I am the expert on this by the way.

Hey Pcad,

Did you realize that manufactures still make, and people still buy, titanium bicycles?

Who knew?

It's like the 90s redux.

Titanium RULES.

Good thinking except for one new variable. What jobs? There is almost no manufacturing left and what is left pays peanuts due to the vast pool of talent just standing around. Without manufacturing there isnt enough work to go around, we cant all be in the service industry. I will believe it when I can go back to work in my trade as a carpenter and not have to travel from state to state to find work.

Happy days! although not a real nice day here, I did ride my litespeed today. I salute a fellow Ti rider. still waiting to see pics of said merlin.

Jobs will come. That doesn't mean in your particular field and location of course. A recession is when your neighbor is out of work. A depression is when you are.

Today I spent three hours in two LBSs. My intention was to trade in one of my two bikes at the bike swap and apply the proceeds to a new bike. I ended up buying not only one bike, but two, and not at the LBS where the swap was occurring. End result, money not blown, but well invested. I am now selling both of my 5 year old bikes and coming away with a Fuji Cross Comp for $700 with full 105, as well as the bike that sneaked up and into my shopping cart - a 2009 Scattante (guess where I ended up?) CFR Sport for a little more than $900 after all the points and discounts had been applied.

All this after a couple of months anguishing over an online purchase. I've never 'blown' so much money in one day on a vehicle with less than four wheels. I am working my way up the self-loathing index...

EDIT: This proves I am 'Addicted'.

^ You did buy 4 wheels after all..

I want new wheels. These Mavic CXP22s just aren't cutting it.

They had a 2010 Scattante carbon unit there selling for $1,300, with the label clearly stating the Alex ALX-220 wheels. The wheels were actually Ksyrium Elites. I wish that mistake had been made on my bike(s).

Join the rest of us doing symbolic logic manipulation.

how does it pay?

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Just out bike it, Velo Vol.

Motion denied. Pcad Schwag Court cannot accept this as clear evidence without the photos.

Please don't waste the Valuable Time of the Court.

It is cool racing a summer thunderstorm back home, especially if you have some major tailwind action.

Don't worry, as long as the bicycle tires are on the road, you're electrically grounded and you can sustain a direct hit from lightning without injury.

The difference between me and you losers is you think you demonstrate your addiction at the cash register, while I prove it out on the road.

Fixed.

Bike weenies in NY.

I read it all 'till I got to the last person.

Bike weenies are all total friggin idiots.

Says the biggeste weenie of them all.






Not like that, you sickos.

I'm riding in the rain tomorrow. At least I'm not doing 3 hours of driving and laying out a $33 entry fee plus $35 in gas and tolls to race in the rain.

My heart rate was through the roof last Saturday on a flat at a relatively slow speed. I decided I might be pushing things a little hard, so I took a week off the bike. Rode today, my legs are killing me.

Conclusion: ride more, ride harder, show my legs this sort of weakness will not be tolerated. That or, fingers crossed, ride them into nubs and get totally sweet robot legs.

I thought you guys should know.