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04-26-10, 08:23 AM
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Just showing off
My new ride 
I saw it in the shop last autumn and finally took the plunge last weekend. Did my first "mini tour" yesterday from Fayetteville to Raleigh, a shade over 100 miles all told. This bike rides smooth, goes down hills like it's on rails and busts through headwinds pretty easily too.
I saw it in the shop last autumn and finally took the plunge last weekend. Did my first "mini tour" yesterday from Fayetteville to Raleigh, a shade over 100 miles all told. This bike rides smooth, goes down hills like it's on rails and busts through headwinds pretty easily too.
04-26-10, 09:04 AM
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It's true, man.
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Bravo. I always liked getting out of FayetteNam on the weekends, too. Nice ride.
04-26-10, 09:22 AM
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I just picked up a Trek 520 also (it looks like that's what you have there)....it sure is a smooth ride. Nice bike!
04-26-10, 09:55 AM
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Yeah man, there's definitely no better feeling than riding away from the 'ville. I went straight up 401 and, no surprise, had no traffic mishaps til I was two miles from home on Ramsey, when not one but TWO cars tried to turn out into the intersection I was riding through... love this town! When were you here?
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04-26-10, 10:11 AM
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Yeah man, there's definitely no better feeling than riding away from the 'ville. I went straight up 401 and, no surprise, had no traffic mishaps til I was two miles from home on Ramsey, when not one but TWO cars tried to turn out into the intersection I was riding through... love this town! When were you here?
04-26-10, 01:12 PM
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04-26-10, 02:12 PM
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I picked one up as well a couple months ago. I'm thinking of getting the same orange Ortliebs for front and back. You can see some nice shots on my page:
www.andrewfrasz.com/bikeblog. Have you done any modifications to it yet?
www.andrewfrasz.com/bikeblog. Have you done any modifications to it yet?
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04-26-10, 06:15 PM
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Just the basics: stripped the reflectors, added a computer, bottle cages, panniers, bar , saddle and frame bags, lights. The only thing I really see a need to change is the saddle. Oh, and I put a kickstand on it Congrats on breaking the 50 mile mark. I dig those fenders, who makes them?
Congrats on breaking the 50 mile mark. I dig those fenders, who makes them?
04-26-10, 06:22 PM
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man, I've heard some stories about this place in the 80s. Hay Street is really cleaned up, they have a lot of free concerts down there and it's been all gentrified now... even a fledgling bike community. The Boulevard and the Murch are still pretty rough though, and riding down Yadkin is a death wish...
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I was just in Fayetteville this weekend. My son is stationed at Ft. Bragg, and his wife had their first baby on Saturday so I spent a lot of time at Womack.
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