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Old 02-07-12 | 12:41 PM
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today i heard this song and it uses the freewheel clicking sound as its instrumental. bikes in music? too much awesome.

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Old 02-07-12 | 12:46 PM
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thats pretty neat.
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Old 02-07-12 | 01:08 PM
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Today I took an arrow to the heart when I learned the hard way that one of my favorite fixed gear oriented LBS's here moved to PDX.

Originally Posted by muckymucky



today i heard this song and it uses the freewheel clicking sound as its instrumental. bikes in music? too much awesome.
mmm cingular jailbroken goodness; those were some good days before it morphed into the crapshoot of at&t

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Old 02-07-12 | 01:10 PM
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Sounds like they're setting up a pretty fancy shop in Portland.
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Old 02-07-12 | 01:11 PM
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^you used to be a hipster. then you took that arrow meant for your heart to the knee. /endlife
no one is gonna get this reference =< im gonna go cry in that corner over there now.
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Old 02-07-12 | 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by muckymucky
^you used to be a hipster. then you took that arrow meant for your heart to the knee. /endlife
no one is gonna get this reference =< im gonna go cry in that corner over there now.

Aha this dovahkiin...
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Old 02-07-12 | 01:20 PM
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*peeky out of the corner slowly, looks up, and smiles with one final tear down teh face* =*>
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Old 02-07-12 | 02:02 PM
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hamish sold his kilo, sad.
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Old 02-07-12 | 02:11 PM
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Today i was waiting for the bus to cross the lake when another SSFG rider came up.....big shot bike!
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Old 02-07-12 | 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by zoltani
Today i was waiting for the bus to cross the lake when another SSFG rider came up.....big shot bike!
i hear big block bikes are nice, literally.
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Old 02-07-12 | 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by zoltani
Today i was waiting for the bus to cross the lake when another SSFG rider came up.....big shot bike!
I hear Big Shot bikes are nice.
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Old 02-07-12 | 03:20 PM
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BIG PLANS.
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Old 02-07-12 | 04:01 PM
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Today I was recognized by two young dudes at the airport on a layover in Charlotte who were customers of RG and we shot the **** about bikes for a while. Then Angie and I ended up sitting next to chef John Besh on the plane from Charlotte to West Palm Beach and talked about a whole bunch of delicious southern food.
I love John Besh. Good food, great teeth.
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Old 02-07-12 | 07:29 PM
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Today I had an easy 25 mile ride.
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Old 02-07-12 | 08:03 PM
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today i rode around with hairnet.
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crabon/campy/rapha/roadie-bro.

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Old 02-07-12 | 08:09 PM
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lol... pics or it didn't happen.
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Old 02-07-12 | 09:00 PM
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Today I road to the gym to ride on the stationary and watch TV.
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Old 02-07-12 | 09:07 PM
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lol... pics or it didn't happen.
pics tomorrow.
it'll rain, perfect time to ride bikes
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crabon/campy/rapha/roadie-bro.

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Old 02-07-12 | 09:13 PM
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sold off my b43s
got a film scanner
put the cxp22s on the ftp
wished i had some cx tubies

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Old 02-07-12 | 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by jdgesus
pics tomorrow.
it'll rain, perfect time to ride bikes
Cool. I'll hold you to it!
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Old 02-07-12 | 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by cc700
sold off my b43s
got a film scanner
put the cxp22s on the ftp
wished i had some cx tubies
Nice.
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Old 02-07-12 | 10:31 PM
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Today I had to ride my SS MTB around since I don't have time to fix my fixed gear until the weekend. Its kind of nice though, its a lot slower but still enjoyable.
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Old 02-07-12 | 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by nuhtowel
Today I had to ride my SS MTB around since I don't have time to fix my fixed gear until the weekend. Its kind of nice though, its a lot slower but still enjoyable.
Is it a 29er? SS 29ers are awesome.
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Old 02-07-12 | 11:06 PM
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Ate brussel sprouts for the first time. Delicious.
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Old 02-08-12 | 01:13 AM
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Today I am afraid to admit it,

but the last couple weeks of some of the most intense brakeless riding I've ever done has toasted my godddamn knees.
I have no idea how these two mother****ers did the TOC brakeless:


EDIT: post number 1234 and I use it to complain about my sore vagina
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