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07-18-14, 05:57 AM
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@Heathpack, all BMC's do not contain Magic™. I bought one (would have been bike four or five, depending on how you count) from Competitive Cyclist: BMC SL02 with full 105 for $1499. I wanted to love it. I really really tried to love it. But my tiny Grinch heart remained three sizes too small, and I sent it back. It did not contain the Magic™. Either the Magic™ nozzle was clogged in the factory, or had not yet been introduced to the manufacturing process. It was my one attempt at carbon frames, and although I am sure I will try them again at some point, I currently stick to metal alloys.
And I concur with Rowan that you should be capitalizing the Sparrow and the Magic Bike. Perhaps even, dare I say it, italicizing.
And I concur with Rowan that you should be capitalizing the Sparrow and the Magic Bike. Perhaps even, dare I say it, italicizing.
07-18-14, 05:58 AM
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Head east. Sure it will take a lot longer, but you are slightly less likely to get shot down.
07-18-14, 05:59 AM
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07-18-14, 06:03 AM
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@coasting just ride there.
07-18-14, 06:08 AM
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07-18-14, 06:11 AM
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Talking of sinking...
I ride a ferry to and from work every day. One of the pleasures of working on an island.
An old leisure boat has been tied up next to an old tug on a mooring in the bay where the mainland ferry terminus is located. For the past fortnight, it has been getting lower and lower on the waterline. Until the beginning of the week when the waterline disappeared. Then today, the whole boat disappeared below the surfacw. It's still attached to the larger vessel. But recovery doesn't look likely. Sad really that the owner didn't care enough.
I ride a ferry to and from work every day. One of the pleasures of working on an island.
An old leisure boat has been tied up next to an old tug on a mooring in the bay where the mainland ferry terminus is located. For the past fortnight, it has been getting lower and lower on the waterline. Until the beginning of the week when the waterline disappeared. Then today, the whole boat disappeared below the surfacw. It's still attached to the larger vessel. But recovery doesn't look likely. Sad really that the owner didn't care enough.
07-18-14, 06:12 AM
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Oof. Now my brain hurts.
07-18-14, 06:20 AM
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07-18-14, 06:22 AM
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He'd need to look out for the dark race of dwarves that live underground manufacturing carbon fiber bicycle parts.
Allegedly.
Allegedly.
07-18-14, 06:27 AM
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07-18-14, 06:32 AM
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Not this one. We've lived a pared down life here until we could settle on a better location. All our stuff, including the bicycle paraphenalia, is in storage in another state. When it's been moved here, then yes! Every room in the house will look like that! 
07-18-14, 06:41 AM
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07-18-14, 06:44 AM
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Ooh. Aah.
07-18-14, 06:45 AM
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07-18-14, 06:51 AM
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It's not the full score. And it matches.
I like to have an emergency gear available just in case. And I didn't remember exactly where the worst part was. When I got to it, I was going too slow so it was too late to shift. Not sure how much difference one gear would make anyway.
I'm in Eastern Time.
07-18-14, 06:56 AM
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07-18-14, 07:01 AM
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@Heathpack, all BMC's do not contain Magic™. I bought one (would have been bike four or five, depending on how you count) from Competitive Cyclist: BMC SL02 with full 105 for $1499. I wanted to love it. I really really tried to love it. But my tiny Grinch heart remained three sizes too small, and I sent it back. It did not contain the Magic™. Either the Magic™ nozzle was clogged in the factory, or had not yet been introduced to the manufacturing process. It was my one attempt at carbon frames, and although I am sure I will try them again at some point, I currently stick to metal alloys.
And I concur with Rowan that you should be capitalizing the Sparrow and the Magic Bike. Perhaps even, dare I say it, italicizing.
And I concur with Rowan that you should be capitalizing the Sparrow and the Magic Bike. Perhaps even, dare I say it, italicizing.
The Magic Bike is magic to me, I think, because of the obvious- its optimized for the type of cycling I do. But also less obviously- because it came into my life at a point where I was interested in these long climbing rides but my vision for what I could accomplish was hindered by the Lexa, that bike made things seem hard, I just had to progress slowly. Then the Magic Bike comes along, everything is easier, my idea of what's too hard starts to shift until its finally like the ceiling has been removed and I just start to feel like I can do anything I want. That's the magic really. So if I wasn't a newby wanting to move to a different place in my abilities, say if I was a strong, experienced rider already riding these huge climbing rides, I might have just thought that the BMC was a nice bike, not magic, just nice. It's partially the context that makes this bike magic.
So there you have it, my take on magic bikes.
07-18-14, 07:01 AM
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07-18-14, 07:04 AM
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I am a newby so don't really know, but it is my impression that magic bikes are magic due to being somehow perfect for the rider for whatever they are doing cycling-wise at that point in time. I recognize this for my own Magic Bike, it would not be magic for everybody. It is therefore my theory that BMC does not produce magic bikes. Instead they produce magic-capable bikes.
The Magic Bike is magic to me, I think, because of the obvious- its optimized for the type of cycling I do. But also less obviously- because it came into my life at a point where I was interested in these long climbing rides but my vision for what I could accomplish was hindered by the Lexa, that bike made things seem hard, I just had to progress slowly. Then the Magic Bike comes along, everything is easier, my idea of what's too hard starts to shift until its finally like the ceiling has been removed and I just start to feel like I can do anything I want. That's the magic really. So if I wasn't a newby wanting to move to a different place in my abilities, say if I was a strong, experienced rider already riding these huge climbing rides, I might have just thought that the BMC was a nice bike, not magic, just nice. It's partially the context that makes this bike magic.
So there you have it, my take on magic bikes.
The Magic Bike is magic to me, I think, because of the obvious- its optimized for the type of cycling I do. But also less obviously- because it came into my life at a point where I was interested in these long climbing rides but my vision for what I could accomplish was hindered by the Lexa, that bike made things seem hard, I just had to progress slowly. Then the Magic Bike comes along, everything is easier, my idea of what's too hard starts to shift until its finally like the ceiling has been removed and I just start to feel like I can do anything I want. That's the magic really. So if I wasn't a newby wanting to move to a different place in my abilities, say if I was a strong, experienced rider already riding these huge climbing rides, I might have just thought that the BMC was a nice bike, not magic, just nice. It's partially the context that makes this bike magic.
So there you have it, my take on magic bikes.
07-18-14, 07:05 AM
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And that extra gear makes a huge difference.
