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Old 08-21-09 | 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by G60
please. the homeless guy has more sense than the idiot putting electrical tape on his damn spokes.
i would say both of them are a few shrimp short of a fried rice...
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Old 08-21-09 | 02:28 PM
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Old 08-21-09 | 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by g60
please. The homeless guy has more sense than the idiot putting electrical tape on his damn spokes.
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Old 08-21-09 | 05:07 PM
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Remember those things from when you were a kid that looked like multi-colored coffee stirrers that went on your spokes?
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Old 08-21-09 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by chevy42083
Ok, take joint and valve locations... average them, and place tape on the opposing spoke.
usually the joint ends up at the bottom for me.

but don't forget the tire isn't evenly weighed around the entire circumference
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Old 08-21-09 | 07:38 PM
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Old 08-22-09 | 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Retem
two pages and still no....
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Lol they don't know how they do it in the bay, frisco to sac town lol

my page 1 post:

its ok, capes make up for the loss of balance
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Old 08-22-09 | 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Retem
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Someone already posted this...

Originally Posted by vegipowrd
Bros, how quickly you forget.

Also, you have a valve stem. It throws things off a lot too. Putting too much weight on one side would be a problem. It doesn't take much if you are going fast enough, but that's more of a ROLL of electrical tape, not a strip.
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