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Old 03-18-04, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by superchivo
You've been to Schiek's house?
Yes, and that bastard has yet to extend the discount he gives you.
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The propogunda runs deep in this one..
Actually, I am looking for a small town urban storefront with living space over it to get out of Ohio to. No Lawn to mow and the downstairs store front could house my (by appointment fixed gear bicycle business). Would need a garage around back for my parking space (back alley access). 2-3 br upstairs and high ceilings and plenty of old time moldings and details. That would be ideal for me and my wife. They exist, but all of them that I have found cheap, so far, have been in the Urban War Zones of decaying inner cities. I keep looking though.


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Originally Posted by fixedgearhead
I keep looking though.
It's in my mind to look too.
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Originally Posted by p3ntuprage
not if you allow it time to cure between each time you spark up...

that's the great advantage of a steel one. i haven't tried titanium yet though.

although if anyone has... 3/2.5 or 6/4? are either of them better than steel? what about corrosion resistance?

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What did you say about that Chicago song, 25 or 6 to 4??!?!
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i would turn that guy into a bike shop, one that specialized in SS/Fixies. Keep the geared bikes back in the way back, available only upon request, just like fixies/SS are now!
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Originally Posted by 165-48:17
Yes, and that bastard has yet to extend the discount he gives you.
If you stop your moaning, I'll set you up in the Mayor Barry Room next time you are in the 'hood.
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Originally Posted by Schiek
If you stop your moaning, I'll set you up in the Mayor Barry Room next time you are in the 'hood.
Word.
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Originally Posted by schwinnbikelove
What did you say about that Chicago song, 25 or 6 to 4??!?!
03:35 or 03:34 apparently

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Well, wait a minute.

"As for the curious title, Lamm says, "It's just a reference to the time of day"--as in "waiting for the break of day" at 25 or (2)6 minutes to 4 a.m. (3:35 or 3:34 a.m.)

I think we can take Lamm's word for the whole thing. Because, when it's that early in the morning, does anybody really know what time it is?

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Does anybody really care?"
(First of all, this is not funny. Chicago's one of my favorite bands...)

I'm still confused, 3:35 is 25 minutes until 4, but where does the six come in? Am I just too tired to understand this? Maybe I am looking over something. I must say that it's always bothered me that I didn't quite understand that song...

Thank you for your help, p3ntup.
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Originally Posted by schwinnbikelove
I'm still confused, 3:35 is 25 minutes until 4, but where does the six come in? Am I just too tired to understand this? Maybe I am looking over something. I must say that it's always bothered me that I didn't quite understand that song...

Thank you for your help, p3ntup.
Against all of the advice posted in this thread, you've been smoking your crack out of the carbon fiber pipes, haven't you.
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Carbon fiber? Schwinn? Nah! She probably just has a bike with lead based paint that she's been using for the crack.
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Originally Posted by schwinnbikelove
Well, wait a minute.

"As for the curious title, Lamm says, "It's just a reference to the time of day"--as in "waiting for the break of day" at 25 or (2)6 minutes to 4 a.m. (3:35 or 3:34 a.m.)

I think we can take Lamm's word for the whole thing. Because, when it's that early in the morning, does anybody really know what time it is?

SDSTAFF Euty comments:

Does anybody really care?"
(First of all, this is not funny. Chicago's one of my favorite bands...)

I'm still confused, 3:35 is 25 minutes until 4, but where does the six come in? Am I just too tired to understand this? Maybe I am looking over something. I must say that it's always bothered me that I didn't quite understand that song...

Thank you for your help, p3ntup.
6 as is twenty-six....without saying twenty again. Twenty-Five or Twenty-Six to Four....drop the twenty and you have 25 or six to four. 3:35 or 3:34. Get it?
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Oh geez, now I'm embarrassed. That took way too long..., however, not much sleep lately.

Hey!!! What I do with my crack is my own business!

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I've been threadjacked. Or dream jacked.

Either way, I feel dirty, violated, and in need of Friday off.
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Starbucks franchise? Walmart? OK, I'm just ****ing with you.



Seriously, I like to read a lot so maybe open a used book store.
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I've been threadjacked. Or dream jacked...
Yes and Yes but don't be a big wahuss about it.

...Either way, I feel dirty, violated...
I think your record speaks for itself on those two

...and in need of Friday off.
Really, who doesn't need one? Have a rock on me.
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Originally Posted by kurremkarm
Seriously, I like to read a lot so maybe open a used book store.
at an internet cafe in mallorca, they had a kind of exchange library type thing. you give them one of your books, and you get to take one that's been left there.

cool..

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Originally Posted by superchivo
I think your record speaks for itself on those two
My affiliation with you (have goat, will travel), shieck (AKA no lube needed), 165 (hard and fast) and some others has downgraded my reputation.
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Originally Posted by William Karsten
165 (hard and fast)
I prefer "efficient" from this point on.
Can we refer to you as "Build your own rap sheet?"
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Hmm, bit worried by the countless crack references, but in an attempt to return to William's dream, if I had that place, I'd do pretty much the same TBH. Coffee house/bar downstairs, with live jazz every so often (twice a week maybe), local art on the walls, free fixed gear advice to all I'd live upstairs, with my girlfriend of course, if there's enough space have a studio/workshop for art and bikes (but they're kinda art too), just make the whole place a cool hangout for the local bike croud.
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Originally Posted by p3ntuprage
please make it a co-operative if that idea ever becomes any more than that.

we've got enough coffeeshops and winebars in the world that screw their workers [at all ends of the ssupply chain]

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https://www.nasco.coop/main_coop.html

i live in a housing cooperative for school. we--the students--run almost every aspect of the house: budgeting, planning, and everyday things such as maintenance and cleaning. for a building that houses 100+ people, it works exceptionally well (believe it or not)
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Bike shop. Full of top end bikes...Saw a top end Trek the last Bike shop I was in.Also Klein has a new top end bike. Really caught my eye. Bikes are really sexy. I think bikes sell themselves to bike enthusists. But to work around them..... our sales acumen would really take off. Guess we all could sell what we love.
Wine is another passion for which I could grow into.
But then, with enough money why distract yourself from your goals...Just live on a mountain top in Southern France and go riding once/twice a day and drink wine at night.
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