Obsession. I need help.
04-12-10 | 02:56 PM
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Still can't climb
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From: Limey in Taiwan
Obsession. I need help.
Today I was just surfing bike shops online and for no apparent reason I clicked on the new Ultegra 6700 groupset to add it to the basket.
Then I realised that I don't have a bike to attach it to, so I started surfing for a new frame.
Then I realised I would need some wheels, but I already have a wheelset coming so my current low end wheels would be spare so they can go on this new bike.
Then I thought how can I put a good groupset on a new bike but put crappy wheels on it so I needed to buy yet another set of wheels.
Make it stop. Please.
Then I realised that I don't have a bike to attach it to, so I started surfing for a new frame.
Then I realised I would need some wheels, but I already have a wheelset coming so my current low end wheels would be spare so they can go on this new bike.
Then I thought how can I put a good groupset on a new bike but put crappy wheels on it so I needed to buy yet another set of wheels.
Make it stop. Please.
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coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
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04-12-10 | 03:03 PM
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Still can't climb
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I've got a spare seat post. Do you think I should get another bike so this seat post doesn't go to waste?
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coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
No @coasting, you should stay 100% as you are right now, don't change a thing....quote Heathpack
coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
No @coasting, you should stay 100% as you are right now, don't change a thing....quote Heathpack
04-12-10 | 03:06 PM
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04-12-10 | 03:16 PM
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Still can't climb
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From: Limey in Taiwan
New equipment makes you go faster. Everyone knows that.
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coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
No @coasting, you should stay 100% as you are right now, don't change a thing....quote Heathpack
coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
No @coasting, you should stay 100% as you are right now, don't change a thing....quote Heathpack
04-12-10 | 03:22 PM
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Whatever makes you happy, as long as you are not spending the rent $ or buying stuff on credit.
I flew home from Boston last week with some kid that was complaining how cigarettes now cost him $7/pack and he smokes 2 packs a day. Now that is an expensive obsession/addiction I just can't understand.
I flew home from Boston last week with some kid that was complaining how cigarettes now cost him $7/pack and he smokes 2 packs a day. Now that is an expensive obsession/addiction I just can't understand.
04-12-10 | 07:41 PM
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pan y agua
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Bikes: Willier Zero 7; Merlin Extralight; Calfee Dragonfly tandem, Calfee Adventure tandem; Cervelo P2; Motebecane Ti Fly 29er; Motebecanne Phantom Cross; Schwinn Paramount Track bike
^ $450 a month. We're talking Felt F2 with Di2 in 12 months.
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You could fall off a cliff and die.
You could get lost and die.
You could hit a tree and die.
OR YOU COULD STAY HOME AND FALL OFF THE COUCH AND DIE.
You could fall off a cliff and die.
You could get lost and die.
You could hit a tree and die.
OR YOU COULD STAY HOME AND FALL OFF THE COUCH AND DIE.
04-12-10 | 07:49 PM
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so, in conclusion: start smoking, quit smoking, spend the money you wasted on cigarettes on a new bike.
win-win situation. you get new bike, you stop killing your poor lungs.
win-win situation. you get new bike, you stop killing your poor lungs.
04-12-10 | 07:49 PM
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04-12-10 | 07:51 PM
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It would appear that alleged felt for $6K with the Di2 is a lower line Felt frame, because the higher line Felt frame with similar components is like $10K. But that bike also has fancy ass D.A. CF wheels. Still, the difference in frame price appears to be $2500+. Just on the frame. So how great is that frame on the $6K Di2 bike?
04-12-10 | 07:55 PM
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It would appear that alleged felt for $6K with the Di2 is a lower line Felt frame, because the higher line Felt frame with similar components is like $10K. But that bike also has fancy ass D.A. CF wheels. Still, the difference in frame price appears to be $2500+. Just on the frame. So how great is that frame on the $6K Di2 bike?
04-12-10 | 08:06 PM
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pan y agua
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From: Jacksonville
Bikes: Willier Zero 7; Merlin Extralight; Calfee Dragonfly tandem, Calfee Adventure tandem; Cervelo P2; Motebecane Ti Fly 29er; Motebecanne Phantom Cross; Schwinn Paramount Track bike
Apparently not that far below the top of the line. I think the different wheelset is part of the price difference. My LBS is willing to upgrade the frame for $800. So I could get the top of the line frame, wth the componet package from the F2 for $6100, after the discount.
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You could fall off a cliff and die.
You could get lost and die.
You could hit a tree and die.
OR YOU COULD STAY HOME AND FALL OFF THE COUCH AND DIE.
You could fall off a cliff and die.
You could get lost and die.
You could hit a tree and die.
OR YOU COULD STAY HOME AND FALL OFF THE COUCH AND DIE.
04-12-10 | 08:07 PM
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pan y agua
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From: Jacksonville
Bikes: Willier Zero 7; Merlin Extralight; Calfee Dragonfly tandem, Calfee Adventure tandem; Cervelo P2; Motebecane Ti Fly 29er; Motebecanne Phantom Cross; Schwinn Paramount Track bike
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