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04-26-22 | 06:20 AM

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saddest thing..

saw poor guy walking bike over GWB on sunday full kit...from behind saw thing hanging off bike rear der.
What made saddest was fact it was new Derosa full carbon and Campy. $8k bike all day...guy was so sad....kept walking like in sad morning daze. i asked if ok...he was seeming confused said I heard a noise then this....
sad.

04-26-22 | 06:58 AM

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At least it’s a light bike to carry, unlike for a lot of us all steel slobs.
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04-26-22 | 07:00 AM

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noted.

04-26-22 | 07:09 AM

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At least it’s a light bike to carry, unlike for a lot of us all steel slobs.
Tim

or unlike a car which needs to be towed.

04-26-22 | 07:14 AM

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been there, done that, it is sad

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04-26-22 | 08:01 AM

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Me Tarzan.

04-26-22 | 08:32 AM

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wut?

04-26-22 | 08:41 AM

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wut?

Some rich guy's new bike broke loudly.

I have no idea what "saw thing was hanging off bike rear der" is supposed to convey, but it's fun to say it in a pirate voice.

04-26-22 | 09:51 AM

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I have no idea what "saw thing was hanging off bike rear der" is supposed to convey, but it's fun to say it in a pirate voice.

I am guessing the rear derailleur crashed into a rear wheel spoke, possibly rendering the frame and the wheel junk.

04-26-22 | 10:00 AM

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wut?

04-26-22 | 10:20 AM

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I am guessing the rear derailleur crashed into a rear wheel spoke, possibly rendering the frame and the wheel junk.

I tried saying that in a pirate voice, and it's nowhere near as fun.

04-26-22 | 10:42 AM

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I have no idea what "saw thing was hanging off bike rear der" is supposed to convey, but it's fun to say it in a pirate voice.

Arggggg! Sounds like the matey snapped his rear derailleur hanger, you lily livered swab!

04-26-22 | 10:48 AM

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I have no idea what "saw thing was hanging off bike rear der" is supposed to convey, but it's fun to say it in a pirate voice.

isn't everything fun to say it in a pirate voice?

04-26-22 | 10:54 AM

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I didn't do it

04-26-22 | 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by livedarklions

Some rich guy's new bike broke loudly.

I have no idea what "saw thing was hanging off bike rear der" is supposed to convey, but it's fun to say it in a pirate voice.

We don't know if he was rich. He could just be pissing away his money on bikes like I've done on hot cars and Ducatis. Just sayin';

04-26-22 | 10:57 AM

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isn't everything fun to say it in a pirate voice?

Nope, "tapioca" is a complete dud.

04-26-22 | 11:00 AM

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I didn't do it

And if he did, he'd say it in a Keith Richards voice.

04-26-22 | 11:29 AM

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Might not even be his bike.

Could be a friend's bike that he broke and was sad.

04-26-22 | 11:30 AM

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Might not even be his bike.

Could be a friend's bike that he broke and was sad.

Maybe it was the bicycle of his slain enemy and he was carting it back as a trophy.

04-26-22 | 11:43 AM

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Victim of negative chain stretching and having to walk back to Qwaa.

04-26-22 | 11:53 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by livedarklions

Some rich guy's new bike broke loudly.

I have no idea what "saw thing was hanging off bike rear der" is supposed to convey, but it's fun to say it in a pirate voice.

It's probably too horrifying to recant, probably the arms of a squid.