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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 07-22-10 | 10:06 AM
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no. i say go blue
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Old 07-22-10 | 10:08 AM
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Would silver handlebar tape look good on a silver/black bike?
I don't like silver tape. It gives off the impression that you're trying too hard. Like the CF tape.

Pics would help.
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Old 07-22-10 | 10:27 AM
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I did a social night ride last month. But it was only 11 miles, and the road was closed to traffic.

The only provision I had to make was adding my weak headlight so I didn't run off the road.
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Old 07-22-10 | 10:28 AM
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I stopped three times (not while on the clock) to wipe sweat out of the eyes.
Did you stop and unclip three times?
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Old 07-22-10 | 10:29 AM
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Red tape, because it'll make you faster.
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Old 07-22-10 | 10:30 AM
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This place runs just fine without you sometimes.
You'll miss me when I'm gone.
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Silver tape would be too much. I'd stick with black.
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Did you stop and unclip three times?
What difference? Yes, my eyes were stinging and it was getting difficult to see.
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Old 07-22-10 | 10:37 AM
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Hey Gomer, for you to ride that fast, you have to be doping.

How do you respond to these scandalous allegations?
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Old 07-22-10 | 10:49 AM
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so he was riding at the 23 mph level? I wonder if that is real or with BF hyper-inflation

nice looking bike by the way. i think with that grey and black you can go with any colour as long as there is a match with the tyres. bikes like yours are tastefully understated so you can express your own style onto it.
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Old 07-22-10 | 11:04 AM
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pCad, you seem to be in a good mood. Is Mrs. pCad smiling too?
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Old 07-22-10 | 11:06 AM
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I think duct tape is the perfect color, and cheap. Actually, a color that matches the silver/gray of the bike would look good, though I like black for my contact points.
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Old 07-22-10 | 11:07 AM
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Never been a fan of that kind of spoking.
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Old 07-22-10 | 11:08 AM
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By the way, elitists are aholes.
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Old 07-22-10 | 11:09 AM
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pCad, you seem to be in a good mood.
Let's not get carried away.

Levi detonated on that friggin Col today like Pcad on the Rocket Ride.
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so he was riding at the 23 mph level? I wonder if that is real or with BF hyper-inflation

nice looking bike by the way. i think with that grey and black you can go with any colour as long as there is a match with the tyres. bikes like yours are tastefully understated so you can express your own style onto it.
I'll sure I'll stick with black. Silver is the only other feasible option (in my mind). I just have to figure out what kind to get.

The loop isn't "flat" to the extent that you can dial in on a constant rhythm and hammer away for several minutes. It's hard to find that anywhere around here.
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Old 07-22-10 | 11:11 AM
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is it teribly fredly of me to add another patch of duct tape to my saddle?

i finally emptied my bag from the bike weekend i went on and found that I had been collecting freebies of energy gels/drinks powders and it all came to 25 packs. I'm almost ashamed.
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Old 07-22-10 | 11:12 AM
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is it teribly fredly of me to add another patch of duct tape to my saddle?
No. the first patch had that covered.
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Old 07-22-10 | 11:13 AM
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By the way, elitists are aholes.
How exactly? Be specific. Name names.

Extra bonus points if you then take that post and dump it into the 33 Twitter Feed thread.
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Old 07-22-10 | 11:13 AM
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is it teribly fredly of me to add another patch of duct tape to my saddle?
Everything you do is Fredly.
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Old 07-22-10 | 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by patentcad
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I agree. You are actually full of good information.
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Old 07-22-10 | 11:15 AM
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it seems so wrong to get rid of a totally comfy saddle just because the surface has been ripped and scuffed from the enormous amount of mileage done on it.
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Old 07-22-10 | 11:16 AM
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I agree. You are actually full of good information.
does his butt make your tongue furry?
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