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Old 01-16-12 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by hairnet
looks mighty uncomfortable
why do you think that? just curious
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Old 01-16-12 | 11:57 AM
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I don't understand the rationale behind anatomic bends. Not that I'm against them, I just have never heard why they're bent like that. It definitely looks uncomfortable.
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Old 01-16-12 | 11:59 AM
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me either really, but I wanted another pair of semi compact drops but didn't exactly just want the same thing all over again. these are on sale at ebay for $40 shipped
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Old 01-16-12 | 12:16 PM
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Today, I added up the [expected] cost of a new 722 frame/fork/headset + shipping(based on the coghouse prices), and came to the realization that I could have gotten a Kagero for the $599+free shipping deal for less money. :|
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Old 01-16-12 | 12:18 PM
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steel is reeeeeeeeeeeeal

but yeah, you can get a gazetta frameset for that price.
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Old 01-16-12 | 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by hamfoh
steel is reeeeeeeeeeeeal

but yeah, you can get a gazetta frameset for that price.
True... I really do appreciate how nice my current 722 rides(especially compared to the Gravity Swift I had). Damn bikes.
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Old 01-16-12 | 12:58 PM
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Today I am no longer a teenager!!
Today my girlfriend woke me up with apple pie and a triple tall extra hot non fat latte (my favorite drink!)! Damn. I don't think it gets better than this... <3

I also got a park tools chainwhip and lockring spanner and a new v-neck from my parents Can you get much more BFSSFG than lockring spanners and v-necks

I'm hoping my new drops come in today! Probably not though since I'm pretty sure MLK is a shipping holiday.
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Old 01-16-12 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by hamfoh
steel is reeeeeeeeeeeeal

but yeah, you can get a gazetta frameset for that price.
today i saw that movie real steel. what a piece of...
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Old 01-16-12 | 01:44 PM
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Old 01-16-12 | 02:11 PM
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Started a band: The Carletons
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Old 01-16-12 | 02:14 PM
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So how often do you google your name?
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Old 01-16-12 | 02:28 PM
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I've got a band too. Los Tejanos.

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Old 01-16-12 | 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Sherblock
So how often do you google your name?
Maybe a couple of times a year.
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Old 01-16-12 | 03:51 PM
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so...... my gf's dad is considering getting a Cervelo S2...... im going to try to convince him to do so..... Cervelo's "Share the Ride" deal ends Jan 31... basically buy two bikes, get 2,000 dollars off. Which means, he gets an S2 for ~2.5k, and i get a free T1..... we'll see how this works.
If you ride the T1 on the street I will personally punch your face...with my fist.

Originally Posted by Dannihilator
Today I got in a very frigid road ride.

Had to go the final 25 miles sans water, since the last bottle froze.
Same thing happened to me today. My phone also stopped working and my eyeballs need chapstick on them now.



EDIT: Also, it's funny. During todays ride, riding back into the city with that gnarly freezing headwind I was the most miserable person in the world and never wanted to ride a bike ever again.
Fast forward 2 hours and a long hot shower later and I'm in an awesome mood.

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Old 01-16-12 | 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by chrissss
If you ride the T1 on the street I will personally punch your face...with my fist.
nah lol... take it to the velodrome... good time to start.
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Old 01-16-12 | 03:58 PM
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Today I purchased a domain for the website of the fixed gear bike club/gang my friends and I are forming. I'll link to it soon, but I'm waiting on a friend to clean up the logos in photoshop and once I drop them in I'll be ready to post the site. I'm so excited; we're gonna host bar nights and rides and events and it's gonna be super fun and hopefully as a side benefit get more women feeling comfortable and confident on bikes.

I'm also trying to figure out a name for my fundraising team for St. Baldrick's Foundation (they raise money to fund research to end childhood cancers). I and three friends are going to be shaving our heads for this charity in two months and we need a good team name so we can start promoting it and organizing fundraisers.

Luckily this is all stuff I can do from my couch, since I am feeling supremely lazy today.
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Old 01-16-12 | 06:22 PM
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are you in the suicide riderz!?
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Old 01-16-12 | 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by hamfoh
are you in the suicide riderz!?
Hahaha, no. We're not cool enough to ride around in the dark in a Target parking lot and record it on video. LULZ
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Old 01-16-12 | 06:58 PM
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Her bike gang is rad. I love it, even though I can't join.

Today I worked. Final health inspection on the restaurant is tomorrow, and I feel that there's no way in hell we will pass. If we don't, I don't know what the future holds. Kind of freaking out.
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Old 01-16-12 | 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by redpear
I don't understand the rationale behind anatomic bends. Not that I'm against them, I just have never heard why they're bent like that. It definitely looks uncomfortable.
I have bars w anatomic bends and it's actually comfortable, don't care much for the way it looks though.
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Old 01-16-12 | 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by chrissss
EDIT: Also, it's funny. During todays ride, riding back into the city with that gnarly freezing headwind I was the most miserable person in the world and never wanted to ride a bike ever again.
Fast forward 2 hours and a long hot shower later and I'm in an awesome mood.
It was cold this morning, 19 degrees when I got on the bike.
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Old 01-16-12 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by jimmytango
Her bike gang is rad. I love it, even though I can't join.
Only tiny women on fixed gears can be IN the gang, but our events are open to everyone in the bike community. Well, except for the all women/trans alleycat (a *****cat, hahaha) we're planning.
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Old 01-16-12 | 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by misskaz
Only tiny women on fixed gears can be IN the gang, but our events are open to everyone in the bike community. Well, except for the all women/trans alleycat (a *****cat, hahaha) we're planning.
I know. We've had this discussion. I'm just giving you ****. If I'm off work/have enough advance notice I'll work a checkpoint for the *****cat. If normal alleycats have cute girls, why shouldn't a *****cat have cute dudes?
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Old 01-16-12 | 07:35 PM
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My ride to work this morning was great.Few cars on the road due to MLK day and picked my layers just right for the 9deg ride to be neither cold nor overheat...good start for the week.
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Old 01-16-12 | 07:38 PM
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It's MLK day? I feel pretty far removed from the states...
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