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02-24-23, 04:46 PM
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02-24-23, 04:51 PM
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02-24-23, 04:52 PM
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Fell for a scam today and I am pretty pissed off at myself over it. I was in target and pushing Simon around in a stroller and a teenager approached me with a clip board. At first I thought he worked at target. He tried to speak and was using hand signals, he handed me the clip board, and I saw that it was something for deaf and mute kids, asking for a donation. It caught me by surprise and I ended up giving him 10 dollars. After he walked away I felt like something was fishy. While we were driving away, I saw him come out of the target with another teenager and guess what he was talking. I wanted to confront him but Simon was screaming and I would have to tell Mrs Bam I am an idiot.
prob needed the money more than you
and maybe that will stop him from stealing hub caps
02-24-23, 04:54 PM
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02-24-23, 04:54 PM
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02-24-23, 04:56 PM
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02-24-23, 04:57 PM
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02-24-23, 04:58 PM
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Apparently they (ramps) are a thing here; I can see why. Neighbour friends returned to live on/in Mrs. Neighbour's family farmstead a couple of years ago. Their woodlot provides perfect conditions for the things, so we get a year's supply early each spring. They freeze extremely well, and Mrs. Badger knows what to do with 'em -- pastas and so forth.
02-24-23, 04:59 PM
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So can a steel bike be squeaky?
I ride the ritchey again today, and the metallic clicking noise came back. It came back 2 days ago actually.
While I was riding I tried to figure out what it was and more I listened to it the more I realized it’s a metal creak/ creak sound. While riding if I shake the bike I can hear it increase in frequency.
Everything is tight, So could it just be the bike?
I ride the ritchey again today, and the metallic clicking noise came back. It came back 2 days ago actually.
While I was riding I tried to figure out what it was and more I listened to it the more I realized it’s a metal creak/ creak sound. While riding if I shake the bike I can hear it increase in frequency.
Everything is tight, So could it just be the bike?
02-24-23, 05:00 PM
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Fell for a scam today and I am pretty pissed off at myself over it. I was in target and pushing Simon around in a stroller and a teenager approached me with a clip board. At first I thought he worked at target. He tried to speak and was using hand signals, he handed me the clip board, and I saw that it was something for deaf and mute kids, asking for a donation. It caught me by surprise and I ended up giving him 10 dollars. After he walked away I felt like something was fishy. While we were driving away, I saw him come out of the target with another teenager and guess what he was talking. I wanted to confront him but Simon was screaming and I would have to tell Mrs Bam I am an idiot.
02-24-23, 05:07 PM
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52 - Simon will be at that size soon !
also had a 54 for a short bit - LBS got a 52 and 54 so I could decide on the size
Trek was blowing them out for (basically) just over the cost of the components
almost got a 5500 - but decided on the purple 5200 ... I did (eventually) put a Dura Ace crank on the 5200
also had a 54 for a short bit - LBS got a 52 and 54 so I could decide on the size
Trek was blowing them out for (basically) just over the cost of the components
almost got a 5500 - but decided on the purple 5200 ... I did (eventually) put a Dura Ace crank on the 5200
What group set do you have on it?
02-24-23, 05:09 PM
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Fell for a scam today and I am pretty pissed off at myself over it. I was in target and pushing Simon around in a stroller and a teenager approached me with a clip board. At first I thought he worked at target. He tried to speak and was using hand signals, he handed me the clip board, and I saw that it was something for deaf and mute kids, asking for a donation. It caught me by surprise and I ended up giving him 10 dollars. After he walked away I felt like something was fishy. While we were driving away, I saw him come out of the target with another teenager and guess what he was talking. I wanted to confront him but Simon was screaming and I would have to tell Mrs Bam I am an idiot.
02-24-23, 05:18 PM
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02-24-23, 05:36 PM
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The bike is at my son’s house for my dil to ride. I took it out for a ride a few months ago and despite having at least 50,000 miles on it, is in excellent condition and rides like a dream. If it was a 52, I’d take it out for all day rides, no problem.
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02-24-23, 05:43 PM
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I knew nothing of them until I moved here (SW Ontario)/the advent of Mrs. Badger in the '90s. Grew up/first 40 years on southern Vancouver Island.
Apparently they (ramps) are a thing here; I can see why. Neighbour friends returned to live on/in Mrs. Neighbour's family farmstead a couple of years ago. Their woodlot provides perfect conditions for the things, so we get a year's supply early each spring. They freeze extremely well, and Mrs. Badger knows what to do with 'em -- pastas and so forth.
Apparently they (ramps) are a thing here; I can see why. Neighbour friends returned to live on/in Mrs. Neighbour's family farmstead a couple of years ago. Their woodlot provides perfect conditions for the things, so we get a year's supply early each spring. They freeze extremely well, and Mrs. Badger knows what to do with 'em -- pastas and so forth.
02-24-23, 05:50 PM
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This is a 50 cm frame but not WSD.
The bike is at my son’s house for my dil to ride. I took it out for a ride a few months ago and despite having at least 50,000 miles on it, is in excellent condition and rides like a dream. If it was a 52, I’d take it out for all day rides, no problem.
The bike is at my son’s house for my dil to ride. I took it out for a ride a few months ago and despite having at least 50,000 miles on it, is in excellent condition and rides like a dream. If it was a 52, I’d take it out for all day rides, no problem.
02-24-23, 06:09 PM
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02-24-23, 06:10 PM
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02-24-23, 06:10 PM
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02-24-23, 06:17 PM
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02-24-23, 06:19 PM
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Hope he doesn’t use the money to buy Fetnyal.
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02-24-23, 06:22 PM
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the tail end of my 1992 5200 ... lunar (purple) or something like that
went full weight weenie on it ... Nuke Proof hubs, XTR ti freehub, SRP ti cogs ... DT Rev spokes ... WC ti BB ... Dean ti post, Flite saddle, Syncros stem ... etc
got it in 1993 or 1994 (?) - Trek had excess inventory of the 5200 and 5500 in the smaller sizes and was blowing them out
unfortunately been sitting in that spot for over 20 years
went full weight weenie on it ... Nuke Proof hubs, XTR ti freehub, SRP ti cogs ... DT Rev spokes ... WC ti BB ... Dean ti post, Flite saddle, Syncros stem ... etc
got it in 1993 or 1994 (?) - Trek had excess inventory of the 5200 and 5500 in the smaller sizes and was blowing them out
unfortunately been sitting in that spot for over 20 years
02-24-23, 06:26 PM
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02-24-23, 06:38 PM
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