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07-06-23, 08:27 AM
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My biggest concern is that this long-ish stem and ~230mm of exposed seatpost are going to be a whole lot of silver that doesn't really match the other whole lot of silver that is the wheels. I guess I've got a while to decide before have to make a return decision.
07-06-23, 08:42 AM
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Dang, I'm running out of browsers. They fell in this order: Google, Opera, Firefox.
At least Firefox says I'll still get security updates, the other two just said "get winders 11 now, dammit"
At least Firefox says I'll still get security updates, the other two just said "get winders 11 now, dammit"
07-06-23, 08:46 AM
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07-06-23, 08:50 AM
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Winders will never again be my browser. Have you tried Brave? Zero ads ever, It's like having a premium membership, except for the ability to sell stuff.
07-06-23, 09:18 AM
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Winders is not a browser.
07-06-23, 09:22 AM
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07-06-23, 09:25 AM
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I think you need to do more hand wringing. Then, maybe start a thread with a poll. Its the BF way.
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07-06-23, 09:25 AM
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Don't be so polite, makes for a boring forum. You can say Hell.
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07-06-23, 09:31 AM
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Oh I had adblocker on chrome and Opera. I primarily used Opera til a couple weeks ago when it said it didn't care too much for my antiquated OS, at which time I I stalled FF and imported my Opera bookmarks, etc. First time on FF at home in a few years.
Probably stay with FF til it stops working on Win 7 alltogether, I can live without feature updates as long as the security updates keep coming through. I used Firefox way back in the day when they still called it Firebird.
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07-06-23, 09:42 AM
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07-06-23, 09:44 AM
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Lordgun has the new Vittoria Corsa Pro TLR tires for $70. I bought a pair. This is the "latest and greatest" tire being used by a large part of the pro peloton. I've been mostly happy with Conti GP5000TLs, but want to try something new/different. I did not care for the Pirellis very much (not as supple as the Contis). Vittoria is well known for their ride quality, and the Corsa Pro is reported to be improved in durability and rolling resistance. At the typical $100/ea price, I was reluctant to pull the trigger. At $70, I can swallow that.
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07-06-23, 09:44 AM
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Slightly shorter. Have a 100 and 120, I think 110 might work well.
07-06-23, 09:45 AM
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07-06-23, 09:46 AM
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Flowers go way further back than big-ass overcompensating belt buckles though. If they're good enough for Julius Caesar, they're good enough for cyclists. Not everything needs to be "manly".
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07-06-23, 10:16 AM
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A snippet from an email from our department director this morning:
"We usually do not take vehicles home, but in the rare instance where it occurs…..for the love of God do NOT crash it into your home."
I'm so glad I don't have to drive a company vehicle.
"We usually do not take vehicles home, but in the rare instance where it occurs…..for the love of God do NOT crash it into your home."
I'm so glad I don't have to drive a company vehicle.
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07-06-23, 10:20 AM
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It's hard not to crash them into your house.
07-06-23, 10:21 AM
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Oh my, did someone have a little Independence Day mishap?
07-06-23, 10:22 AM
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07-06-23, 10:50 AM
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07-06-23, 10:52 AM
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I'll never forget what my father said when he was teaching me to drive the tractor that we used to mow the yard & runway in Texas
"Be very very careful around the house. If you hit it the tractor will not care and will keep going straight through"
"Be very very careful around the house. If you hit it the tractor will not care and will keep going straight through"
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07-06-23, 10:53 AM
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07-06-23, 11:10 AM
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07-06-23, 11:13 AM
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Lordgun has the new Vittoria Corsa Pro TLR tires for $70. I bought a pair. This is the "latest and greatest" tire being used by a large part of the pro peloton. I've been mostly happy with Conti GP5000TLs, but want to try something new/different. I did not care for the Pirellis very much (not as supple as the Contis). Vittoria is well known for their ride quality, and the Corsa Pro is reported to be improved in durability and rolling resistance. At the typical $100/ea price, I was reluctant to pull the trigger. At $70, I can swallow that.
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07-06-23, 12:03 PM
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I'm annoyed.
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