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07-07-07 | 08:45 PM

#26

cccorlew

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From: Antioch, CA (SF Bay Area)

Bikes: Trek 520 Grando, Roubaix Expert, Motobecane Ti Century Elite turned commuter, Some old French thing gone fixie

If your wife has a flat, it's your flat.

07-08-07 | 02:41 AM

#27

maddmaxx

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Everything will be alright...........unless something goes wrong.

07-08-07 | 08:13 AM

#28

gear

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From: North shore of Mass.

Don't choose between big gears and spinning, do both.

07-08-07 | 08:40 AM

#29

The Weak Link

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From: Post-partisan Paradise

Bikes: GF Wahoo '05, Trek T1000 '04, Lemond Buenos Aires '07

Quote:

Originally Posted by gear

Don't choose between big gears and spinning, do both.

That's an excellent quote, but its not axiomatic. It's an exortation. To me its more like utter fantasy.

07-08-07 | 08:41 AM

#30

The Weak Link

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From: Post-partisan Paradise

Bikes: GF Wahoo '05, Trek T1000 '04, Lemond Buenos Aires '07

On a long unsupported bike ride, if the number of CO2 cartridges is N, then the number of flats will be N+1.

07-08-07 | 10:52 AM

#31

Digital Gee

I need more cowbell.

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From: Reno, Nevada

Bikes: 2015 Specialized Sirrus Elite

If the number of bikes Tom Bombadil has test ridden in his quest for the perfect bike = N, the number of bikes he wants to test before making up his mind is at least N + 1.

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07-08-07 | 11:01 AM

#32

crtreedude

Third World Layabout

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From: Costa Rica

Bikes: Cannondale F900 and Tandem

If you aren't happy in your current situation, there is a good chance you won't be happy in your new one.

07-08-07 | 11:02 AM

#33

crtreedude

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From: Costa Rica

Bikes: Cannondale F900 and Tandem

I am disappointed, we have missed a very famous axiom...

2+2 = 4

07-08-07 | 12:24 PM

#34

BluesDawg

just keep riding

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From: Milledgeville, Georgia

Bikes: 2018 Black Mountain Cycles MCD,2017 Advocate Cycles Seldom Seen Drop Bar, 2017 Niner Jet 9 Alloy, 2015 Zukas custom road, 2003 KHS Milano Tandem, 1986 Nishiki Cadence rigid MTB, 1980ish Fuji S-12S

Two-thirds of the road on any bike ride is uphill. Before you can go down a hill, you must first go up one. After going down a hill, you must then go up one.

There is no such thing as a tailwind. Anyone telling you different is either lying or repeating a lie someone told him.

07-08-07 | 02:07 PM

#35

Barese Rider

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From: central jersey coast

Bikes: 2008 Cervelo RS, 2004Trek 2100,1985 Nishike Prestige

1.Uphill slow, downhill fast,

2. Dont ride Belmar after 9 am.

07-08-07 | 04:38 PM

#36

Motorad

Peddlin' Around Detroit

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From: Livonia, MI

Bikes: Legend, Saluki, Trek 730

One of my faves: I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy, than a bottle in front of me.

07-08-07 | 04:39 PM

#37

Coyote!

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The Four Venerable and Ancient Rules of Cycling

1. Eat before you're hungry,
2. Drink before you're thirsty,
3. Downshift before you have to, and
4. Never refuse sex.

07-08-07 | 05:22 PM

#38

Dogbait

lunatic fringe

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From: Miles from Nowhere, Columbia County, OR

Bikes: 1980 Schwinn World Sport, 1982 Schwinn Super Le Tour, 1984 (?) Univega Single Speed/Fixed conversion, Kogswell G58 fixed gear, 1987 Schwinn Super Sport

Never trust a fart.

07-08-07 | 09:41 PM

#39

Big Paulie

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If you want a red light to change to green, reach down for your water bottle. To expedite the light change, drop said water bottle on the steet.

Last edited by Big Paulie; 07-08-07 at 11:13 PM.

07-09-07 | 05:21 AM

#40

Ken Brown

cycling fanatic

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From: Toronto, Canada

Bikes: Cannondale T800

There is always a stop sign, railroad track, or a stoplight at the bottom of a hill. If it's a stoplight, it will be red.

07-09-07 | 07:30 AM

#41

jens5

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From: Durham,NC.

Bikes: Heron Wayfarer/ 2004 Giant Cypress SX

"There's always a head wind". "It's always the rear tire", "There's always somebody in the next curve".

Richard

07-09-07 | 08:20 AM

#42

Jet Travis

Ride Daddy Ride

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From: Villa Incognito

Bikes: 1983 Trek 720; 1983 Trek 620; 1989 Gi Cannondale Bad Boy Ultra; LeMond Victoire; Bike Friday Pocket Rocket Pro

There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.”

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07-09-07 | 09:22 AM

#43

jp173

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From: Southwestern CT

Bikes: Trek Pilot 1.2, Specialized Sirius

In biking ... whatever goes down (as in downhill) must come up (as in uphill)

07-09-07 | 10:22 AM

#44

Cassave

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From: Woodland Hills, Calif.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MNBikeguy

A drivers perceived Right of Way is directly related to the value of his/her vehicle.
When riding through affluent communities where the beautiful people live, the Rolls Royces, Porches, Mercedes and Jaguars will run you down if given the opportunity. It's best to remember they are very busy people on their cell phones. With the pool boy quitting, the butler on vacation, and late for tea and scones.... don't inconvenience them by getting in their way.

Guys driving Ferraris NEVER hit you. They hit you when they're driving their wives' Mercedes.

07-09-07 | 12:49 PM

#45

Jet Travis

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From: Villa Incognito

Bikes: 1983 Trek 720; 1983 Trek 620; 1989 Gi Cannondale Bad Boy Ultra; LeMond Victoire; Bike Friday Pocket Rocket Pro

Quote:

Originally Posted by Motorad

One of my faves: I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy, than a bottle in front of me.

Seems the other way round would be more appealing.

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07-09-07 | 04:27 PM

#46

Motorad

Peddlin' Around Detroit

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From: Livonia, MI

Bikes: Legend, Saluki, Trek 730

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jet Travis

Seems the other way round would be more appealing.

I'll drink to that. No, wait ... I'm confused. Nurse, more coffee, STAT!

07-09-07 | 04:39 PM

#47

momof4greatkids

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From: Here in NE Ohio

Bikes: Serotta Fierte

All good things must come to an end, but mediocre things go on forever

Colleen

07-09-07 | 04:41 PM

#48

card

Happy Rider

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From: Texas

Bikes: Gold Rush, Moots compact, Bike Friday Pocket Crusoe

I was on a boat in the Carribbean and a woman who had just gone through a messy divorce said,
"I need a man about as much as a fish needs a bicycle."

Knew I didn't have a chance there.