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surgeonstone 12-05-12 09:07 PM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 15019999)
Not sure why everyone is still all atwitter about the triathlon thing. In my opinion, that wasn't even the most fascinating inconsistency that I noticed.

But at any rate, shouldn't the Razor Rule kick in sometime? How many more weeks/months are you people going to keep piling on someone's character when she's not here to respond?

Oh, she's here all right, maybe not this very moment but I assure you she is here.

Drag 12-05-12 09:08 PM


Originally Posted by coasting (Post 15020254)
who here rides with a sound system on the bike?

http://vnhotnews.com/wp-content/uplo...imp-bike_3.jpg

coasting 12-05-12 09:09 PM


Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 15020262)
My mp3 player I sometimes bring has a 5-band software EQ, does that qualify as a sound system?

if people you overtake can hear the strains of "yellow brick road", then it qualifies.

LesterOfPuppets 12-05-12 09:10 PM

Oh, then no. I do not, would not.

RollCNY 12-05-12 09:10 PM


Originally Posted by surgeonstone (Post 15020246)
What for?

No clue, but I happened to cruise past News & Announcements, and there it was. I have had several quasi-arguments with the dude over the years, so that it was a hoot. I started my BF tenure in Hybrids, and he was always there mobbing threads.

coasting 12-05-12 09:11 PM

i normally ride with an earbud in one ear and my phone strapped to my upper arm. I usually have the radio on or i listen to audio books on the mp3 of the phone. I thinkI'm going to have a bar mounted device for christmas as a present. so excited.

LAJ 12-05-12 09:11 PM

Everybody funny.

Now she funny too.

surgeonstone 12-05-12 09:13 PM


Originally Posted by Drag (Post 15020189)
Hehe. Surprisingly, no. I somehow convinced her that anything I can make is better than what you can buy at Ikea or Target or even at some better places. However that single valance wouldve been a couple hundred $$$ by itself from a custom online order place, so once you get beyond the shop setup costs, there are some economies realized, especially if your shop helps you in your other DIY efforts.

I do thoroughly enjoy it, and my woodshop does fight for what little spare time I have. Probably along the lines why I get so much satisfaction building/wrenching my own bikes.

This is a cedar outdoor buffet table I made for my sister earlier this year:

http://www.cianperez.com/photos/d/18...3f130985_b.jpg

Very nice!

RollCNY 12-05-12 09:16 PM

So next June is the wife and I's 20th anniversary of meeting, and we are looking at doing a trip without the kids to celebrate. We each made a list of possible places, with a focus on including our hobbies (kayaking for her, cycling for me, but doing both together). Then we compared lists on Nov. 1st to look for overlap. Only two areas of overlap are the Savannah, Georgia / Hilton Head, SC area, or the Portland, Oregon / Vancouver, WAWA area.

What does the collective BF Addiction wisdom think? On the riding front, she would ride with me, but more of a MUP / around town kind-a thing.

WhyFi 12-05-12 09:18 PM


Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 15020289)
Everybody funny.

Now she funny too.

...but lord, she was lovey dovey.

Mike F 12-05-12 09:25 PM


Originally Posted by Drag (Post 15020266)

Third World version of the van in the Home Depot parking lot: "Hey buddy, I have some left over speakers that were mistakenly put on the invoice from a Job we did in La Jolla. Boss will be fuming if he finds out so Ill sell them to you for a really good price"

WhyFi 12-05-12 09:26 PM

That front tire is screaming for mercy.

LesterOfPuppets 12-05-12 09:28 PM


Originally Posted by RollCNY (Post 15020303)
So next June is the wife and I's 20th anniversary of meeting, and we are looking at doing a trip without the kids to celebrate. We each made a list of possible places, with a focus on including our hobbies (kayaking for her, cycling for me, but doing both together). Then we compared lists on Nov. 1st to look for overlap. Only two areas of overlap are the Savannah, Georgia / Hilton Head, SC area, or the Portland, Oregon / Vancouver, WAWA area.

What does the collective BF Addiction wisdom think? On the riding front, she would ride with me, but more of a MUP / around town kind-a thing.

Never been to Savannah, GA or really anyplace in SC.

Here's the MUP along the Columbia in Van, WA though. Take note of the wet pavement. The pavement is wet at least 300 days per year in Vancouver/Portland.


surgeonstone 12-05-12 09:33 PM


Originally Posted by RollCNY (Post 15020303)
So next June is the wife and I's 20th anniversary of meeting, and we are looking at doing a trip without the kids to celebrate. We each made a list of possible places, with a focus on including our hobbies (kayaking for her, cycling for me, but doing both together). Then we compared lists on Nov. 1st to look for overlap. Only two areas of overlap are the Savannah, Georgia / Hilton Head, SC area, or the Portland, Oregon / Vancouver, WAWA area.

What does the collective BF Addiction wisdom think? On the riding front, she would ride with me, but more of a MUP / around town kind-a thing.

West coast hands down, stunning geography and coastline. South east coast is pretty boring, flat, little to no variation.

LesterOfPuppets 12-05-12 09:35 PM

Washington state coastline is pretty lame from just north of Ilwaco to just north of Aberdeen. The rest of WA's coast and pretty much all of OR's coast are amazing, however.

Oh, and the pavement @ the coast is wet even more days per year than it is inland ;)

Velo Vol 12-05-12 09:39 PM


Originally Posted by Psimet2001 (Post 15020122)
Building wheels full time now. Spend tons of time on FB and twitter.

What about email?

BillyD 12-05-12 09:42 PM


Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 15020258)
I went to Dicks for SnoSeal the other day and there was not a single bike with drop bars in the house. :(

Those Dicks are bastards!

Velo Vol 12-05-12 09:44 PM


Originally Posted by RollCNY (Post 15020303)
What does the collective BF Addiction wisdom think?

Discounting for weather, I'd bet PNW is the better option.

RUOkie 12-05-12 09:44 PM


Originally Posted by Psimet2001 (Post 15020181)
Busy,busy,busy,busy. Hired 2 people to help with the small stuff. Wife is ready to pop with kid #2 any second. Currently spending a few minutes with the fam while they watch Christmas movies before they go to bed and I go back to work. Good stuff and having a blast.

That is friggin awesome. So glad you are enjoying it. I'm still enjoying the wheels too so it's good all round

Velo Vol 12-05-12 09:45 PM


Originally Posted by coasting (Post 15020286)
i normally ride with an earbud in one ear and my phone strapped to my upper arm.

You lost me at "ride."

rjones28 12-05-12 09:47 PM


Originally Posted by RollCNY (Post 15019819)
Holy Nuggets! SlimRider got banned! How will I know about Jamis'es all steel product line in the future? Who will talk me down from a carbon ledge? Alack and alas!

Carbon Jamis'es on the East side of town. :innocent:

surgeonstone 12-05-12 09:47 PM

SO to the mods out there, h

coasting 12-05-12 09:48 PM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 15020409)
You lost me at "ride."

funny man. you funny.

rjones28 12-05-12 09:50 PM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 15019999)
Not sure why everyone is still all atwitter about the triathlon thing. In my opinion, that wasn't even the most fascinating inconsistency that I noticed.

But at any rate, shouldn't the Razor Rule kick in sometime? How many more weeks/months are you people going to keep piling on someone's character when she's not here to respond?

Alien?

Velo Vol 12-05-12 09:51 PM


Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 15020346)
The pavement is wet at least 300 days per year in Vancouver/Portland.

That must blow.

That looks like a nice path, but I bet it is cluttered with dog walkers and other nuisances.


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