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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 08-16-10 | 11:24 PM
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I went a step further and left the schader valve adapter on.
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Old 08-16-10 | 11:48 PM
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I went a step further and left the schader valve adapter on.
Seems to be a popular look around here too.
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Old 08-17-10 | 05:32 AM
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I do use them, but I'm slowly, gradually, learning to renounce Freddom so that I can be cool like the guys (and gals) on BF. First went the reflectors. Then the dork disk. Then the MTB seat bag. Then the platform pedals with clips. Then the triple. Then the cheap wheelset.

Sound familiar?

I might even lose the kickstand at some point.
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Old 08-17-10 | 06:23 AM
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I glue my valve covers to my nipples so my group ride knows I'm really excited to be there.
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Old 08-17-10 | 08:15 AM
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yes, tacky.

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Old 08-17-10 | 08:24 AM
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^ This is also the first thing I thought of...

on topic though, is there any real disadvantage to having them on there? Or is it just "cool" to not have them?
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Old 08-17-10 | 08:45 AM
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^ This is also the first thing I thought of...

on topic though, is there any great disadvantage to having them on there? Or is it just "cool" to not have them?
Nothing significant...just the inconvenience of taking them on and off.
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Old 08-17-10 | 08:52 AM
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Nothing significant...just the inconvenience of taking them on and off.
That's kinda what I thought, just never really thought of not putting them back on... hmmmm
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Old 08-17-10 | 11:20 AM
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I use colored ones for a little extra decoration...why not?
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Originally Posted by Daytrip
I do use them, but I'm slowly, gradually, learning to renounce Freddom so that I can be cool like the guys (and gals) on BF. First went the reflectors. Then the dork disk. Then the MTB seat bag. Then the platform pedals with clips. Then the triple. Then the cheap wheelset.

Sound familiar?

I might even lose the kickstand at some point.
Pffft- what's next?? Taking off the center-pull levers on your brakes???
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Old 08-17-10 | 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Daytrip
I do use them, but I'm slowly, gradually, learning to renounce Freddom so that I can be cool like the guys (and gals) on BF. First went the reflectors. Then the dork disk. Then the MTB seat bag. Then the platform pedals with clips. Then the triple. Then the cheap wheelset.

Sound familiar?

I might even lose the kickstand at some point.
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