A truly odd question
08-06-11 | 08:56 PM
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A truly odd question
I was on a group ride the other week when someone asked me the following question:
"Did you mean to buy a bike with only one speed?"
Did he think I was a spectacularly unobservant shopper, or the victim of a particularly nefarious online bike seller? He seemed confused. I'm not sure if I should be offended or not.
Dave
"Did you mean to buy a bike with only one speed?"
Did he think I was a spectacularly unobservant shopper, or the victim of a particularly nefarious online bike seller? He seemed confused. I'm not sure if I should be offended or not.
Dave
08-06-11 | 09:13 PM
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TEEEJ
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Bikes: 78.5 Trek 710 FG Conversion, 90's Raleigh CitySport FG coversion, '98 Specialized Ground Control, '00 GT Outpost SS, Vilano Track Bike
Hahahaha today I was on a group ride and some one gave me "advice" that I should bring my bike to a LBS to get my "freewheel" checked out because it wouldn't coast. I just replied thanks! I really don't know whats wrong with it!
08-06-11 | 10:27 PM
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soft pedal zen
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lol! I've never met a serious cyclist who didn't know what a fixed gear was.
08-08-11 | 01:04 PM
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Oh, you know...
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That reminds me of this one time (three days ago) when I was leaving a bar pretty late and someone yelled after me "NICE SPINERGY ******BAG" and then I started laughing uncontrollably while trying to ride away and I fell over.
08-08-11 | 01:07 PM
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One time I was trackstanding at a light waiting for it to change and some guy in a car drove by in the passing lane and yelled "**** YOU!" To this day I don't know what I did that angered him so greatly that he felt the need to shout obscenities at me.
08-08-11 | 01:26 PM
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08-08-11 | 01:46 PM
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Whilst driving the other day I had someone cut me off and then give me the finger before I could give it to him. People get stranger by the day.
08-08-11 | 02:19 PM
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Oh, you know...
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Well to be fair, you deserved it... you were about to give him the finger!
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