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Old 04-01-09, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by mechanicalron
Yea if you take up smoking and eat lots of beans.
Smoking probably not, beans already on the menu.
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your so right bikes don't belong on the road, or anywhere else for that matter, sidewalks are for walkers/runners. But why stop there, we do endless damage to parks and woods with our trails, not to mention the impact we have on the wildlife. I mean think of how many squirrels and other woodland animals you almost given a hear attack to and disrupted there homes. How dare us. Then theres the whole riding through streams and across water passes washing oil and grease off our bikes into the ecosystem. No telling how many biker related deaths there's been to water dwelling animals, much less the animals that drink from said water. Heck I bet if someone did a study they would find that bird flu and mad cow disease where both caused by bikers!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by chipcom
Other countries keep their bikes where they belong...out of my way.
Why can't liberal Americans do the same?
Being a 'merkin myself, I ain't giving up my by gawd given right to drive a smoking monster truck 20+ mph over the speed limit and splatting anything in my way.


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Originally Posted by dar83
your so right bikes don't belong on the road, or anywhere else for that matter, sidewalks are for walkers/runners. But why stop there, we do endless damage to parks and woods with our trails, not to mention the impact we have on the wildlife. I mean think of how many squirrels and other woodland animals you almost given a hear attack to and disrupted there homes. How dare us. Then theres the whole riding through streams and across water passes washing oil and grease off our bikes into the ecosystem. No telling how many biker related deaths there's been to water dwelling animals, much less the animals that drink from said water. Heck I bet if someone did a study they would find that bird flu and mad cow disease where both caused by bikers!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by lapher22
If it weighs as much as a car you should be alowed to pedal it under the proposed law.
Here,,,

I took this for you today on my way home.
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Originally Posted by chipcom
Of course you inside-the-beltway types would love to see the rest of us FREE people crushed and broken on the roadways of *******. Your jackboots are showing.
universal healthcare will fix your broken bones comrade
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Originally Posted by thdave
i wear my helmet when i'm in the bathroom, as my wife finds me fetching in it.
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Originally Posted by chipcom
I'm Italian, Joey. You've deeply offended me. I may ban you, but I need a good cry first.
I am 1/4 each Italian, Irish, German, and French. I would live deeply offended if I cared.

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Originally Posted by mechanicalron
Here,,,

I took this for you today on my way home.
What kind of panniers are those?
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Originally Posted by JoeyBike
I am 1/4 each Italian, Irish, German, and French. I would live deeply offended if I cared.

Someone once described the sound of his farts as "distant cheering Frenchmen"
April 1 is over, and so is my good laugh...err...cry.
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Originally Posted by douglas.dacus
What kind of panniers are those?
They are weather proof and made from canvas, leather with copper and brass hdwr. I make them here in Detroit.
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Originally Posted by chipcom
April 1 is over, and so is my good laugh...err...cry.
So much fun, so little time!
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Originally Posted by MIKEnDC
I think you are talking to the wrong commuter community.
That is exactly what I was thinking.

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