Originally Posted by VegasJen (Post 23110886)

Ummm, no. Not at all.

Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 23111124)

“Colorway” makes me cringe....

Originally Posted by Alan K (Post 23111149)

Quite a predictable response.

Originally Posted by Alan K (Post 23111149)

Quite a predictable response. ;)

Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 23111195)

Yes. Yours was.

And what happened to all your posts between 2011 and 2023?

Originally Posted by Alan K (Post 23111126)

But in case of bicycles, the origin of the term must be mostly to do with a greatly exaggerated sense of self-importance… or possibly a delusional justification to blow 8 grand on a bicycle. ;)

Originally Posted by Eric F (Post 23111221)

Maybe the ;) indicates that you're being facetious. I'm not quite sure. If you're not, it truly puzzles me that anyone would come to this kind of conclusion.

Originally Posted by Alan K (Post 23111215)

Have been busy with more rewarding things in life… but now I seem to be warming up to bike cult… we shall see how long it (or I) last. ;)

Looking at your post count, you seem to be quite ‘invested.’

Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 23111238)

I smell malodorous footwear.

Originally Posted by cegerer (Post 23110268)

...start calling my handlebars the cockpit

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...5f497d1ab4.jpg

Originally Posted by zandoval (Post 23111248)

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...a20a25ba5.jpeg
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Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 23111238)

I smell malodorous footwear.

Originally Posted by zandoval (Post 23111248)

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...a20a25ba5.jpeg
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Originally Posted by Alan K (Post 23111250)

Good god, that’s crazy!

Originally Posted by Eric F (Post 23111267)

I would like to say it's an extreme exaggeration, but I've seen bikes that look a lot like this.

Originally Posted by Trakhak (Post 23111043)

And now that you've cracked that door open, for some reason I can't explain, I wince every time I read about somebody's wheels having x hubs laced to Y rims.

Originally Posted by Alan K (Post 23111273)

There’s hardly room to place hands around the middle of the handlebar.
When I buy a used bike, all the junk comes off on the first day!

Originally Posted by terrymorse (Post 23111278)

To "lace up a wheel" may sounds pretty old-timey, but I heard it al the time. My dad used to say it, so my grandfather probably said it, too (but he had Parkinsons when I was a kid, and I couldn't understand him). Technically, the word is appropriate, as you are drawing something -- a spoke -- through an eyelet -- a spoke hole.

Me [arriving after school got out]: Hi Dad.
Dad: Lace up that rear wheel, the customer's coming in at 4 to pick it up.

Originally Posted by Trakhak (Post 23111245)

If a malodorous shoe sock is lost in a forest, does it smell?

Originally Posted by GamblerGORD53 (Post 23111339)

Bespoke. Now there's a overused ingratiating whackadoodle term. Pfffft

Originally Posted by Alan K (Post 23111273)

There’s hardly room to place hands around the middle of the handlebar.