seat stays).
d) Yes, I tried them flat but didn't find that nearly as comfortable as tilted slightly up like this. Tried a few angles for days/weeks at a time before settling on this position.
f) It's just the camera flash. They are LIT (brand, not literally lit-up) super reflective tires.
c) It's a Race Face pink anodized chainring, on standard Andel square taper cranks. I got it for $5 because I guess no one else wanted to run a pink chainring and it was the size I wanted (47t). There's also a strip of reflective tape on the crank arms (as well as on the seat stays).
d) Yes, I tried them flat but didn't find that nearly as comfortable as tilted slightly up like this. Tried a few angles for days/weeks at a time before settling on this position.
f) It's just the camera flash. They are LIT (brand, not literally lit-up) super reflective tires.
c) Ha i didn't even notice it was pink. But I see it now.
d) I used to have my bullhorns tilted up slightly too, but I leveled them off to see how it feels. So far it's ok.
f) I probably could have looked up the brand, but, you know, i'm lazy.
01-13-16, 01:46 PM
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Taken this morning on the way to work
01-13-16, 03:18 PM
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Reelights are great, but generous use of anything reflective really does a very good job. We should all do that. It doesn't look dorky, and being crushed in a collision does.
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01-13-16, 03:25 PM
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01-13-16, 03:37 PM
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It does. But it was 37*, there was a low layer of fog over the ground (you can kinda see it), and, hey, it's Houston, so winter doesn't suck.
01-13-16, 07:17 PM
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01-14-16, 10:23 AM
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How come those trees aren't bare?
01-14-16, 02:11 PM
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01-14-16, 02:54 PM
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but but but.... I thought deciduous trees would still drop their leaves in fall/winter even if it's somewhat mild. No?
01-14-16, 09:26 PM
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Hey I don't make the rules.
Houston is sub tropical basically - trees be different.
Houston is sub tropical basically - trees be different.
01-15-16, 02:25 AM
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01-15-16, 10:34 AM
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It's Terry Hershey as you get to the end of Memorial Mews before you get to the Eldridge bridge.
01-16-16, 01:34 AM
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[TD="width: 200, align: left"]Oak, Live
Common Name: Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
Tree Size: Large
Leaf Type: Evergreen
Comments:
The Escarpment Live Oak is a closely related native species more suited to Central and West Texas. [/TD]
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Texas Tree Selector: Tree Description
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01-16-16, 08:15 AM
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Live Oaks in Texas are semi-evergreen. They keep the majority of their leaves through winter and shed the old growth as new leaves bud in the spring. We rake lots of leaves in the spring, here. But the live oaks are not ever completely bare.
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[TD="width: 200"] [/TD]
[TD="width: 200, align: left"]Oak, Live
Common Name: Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
Tree Size: Large
Leaf Type: Evergreen
Comments:
The Escarpment Live Oak is a closely related native species more suited to Central and West Texas. [/TD]
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Texas Tree Selector: Tree Description
[TABLE="width: 400, align: left"]
[TR]
[TD="width: 200"] [/TD]
[TD="width: 200, align: left"]Oak, Live
Common Name: Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
Tree Size: Large
Leaf Type: Evergreen
Comments:
The Escarpment Live Oak is a closely related native species more suited to Central and West Texas. [/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Texas Tree Selector: Tree Description
01-16-16, 07:12 PM
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2007? Gazelle Golfo X-road
Got it last weekend, and is a work in progress. Less than 1/2 the weight of my other Gazelle.
Got it last weekend, and is a work in progress. Less than 1/2 the weight of my other Gazelle.
01-16-16, 09:32 PM
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that's a funky-lookin rear derailleur, or is it just because it's stretched out?
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01-17-16, 03:47 PM
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