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10-20-17, 09:35 AM
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I was there last year and it looked like this. It was ok to do the thing once.
I was there last year and it looked like this. It was ok to do the thing once.
10-20-17, 09:39 AM
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Boom! post no. 467
#prolific
#prolific
10-20-17, 09:58 AM
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cowboy, steel horse, etc
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10-20-17, 10:26 AM
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It was also the paratriathlon Ironman championships.
10-20-17, 10:39 AM
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10-20-17, 10:57 AM
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I think it might be the present of MTB already. Seems like it is the most common size on current decent quality MTBs.
Some companies actually tried to make a go at 622mm (29er) MTB bikes in the very early '90s but they just didn't catch on.
GT even made a drop bar MTB with 587mm rims in 1990. Good luck getting tyres for those wheels these days.
Some companies actually tried to make a go at 622mm (29er) MTB bikes in the very early '90s but they just didn't catch on.
GT even made a drop bar MTB with 587mm rims in 1990. Good luck getting tyres for those wheels these days.
10-20-17, 11:09 AM
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Pomegranate molasses: Buy or try to make my own?
10-20-17, 11:12 AM
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One of my grail bikes is a proto-29er - the 1992 Bianchi Project 5 in blue and purple:
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10-20-17, 11:15 AM
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Nope.
As long as you aren't trying to climb it with gunfire raining down.
As long as you aren't trying to climb it with gunfire raining down.
10-20-17, 11:18 AM
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Is this a good idea?
This family bet it all on bitcoin
This family bet it all on bitcoin
10-20-17, 11:19 AM
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Is this a good idea?
This family bet it all on bitcoin
This family bet it all on bitcoin
10-20-17, 11:30 AM
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Is this a good idea?
This family bet it all on bitcoin
This family bet it all on bitcoin
10-20-17, 11:30 AM
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10-20-17, 11:32 AM
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I think it might be the present of MTB already. Seems like it is the most common size on current decent quality MTBs.
Some companies actually tried to make a go at 622mm (29er) MTB bikes in the very early '90s but they just didn't catch on.
GT even made a drop bar MTB with 587mm rims in 1990. Good luck getting tyres for those wheels these days.
Some companies actually tried to make a go at 622mm (29er) MTB bikes in the very early '90s but they just didn't catch on.
GT even made a drop bar MTB with 587mm rims in 1990. Good luck getting tyres for those wheels these days.
For a 587mm - use 650B wheels and cross tires, if they're available?
10-20-17, 11:33 AM
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10-20-17, 12:17 PM
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10-20-17, 12:19 PM
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#research
10-20-17, 12:28 PM
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10-20-17, 12:29 PM
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10-20-17, 12:43 PM
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For road bikes the same size rim is known as 650B and was/is popular on bikes inspired by the french randoneur bikes such as made by Rene Herse or Alex Singer. It provides for a larger tyre for better ride on rough surfaces than a skinny 700c tyre.
Tire Sizing Systems helps explain all the different tyre sizes.
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10-20-17, 01:05 PM
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It's actually both. 27.5" refers to the MTB rim that has become popular: It's bigger than a 26" rim so it rolls over obstacles better but provides a more nimble ride than the 29".
For road bikes the same size rim is known as 650B and was/is popular on bikes inspired by the french randoneur bikes such as made by Rene Herse or Alex Singer. It provides for a larger tyre for better ride on rough surfaces than a skinny 700c tyre.
Tire Sizing Systems helps explain all the different tyre sizes.
For road bikes the same size rim is known as 650B and was/is popular on bikes inspired by the french randoneur bikes such as made by Rene Herse or Alex Singer. It provides for a larger tyre for better ride on rough surfaces than a skinny 700c tyre.
Tire Sizing Systems helps explain all the different tyre sizes.
10-20-17, 01:09 PM
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10-20-17, 01:12 PM
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10-20-17, 01:31 PM
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So it is
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700C is really all you need to know.