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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 04-27-10 | 05:24 AM
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Yeah, so I'm not a total fred, but they call me a fred. Why should you be different?
speaking of freds, Pcad, i find you personally responsible for the recent "is my stem too short" thread.
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Old 04-27-10 | 05:27 AM
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speaking of freds, Pcad, i find you personally responsible for the recent "is my stem too short" thread.
I blame myself.
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Yeah, so I'm not a total fred, but they call me a fred.
Tell me about it.
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Old 04-27-10 | 07:50 AM
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Tell me about it.
You are worse than a Fred. You are a Gomer.
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Old 04-27-10 | 07:50 AM
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Soon I'll be blogging from my new iPad.
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Old 04-27-10 | 07:51 AM
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They killed the Go Ahead Ask Pcad Anything thread.






This pathetic Fredfest is all that's left me.
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Old 04-27-10 | 07:52 AM
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Soon I'll be blogging


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Old 04-27-10 | 07:53 AM
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Posting on BF is as close to blogging as buying bike stuff is to acquiring schwag.
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Old 04-27-10 | 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by gsteinb
Posting on BF is as close to blogging as buying bike stuff is to acquiring schwag.
Leave the Semantic Interpretation to me, you worry about winning the bike races.
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Old 04-27-10 | 08:09 AM
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In fact, my next thread may be Pcad's Bike Schwag Blog.
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I'll tell you what, you guys start a blog, I'll post on BF, let's see who gets more traffic.
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Blogs are stupid anyway. So is cycling. Nothing could ever be as massively dumb as a cycling blog.
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Is this normal?
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Is this normal?
This is the new normal.
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George Costanza hits teen cyclist.
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Old 04-27-10 | 03:34 PM
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George Costanza hits teen cyclist.

have you read the one readers' comment? what a turd.
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have you read the one readers' comment? what a turd.
Mild sauce compared with comments I've seen in other news stories.
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Hey Pcad,

Don't you think it's accurate to characterize me as an "idea guy"?
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Hey Pcad,

Don't you think it's accurate to characterize me as an "idea guy"?
But of course. You're an integral part of the BF Brain Trust.
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Originally Posted by patentcad
But of course. You're an integral part of the BF Brain Trust.
That smacks of a backhanded compliment.

Oh well, at least I'm smart enough to pick up on that.
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Old 04-27-10 | 06:52 PM
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I got offered a job (again!) at a local bike store.. a competitor.. they pay more and I like the store more, but I'm terrified of what my boss will say if I moved this time of year. They need me now. Suggestions?

Pros to move:
Pay - schwag and college
Nice store
Closer
I shop there sometimes anyway

Cons:
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ugh! I'm definitely not ready to be an adult.
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Are they talking about spectators feeding the cyclists? You know, like don't feed the bears?
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I think we're going to Greece this summer. If they're not out of business by then.
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I got offered a job (again!) at a local bike store.. a competitor.. they pay more and I like the store more, but I'm terrified of what my boss will say if I moved this time of year. They need me now. Suggestions?

Pros to move:
Pay - schwag and college
Nice store
Closer
I shop there sometimes anyway

Cons:
Scared of current boss.

ugh! I'm definitely not ready to be an adult.
If you don't have a great relationship with your current boss, accept the job at the competing store!
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Old 04-27-10 | 06:57 PM
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If you don't have a great relationship with your current boss, accept the job at the competing store!
I do though. I also need to add to the list of pros that I would no longer be cleaning (with a tooth brush) bikes during tune ups.
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Are they talking about spectators feeding the cyclists? You know, like don't feed the bears?
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I think we're going to Greece this summer. If they're not out of business bt then.
yo. I'm waiting for a streak of genius to come out of you regarding my situation.
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