It's a Fiat 500C Abarth now, which is a decent 'best of both worlds' alternative for me. But we're off topic... ;)
On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 7:14:13 PM UTC-7, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: > > Subie WRX... best of both worlds! > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> *I do not understand racing kit for practical cycling.* >> >> It's what happens when you want *that* bike, and *these* are the roads >> you ride: You go for the ride, and deal with the consequences later. I went >> through the car equivalent of this with a snazzy used Porsche Boxster S ten >> years ago. It was great fun, but the maintenance was ridiculously >> expensive, and that was when it was *running.* I finally succumbed to >> the realities of the actual driving I was actually doing and bought a Honda >> Civic :) >> >> >> On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 3:31:47 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: >> >>> I tried. Saw a carbon fiber bike, spandex clad older gentleman at the >>> side of the trail, rear wheel off so pulled over. Poor guy had 4-5 patches >>> unsealed at the edges with the plastic still on them that had clearly been >>> ridden. He was afraid to use his CO2 to find the leak. I offered my hand >>> pump, quipping that I had an unlimited supply of air (standing up wind from >>> him the whole time so as to survive laundry scents). The air went out of >>> the tube almost immediately, so likely a faulty valve. I offered him my >>> tube, but it was going to be a squeeze with my 40mm tube in his 25mm tire. >>> Then his racing aero rims needed a much longer valve stem than my tube has, >>> so my tube (which would have just squeezed in there) couldn’t be inflated >>> anyway. He gave up and called his wife. I rode on. >>> >>> I do not understand racing kit for practical cycling. >>> >>> Still, I got to enjoy a great break along Fountain Creek, on a curve >>> away from the noise of the interstate, after a morning down in Colorado >>> Springs on an errand. I returned home feeling far better than I would have >>> if I’d had my wife drive me there and back, and I got a great 45 mile ride. >>> What a great day, despite my failure to help this poor lad! >>> >>> With abandon, >>> Patrick >>> >>> *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org <http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org>* >>> *www.OurHolyConception.org <http://www.OurHolyConception.org>* >>> >>> -- >> 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. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal > > > > -- 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-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
