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Old 01-13-20, 02:23 PM
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Let's assume, for the sake of discussion, that this is true. For an elderly 142 lb. Fred with disc brakes, whose current road wheels are advertised to weigh something under 1700 g, what would be a worthy upgrade? I mean, in the sub-Lightweight® category.
You weigh 142?
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
You weigh 142?
Yes. I know the gravity of my presentation makes me seem more massive.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
You weigh 142?
I know you were absent for a while. Did you see my bear photo from last June?
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
I know you were absent for a while. Did you see my bear photo from last June?
Nope.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Nope.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Yes. I know the gravity of my presentation makes me seem more massive.
I am about 142 these days too.

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Old 01-13-20, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Yes. I know the gravity of my presentation makes me seem more massive.
Originally Posted by datlas
I am about 142 these days too.

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How convenient. I'm right around 242 these days.
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Originally Posted by datlas
I am about 142 these days too.

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And five or six inches taller, if memory serves. That's a whole 'nother level of gaunt.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
And five or six inches taller, if memory serves. That's a whole 'nother level of gaunt.
Makes it easier to crush souls going uphill. Not that I do it often, but it's nice to know I can when I need to.
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My boat's a lot like my sex life right now.
bad case of barnacles?
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
You weigh 142?
dont worry Vol, I got him by an even 100.
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Originally Posted by ls01
dont worry Vol, I got him by an even 100.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
Left-side-only is better than Strava estimates.
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Originally Posted by LAJ
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Originally Posted by datlas
Makes it easier to crush souls going uphill. Not that I do it often, but it's nice to know I can when I need to.
I don’t crush souls, but I do catch up with they guys who can shake me off and leave me gasping on the flats.
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The crabon handlebars I got off of sale arrived (from UK) today in such a carpy box that I’m ascared to put them on. I keep having flashes that it’s going to spontaneously assplode!

While I was at it, I also got the X-Tools version of the internal hose/wire routing kit for cheap. We’ll see how good they are the first time I get to use them..




Too much “color” (flash?) for my taste, but they were $86... #cheapskate .

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Originally Posted by LAJ



p.s. I ilke the bike sculptures. Have you seen mine??
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Originally Posted by kissTheApex
The crabon handlebars I got off of sale arrived (from UK) today in such a carpy box that I’m ascared to put them on. I keep having flashes that it’s going to spontaneously assplode!

While I was at it, I also got the X-Tools version of the internal hose/wire routing kit for cheap. We’ll see how good they are the first time I get to use them..




Too much “color” (flash?) for my taste, but they were $86... #cheapskate .
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p.s. I ilke the bike sculptures. Have you seen mine??
Thanks!

I have, but it's always good to repost cool stuff.
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That reminds me. One of my columns in TweetDeck shows the tweets that the people who I follow have liked, and every time I see a 50-year-old cycling photo scrolling down, I know Trsnrtr is online.
Correct!

What’s sad is that many of those pics, however cool, have been posted by a bot so I’m basically replying to a computer.
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