Can someone please explain this 50+ section?
04-03-12 | 04:46 AM
#101
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04-03-12 | 06:43 AM
#102
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04-03-12 | 07:03 AM
#103
I don't know.
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From: South Meriden, CT
Bikes: '90 B'stone RB-1, '92 B'stone RB-2, '89 SuperGo Access Comp, '03 Access 69er, '23 Trek 520, '14 Ritchey Road Logic, '09 Kestrel Evoke, '08 Windsor Tourist, '17 Surly Wednesday, '89 Centurion Accordo, '15 CruX, '17 Ridley X-Night, '89 Marinoni
I'm 2 years, 5 months from being in this sub forum legally. I'm not trying to rush things, but I can't wait. And I'm going to get an AARP card to celebrate it when it happens (god willing).
04-03-12 | 09:15 AM
#104
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Bikes: Catrike 559 I own some others but they don't get ridden very much.
04-03-12 | 09:22 AM
#105
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Bikes: Catrike 559 I own some others but they don't get ridden very much.
Liberals tend to like lots of hair so they don't shave their legs. Conservatives shave their legs because that's what the past greats have always done. Liberterians take the approach that if something is good more has to be better so they shave everything.
04-03-12 | 09:37 AM
#106
What do liberal liberterians do?
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04-03-12 | 10:18 AM
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I'm new, so I hope this sub-forum provides solace for those like me who :-
a. Struggle to get my leg over, even on a bicycle I've owned & ridden for the
last 55 years & on which saddle has been lowered below the demands of
cycling fashion
b. Fall in a great heap with legs entangled in frame when trying to get leg over
c. Do not seem able to remember how to get out of frame once trapped in it
d. Once mobile, manage to ride just far enough to be unable to ride back .....
e. Can still rmember what we did as young riders, & nearly kill ourselves trying
to ride as we did & forgetting the 50 years in-between (until it's too late)
f. Cannot believe how hard & narrow a '50's racing saddle is, or how soft our
rumps have become.
In seventieth year, & still have 3 of my old '50's racers. Now have a house drive
that's 100 yards of 1 in 5 (20% for US readers). That's a challenge before I get
onto the road to anywhere, & has caused me to put gears onto one of the oldies
for the first time ever. Pushing a big fixed gear is tough in the hill country now ....
Colin
a. Struggle to get my leg over, even on a bicycle I've owned & ridden for the
last 55 years & on which saddle has been lowered below the demands of
cycling fashion
b. Fall in a great heap with legs entangled in frame when trying to get leg over
c. Do not seem able to remember how to get out of frame once trapped in it
d. Once mobile, manage to ride just far enough to be unable to ride back .....
e. Can still rmember what we did as young riders, & nearly kill ourselves trying
to ride as we did & forgetting the 50 years in-between (until it's too late)
f. Cannot believe how hard & narrow a '50's racing saddle is, or how soft our
rumps have become.
In seventieth year, & still have 3 of my old '50's racers. Now have a house drive
that's 100 yards of 1 in 5 (20% for US readers). That's a challenge before I get
onto the road to anywhere, & has caused me to put gears onto one of the oldies
for the first time ever. Pushing a big fixed gear is tough in the hill country now ....
Colin
04-03-12 | 10:28 AM
#108
I'm new, so I hope this sub-forum provides solace for those like me who :-
a. Struggle to get my leg over, even on a bicycle I've owned & ridden for the
last 55 years & on which saddle has been lowered below the demands of
cycling fashion
b. Fall in a great heap with legs entangled in frame when trying to get leg over
c. Do not seem able to remember how to get out of frame once trapped in it
d. Once mobile, manage to ride just far enough to be unable to ride back .....
e. Can still rmember what we did as young riders, & nearly kill ourselves trying
to ride as we did & forgetting the 50 years in-between (until it's too late)
f. Cannot believe how hard & narrow a '50's racing saddle is, or how soft our
rumps have become.
In seventieth year, & still have 3 of my old '50's racers. Now have a house drive
that's 100 yards of 1 in 5 (20% for US readers). That's a challenge before I get
onto the road to anywhere, & has caused me to put gears onto one of the oldies
for the first time ever. Pushing a big fixed gear is tough in the hill country now ....
Colin
a. Struggle to get my leg over, even on a bicycle I've owned & ridden for the
last 55 years & on which saddle has been lowered below the demands of
cycling fashion
b. Fall in a great heap with legs entangled in frame when trying to get leg over
c. Do not seem able to remember how to get out of frame once trapped in it
d. Once mobile, manage to ride just far enough to be unable to ride back .....
e. Can still rmember what we did as young riders, & nearly kill ourselves trying
to ride as we did & forgetting the 50 years in-between (until it's too late)
f. Cannot believe how hard & narrow a '50's racing saddle is, or how soft our
rumps have become.
In seventieth year, & still have 3 of my old '50's racers. Now have a house drive
that's 100 yards of 1 in 5 (20% for US readers). That's a challenge before I get
onto the road to anywhere, & has caused me to put gears onto one of the oldies
for the first time ever. Pushing a big fixed gear is tough in the hill country now ....
Colin
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A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. - S. Wright
Favorite rides in the stable: Indy Fab CJ Ti - Colnago MXL - S-Works Roubaix - Habanero Team Issue - Jamis Eclipse carbon/831
A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. - S. Wright
Favorite rides in the stable: Indy Fab CJ Ti - Colnago MXL - S-Works Roubaix - Habanero Team Issue - Jamis Eclipse carbon/831
04-03-12 | 10:36 AM
#109
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04-03-12 | 11:30 AM
#110
I don't know.
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 2,370
Likes: 1,233
From: South Meriden, CT
Bikes: '90 B'stone RB-1, '92 B'stone RB-2, '89 SuperGo Access Comp, '03 Access 69er, '23 Trek 520, '14 Ritchey Road Logic, '09 Kestrel Evoke, '08 Windsor Tourist, '17 Surly Wednesday, '89 Centurion Accordo, '15 CruX, '17 Ridley X-Night, '89 Marinoni
04-03-12 | 11:30 AM
#111
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From: St Peters, Missouri
Bikes: Catrike 559 I own some others but they don't get ridden very much.
04-03-12 | 12:27 PM
#112
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From: NH
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I actually became a member of AARP at 48, but that's because I married an older woman and the spouse's age doesn't matter.
04-03-12 | 12:31 PM
#113
I don't know.
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 2,370
Likes: 1,233
From: South Meriden, CT
Bikes: '90 B'stone RB-1, '92 B'stone RB-2, '89 SuperGo Access Comp, '03 Access 69er, '23 Trek 520, '14 Ritchey Road Logic, '09 Kestrel Evoke, '08 Windsor Tourist, '17 Surly Wednesday, '89 Centurion Accordo, '15 CruX, '17 Ridley X-Night, '89 Marinoni
yes, I looked into it, and was joking with my fiance.... I told her she can be a card carrying AARP member at age 29. She's looking forward to it too, oddly enough.
04-03-12 | 05:02 PM
#116
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From: Sherman Oaks, CA
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04-04-12 | 04:53 AM
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From: Normal, Illinois
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04-07-12 | 01:10 PM
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From: Ft Worth, TX
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I have used that quote many times however having read Churchill and Barry Goldwater I don't think they would recognize most current "conservative" commentators as conservative.
Just my 2 cents. Of course as an old style conservative I will defend your right to disagree with me and not call you names if you do so.