Snapple "real fact" #152...
08-09-05 | 01:53 PM
#26
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Originally Posted by ImOnCrank
Dude what the hell? Where did he even imply that Jews ran the company. I'm Jewish and I don't even like to see that word bandied about.
08-09-05 | 02:00 PM
#27
I just want to say that it's threads like this that keep me lurking on the forums throughout the day (that, and mechanical questions I have). I love how an innocent topic can degenerate into complete and udder(ly smooth) madness within the span of like 10 posts. Classic entropy. Love it.
08-09-05 | 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by brokenrobot
The three founders ARE Jewish; he said they were "nasty people" - I'm questioning exactly what he meant by that comment... All clear now?
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08-09-05 | 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Aeroplane
That blew my mind. Reminds me of this great (media specific) find: Who Owns What
That said, I believe the speed record bicycle without any sort of drafting is by Sam Whittingham (Canada) at 78 mph. The bike was a custom recumbent (of course) with an aero shell, named the Diablo II.
https://www.speed101.com/now/fastest_0908_6.htm
That said, I believe the speed record bicycle without any sort of drafting is by Sam Whittingham (Canada) at 78 mph. The bike was a custom recumbent (of course) with an aero shell, named the Diablo II.
https://www.speed101.com/now/fastest_0908_6.htm
https://www.fortebikes.com/custom.htm
He's on my list if I ever decide to go custom.
08-09-05 | 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by absntr
--The tiny snowball has once again started rolling downhill, LOL
08-09-05 | 02:37 PM
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Yay!11! I has!!!1
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Those forte/naked bikes are sweet as hell. The sprint bars on the other hand...
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08-09-05 | 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by brokenrobot
The three founders ARE Jewish; he said they were "nasty people" - I'm questioning exactly what he meant by that comment... All clear now?
What if I said that Rush Limbaugh is nasty, does that make me anti-white-people? How about if I said that Jose Conseco is nasty, am I now anti-hispanic? I'm so sick of how casually people throw around the "anti-semite" accusation.
08-09-05 | 04:13 PM
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like, really sloppy
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Originally Posted by baxtefer
and he also makes some sweet custom frames. There are a few at my local velo.
https://www.fortebikes.com/custom.htm
He's on my list if I ever decide to go custom.
https://www.fortebikes.com/custom.htm
He's on my list if I ever decide to go custom.
edit: .. ah .. upon digging deeper there are some nicer frames.. but i swear those first few track ones look exactly like the leaders
Last edited by sloppy robot; 08-09-05 at 04:45 PM.
08-09-05 | 05:04 PM
#37
Originally Posted by eMwolB
Cool site...funny, every company that I looked up gave $$$ to the Republican National Convention...not to open up another can of worms, but was it a requirement for all companies?
I think if you look at the overall statistics, big buisness spreads it's money pretty evenly. As long as there is political favors to be bought, they don't care about the affiliation.
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
08-09-05 | 08:25 PM
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Discovery Channel did something about the bicycle and all of its variants a few years back. Taped the hour show just can't find the tape now. Had the salt flat speed record stuff on it too.
08-09-05 | 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by eMwolB
Cool site...funny, every company that I looked up gave $$$ to the Republican National Convention...not to open up another can of worms, but was it a requirement for all companies?
08-09-05 | 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Judah
So wait, just because he said that the people who run the company, who happen to be Jewish, are nasty people, means he's an anti-semite? Maybe they really are nasty people, not because they're Jewish, but because they do nasty things (not that I know if they're nasty or not, just saying).
It was kind of a joke. If you'd read the thread where (member I can't recall) played the anti-semite card after somebody used the word "meshuggah", you'd get me reference
08-09-05 | 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by brokenrobot
Nope. For a sampling of those that did not, visit www.buyblue.com
https://www.buyblue.org/ rather
the .com is some computer company
08-10-05 | 05:08 AM
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Originally Posted by baxtefer
and he also makes some sweet custom frames. There are a few at my local velo.
https://www.fortebikes.com/custom.htm
He's on my list if I ever decide to go custom.
https://www.fortebikes.com/custom.htm
He's on my list if I ever decide to go custom.
woah....
what the hell head tube angle is that?
fsnl
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08-10-05 | 07:14 AM
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You sure ya'll don't want to make the trip over to Politics and Religion?
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08-10-05 | 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by andy_is_me
those flares and that chainring!? this dude is looking for big trouble.
