Fred Encounters of the third kind
10-02-08 | 05:44 AM
#326
Voice of the Industry
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Do you get lost when you leave your house in the morning? Take heed that you are hopefully in the minority. Did you notice that even the guy that wrote the article in the Times who is likely cognitively challenged could even figure out a CW convention?
10-02-08 | 06:07 AM
#327
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Dirt-riding heretic
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From: Gig Harbor, WA
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Probably more relative to the cost of other Tri/TT bikes out there. The P2C is more aerodynamic than many frames costing 2-3 times as much. Even Cervelo says that the aerodynamic savings for spending $3500 on a P3 frame will only get you 40 seconds or something small like that over a 40K TT. Whether it's in your price range has nothing to do with whether it's a relative value.
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10-02-08 | 07:04 AM
#328
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So if you're a former pro its okay to wear a team jersey and advertise for a team that you don't ride for but if you're just a recreational cyclist it's taboo to wear a Lampre jersey? This necessarily directed at the person whose quote I'm using but to the forum itself since the general consensus is that wearing professional team jersey is taboo/fredlike. I don't agree with this philosophy but curious to what motivates this way of thinking.
Wear what is comfortable and ride what you want. The view of the road ahead is the same.
10-02-08 | 07:09 AM
#329
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10-02-08 | 07:12 AM
#330
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"Let us hope our weapons are never needed --but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government -- and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws" - Edward Abbey
10-02-08 | 07:30 AM
#331
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10-02-08 | 07:32 AM
#332
Faster, pedal faster..... He's getting closer! Look at his shoes! Hurry that Fred is gaining on us!
10-02-08 | 07:44 AM
#333
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From: Gig Harbor, WA
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I did, yeah--I find the TT position horrible for climbing, but for whatever reason I find myself sliding back in my saddle on climbs. Guess it's an attempt to get my hamstrings more into it or something.
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10-02-08 | 10:30 AM
#335
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10-02-08 | 10:33 AM
#336
You haven't been paying attention.... 2D objects on a flat screen don't rotate.
10-02-08 | 10:46 AM
#337
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10-02-08 | 10:50 AM
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10-02-08 | 12:10 PM
#342
It's ALL base...
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I met quite the character on my Saturday ride. He pulled up just as I and She Who Must Be Obeyed were getting ready to head out. 80+ years old, been riding the same Ross mtb. for over 20 years. Picking up cans by the side of the road all that time earned him over $75,000. Claimed to have over 150,000 miles on the bike.
10-02-08 | 12:14 PM
#343
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10-02-08 | 12:26 PM
#344
Has coddling tendencies.
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From: Topanga Canyon
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