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#2576
Vain, But Lacking Talent
That's what was on my circa '87 Specialized which was my first "real" bike I bought used around 2003 or 4. That stuff was bombproof. I used it continually until I finally sold the bike maybe 10 years later.
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Not these days, but back then it was what you had. Before my Bianchi I had a Trek 660 with Campy Nuovo and then a crappy Schwinn 754 with SunTour GPX. Got hit by a car and bent the Bianchi frame. I couple of weeks later I was on my Guerciotti with Ultegra STI. Rode it around the block a few times to get the knack of shifting. The next day I did a two-day, hilly, 170 mile charity ride on it.
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I suspect a DoS attack from American Motors aficionados. Those mother****ers are crazy!
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Nothing can compete. Fuggedaboudit.
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Better coffee a millionaire's money can't buy?
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Beat me to it.
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Hey I haven't been around for a minute but I'd just like to point out that for the first time since I was born, my football team is going to the Superbowl.
That is all.
That is all.
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I assume you’re talking about the first indexed 600s. I used those on my cycle cross bike when they came out in the 80s. Worked amazingly well for new tech.
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first trip away with the little one at home with the in laws. So far in 10 hours my heat has stopped working at my house.
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My legs are stiff and achy and I’m schlepping around and moaning like a nursing home occupant, but my FTP is up > 7% from the end of November. Back to the gym tomorrow.
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