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#1351
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From: Central Illinois
Bikes: Trek Domane+x2, Trek Emonda
Nor should you if you enjoy your bike.
I don't know anything about making a cake but I sure know which ones I like when I try them.
BTW, I don't give a flop about flop, either, so we're both ignorantly free.
I don't know anything about making a cake but I sure know which ones I like when I try them.
BTW, I don't give a flop about flop, either, so we're both ignorantly free.
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#1352
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From: Hudson Valley, NY
Bikes: Merlin Cyrene '04; Bridgestone RB-1 '92

What would this forum do without the cycling magazines and online ads to fuel all the debates and arguments around here about the never-ending stream of obscure and arcane topics. Not to mention all the "Latest and Greatest - Can't Live Without" products that somehow we've managed to happily live without for decades.
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#1353
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Joined: Dec 2009
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From: Houston, TX
Bikes: 1990 Romic Reynolds 531 custom build, Merlin Works CR Ti custom build, super light Workswell 066 custom build
Never heard of flop until it raised its ugly head here.
#1354
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Joined: May 2013
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From: SE MN
Bikes: Fuji Roubaix Pro & Quintana Roo Kilo
At one of my prior jobs the customer service department would authorize credit cards and I would then charge them 1-3 days later when the item shipped and I generated the invoice. Once in awhile we would run into issues on larger or custom jobs that would take a bit longer to manufacture and the authorization would drop off before I had a chance to charge it. Another issue I would occasionally run into was the customer would add to the order and the price change would be outside of the allowable increase in the charge or C.S. would forget to add shipping. In any event it was really just a matter of having C.S. reauthorize the card, but since you cannot legally keep customer CC data on file it means a call to the customer to get the information again.
#1355
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From: SE MN
Bikes: Fuji Roubaix Pro & Quintana Roo Kilo
My bicycle insurance tribute thread was way too subtle.
#1357
unless you have a load on the front or youre rocking one of those occ bikes LoP posted youre not gonna notice flop. /thread.
this morning i made avocado mousse for breakfast and i dont even feel bad about it.
1 small avocado
2 tbsp cacao powder
2 tbsp coconut yogurt
1 tbsp maple syrup
blend, eat, profit.
this morning i made avocado mousse for breakfast and i dont even feel bad about it.
1 small avocado
2 tbsp cacao powder
2 tbsp coconut yogurt
1 tbsp maple syrup
blend, eat, profit.
#1358
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From: Hudson Valley, NY
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RIP Gene Amdahl, the father of the mainframe computer.
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#1359
I always assumed that flop was in the steering, like you pick up your bike and your handlebars flop to one side or the other.
Which is why they make a deflopinator...
https://www.amazon.com/Velo-Orange-Wh.../dp/B006VERHKA
Which is why they make a deflopinator...
https://www.amazon.com/Velo-Orange-Wh.../dp/B006VERHKA
#1360
The space coyote lied.



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From: dusk 'til dawn.
Bikes: everywhere
unless you have a load on the front or youre rocking one of those occ bikes LoP posted youre not gonna notice flop. /thread.
this morning i made avocado mousse for breakfast and i dont even feel bad about it.
1 small avocado
2 tbsp cacao powder
2 tbsp coconut yogurt
1 tbsp maple syrup
blend, eat, profit.
this morning i made avocado mousse for breakfast and i dont even feel bad about it.
1 small avocado
2 tbsp cacao powder
2 tbsp coconut yogurt
1 tbsp maple syrup
blend, eat, profit.
#1361
The space coyote lied.



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From: dusk 'til dawn.
Bikes: everywhere
I always assumed that flop was in the steering, like you pick up your bike and your handlebars flop to one side or the other.
Which is why they make a deflopinator...
https://www.amazon.com/Velo-Orange-Wh.../dp/B006VERHKA
Which is why they make a deflopinator...
https://www.amazon.com/Velo-Orange-Wh.../dp/B006VERHKA
It took me nigh on an hour to accomplish this parking job with water bottle and U-lock on my bars.
#1362
with the bag on my trek, the only time i notice it is when parking (i.e.^) or when going no hands, which is either impossible or requires too much concentration to be worth it
take the bag off and ill ride no hands for miles and miles while looking around at the pretty flowers
iirc the deflopinator is for "shimmy" (i.e. steering damper) and for parking
take the bag off and ill ride no hands for miles and miles while looking around at the pretty flowers
iirc the deflopinator is for "shimmy" (i.e. steering damper) and for parking
#1363
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Joined: Jul 2009
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From: NW Indiana
Bikes: 2016 Giant Propel Advanced SL 1
Hi, I'm new here.
What's this thread about?
What's this thread about?
#1365
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Joined: Jul 2009
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From: NW Indiana
Bikes: 2016 Giant Propel Advanced SL 1
That's not one of my problems.
#1366
Mostly Harmless




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From: Norfolk, VA
Bikes: Have two wheels
skillz
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I'm not sick but I'm not well.
#1367
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From: Hudson Valley, NY
Bikes: Merlin Cyrene '04; Bridgestone RB-1 '92
Welcome back, Dougie. How was your cruise?
You just missed yesterday's entertaining ethics debate and trademark 41 brouhaha.
You just missed yesterday's entertaining ethics debate and trademark 41 brouhaha.
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#1368
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Joined: Aug 2007
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Live with what we have, and make the most of it, but I am happy we have lots of products that people lived without in ye olden times, albeit in generally shorter and more brutal lifetimes.
Last edited by BillyD; 11-14-15 at 11:57 AM.
#1369
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From: Central Illinois
Bikes: Trek Domane+x2, Trek Emonda
#1373
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[MENTION=97343]Athens80[/MENTION]. No I'm talking about the bicycling "innovations" - disc brakes, tubulars, and electronic shifting.
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See, this is why we can't have nice things. - - smarkinson
Where else but the internet can a bunch of cyclists go and be the tough guy? - - jdon
#1374
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From: NW Indiana
Bikes: 2016 Giant Propel Advanced SL 1
The cruise was excellent. A very nice trip and I did manage to avoid foreign jails. I nearly achieved success in giving my children away. We met some interesting people from other countries, including a couple from Tallahassee, Florida. I watched some really bad basketball players who thought they were somewhat decent and I rode Flowrider surf simulator.






