Enter bike shop for one tire, exit without tire but..
06-22-11 | 07:00 AM
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Mr. Dopolina
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Go into the pub for a beer and leave without having a beer (went straight to liquor) but picked this up instead and returned home...
Nope. Nothing like that ever happened to me.
Nope. Nothing like that ever happened to me.
06-22-11 | 07:03 AM
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Gluteus Enormus
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06-22-11 | 07:39 AM
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Never fear the hills...
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Wow... I can imagine trying to explain that.
Me: "Honey, I'm going to stop at the bike shop on the way home from work."
Her: "Why?"
Me: "Just need to pick up a tire."
Her: "How many tires do you need? You're always buying tires. What do you want for dinner?" <---she asks me every day and I always say "I don't care."
<return home and talking over dinner>
Her: "So did you get a tire?"
Me: "No, not exactly..."
Her: "What does that mean?"
Me: "They had a really good deal on a new bike...so I uh, bought it."
Her: "How much?"
The rest of the discussion would NOT go well and might be NSFW or the interwebz.
Me: "Honey, I'm going to stop at the bike shop on the way home from work."
Her: "Why?"
Me: "Just need to pick up a tire."
Her: "How many tires do you need? You're always buying tires. What do you want for dinner?" <---she asks me every day and I always say "I don't care."
<return home and talking over dinner>
Her: "So did you get a tire?"
Me: "No, not exactly..."
Her: "What does that mean?"
Me: "They had a really good deal on a new bike...so I uh, bought it."
Her: "How much?"
The rest of the discussion would NOT go well and might be NSFW or the interwebz.
06-22-11 | 07:53 AM
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06-22-11 | 07:53 AM
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Sua Ku
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Nice WHOOOSSSHH.
I went to pro-shop to change one grip, walked out with a new set of irons.
I went into the LBS for new bar tape for my 20+ year old Holdsworth, walked out with my bmc pro-machine.
One thing in common with both events, my wife talked me into both purchases. She's my sponsor (or as addicts call it "enabler").
I went to pro-shop to change one grip, walked out with a new set of irons.
I went into the LBS for new bar tape for my 20+ year old Holdsworth, walked out with my bmc pro-machine.
One thing in common with both events, my wife talked me into both purchases. She's my sponsor (or as addicts call it "enabler").
06-22-11 | 07:56 AM
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Some of you people are out of control!
Nice work.
Nice work.
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06-22-11 | 07:57 AM
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Dirt-riding heretic
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Wow, and I thought I was impulsive. Can't say I've ever done that.
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06-22-11 | 08:04 AM
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Nope, can't say I've ever upgraded a purchase like that. The lack of money in my bank account puts a serious damper on stuff like that.
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06-22-11 | 08:05 AM
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Dirt-riding heretic
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I mean, I've walked into Trader Joe's looking for one or two things and end up with a brimming cart... Does that count? 
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06-22-11 | 08:08 AM
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06-22-11 | 08:26 AM
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Sucking Wheel at the back
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06-22-11 | 08:32 AM
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Sua Ku
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From: Hot as hell, Singapore
Bikes: Trek 5200, BMC SLC01, BMC SSX, Specialized FSR, Holdsworth Criterium
06-22-11 | 08:40 AM
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Sweet bike.
Nope, doesn't happen to me. I take a few months and a whole bunch of visits before I buy... and money isn't the issue, just a self justification thing.
Oh, have them throw in a couple of extra tires so this doesn't happen again!
Nope, doesn't happen to me. I take a few months and a whole bunch of visits before I buy... and money isn't the issue, just a self justification thing.
Oh, have them throw in a couple of extra tires so this doesn't happen again!