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Duuude, get yo'self a bike! There are a couple companies along the lake front path that rent (Bobby's Bike Hike and Bike and Roll Chicago being the two I can think of). Get a silly tourist bike and ride the lake front path!

Just be super careful. Tons of ******** take that thing. Tri-geeks training, rollerbladers, dumbass pedestrians walking in the middle of it and turning blindly...

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Originally Posted by Jaytron (Post 13995552)

I might die because I've never done brakeless. I mean I rarely use my brakes when riding fixed, but I think just not having the option freaks me out a little.

I feel the same way. When I went to Austin, my lever got jacked in shipping and I rode the first day with a zip-tie holding my brake lever together because no shops were open. Hills (I'm from Chicago. We don't have those), rain, darkness, an unfamiliar city, and a brake lever that was ghetto-rigged made for the scariest 10 miles I've ever ridden, even though I rarely actually use the brakes.

JesusBananas

03-20-12 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by jimmytango (Post 13993322)

Got my headset fixed up for like $5. Dude at the LBS threw on a new bearing carriage and repacked everything. Rides like new now. He refused to charge me labor, so I tossed him some dough for his time. By the way, that's how you make long-term customers.

Whaaat, I want a repacked headset for free/$5.

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Originally Posted by Jaytron (Post 13994093)

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Originally Posted by cc700 (Post 13994085)

i spy solid snake

ftfy

Incorrect. No one should spy Solid Snake, or he's doing his job wrong. :D

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Originally Posted by Leukybear (Post 13995678)

Yeah streetcar rails & cable car underground cable lines are pitfalls for narrow tires. Had a friend riding next to me and tracks and the cable opening swallowed his front wheel and he endoed completely out of the blue.

Sooo, I don't exactly have all of my original teeth because of trolley tracks...
They are not your friends. Stay far away.

adriano

03-20-12 05:41 PM

his cardboard box ploy would fail with this crowd of mail order divas. the box would be slashed open immediately in hopes for some black anodized nitto crap.

!

Jaytron

03-20-12 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by JesusBananas (Post 13995896)

Incorrect. No one should spy Solid Snake, or he's doing his job wrong. :D

http://i.imgur.com/iX3Ws.gif

Radh	03-20-12 07:04 PM

Today I tried to coast on my bike and nearly crashed into a car.

New Fixie Problems.

Jared.

03-20-12 08:55 PM

Got severe cramps in my calves at mile 6 of my 20 mile ride. Still enjoyed the ride and beautiful weather.

Dannihilator

03-20-12 08:58 PM

Today I had a blast on the dirt jumper.

Leukybear

03-20-12 09:21 PM

Today was a very vehicular filled day. I drove to work for the first time in a very long time, it was fun. Fun except it was my wife's car and I totally forgot cars in university lots need permits. Came back to find a big fat ticket for parking w/o a permit in a staff spot under the wiper. Tacked an hour to my work day to get it cleared up.
Then I took the car to the audi dealer for scheduled maintenance (the reason I had it in the first place) where while I was waiting, I wandered into the showroom and a salesman approached me and tried to sell me another; it wasn't really effective as I ended up having the last word and a test drive in a R8.

LesterOfPuppets

03-20-12 10:03 PM

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/...f2744b55_o.jpg

Scrodzilla

03-20-12 10:05 PM

That's one of the best things I've ever seen.

craigcraigcraig

03-20-12 10:11 PM

Today I got a tattoo

LesterOfPuppets

03-20-12 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Scrodzilla (Post 13996936)

That's one of the best things I've ever seen.

Unfortunately it got taken down a couple years ago :(

JesusBananas

03-20-12 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 13996925)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/...f2744b55_o.jpg

Man, I hate Florida.

nite train

03-21-12 02:51 AM

could use that sign here in rome, replace the gator for an icon of a 14 year old girl driving a mini car. got dropped by a tram track in december on a cold rainy day

highonpez

03-21-12 03:11 AM

(Later) Today I go visit my sister in Green Bay. Which is a great excuse to check out bikes on craigslist. Must stop looking. Two bikes is enough to look at in one day.

Higher Class

03-21-12 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by craigcraigcraig (Post 13996968)

Today I got a tattoo

made an appointment for my first tattoo today!

Woke up at 7, made coffee and dicked around on the internet, put in my resume at a bike shop and talked to the owner for a few minutes... really seemed like I have a chance of getting a call, purchased a 7 Seconds record, rode my skateboard at a skate park, was congratulated on my Publix sub selection by the cashier, and I'm giving my first interview at work in half an hour.

jdgesus

03-21-12 11:35 AM

wife is getting one today... tatoooooos all around!~

carleton

03-21-12 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by adriano (Post 13995964)

his cardboard box ploy would fail with this crowd of mail order divas. the box would be slashed open immediately in hopes for some black anodized nitto crap.

!

http://solelo.yurikai.com/wp-content...gear-solid.jpg

"Who's footprints are these? Are they the mailman's"

hairnet

03-21-12 11:54 AM

Today I got this VO bar for cheap and reused the shellacked cork tape off my Raleigh. No more bum bar stlye RB021

http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/u...t/photo-35.jpg

I put a new coat on the right side just to show.

GMJ	03-21-12 11:55 AM

Just crushed my ethics exam like the fist of god. I love written exams.

Now I have a BS day of class tomorrow and I'm off to Colorado for a week with my buddy. He has to go over there to interview for a summer internship, and he invited to me to come along out of the blue. I've never been and I would like to check out Boulder's velodrome too.

Life is gooooood.