TMonk, funny how they put politics and religion together. Both are topics that bring out the best and worst in good people.

Notice how that's an anagram for D-O-G; we should therefore treat our canine friends with the same compassion or else face consequences. :lol:

That's exactly right. As you might imagine, it's a total ****show in there. It puts a heavy demand on the volunteer moderation staff for sure. Most of the time it's pretty entertaining reading some of the crap that people post, but sometimes it just makes me tired lol.

The man(or woman) upstairs does ride freewheel after all!

Or, freehub?

That is easy, most of the dogs in my life are sweet and lovable....

This world would be a much better place if everything worked out that way. :D


On topic, today I scored myself the last set of USA made imperial short sockets at sears. #becausecars

For us, maybe, but not everyone is sweet and lovable like us :D

I never ventured there when I was a mod.

All the mods that go there are communist atheists.

yesterday i got my bike back

last night i put on a thomson masterpiece post, ****ring, stem, and crabon barz

today i tested out the new setup, and its full on racerboy mode now. probably lost around pound of weight, its noticeable

felt great to just tear ass on some dirt again today, ive never been so connected to a bike before this thing is an extension of my body now

A Brompton is on my wishlist...there's a huge group of Brompton riders in Tempe, they call themselves the Brompton Mafia. The fact that you can bring them on a plane with you as carryon luggage pretty much sealed the deal of me wanting them. Being able to travel with your bike everywhere you go sounds super rad.

I aspire to be the person my dog thinks I am.

Today I did Bike The Drive in Chicago on my fixed gear. It's the only day you can legally ride your bike on the outer drive of the city along the lake. Passed a lot of Fred's on Shiv's and Cervelo TT bikes, and a few in a pace line, doing like 10 mph all kitted up. I had to laugh. Friday I did Critical Mass here and ended up leading the fairly big group down Broadway. I had no idea where I was going but everyone up front thought I was the leader. It was a blast, and I got soaked because we got dumped on and I had a really long ride back to my sisters place.

Got an expensive speeding ticket this morning.
With court date... I dun goofed lol.

I hope it wasnt triple digits!

lol been there.

byebye $600

If there is any way on earth you can pay a lawyer to deal with it, it is worth it long term. I rode sport bikes for years, and the only reason I have a license is that the system does not care what you have done, it just says wants some money. And, there are lawyers who specialize in this.

Triple digits with a few extra boxes checked.
Said the only reason I wasn't in jail is because I pulled over immediately.

They were quick about it too, I was/am currently late for work.

Ouch. That'll be a fatty.

basically the same scenario i had, guy was nice about it because i wasnt just another ***hole on a street bike

they like it when you actually cooperate

Apparently my bone stock corolla can do 120+ according to the officer, regardless of the 115 limit on the computer.

Most cars today can make it to 120. Just how quickly is the real question.

Cars with H speed rated tires are computer limited to 115 mph. My Honda VTR1000 has Z rated tires and is good for about 160 mph. I spent 2 days in jail for doing just 140 mph on it and spent $2K in legal fees to keep my license and get my bike back. Now I ride a Harley and have kept it under 100 mph. Older and a bit wiser.

a lot of the reported posts these days come from PnR

As TT said, they're digitally limited. I know I never broke 100, they didn't radar me so I don't actually know how they estimated my speed.