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He may have. LOTS of people did. The changing tents were just a free-for-all. And a lot of people competed in Speedos or similar, or one-pieces for the women. Body marking became a thing because tri geeks didn't have a place to pin a cycling number (now it's just tradition). If it weren't for sunburn I'd wear less racing than I already do.
#4653
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Where is @DougRNS? If I knew when he was rolling through, I could go on a bridge over the highway and wave.
#4654
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Where is @DougRNS? If I knew when he was rolling through, I could go on a bridge over the highway and wave.
#4655
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#4656
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#4657
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#4658
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#4659
Señor Member
So-called "Business Class", but at the end of the day it is still a cable company with the crappy service that goes along with it. If they want to penalize you for non-payment, then fine - charge a hefty fee - don't jerk people around. The poor service got our people to start looking at different providers.
#4660
Has a magic bike
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My Rapha order came today! Two summer baselayers, a cap, sock and a backpack.
plus my order from the place with the sassy socks
plus my order from the place with the sassy socks
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So-called "Business Class", but at the end of the day it is still a cable company with the crappy service that goes along with it. If they want to penalize you for non-payment, then fine - charge a hefty fee - don't jerk people around. The poor service got our people to start looking at different providers.
It was DSL at the time. Don't see why that would be different, though.
Sounds healthy, unless that's all you eat.
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Off topic, but I was impressed by some of these clocks/automatons people made in the 1700s.
In a way it's odd that they could build such intricate/complex gearing systems then, but wouldn't put the same on a bicycle until many decades later.
In a way it's odd that they could build such intricate/complex gearing systems then, but wouldn't put the same on a bicycle until many decades later.
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Off topic, but I was impressed by some of these clocks/automatons people made in the 1700s.
In a way it's odd that they could build such intricate/complex gearing systems then, but wouldn't put the same on a bicycle until many decades later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-1LqhrsEwI
In a way it's odd that they could build such intricate/complex gearing systems then, but wouldn't put the same on a bicycle until many decades later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-1LqhrsEwI
I can see why the Dutch didn't care, that place is mostly flat so fixed gear is perfect
#4666
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there was no way I was going to give you my location. In your current maddened condition, twitter induced or rabies, you can't be trusted. As I went by I think I saw you on an overpass holding a 5 gallon container of what appeared to be Tennessee River water that you were fiendishly planning to throw through my front windshield.
Note: I did not stop or spend any money in your state. Just used your roadways for passage to my intermediate destination.
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I understand it if you want info about a product. "How much of a climbing difference will it actually make if I get a lighter carbon mtb?" for example. That's a reasonable question (getting a reasonable answer is much harder though).
But questions like "should I wear this or will I look stupid?" when you're 50 years old. That I don't get.
But questions like "should I wear this or will I look stupid?" when you're 50 years old. That I don't get.
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shaken, not stirred.
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Off topic, but I was impressed by some of these clocks/automatons people made in the 1700s.
In a way it's odd that they could build such intricate/complex gearing systems then, but wouldn't put the same on a bicycle until many decades later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-1LqhrsEwI
In a way it's odd that they could build such intricate/complex gearing systems then, but wouldn't put the same on a bicycle until many decades later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-1LqhrsEwI
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#4669
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You missed out. Lots of junk food and fireworks available for wayfarers like you.
Yeah, the swan and that programmable writer are really something, even if they were crafted today, much less in the 1700s.
I'm led to think that for a number of years people simply didn't see the need for geared bicycles, because in the late 1800s it would have certainly been possible to build them.
I'm led to think that for a number of years people simply didn't see the need for geared bicycles, because in the late 1800s it would have certainly been possible to build them.
#4670
Mostly Harmless
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at 8:25 p.m. you should have sensed a very strong rebuking. that's when I passed by the brown squirrel and waved my fist in anger.
there was no way I was going to give you my location. In your current maddened condition, twitter induced or rabies, you can't be trusted. As I went by I think I saw you on an overpass holding a 5 gallon container of what appeared to be Tennessee River water that you were fiendishly planning to throw through my front windshield.
Note: I did not stop or spend any money in your state. Just used your roadways for passage to my intermediate destination.
9.25% SMFH
there was no way I was going to give you my location. In your current maddened condition, twitter induced or rabies, you can't be trusted. As I went by I think I saw you on an overpass holding a 5 gallon container of what appeared to be Tennessee River water that you were fiendishly planning to throw through my front windshield.
Note: I did not stop or spend any money in your state. Just used your roadways for passage to my intermediate destination.
9.25% SMFH
What did that poor squirrel ever do to you?
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When I was a broke first year law student I sautéd cabbage an onions in olive oil at least once a week for dinner, and that would be it. Also helps explain why I was only 175 lbs.
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#4673
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Fun fact for the day... I passed a couple dudes this morning during an effort. Per my usual level of creepiness, I checked Flybys and found out one of them is the guy that sold me the HED wheels I bought a few weeks ago. I wonder if he recognized the hubs?
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My unsolicited opinion is that flyby-ing can hardly be considered creepy when the subject is advertising his identity publicly.