Buy 2 bikes instead of one
02-19-14 | 09:30 AM
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pan y agua
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From: Jacksonville
Bikes: Willier Zero 7; Merlin Extralight; Calfee Dragonfly tandem, Calfee Adventure tandem; Cervelo P2; Motebecane Ti Fly 29er; Motebecanne Phantom Cross; Schwinn Paramount Track bike
Buy 2 bikes instead of one
Whenever anyone starts a thread about buying a new expensive bike, there's always a post about how it's conspicuous consumption, and the money could go to charity.
Setting aside, the validity of that argument, I've got a suggestion to assauge any liberal guilt you may have from a new bike purchase and do some good when you buy a new bike.
Buy Two; one for yourself, and one to help a person in Africa.
For $134, World Bicycle Relief can provide a bike to a person in Africa that will provide mobility that will change that person's life.
https://www.worldbicyclerelief.org/
If just the people posting in the 41 did this everytime they threw down $3000 plus on a new bike, it would make a difference.
Setting aside, the validity of that argument, I've got a suggestion to assauge any liberal guilt you may have from a new bike purchase and do some good when you buy a new bike.
Buy Two; one for yourself, and one to help a person in Africa.
For $134, World Bicycle Relief can provide a bike to a person in Africa that will provide mobility that will change that person's life.
https://www.worldbicyclerelief.org/
If just the people posting in the 41 did this everytime they threw down $3000 plus on a new bike, it would make a difference.
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You could fall off a cliff and die.
You could get lost and die.
You could hit a tree and die.
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You could fall off a cliff and die.
You could get lost and die.
You could hit a tree and die.
OR YOU COULD STAY HOME AND FALL OFF THE COUCH AND DIE.
02-19-14 | 09:33 AM
#2
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From: Atlanta GA
Bikes: '13 Spech Roubaix SL4 Expert
Whenever anyone starts a thread about buying a new expensive bike, there's always a post about how it's conspicuous consumption, and the money could go to charity.
Setting aside, the validity of that argument, I've got a suggestion to assauge any liberal guilt you may have from a new bike purchase and do some good when you buy a new bike.
Buy Two; one for yourself, and one to help a person in Africa.
For $134, World Bicycle Relief can provide a bike to a person in Africa that will provide mobility that will change that person's life.
https://www.worldbicyclerelief.org/
If just the people posting in the 41 did this everytime they threw down $3000 plus on a new bike, it would make a difference.
Setting aside, the validity of that argument, I've got a suggestion to assauge any liberal guilt you may have from a new bike purchase and do some good when you buy a new bike.
Buy Two; one for yourself, and one to help a person in Africa.
For $134, World Bicycle Relief can provide a bike to a person in Africa that will provide mobility that will change that person's life.
https://www.worldbicyclerelief.org/
If just the people posting in the 41 did this everytime they threw down $3000 plus on a new bike, it would make a difference.
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02-19-14 | 09:36 AM
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From: Tulsa OK
Whenever anyone starts a thread about buying a new expensive bike, there's always a post about how it's conspicuous consumption, and the money could go to charity.
Setting aside, the validity of that argument, I've got a suggestion to assauge any liberal guilt you may have from a new bike purchase and do some good when you buy a new bike.
Buy Two; one for yourself, and one to help a person in Africa.
For $134, World Bicycle Relief can provide a bike to a person in Africa that will provide mobility that will change that person's life.
https://www.worldbicyclerelief.org/
If just the people posting in the 41 did this everytime they threw down $3000 plus on a new bike, it would make a difference.
Setting aside, the validity of that argument, I've got a suggestion to assauge any liberal guilt you may have from a new bike purchase and do some good when you buy a new bike.
Buy Two; one for yourself, and one to help a person in Africa.
For $134, World Bicycle Relief can provide a bike to a person in Africa that will provide mobility that will change that person's life.
https://www.worldbicyclerelief.org/
If just the people posting in the 41 did this everytime they threw down $3000 plus on a new bike, it would make a difference.
02-19-14 | 09:39 AM
#5
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pan y agua
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 31,812
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From: Jacksonville
Bikes: Willier Zero 7; Merlin Extralight; Calfee Dragonfly tandem, Calfee Adventure tandem; Cervelo P2; Motebecane Ti Fly 29er; Motebecanne Phantom Cross; Schwinn Paramount Track bike
The Barracuda web filter at work blocks those links. I'll have to work on that at home.
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You could fall off a cliff and die.
You could get lost and die.
You could hit a tree and die.
OR YOU COULD STAY HOME AND FALL OFF THE COUCH AND DIE.
You could fall off a cliff and die.
You could get lost and die.
You could hit a tree and die.
OR YOU COULD STAY HOME AND FALL OFF THE COUCH AND DIE.
02-19-14 | 09:41 AM
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From: SE MN
Bikes: Fuji Roubaix Pro & Quintana Roo Kilo
02-19-14 | 10:47 AM
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From: Whittier, CA
Bikes: Specialized Roubaix
02-19-14 | 10:53 AM
#8
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Joined: May 2013
Posts: 11,239
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From: SE MN
Bikes: Fuji Roubaix Pro & Quintana Roo Kilo
02-19-14 | 10:57 AM
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SuperGimp
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From: Whittier, CA
Bikes: Specialized Roubaix
02-19-14 | 11:46 AM
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From: Toronto
Bikes: Opus Vivace F1
02-19-14 | 12:22 PM
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From: TTing on the MUP
Bikes: Expensive ones that I ride slowly
Here's one where some bicycles and a cyclist did some good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXfq0DxS4KM
It's also on Netflix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXfq0DxS4KM
It's also on Netflix.
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"...in Las Vegas where -the electric bills are staggering -the decor hog wild -and the entertainment saccharine -what a golden age -what a time of right and reason -the consumer's king -and unhappiness is treason..."
