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04-06-2021, 12:28 PM
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#4711
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Re: tying threads!!!!
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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower
The primary purpose of my fancy bikes is to facilitate experiences.
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Don't you mostly carry your bike when you race?
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04-06-2021, 12:48 PM
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#4712
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Flower
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Re: tying threads!!!!
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Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Don't you mostly carry your bike when you race?
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Which is why I need a fancy carbon fiber CX bike with high end, lightweight parts. Easier to carry and enhances the experience.
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04-06-2021, 12:58 PM
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#4713
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Location: Government Yard in Trenchtown
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Re: tying threads!!!!
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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower
Which is why I need a fancy carbon fiber CX bike with high end, lightweight parts. Easier to carry and enhances the experience.
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Do you have one of these?
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A wee dram a day!
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04-06-2021, 01:04 PM
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#4714
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Re: tying threads!!!!
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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
But there is nothing but walking and biking space as far as the eye can see.
We hope whoever buys our old house enjoys the fucking density.
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This sounds like the way Herb and Bonnie Clutter described the house they bought in Holcomb. Good luck.
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04-06-2021, 01:14 PM
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#4715
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Re: tying threads!!!!
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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Do you have one of these?
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Unfortunately, they don’t allow motors in the events I participate in.
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If he looks within he finds beauty and power.
I am not sorry.
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04-06-2021, 01:30 PM
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#4716
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Re: tying threads!!!!
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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower
Unfortunately, they don’t allow motors in the events I participate in.
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And it wouldn't help anyway since you have to carry it the whole time.
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No no no, that's not gonna help. That's not gonna help and I'll tell you why: It doesn't unbang your Mom.
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04-06-2021, 01:43 PM
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#4717
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Re: tying threads!!!!
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Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
And it wouldn't help anyway since you have to carry it the whole time.
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Right. The motor is just added weight that I have to carry, and the lack of top tube makes it impossible to shoulder the bike. Also, that e-bike has wheels, which are superfluous components when you are carrying the bike the entire race.
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If he looks within he finds beauty and power.
I am not sorry.
Last edited by Pretty Little Flower; 04-06-2021 at 01:50 PM..
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04-06-2021, 04:23 PM
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#4718
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Re: tying threads!!!!
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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower
Right. The motor is just added weight that I have to carry, and the lack of top tube makes it impossible to shoulder the bike. Also, that e-bike has wheels, which are superfluous components when you are carrying the bike the entire race.
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I prefer to run without added weight, but I suppose I'm a little bike curious.
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No no no, that's not gonna help. That's not gonna help and I'll tell you why: It doesn't unbang your Mom.
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04-06-2021, 04:44 PM
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Wearing the cranky pants
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Pulling your finger
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Re: tying threads!!!!
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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower
Right. The motor is just added weight that I have to carry, and the lack of top tube makes it impossible to shoulder the bike. Also, that e-bike has wheels, which are superfluous components when you are carrying the bike the entire race.
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This looks like my version of hell, amplified by it being in Iowa City.
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04-06-2021, 05:04 PM
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Random Syndicate (admin)
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Romantically enfranchised
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Re: tying threads!!!!
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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
So, we are trading the once-new house in the fancy near burbs for the exurban spread with a this-old-house classic. The next year or three are going to be filled with architects, contractors and landscapers. So what would you want in a dream house? What are all the little things we can add to make it special. Bonus points for anything that is appropriate to a federalist farmhouse.
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Plumbing.
Theoretically we get it back on April 23rd. Going with PEX, slightly two months after the freeze that took it out.
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04-06-2021, 05:10 PM
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#4721
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Re: tying threads!!!!
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Originally Posted by LessinSF
This looks like my version of hell, amplified by it being in Iowa City.
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That’s Mt. Crumpit at Jingle Cross in Iowa City, which in recent years has been one of the few Cyclocross World Cups in the United States. Only the top cyclocross riders in the world can generally ride up it. Sometimes the race goes down Mt. Crumpit. When it is snowy or rainy, that adds to the fun. This video is from years ago, before it was a World Cup race. 26 seconds in, lower right corner for the money shot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSXXc6hce3k
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Inside every man lives the seed of a flower.
If he looks within he finds beauty and power.
I am not sorry.
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04-06-2021, 05:25 PM
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I am beyond a rank!
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 17,115
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Re: tying threads!!!!
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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Do you have one of these?
pic of an ebike cruiser
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The way this group is aging, that's a handy tool y'all should all be considering 
My MIL has a similar one and is moving into the big city next to some nice bike trails.
Last edited by Adder; 04-06-2021 at 05:28 PM..
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04-06-2021, 05:26 PM
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I am beyond a rank!
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Re: tying threads!!!!
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Originally Posted by LessinSF
This looks like my version of hell, amplified by it being in Iowa City.
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Yeah, I've found myself having to carry a bike like that, but never on purpose and certainly never in Iowa. |
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04-06-2021, 06:01 PM
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#4724
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Proud Holder-Post 200,000
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Re: tying threads!!!!
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Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I prefer to run without added weight, but I suppose I'm a little bike curious.
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Plus, when you go into the porta potty what do you do with the bike?
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04-06-2021, 06:04 PM
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#4725
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Proud Holder-Post 200,000
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Re: tying threads!!!!
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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower
That’s Mt. Crumpit at Jingle Cross in Iowa City, which in recent years has been one of the few Cyclocross World Cups in the United States. Only the top cyclocross riders in the world can generally ride up it. Sometimes the race goes down Mt. Crumpit. When it is snowy or rainy, that adds to the fun. This video is from years ago, before it was a World Cup race. 26 seconds in, lower right corner for the money shot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSXXc6hce3k |
Bike racing seems nuts on streets. That is beyond crazy.
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