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On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 8:03:24 PM UTC-8, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: > > That Atlantis looks haaawt with those Nanoraptors! > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 8:00 PM, Mark Reimer <markn...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Anton, I got you! I'm not from around those parts. I'm more than >> accustomed to riding in 'real' winter conditions... >> >> Today it was -30C. Hey, that's almost ten degrees warmer than last week, >> spring is on the way!!!! >> >> [image: Inline image 1] >> >> On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Anton Tutter <atu...@gmail.com >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Sorry, Mark, we here in the northeast US call that a dusting. I'm >>> afraid that doesn't compare at all to what we've been getting over here. >>> This is how cyclists were rolling in the town next to mine the past couple >>> weeks. No spandex here. >>> >>> >>> <http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2015-02/23/8/enhanced/webdr11/enhanced-4191-1424699631-17.jpg> >>> >>> >>> <http://cdnph.upi.com/sh/th/i/UPI-3761424787153/2015/14247880704634/Vandals-collapse-40-foot-snow-tunnel-dug-by-Mass-cyclists.jpg> >>> >>> >>> Anton "not wearing spandex in this 101.7 inches of snowfall" Tutter in >>> Somerville, MA >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 5:55:23 PM UTC-5, Mark Reimer wrote: >>>> >>>> Oh I wouldn't be so sure about that... >>>> >>>> http://theradavist.com/2015/02/santa-cruz-stigmata-cross-video/ >>>> >>>> On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 4:53 PM, ascpgh <asc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> It's odd, no spandex hamsters riding now. I guess riding across the >>>>> minus whatever, snow and ice covered darkness on studded tires with >>>>> fenders >>>>> generator hubs and lights isn't their magazine ad. >>>>> >>>>> Andy Cheatham >>>>> Pittsburgh >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 9:54:30 AM UTC-5, Marc Irwin wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> This reminds me of the first charity ride I did on my Hillborne (with >>>>>> Bosco Bars). A rider came up beside me, asked about the bike, then >>>>>> asked >>>>>> why anybody would want a bike like that? I said, " I can take this to >>>>>> the >>>>>> grocery store, ride a metric century comfortably, or take a trip over >>>>>> the >>>>>> Himalayas. What can you do with that?" (pointing to his crabon crotch >>>>>> rocket). He just shook his head and rode away. I passed he and his >>>>>> crew >>>>>> of spandex hamsters after the second rest stop. They tend to start >>>>>> loosing >>>>>> it at 30 miles. One of these days I'm going to do one in a pair of >>>>>> cutoffs >>>>>> (diamond gusset), a nascar t shirt and Cubs batting helmet just for fun. >>>>>> I >>>>>> might even roll a pack of Winstons up in my sleeve for good measure. >>>>>> >>>>>> Marc >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 12:56:19 PM UTC-5, Anne Paulson >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 5:38 AM, Addison Wilhite < >>>>>>> addison...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I kind of feel like the revolution is over and we won. Anymore, >>>>>>>> while I can certainly find the carbon roadie types, they aren't living >>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>> the niche. Just like the "extreme" downhillers or whatever they are >>>>>>>> called. I just don't see a lot of riders so focused on 25mm tires >>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>> don't also accept the benefits of a fatter tire >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Not true where I am in Silicon Valley . If I show up at the start of >>>>>>> one of my (touring) club's rides, a ride meant for people riding a >>>>>>> moderate >>>>>>> pace, and I see twenty other riders, there will be one steel bike, and >>>>>>> I'll >>>>>>> be riding it. There will be no bikes that take tires wider than 28 mm, >>>>>>> other than my Roadeo. Typically riders have 25 mm tires pumped up rock >>>>>>> hard. Everyone will have lycra shorts including me (haven't found >>>>>>> anything >>>>>>> else that works for me) and everyone else will be wearing roadie >>>>>>> jerseys >>>>>>> with sublimated graphics. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There's one club ride I go on, an easy-paced ride that I do for >>>>>>> camaraderie. Most of the riders are like me, over 50, in a lot of cases >>>>>>> well over 50. But there is one young woman who shows up on an old >>>>>>> Stumpjumper with flat bars, wearing street clothes. Although she has no >>>>>>> trouble keeping up, and she has a fine bike, almost every time she has >>>>>>> shown up at a ride I'm on someone will explain to her that her bike is >>>>>>> wrong and she needs a different one. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> -- Anne Paulson >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>>>> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ >>>>> topic/rbw-owners-bunch/F-3pQcXcdIw/unsubscribe. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>>> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/F-3pQcXcdIw/unsubscribe >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >>> <javascript:>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Cheers, > David > > Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace > > "it isn't a contest. 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