My cat used my Scott catalog as a scratching pad. That was his opinion.

I only have one water bottle. It's from some event I did ages ago. I had more, but I pitched them out the last time I moved. I'm not sure how this one survived.

is it a coincidence or what? a pair of water bottle from the local water company is so badly made it leaks as i drink and dribbles down my front. They also suffer from a high leakage rate from their water pipes.

spray it with spray lube until it drips clear.

Eff your stupid cat. For that matter, eff my stupid cats.

Cats are really stupid. My dog Sam however RULES.

ok i'll admit it. i took a bag and loaded up with whatever freebies were going. I've got like 10 gels, 15 energy drink powder sachets, 5 cliff bars, 8 shock blocs, 4 recovery bars, and water bottles, allen keys. This doesn't make me look good does it?

You're my hero.

I can't believe this stupid thread had deteriorated into a discussion about water bottles.

More people do this than will admit it. But, allen keys? Really, who was giving those away? I've not seen that one before.

I hope that helps. Is this a common fate? I haven't even changed my bottom bracket yet. Why should my STIs be rusted?

blame doris.

My next question was going to be, should I get black bottle holders and red bottles, or red bottle holders and black bottles? Maybe I'll start a new thread to ask.

a cycling magazine handed out goodie bags and a set of allen keys were inside. very nice.

Why not?

never happened to me before but i read about that spray lube thing somewhere. maybe it was sheldon brown. i cleaned mt rear derailleur like that and the amount of crud that comes out is astonishing.

you ride in high humidity, no? i bet you also drip a lot of sweat onto your front end. i dripped onto my stem today and by the time i got home there was a crusty layer on it. salt. if i needed to ward off bonking, i would have licked my stem.

well it is cycling related. Were you out in Harriman today? Mcjimbosandwich might have had a pcad sighting. I was going to head out with him after our group made it to Conklin but went back with the group instead.

I blame coasting and Gomer for everything.

My water bottles used to be "clear" but now they are black.

You should make it a poll.

I was coming through Harriman park by Kanawauke Circle @ about 11:45AM on the ride back from doing the Nyack Ride. I left my house @ 5:30AM and rode to Nyack, did the ride, stuck with them up to 9W, then turned north to come back. 114 mles. So when Mc saw me, I was really hurting, that last 25 miles was quite the death march. Probably the hardest ride this year.

I can do 100 miles in a day or do the Nyack Ride, doing both is a bit much. But it worked out today.

I think that would be fun. Except I'd probably get flamed out of my mind.

you'll love it. that's part of the BF exprience. i still remember my first "use the search function". I knew I had found my e-home.

Oh yes, I'm rolling through Nyack @ 8AM, and I bomb a red light. A cop pulls me over. I'm all apologetic. He sits in his car, and I figure he's going to write me a ticket. So I look over there and he's reading this traffic law manual. Then he comes out and says he's going to let me off with a warning.

I think the problem was he couldn't quite figure out how to write a traffic summons to a cyclist. He seemed peeved that I had no ID on me. I shrugged. Gave him my name and address and he found me on the computer. Anyway, no ticket today.

I think that is a whole different sub forum.

I put sport top poland spring water bottles in mine. So, I am most definitely not the one to answer your question.

such a hooligan. there are junior velo geeks reading this and being led astray.