I appreciate my Kudo very much, thank you. :)

I like the Grateful Dead's country/folk/blues stuff. Don't care for the psychedelic boogie stuff much.

This is probably my favorite record of theirs, followed by Workingman's Dead.

Saw those, crazy light. Did you get the rims only and build the wheels yourself, or did you get the complete wheelset?

Built myself. 999 g complete.

Bikehubstore hubs?

So, I've not been here all that long and I am intrigued by a few things and need to know the answers to the following questions:

1.) Pepe: What's the story with the cats?
2.) Seeds: What's the story with how you wound up in Yucatan?
3.) LesterofPuppets (AKA LoP): Extraordinary nickname that always makes me smile when I see it--how did you come up with it?

Thank you.

You aren't one of the unStrava'd masses.

Oh, perhaps I misunderstood you. Are you now taking my Kudo away from me? I'm afraid I'm one of the Lumpen. :(

PS: Used to use Strava; but got the help I needed.

He hates America.

He's also uninformed about carbon, so he also hates that.

Why is it [MENTION=259065]Dan333SP[/MENTION] [MENTION=130160]rjones28[/MENTION] [MENTION=170817]Doug28450[/MENTION]?

Was 1 not available?

Yeah, the 190 g rear and (I dunno) about 70 g front. CX-Ray spokes and alloy nipples. Do you build wheels?

^^^^

Oh, this is going to be great fun! I can already tell. :D

http://i.imgur.com/dFBTfhm.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0SKfBRz.jpg

I foster kittens for the local shelter. We take care of them until they are healthy and big enough to be spayed/neutered and put up for adoption. I am currently taking care of one mother and her five kittens (not the ones pictured.) I think we're probably in the triple digits now of number of cats that have gone through our apartment.

This.
[MENTION=443325]Scarbo[/MENTION], [MENTION=406877]PepeM[/MENTION] is only allowed a US Visa on the condition that he live in squalor with 30 kittens at all times. It's a complicated arrangement.

I don't. Wanted to give it a try but I don't have the time/resources right now.

I see the cuties! Thank you, Pepe. And kudos! :)

There actually are 28449 other Dougs that participate in this thread. He's just the most recent addition.

My number is a huge secret that has nothing to do with a particular Ferrari racing machine that I have always loved.

+1 I try not to bash carbon out of respect to the Addictionites I respect. BUT, Robert always finds a way to overstate things that just sticks in my craw. So I MUST post a rebuttal.

Not for nothing, there are reasonable reasons it's considered plastic, not the least of which is that it is derived from carbon, the essential building blocks of plastic, and it's held together with a polymer, another essential ingredient of plastic.

And if that's not enough, under certain conditions it will shatter much like many plastics do. To use your own words, the proof is in the properties. So is there any wonder that reasonably reasonable people see it as plastic? Come on now, work with me here.

And please don't cause me to lose all respect for you by dragging the aerospace industry into it. That's a red herring if there ever was one, a desperate 41 tactic. Doesn't fly. :innocent:

Sure, CF is great for building bikes as light as possible which proves very advantageous for racers and folks who get a thrill out of climbing hills. Personally I doubt that even CF would get me to enjoy hills. :lol: But my other personal problem with CF is that I just can't see myself having to be so constantly conscious of the condition of my frikkin bicycle. I know there will be denials, but the fact of the matter is MOST people can't be as carefree with CF as they can with a metal bike. All evidence points to the fact it isn't quite as durable . . . almost, but not quite. I just can't be bothered with that. But that's just me.

Sorry, but I won't bother to argue further about it, just wanted to have my say and offer a rebuttal to what I saw as an attempted whitewash. The world is complex, few things come with no disadvantages at all. We can only choose what personally works best for us. :)

I guess I will start calling steel carbon, since it is one of its essential building blocks.

Turns out I own a carbon bike after all.

EDIT: Hell, I can even call it plastic, since they both share an essential building block!

I was just about to mention that. Holy crap. He must be REALLY unhappy this year with the McCrap car if they're throwing him this bone, on a weekend where they could legitimately score serious points with weather at Monaco.

Could this be prelude to him quitting mid season?

Speaking of aerospace... I flew on a 787 for the first time on my Tokyo -> Bangkok leg.

It really is significantly nicer to fly on. The interior humidity is higher, the relative altitude pressure is lower (because crabon!!!), the wings flex in this beautiful manner while in the air, and the windows are much larger than average.

Planes are planes, but if I were able to pick flights based on aircraft and not price, I'd pick that plane every time.

Oh, and my last leg was on United. They did not smash my face into my armrest.

Me too. I'm intolerant of intolerance.

Crabon flexing? Unpossible.

My GF does try to choose flight based on the plane model, but she prefers Airbuses.

That was the traditional responsibility of [MENTION=236201]RollCNY[/MENTION]

He's currently on sabbatical after being overworked here in the 41.

That was a fantastic thread. Unfortunately, the pics don't work any more so you can't see the giant Santa Cruz stickers he put all over it.