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WhyFi 07-18-10 12:40 PM


Originally Posted by coasting (Post 11132964)
uh huh.

keep telling yourself that. i keep telling myself that people laugh at my shorts because they are jealous of my iron buns. it makes me feel better about myself.

If they were laughing because of your iron buns, shouldn't they be laughing at the view from behind, as opposed to the view from the front?

coasting 07-18-10 12:42 PM

my full frontal would be a terrifying sight.

sbxx1985 07-18-10 12:59 PM


Originally Posted by cjump (Post 11132789)
i think the zipps are out. its between assaults and the XD

I don't know anything about the Springfields, but I love my Assaults. The wheels they replaced were Campy Eurus, which were incredible and trouble-free for 10,000 miles. The Assaults are stiff and fast and Reynolds makes a solid product. Utah-based company with good customer service. The price is also right.

Given that, I'd get the 2010 404 all carbon clinchers. Zipp knows that the eff they're doing, but you pay for it.

sbxx1985 07-18-10 01:10 PM


Originally Posted by coasting (Post 11132773)
you think anyone actually was interested? I doubt it.

Turning the corner with your climbing technique is a wonderful feeling. For me, the technique was there but the engine wasn't performing. The check engine light went off yesterday.

ls01 07-18-10 01:32 PM


Originally Posted by KiddSisko (Post 11132874)
Apologies?

I'll take one.

rjones28 07-18-10 01:38 PM


Originally Posted by coasting (Post 11132773)
you think anyone actually was interested? I doubt it.

I found your post illuminating. Some things I knew and some things I will try this afternoon.

But, don't tell anyone, okay?;)

sbxx1985 07-18-10 02:05 PM

Customer service award for today
I broke my first spoke on my rear Eurus wheel. My trusted LBS of 5 years told me the only way to replace the spoke was to buy the full 21 spoke replacement pack at $15/spoke. For their repeated incompetence, they were fired.

I went to my new trusted LBS - Louisville Cyclery. Owner bought a 6 spoke kit for $50 and then proceeded to somehow throw away my Chorus cassette. Picked up the wheel today - spoke replaced, wheel trued, five replacement spokes, and a shiny new Record cassette ($299.99).

$54 with tax. Credit where credit is due.

Velo Vol 07-18-10 02:06 PM


Originally Posted by sbxx1985 (Post 11132979)
No idea. There was once a time when college lasted four years and the smart kids graduated early.

Uh huh. According to this the six-year graduation rate was higher in 2008 than it was in 1997.

patentcad 07-18-10 02:20 PM

Well, they didn't pop me off on the Pearl River section of the Rocket today, so that's something. Baby steps. And my skinny shorts are getting loose. Uh oh.

Hey, my team had 7 guys in an 85 man race in Prospect Saturday. They took 1,3,5 and 10th. If I had been there it would have been 1,3,5,10 and DFL or even DNF. Actually glad I missed it. Heard it was a rather disturbing crashfest. Those 35+ fields are generally very safe, but when they swell to 80+ in the mid summer heat, they get squirrelly.

sbxx1985 07-18-10 02:23 PM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 11133256)
Uh huh. According to this the six-year graduation rate was higher in 2008 than it was in 1997.

It'd be interesting to see statistics that date further back.

I guess my college experience was different. No one I knew took more than four years to graduate. I just asked my wife if she considered the option of graduating in five years and she said no, it was never a consideration. Her Italian father would have killed her.

Elitist pigs.

coasting 07-18-10 02:23 PM

what did I just do? I can't believe I just got persuaded to do this ride. I don't even have lights or reflective jacket and I have never ridden 120 miles nor have i ever ridden in the dark. Oy vey!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunwich_Dynamo


patentcad 07-18-10 02:30 PM

Just when you think the Mets can't suck any harder, they prove you wrong. In that sense they are disturbingly like BF.

patentcad 07-18-10 02:36 PM

Oh noes.

Stupid car business. Eff that action. I want a Prius. The local dealer has 20+ in stock, and they're discounting the piss out of the friggin car. As well they should.

rjones28 07-18-10 03:39 PM


Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 11133321)
Oh noes.

Stupid car business. Eff that action. I want a Prius. The local dealer has 20+ in stock, and they're discounting the piss out of the friggin car. As well they should.

If you do get one of those cars, remember that the gas pedal is on the right and the brake pedal is on the left. Toyota drivers seem to have trouble with that.

cjump 07-18-10 03:43 PM


Originally Posted by sbxx1985 (Post 11133047)
I don't know anything about the Springfields, but I love my Assaults
Given that, I'd get the 2010 404 all carbon clinchers. Zipp knows that the eff they're doing, but you pay for it.

springfield.http://www.davescatalog.com/products...9201hcsp06.jpg

sbxx1985 07-18-10 03:52 PM


Originally Posted by cjump (Post 11133621)
springfield.

No brainer. The Assaults.

sbxx1985 07-18-10 03:53 PM

Guns kill people.

cjump 07-18-10 03:56 PM

keep believing that guns kill people. none of mine have, but if it did, i would be the one telling it to go bang.

sbxx1985 07-18-10 04:00 PM


Originally Posted by cjump (Post 11133667)
keep believing that guns kill people.

Guns do kill people. I see it on TV.

rjones28 07-18-10 04:02 PM

Anyone up for a game of baseball? I hear that it's a nice down-to-earth team sport that is played by regular Joes who are not elitist in any way.:D

sbxx1985 07-18-10 04:15 PM

Anyway, I'd get the wheels. I assume they're comparable to the 404s at half the price. Unless you were regularly racing them, I doubt you'd notice the difference.

I'd suggest talking to psimet as an alternative to additional gun ownership. The man can make your wheel dreams come true.

patentcad 07-18-10 04:19 PM

Now they're ignoring me on my own thread.






Hey, works for me.

sbxx1985 07-18-10 04:22 PM

Your Mets really suck right now.

rjones28 07-18-10 04:24 PM

I think I need another cup of coffee.

patentcad 07-18-10 04:24 PM

Terminator Stefan from NYC who is usually up on the front with me cursing his name hanging on in the back actually did me a favor today and dragged me and a few other guys back up to the Ken HUMAN LUNGren group on that Pearl River upgrade. I don't know what that dude puts on his Wheaties, but I want some.


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