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Old 11-01-04 | 02:00 PM
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Pedals?? I just ziptie my feet to the pedal holes in the cranks. For brakes I just reach my bare hand down and grab the wheel. Because I can bench 16,000lbs I can apply enough force to stop a freight train if needed.
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Old 11-01-04 | 02:14 PM
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Geez...try and have a little fun in this thread by engaging in a little trash talk and some of ya blow your stack. Just trying to have a little fun, 53-11 style!!
I enjoyed 53-11's posts, and now you yobbos have scared him off! 53-11, where are you?
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Old 11-01-04 | 03:06 PM
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I enjoyed 53-11's posts, and now you yobbos have scared him off! 53-11, where are you?
What's up with 53-11 these days? He's gone soft. I miss the smack talk of days past.

This forum needs more smack. Bring it on!!

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Old 11-01-04 | 03:17 PM
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Old 11-01-04 | 08:43 PM
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... and these carbon fibre bikes! How candy ass are they?!

First time I rode one it burst into flames from air friction in the first ten seconds!

I had to finish the ride holding the front wheel axle with my two hands and the rear wheel axle with my toes. And what do you know? That same damn traffic cop stops me AGAIN for speeding! Where's the justice?!


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Old 11-01-04 | 08:52 PM
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oh please....I am the god of bike riding...I mean I once rode down my entire driveway....yeah beeyatch, right down my whole freaking driveway....i even beat the family goldfish.

What now, punk!
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Old 11-02-04 | 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave Moulton
I think anyone with an user ID like 'TripleCrank' should be automatically blocked from the Road Section.
Hey, I don't have the credentials associated with my actual name, as you do, to garner instant respect among the biking community.

My respect comes from being underestimated by folks riding doubles and then schooling 'em when it counts.

Ban me from this thread? That would clearly indicate fear on someone’s part! As the old saying goes, “we fear what we don’t understand.”

No need to fear, my school is always open!

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Old 11-02-04 | 02:40 PM
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Hey, I don't have the credentials associated with my actual name, as you do, to garner instant respect among the biking community.
I was just giving you a hard time because I felt you were whining a little too much. I put a big ol' smiley face on there to let you know there was no real malice intended.
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Old 11-02-04 | 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave Moulton
I was just giving you a hard time because I felt you were whining a little too much. I put a big ol' smiley face on there to let you know there was no real malice intended.
I know that, I was just having a little fun too. I don't take this stuff too seriously. This forum is just a source of entertainment for me and an opportunity to learn something new every so often.

Hey, but thanks for your threads lately, I’ve truly enjoyed reading them. You’re latest, “Have roadies lowered their standards...,” definitely taught me something new.

Checked out your website too, good stuff.
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Old 11-02-04 | 03:48 PM
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I like to see a video of a motorcycle like burn-out on a road bike...lmao
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Old 11-02-04 | 11:26 PM
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Hmm, would having the bike catch fire count as a burn out....if so I might know of a Spalding that I could do that to if the owner is willing to let that rusty hting go....
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Old 11-18-04 | 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by zensuit
That's fine, but after you EAT half the rock at the first sag, how do you finish the ride?
Allow me, for I consider myself to be an expert in this area: it's in the way you eat the rock. You can't just go wolfing it down like a starved animal, you have to chew thoroughly (in fact munch) so that you end up with modelling clay which you use fashion a light-weight speedster out of. Then you chew up the other half and build set of road spikes for everyone following you. Simple eh?
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Old 11-18-04 | 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by TripleCrank
Just trying to have a little fun, 53-11 style!!
That's impossible. 53-11 has no style! (Just kidding, 53-11. I like you. Ya may not have anything else, but ya do got style! )
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Old 11-19-04 | 12:15 PM
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I wouldn't recommend a 718 tooth chainwheel; not without a chain guard for your balls.

Ball Humor......Always funny
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Old 11-19-04 | 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by catatonic
pedals.....PEDALS.....what the ____?

We don't need no steeking pedals!!!!

Heck, I managed to pull a century last week by merely throwing my bike in a radom direction, and running after it. HA!

I drove a three inch bolt horizontally through my foot and into the crank, unfortunately dirt got in the bearings and my festering foot came off, I grafted it back on with skin i took off my butt with a sawz all ....I then had to finish the century without a seat....
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Old 11-19-04 | 06:40 PM
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hee hee hoo hoo ha ha li li

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Old 11-19-04 | 06:44 PM
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I drove a three inch bolt horizontally through my foot and into the crank, unfortunately dirt got in the bearings and my festering foot came off, I grafted it back on with skin i took off my butt with a sawz all ....I then had to finish the century without a seat....
Oh, I never said how the seat on my bike worked....talk about lightweight, all it is is a post and a tub of.....well I guess that story is better left untold.

...now.....the handlebars....BAH! Just a pair of pipe welded to the fork...now THAT"S a race stance!

Fear my 12.3mph of raw unadulteread speed!!!!!
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Old 11-19-04 | 06:48 PM
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My response to all above threads......



I think's It's been a long time since I wrote anything outrageous....such as my "Dare I say, 60-11 thread?" (yeah....there was some serious trash talk going on in that thread)

Most of my posts lately have been sincere and sensible. I like cycling that's why I continue to post. Nuff said.

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Old 11-19-04 | 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by glevii
Pedals?? I just ziptie my feet to the pedal holes in the cranks. For brakes I just reach my bare hand down and grab the wheel. Because I can bench 16,000lbs I can apply enough force to stop a freight train if needed.
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Old 11-19-04 | 06:58 PM
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I've been wondering how Xtrmyorick has been going riding his rock.

What sort of maintenance does this rock require, i wonder?

https://www.pet-rocks.co.uk/
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Old 11-19-04 | 08:24 PM
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My response to all above threads......



I think's It's been a long time since I wrote anything outrageous....such as my "Dare I say, 60-11 thread?" (yeah....there was some serious trash talk going on in that thread)

Most of my posts lately have been sincere and sensible. I like cycling that's why I continue to post. Nuff said.

Ah we know man, it's just fun to poke and prod

.....ok and jab a little too.
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Old 11-20-04 | 06:04 PM
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This forum needs more smack. Bring it on!!
Hey TripleCrank, what did the five fingers say to the face??? SLAPPP!!! Dam Charley Murphey, That's one hell of a drug!
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Old 12-24-04 | 11:10 PM
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... and these carbon fibre bikes! How candy ass are they?!

First time I rode one it burst into flames from air friction in the first ten seconds!

I had to finish the ride holding the front wheel axle with my two hands and the rear wheel axle with my toes. And what do you know? That same damn traffic cop stops me AGAIN for speeding! Where's the justice?!


Jitensh de GO!
This is possibly the funniest thing I have ever read!
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Old 01-05-05 | 09:44 PM
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... and these carbon fibre bikes! How candy ass are they?!

First time I rode one it burst into flames from air friction in the first ten seconds!

I had to finish the ride holding the front wheel axle with my two hands and the rear wheel axle with my toes. And what do you know? That same damn traffic cop stops me AGAIN for speeding! Where's the justice?!


Jitensh de GO!
Amusing thread. I found it using the search function.

I didn't realise road bikes were capable of such speeds.

The C.F should be woven with mixture of Asbestos fibres.

I ride a chromoly mtb for obvious reasons.

https://www.bikeforums.net/foo/82033-fast-ya-right-boast-post.html

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