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10-07-11 | 03:33 PM
#4528
Hi, I'm Bryan.
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 2,650
Likes: 0
From: Chicago
Bikes: 2010 Focus Mares
A Philo degree is about as useful as a degree in Classical Opera or Art History. I know people with all of them and they work at Starbucks and Urban Outfitters. That being said, Do what you want. I started school to be a history teacher and realized that, although I love history and teaching, I hate desk jobs. I decided to go to culinary school because I love cooking and I'm good at it. Fast forward 7 years. I've worked at some of the world's best restaurants, and am in the process of opening a restaurant as Sous Chef, I'm starting a gourmet doughnut business with a friend, and I'm going to consult on the opening of a butcher/bake shop. Do what you want to do, and it will be better.
10-07-11 | 03:47 PM
#4529
i smell bacon
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 5,574
Likes: 1
Bikes: Geekhouse Deerfield, GT Edge Ti, Spooky Skeletor, TET Track, Ritchey P-650b, Bridgestone MB-3
10-07-11 | 04:16 PM
#4530
hamcycles.com
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 3,705
Likes: 2
yeah I got a $275 offer today (if I deliver it to him about 30 minutes out of town) - just going to do that.
10-07-11 | 04:18 PM
#4531
i smell bacon
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 5,574
Likes: 1
Bikes: Geekhouse Deerfield, GT Edge Ti, Spooky Skeletor, TET Track, Ritchey P-650b, Bridgestone MB-3
How much did you have the frame listed for again? (No fork, right?)
10-07-11 | 04:34 PM
#4532
sniffin' glue
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 3,177
Likes: 0
From: Seattle
Bikes: Surly crosscheck ssfg, Custom vintage french racing bike, Bruce Gordon Rock & Road
right now i'm wishing it was 5:30...
otherwise known as beerthirty or beer o'clock
otherwise known as beerthirty or beer o'clock
10-07-11 | 07:29 PM
#4535
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,520
Likes: 0
From: Utica,NY,USA
me? psych degree to hospital (changing diapers on adults) to dumping serial killers on their heads (muscle at psych center) to law enforcement.....*sigh*
if i had it all to do over again? nursing school for LPN in high school, straight to my RN and be able to go anywhere in the country.....
10-07-11 | 07:31 PM
#4536
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,520
Likes: 0
From: Utica,NY,USA
today, in my spare 5min between commitments, i got my San Marco saddle on the Ritchey WCS post and put it on the 725 frame. i -will- get the whole thing together tomorrow and take it on it's maiden voyage. dammit!
10-07-11 | 08:17 PM
#4537
Still kicking.
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 19,659
Likes: 47
From: Annandale, New Jersey
Bikes: Bike Count: Rising.
10-07-11 | 08:53 PM
#4538
Oh, you know...
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 2,834
Likes: 0
From: DC
Bikes: '74 Schwinn Sports Tourer (Polo), S-Works E5 Team Festina (Chorus 11), Trek 2200 Bonded Carbon (Fixed), Trek 920 (7 speed IGH), Chesini Olimpiade SL (1x7)
carbon steerer does not a "beater" make.
10-07-11 | 09:08 PM
#4539
THE STUFFED
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 12,671
Likes: 21
From: San Francisco, CA
Bikes: R. Sachs Simplicity; EAI Bareknuckle; Madone SLR9 Gen 8
And the owner has a starnut in it...
There's a possibility the inside is lined with metal through... just putting it out there.
There's a possibility the inside is lined with metal through... just putting it out there.
10-07-11 | 11:15 PM
#4540
Fresh Garbage
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 13,190
Likes: 30
From: Los Angeles
Bikes: N+1
put track drops on my touring bike, cuz I can.
10-07-11 | 11:49 PM
#4541
THE STUFFED
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 12,671
Likes: 21
From: San Francisco, CA
Bikes: R. Sachs Simplicity; EAI Bareknuckle; Madone SLR9 Gen 8
Today I came across an undergrad riding on a pretty sweet same year paddywagon on campus today; caught up to him and went right up next to him to say "nice bike" and he said "you too" with a chuckle while looking down at mine.
I just picked up my wife from the airport and treated her to her favorite home cooked meal anticipating her to come through the door. Consomme, beef wellington topped with bearnaise and greens, topped off with heaping helpings of red velvet yam cake; all made from scratch.
Like the saying goes, even if you could, you probably shouldn't. Short - distance mode?
I just picked up my wife from the airport and treated her to her favorite home cooked meal anticipating her to come through the door. Consomme, beef wellington topped with bearnaise and greens, topped off with heaping helpings of red velvet yam cake; all made from scratch.
Like the saying goes, even if you could, you probably shouldn't. Short - distance mode?
10-08-11 | 08:48 AM
#4542
Fresh Garbage
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 13,190
Likes: 30
From: Los Angeles
Bikes: N+1
it's the only bar i have right now :-P that or nitto rb-021
10-08-11 | 10:39 AM
#4543
Hi, I'm Bryan.
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 2,650
Likes: 0
From: Chicago
Bikes: 2010 Focus Mares
I just picked up my wife from the airport and treated her to her favorite home cooked meal anticipating her to come through the door. Consomme, beef wellington topped with bearnaise and greens, topped off with heaping helpings of red velvet yam cake; all made from scratch.
10-08-11 | 11:06 AM
#4544
sqrl
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 1,168
Likes: 0
From: Chicago
Bikes: bieks
Today I *****ed on Twitter about how much a SRAM groupset costs, and my friend who works on a bike shop texted me the price he can get it for me (what the shop pays; no markup). Still expensive, but tempting.
10-08-11 | 11:07 AM
#4545
yoked
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 3,594
Likes: 1
From: S
If you can afford it, go for it. What group did you have in mind?
10-08-11 | 12:20 PM
#4546
Hi, I'm Bryan.
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 2,650
Likes: 0
From: Chicago
Bikes: 2010 Focus Mares
Do it! I've considered getting an internship or mailroom gig there or something just to get cheap stuff. Their world headquarters is right by Division and Halsted, so it'd be worth a shot.
10-08-11 | 01:16 PM
#4547
sqrl
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 1,168
Likes: 0
From: Chicago
Bikes: bieks
I have the money, (just the Apex group, nothing fancy) but don't know if I can justify the expense given I just bought myself a macbook air two weeks ago and we need a new couch and i have a little more credit card to pay off and and and...
Anyway, today I am really ****ing annoyed with my husband.
Anyway, today I am really ****ing annoyed with my husband.
10-08-11 | 01:19 PM
#4548
THE STUFFED
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 12,671
Likes: 21
From: San Francisco, CA
Bikes: R. Sachs Simplicity; EAI Bareknuckle; Madone SLR9 Gen 8
Oof macbook airs are really expensive... but tempting; do want!
You can always go the way of 2nd hand groups or even slowly accumulate each part at a time on ebay; nothing wrong with them while saving yourself a couple more bucks.
You can always go the way of 2nd hand groups or even slowly accumulate each part at a time on ebay; nothing wrong with them while saving yourself a couple more bucks.
10-08-11 | 03:12 PM
#4549
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,520
Likes: 0
From: Utica,NY,USA
today i finished my first build.
Leader 725 frame / 105 fork
FSA Orbit headset
IRO drivetrain (46/18)
Ritchey WCS (alu) stem/post
Mavic OP rims w/ O8 hubs
San Marco Ponza saddle
Leader 725 frame / 105 fork
FSA Orbit headset
IRO drivetrain (46/18)
Ritchey WCS (alu) stem/post
Mavic OP rims w/ O8 hubs
San Marco Ponza saddle
Last edited by RGNY; 10-08-11 at 10:40 PM.
10-08-11 | 03:18 PM
#4550
Hi, I'm Bryan.
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 2,650
Likes: 0
From: Chicago
Bikes: 2010 Focus Mares
Sexy. Very similar looking to what I'm looking at for my next build. Got a spec sheet for us?