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10-18-23, 07:05 PM
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10-18-23, 07:16 PM
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10-18-23, 07:24 PM
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I was tooling around Amazon a few minutes ago. The models I was looking at yesterday had the model number reversed. When I found the correct model number, their price is actually $50 more than I paid locally, and I got the free gift.
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10-18-23, 07:31 PM
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Looking at a tape measure I can see mms better than sixteenths, thirtyseconds and sixtyfourths. Most tape measures here have bothe so I can use whichever works best for that particular measurement.
10-18-23, 07:41 PM
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4-5 times a year.
If I was racing I'd go through tires that quick for sure, but this was just HPDE. I was buying 3 cycle used race tires cheap. No good for racing, but I could get 3 events out of them before I'd need to replace. I went through a set of race brake pads in 3 days once, though. That sucked. I think it was like 105 deg out, and that little extra got them so hot they disintegrated (these were NOT street pads).
If I was racing I'd go through tires that quick for sure, but this was just HPDE. I was buying 3 cycle used race tires cheap. No good for racing, but I could get 3 events out of them before I'd need to replace. I went through a set of race brake pads in 3 days once, though. That sucked. I think it was like 105 deg out, and that little extra got them so hot they disintegrated (these were NOT street pads).
10-18-23, 07:42 PM
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Would you put a multi-thousand dollar bicycle in this?
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10-18-23, 07:42 PM
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10-18-23, 07:45 PM
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10-18-23, 07:50 PM
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I was reviewing footage of the T. Swift concert and spotted cyclists
Do you think theses are: (1) members of the touring crew, or (2) local performers?
If (2), how do you think they were recruited?
This might be the kind of thing that only someone in show business would think about.
Bonus: Where do you get glow in the dark bikes?
I was reviewing footage of the T. Swift concert and spotted cyclists
Do you think theses are: (1) members of the touring crew, or (2) local performers?
If (2), how do you think they were recruited?
This might be the kind of thing that only someone in show business would think about.
Bonus: Where do you get glow in the dark bikes?
10-18-23, 07:55 PM
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10-18-23, 07:58 PM
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10-18-23, 08:01 PM
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Last week, after riding the Battaglin on Friday and then the Ironman on Sunday, I got to thinking about tires. You see, the Battaglin was rolling on Conti Grand Prix's. Not GP5000s, just the plain GPs. And the Ironman was on VIttoria Corsas. Same size (25mm), but the Corsas were just a lot smoother, and the Battaglin, which is stiff as hell, could sure use some cush. I happened to have a pair of Corsa G2s, but with tan sidewalls. I've always run the Battaglin with blackwall tires, and I've always liked how it looks. The tanwalls? I'm not so sure.
So, here's a comparison - which looks better, do you think?
So, here's a comparison - which looks better, do you think?
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10-18-23, 08:08 PM
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Last week, after riding the Battaglin on Friday and then the Ironman on Sunday, I got to thinking about tires. You see, the Battaglin was rolling on Conti Grand Prix's. Not GP5000s, just the plain GPs. And the Ironman was on VIttoria Corsas. Same size (25mm), but the Corsas were just a lot smoother, and the Battaglin, which is stiff as hell, could sure use some cush. I happened to have a pair of Corsa G2s, but with tan sidewalls. I've always run the Battaglin with blackwall tires, and I've always liked how it looks. The tanwalls? I'm not so sure.
So, here's a comparison - which looks better, do you think?
So, here's a comparison - which looks better, do you think?
10-18-23, 08:11 PM
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10-18-23, 08:19 PM
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10-18-23, 08:19 PM
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Last week, after riding the Battaglin on Friday and then the Ironman on Sunday, I got to thinking about tires. You see, the Battaglin was rolling on Conti Grand Prix's. Not GP5000s, just the plain GPs. And the Ironman was on VIttoria Corsas. Same size (25mm), but the Corsas were just a lot smoother, and the Battaglin, which is stiff as hell, could sure use some cush. I happened to have a pair of Corsa G2s, but with tan sidewalls. I've always run the Battaglin with blackwall tires, and I've always liked how it looks. The tanwalls? I'm not so sure.
So, here's a comparison - which looks better, do you think?
So, here's a comparison - which looks better, do you think?
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10-18-23, 08:27 PM
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I was reviewing footage of the T. Swift concert and spotted cyclists
Do you think theses are: (1) members of the touring crew, or (2) local performers?
If (2), how do you think they were recruited?
This might be the kind of thing that only someone in show business would think about.
Bonus: Where do you get glow in the dark bikes?
I was reviewing footage of the T. Swift concert and spotted cyclists
Do you think theses are: (1) members of the touring crew, or (2) local performers?
If (2), how do you think they were recruited?
This might be the kind of thing that only someone in show business would think about.
Bonus: Where do you get glow in the dark bikes?
The bikes are easy. They look like inexpensive BSOs. You either have a light coloured one and a UV spot hiding in the lighting rig or you buy some fluorescent paint and brush/spray the cheap BSOs. No-one's going to be close enough to see the quality of the paint job.
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10-18-23, 08:37 PM
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Yep, definitely UV reactive paint. Some light coloured factory paint is slightly UV reactive but if the bikes you get aren't, easy enough to give them a quick spray.
10-18-23, 08:46 PM
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Also wear a new white T-shirt to the strip joint, you'll light up like you wouldn't believe!
10-18-23, 08:52 PM
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Last week, after riding the Battaglin on Friday and then the Ironman on Sunday, I got to thinking about tires. You see, the Battaglin was rolling on Conti Grand Prix's. Not GP5000s, just the plain GPs. And the Ironman was on VIttoria Corsas. Same size (25mm), but the Corsas were just a lot smoother, and the Battaglin, which is stiff as hell, could sure use some cush. I happened to have a pair of Corsa G2s, but with tan sidewalls. I've always run the Battaglin with blackwall tires, and I've always liked how it looks. The tanwalls? I'm not so sure.
So, here's a comparison - which looks better, do you think?
So, here's a comparison - which looks better, do you think?
10-18-23, 08:54 PM
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I was reviewing footage of the T. Swift concert and spotted cyclists
Do you think theses are: (1) members of the touring crew, or (2) local performers?
If (2), how do you think they were recruited?
This might be the kind of thing that only someone in show business would think about.
Bonus: Where do you get glow in the dark bikes?
I was reviewing footage of the T. Swift concert and spotted cyclists
Do you think theses are: (1) members of the touring crew, or (2) local performers?
If (2), how do you think they were recruited?
This might be the kind of thing that only someone in show business would think about.
Bonus: Where do you get glow in the dark bikes?
10-18-23, 09:04 PM
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bampilot06 how old is your boy? Pulling oneself up and walking around sounds like trouble...
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10-18-23, 09:13 PM
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10-18-23, 09:15 PM
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I don't watch Ms Swift's videos so I wouldn't know if she's used the same performers for this all her performance. If they are local recruited then the event manager will have been given a performer requirement and advertised using their existing contact, or through bookface/instagram/social media and also through industry publications/search engines. Then held in person or video auditions.
Might not be so easy to ride slowly, on a slippery stage. Pretty easy to topple, bampilot06 -style.
She probably won't be here anytime soon. It's hard for this market to fill the stadium, other than foosball. And Nashville, ATL are 3ish hours away.
10-18-23, 09:18 PM
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