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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 08-03-10 | 07:14 AM
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My right shimano ultegra cleat squeaks. How do I get it to stop?
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Are they talking about spectators feeding the cyclists? You know, like don't feed the bears?
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Old 08-03-10 | 07:18 AM
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My right shimano ultegra cleat squeaks. How do I get it to stop?
tighten the tension on the pedal works sometimes (assuming you can still get out), then some dry teflon spray stuff (temporary fix) and ultimately just get a new cleat.
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Old 08-03-10 | 07:19 AM
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If it makes a difference, it got moved when I was fitted and started doing that. Also, I will try that (not the new cleat part, the others)
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Old 08-03-10 | 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by mzeffex
If it makes a difference, it got moved when I was fitted and started doing that. Also, I will try that (not the new cleat part, the others)
this stuff is cheap and works for about 2 rides per spraying.

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Old 08-03-10 | 07:42 AM
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How do you define "squawk" in this context?
Gratuitous posting, very low signal-to-noise.
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Old 08-03-10 | 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by ijen0311
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If your S2 has a stack of spacers and a stem like that, you should give up now.

And make sure you keep the reflectors on.
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Old 08-03-10 | 08:12 AM
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Cause I'd have to ask someone to take them and that would be embarrassing.
re: your avitar - Did you walk on beach sand with bike shoes and cleats? Did you damage them?
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Old 08-03-10 | 08:12 AM
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If your S2 has a stack of spacers and a stem like that, you should give up now.

And make sure you keep the reflectors on.
Looks like my wife's bike. I think the relatively long legs / short trunk thing applies to a lot of women.
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Old 08-03-10 | 08:19 AM
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Man, I gotta admit, I agree with Slothy. This SRAM stuff is awesome.

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Old 08-03-10 | 08:28 AM
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Man, I gotta admit, I agree with Slothy. This SRAM stuff is awesome.
I spent about an hour on a S3 with Red last Friday and didn't like it. The shifting was unnatural for me, but I suppose that would change with mileage.

But your bike, that's straight sexy.
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Old 08-03-10 | 08:28 AM
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Man, I gotta admit, I agree with Slothy. This SRAM stuff is awesome.
What is your avatar? I saw it posted somewhere and don't get it.
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Old 08-03-10 | 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Herbie53
Looks like my wife's bike. I think the relatively long legs / short trunk thing applies to a lot of women.
A race bike deserves better.
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Old 08-03-10 | 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Herbie53
What is your avatar? I saw it posted somewhere and don't get it.
the original image said LOL WUT, just an internet meme/joke and someone modified it into the mexican version (I'm hispanic but not mexican). I just put it there as an easy way to spot my posts.
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Old 08-03-10 | 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by sbxx1985
I spent about an hour on a S3 with Red last Friday and didn't like it. The shifting was unnatural for me, but I suppose that would change with mileage.

But your bike, that's straight sexy.

Thanks. I still haven't gotten completely used to the shifting, but the ergonomics, sprint shifting, and weight have won me over. It was also a lot easier to tune than Shimano. Not that Shimano was hard, this was just easier. The shifting will become natural soon, probably by the end of the week.
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Old 08-03-10 | 08:34 AM
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don't kid yourself, you'd be lucky to if you get into the online program of Columia College in Missouri



Correct. Had one for a long, long time. A few weeks ago, we rode with the old timers who rode up to Piermont back in the early 80's way before 9W became the new Fred Superhighway (© Sir P-Clown). Btw pcad, did you know that NYU now has a team, too? A fellow alumna of mine from undergrad was their coach last year.

Unfortunately, I gave the NYU kids a good whooping the last time i raced with them. In the circuit race, I broke clear with 4 miles left and soloed away to get first. In the crit, i got beat at the line by a wheel after leading out everyone. In both races, i had no team support while NYU had four kids in the race. You should give them a good whopping and tell them to HTFU. Actually, don't do that as i'm looking forward to give them a whooping again next season.



There are also free nyc-themed condoms, but that's only for students. You can always get free paper from the pinko commie organizations on campus. Other than that, everything costs $$$, which is ironic for a place as pinko commie as this (being highly sarcastic here)
Is NYU's mascot a Violet or a Bobcat? I still can't figure it out and I went there.
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Old 08-03-10 | 08:38 AM
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well it is tennessee

that's pretty shocking...giving the republicans a bad name right thar.
Only if he wins the primary. It could happen - see South Carolina.
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Old 08-03-10 | 08:56 AM
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Only if he wins the primary. It could happen - see South Carolina.
i would be painfully shocked if he won the primary.

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Old 08-03-10 | 08:58 AM
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re: your avitar - Did you walk on beach sand with bike shoes and cleats? Did you damage them?
I stepped on a lizard.
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Crash716
i would be painfully shocked if he won the primary.

Good Morning kids.
Kids? Well, I guess some of us....

Crash, is your position part of original enlistment, or is this a carry over?

Also, I know you probably wouldn't say so, but I think it takes big ones to do what you do. It's appreciated.
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by ijen0311
I stepped on a lizard.
At first, I didn't see that as a reply. I thought maybe you did it again. Then I thought, what does she have against lizards....
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:17 AM
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Do you guys remember the running mate that Ross Perot had? That guy in Tenn. reminds me a little of him, but instead of old, he seems very wasted.
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Tulex
At first, I didn't see that as a reply. I thought maybe you did it again. Then I thought, what does she have against lizards....
I can't speak for Jen, but those damn things keep trying to sell me car insurance.
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Tulex
At first, I didn't see that as a reply. I thought maybe you did it again. Then I thought, what does she have against lizards....
It's funny... I actually have a little lizard tattoo on my back. Now it's a memorial.
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Tulex
it takes big ones to do what you do.
Speaking of big ones, a family member of mine experienced "testicular explosion" this weekend. He races motorcycles, crashed and went airborne, and came down on the gas tank.

Riding motorcycles is dangerous enough, but racing them is just psychotic. He's decided he should wear a cup from now on.
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Old 08-03-10 | 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by sbxx1985
Speaking of big ones, a family member of mine experienced "testicular explosion" this weekend. He races motorcycles, crashed and went airborne, and came down on the gas tank.

Riding motorcycles is dangerous enough, but racing them is just psychotic. He's decided he should wear a cup from now on.
God, I actually cringed when I read that. Ouch.
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