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03-07-24, 01:13 PM
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cowboy, steel horse, etc
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RMOT.
NSFW bad words
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03-07-24, 01:15 PM
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03-07-24, 01:50 PM
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03-07-24, 02:20 PM
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Technology now gets worse instead of better. SMFH
03-07-24, 02:47 PM
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03-07-24, 02:58 PM
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03-07-24, 03:12 PM
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Hillbilly defense attorney as well.
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03-07-24, 03:15 PM
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Only about 50 out of 180 started. Wow, that's a lot of amateur dopers, assuming they all DNS'ed because they were hot 
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ant...jrBmOSfhYuXlIk
ETA: Hmmm, some accounts make it sound like riders DNSed, some sound like they bailed and DNFed once they heard dope control was in da house.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ant...jrBmOSfhYuXlIk
ETA: Hmmm, some accounts make it sound like riders DNSed, some sound like they bailed and DNFed once they heard dope control was in da house.
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03-07-24, 03:17 PM
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03-07-24, 03:24 PM
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Ya I'm not in love with the name "Fezzari" either. Or "Ari" for that matter. I really wanted a Santa Cruz Blur TR if money was no object, but that brand has a lot of hype and "curb appeal". Same with the Orbea and the Scott, to a lesser degree (also 120 mm XC bikes). The price was just too damn good on that Fezzari.
I haven't ridden with anyone on a Fezzari mtb but I have seen their road bikes on road rides.
Santa Cruz and Orbea are definitely much higher priced than a comparable Fezzari. At least they were the last time I looked. I did hear the gap between direct to consumer and LBS bikes is closer than when dtc first became a thing.
I was lusting for an Ibis Ripmo when I bought my KHS but since my friend was a KHS dealer he gave me a super deal, about half of what the Ripmo would have cost me. Plus, the KHS has the geometry that fits me. It did come with some cheap parts, most notably the brakes. Bottom level Shimano brakes with smallish rotors. They're fine most of the time but not strong enough on steep descents.
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03-07-24, 03:25 PM
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03-07-24, 03:32 PM
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03-07-24, 03:35 PM
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03-07-24, 03:35 PM
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03-07-24, 03:39 PM
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Ya I'm not in love with the name "Fezzari" either. Or "Ari" for that matter. I really wanted a Santa Cruz Blur TR if money was no object, but that brand has a lot of hype and "curb appeal". Same with the Orbea and the Scott, to a lesser degree (also 120 mm XC bikes). The price was just too damn good on that Fezzari.
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03-07-24, 03:43 PM
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03-07-24, 03:46 PM
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Hillbilly defense attorney as well.
Mike Whalen - Defense attorney & People person | BIRKENSTORY | BIRKENSTOCK (youtube.com)
Mike Whalen - Defense attorney & People person | BIRKENSTORY | BIRKENSTOCK (youtube.com)
Not a lot to work with, though I didn't see any testimony of evidence that she actually pulled the trigger.
03-07-24, 03:48 PM
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Santa Cruz will always mean skateboards to me
03-07-24, 03:49 PM
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03-07-24, 04:00 PM
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03-07-24, 04:00 PM
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03-07-24, 04:01 PM
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So it is
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03-07-24, 04:05 PM
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Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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03-07-24, 04:06 PM
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03-07-24, 04:08 PM
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