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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 08-06-10 | 08:12 PM
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Bonktown has socks... awww
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Old 08-06-10 | 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by ijen0311
I need to ask an embarrassing cycling question.
There's a minuscule embarrassment threshold in this place.
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Old 08-06-10 | 08:12 PM
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Old 08-06-10 | 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by mastershake16
lol damsel in distress...
I dunno how to put air in my tires.
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Old 08-06-10 | 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
There's a minuscule embarrassment threshold in this place.
It's too stupid for even the 41 refugee thread.
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Old 08-06-10 | 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by ijen0311
I dunno how to put air in my tires.
Did your old bike not have presta valves?
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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 08-06-10 | 08:15 PM
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why not ask your question here...or make your life easier and PM someone here you think could answer it.

(My starting from a stop advice form your new bike thread was top notch)

It can't be that embarrassing
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Old 08-06-10 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by mzeffex
Did your old bike not have presta valves?
It did. I was kidding. Though I don't really understand how to read the pump. Sigh.
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Old 08-06-10 | 08:15 PM
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I'm glad I missed a lot of that. I said my peace a few days ago.
I think I went critical a day or so later.... I suppose everyone has limits. Good that it's done.

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Are you trying to be like Razor to point out that he is annoying? Nice work, but you can stop anytime.

You have made your point if that's what it is. As previously stated, one version of Razor is enough.
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Old 08-06-10 | 08:16 PM
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Okay I might end up sounding stupid because i dont know about all this CO2 crap but...

Unscrew the cap. Put pump on. pump it up. screw cap on. boom goes the dynamite.
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Old 08-06-10 | 08:17 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wreZho5I2E4

Presta valve operating instructions
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Old 08-06-10 | 08:18 PM
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I got bumped down from 4th top poster to 5th by Tulex. Coasting is coming in right behind me. I need to pick it up.

That said, the reason I haven't been posting much is because of top gear. It's just the same. And the same. And the same. Annoying.
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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 08-06-10 | 08:18 PM
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Dude, you just can't let it go. That doesn't make you any better, just more willing to be annoyed.

And it didn't help that he barged in screaming "they told me in the Addiction thread to come here"
Umd, give it up. He asked a question, I answered it.
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Old 08-06-10 | 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by mastershake16
Okay I might end up sounding stupid because i dont know about all this CO2 crap but...

Unscrew the cap. Put pump on. pump it up. screw cap on. boom goes the dynamite.
My pump has a gauge on it and the little dial points to 110. If i pump until the needle hits the 110 it feels like it wants to explode.
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Old 08-06-10 | 08:20 PM
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Cant you just look at the tire to see recommended PSI?
Just go to that...
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Old 08-06-10 | 08:20 PM
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At your size you probably don't need 110...try 90 front 100 back and see how it rides.
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Old 08-06-10 | 08:20 PM
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I'm still feeling like crap. When I go outside I feel better, but as soon as I go back in my own house it goes downhill. Strange.
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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 08-06-10 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by umd
Dude, you just can't let it go. That doesn't make you any better, just more willing to be annoyed.

And it didn't help that he barged in screaming "they told me in the Addiction thread to come here"
So is that the reason? What's done is done. I'm just wondering if there is a rhyme or reason. I don't always get how moderation works around here.
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Old 08-06-10 | 08:21 PM
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For reference I ride 110 and I am 6' 200lbs. so th 90/100 might even be high, but I fear pinch flats and my roads aren't that bad.
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Old 08-06-10 | 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by heckler
Anything could haul your boat it weighs less than most Americans.

This extra 9 pages is annoying. So glad we "updated" the forum software.
Good points.

I wonder if the extra pages are because a bunch of posts have been deleted?

The car can tow up to 3500lbs (slowly). That's like 6 ACats and gear or a ski boat.
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Old 08-06-10 | 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by heckler
For reference I ride 110 and I am 6' 200lbs. so th 90/100 might even be high, but I fear pinch flats and my roads aren't that bad.
When I put the pump on the tire, does the needle point to whatever the current pressure is?
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Old 08-06-10 | 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
So is that the reason? What's done is done. I'm just wondering if there is a rhyme or reason.
Somebody obviously reported him. Like I said before, I would have preferred to just ignore him, it would have been more fun to watch him spin his wheels and get bored.
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Old 08-06-10 | 08:24 PM
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Do the moderators only appear if you ring the bell?

Well done.
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Old 08-06-10 | 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ijen0311
When I put the pump on the tire, does the needle point to whatever the current pressure is?
Let a little air out of your tires before you start pumping to break the seal on the valve. Also, depending upon your pump, it may be harder to pump to higher pressures.
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Old 08-06-10 | 08:26 PM
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T shirts and hats. The mountain bike counterpart is chainlove.com
Do yutesguys use this? I think it's the same outfit as Chainlove/Bonktown, except you don't have to wait for what you want. Flipside is stuff is not as cheap.

https://www.departmentofgoods.com/
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