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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 08-24-11, 12:17 AM
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Good thing all that stuff wasn't on a trailer.
Hahaha! I'm scared to cross the bridge with my trailer because it's pretty wide. Managed to tag a stanchion with the fork as it is.

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It's kind of hard to see the frame with all of the other stuff you have there. How will you build it up - regular MTB-style or something else?
I might put my cruiser bars on it. Time will tell. I need to get shifters, grips, cables, seatpost, cranks and BB for her. Probably wont do much work on it 'til winter settles in.


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It's a rainy day and a pair of cyclists just passed by on fully-loaded touring rigs. Nice-looking set ups.
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It's a rainy day and a pair of cyclists just passed by on fully-loaded touring rigs. Nice-looking set ups.
I got lost on my ride this afternoon. I came upon a group of 3 guys on touring rigs wearing lotsa Patagonia, no helmets and sporting some signs announcing their discontent with the World Bank or something. I asked them for some directions to get back to the main road and got a bunch of heavily accented (French I think) crap about the evils of the Obama administration, Wall Street and the banking system. Entertaining, but not very helpful.

I did find my way back just before the rain started.
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"Running" this morning; hill repeats out back with the puppy. No danger of me entering any triathlons or 10K runs, but the puppy is sleeping now so mission accomplished.
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Didn't get out until almost 6pm today, so I did my favorite 20 mile loop around Cazenovia Lake.

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I'm surprised you weren't merged into the megathread. And nice bike.
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Everybody loves a Schwinner.
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Very cool.
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Hey, my brother had a Free Spirit in the 70s. Mine was an AMF Roadmaster. It was probably crap, but I rode the hell out of it.
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cleon took the bikes out of his sig. Now your comment makes no sense.
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Why is he holding those shoes? Is he wearing SPDs?
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Flip flops?
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September 1st. Will Velo Vol end his month-long absence from the forum?

What has become of coasting; laid up after a folding bike mishap?

Inquiring minds want to know.
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Inquiring minds want to know.
Or not.
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Passed three riders while out. No waving.

Exchanged nods with two. The third was on his aero bars descending the hill I was climing; we were both too busy to acknowledge each other.
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Passed three riders while out. No waving.

Exchanged nods with two. The third was on his aero bars descending the hill I was climing; we were both too busy to acknowledge each other.
No waves?

I'm about to roll out. Hopefully lots of waving goes down. Here's a pic from the other night. I love non drive side low light cell phone pics.


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Looking good Lester.

I did say "hi" to a couple of pedestrians that I passed on a country lane.
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I've been following the racing blog of BFer Grumpy McTrumpy this season. Here's another installment. https://grumpyeatstheworld.blogspot.c...een-while.html
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Something for a rainy day here in the Northeast.

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