Forum: Rides
August 13th 07, 02:56 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.rides
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Replies: 12
Views: 953
Car making a left turn in front of me
wrote:
If you ride very much in the city, and you obey traffic laws, this
sooner or later happens.
SNIP
Today's Driver From Mars experience, for me, was the 1d10t who made...
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Forum: General
August 13th 07, 02:56 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.rides
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,225
Car making a left turn in front of me
wrote:
If you ride very much in the city, and you obey traffic laws, this
sooner or later happens.
SNIP
Today's Driver From Mars experience, for me, was the 1d10t who made...
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Forum: Racing
August 5th 07, 03:43 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,608
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Forum: General
July 22nd 07, 11:25 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 2
Views: 273
Fatties don't fit fine, evidently.
Dear Gooserider:
You might have gotten a bum frame -- what does Surly/QBP say about
this issue?
Gooserider wrote:
I recently had a new Surly Pacer built up with a group from...
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Forum: Racing
July 15th 07, 11:43 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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Replies: 0
Views: 190
Take THAT Dr. Fuentes!
Dear RBRists:
While VS was broadcasting about forty minutes at the end of
yesterday's Tour de France coverage (stage 7, no spoilers) I was flat
on my back donating two units of platelets and a side...
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Forum: Racing
June 12th 07, 07:41 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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Replies: 6
Views: 594
Vandenbroucke
Callistus Valerius wrote:
The 32-year-old cyclist was taken to the hospital Wednesday after slitting
his wrists.
And they say doping is a victimless crime..
I'm with you on that one, CV....
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Forum: General
June 10th 07, 02:40 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 27
Views: 926
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Forum: Racing
June 10th 07, 01:24 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,071
It's April 1st again!
Simon Brooke wrote:
in message , RonSonic
') wrote:
On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 14:58:32 +0100, Simon Brooke...
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Forum: Racing
June 9th 07, 02:47 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.racing
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Replies: 10
Views: 883
Blood Values
Dear Mountain Flower:
wrote:
The day before yesterday I did my yearly visit to the vampires. I
usually try to go for June 11th since that is the anniversary of my
...
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Forum: General
June 9th 07, 02:47 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.racing
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Replies: 9
Views: 585
Blood Values
Dear Mountain Flower:
wrote:
The day before yesterday I did my yearly visit to the vampires. I
usually try to go for June 11th since that is the anniversary of my
...
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Forum: Racing
June 3rd 07, 04:31 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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Replies: 14
Views: 778
The Latest Polgar Attack
Steve Taylor wrote:
SNIP
Yea! He was staring at a chess board 6 hours a day! What are you on?
I kind of prefer Koltanowski -- he took on forty people at the same
time -- playing...
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Forum: Racing
May 28th 07, 05:24 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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Replies: 71
Views: 2,279
So who started it all with EPO ?
wrote:
SNIP
I wonder, is there enough genuine clinical need for EPO to warrant
sales of three billion?
If not, are the pharmaceutical giants complicit in the doping of
...
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Forum: Racing
May 28th 07, 04:45 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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Replies: 1
Views: 261
The UCI is going to need a "Penal Colony" team.
Dear rbr-ers:
The way things are going, if the UCI gets a load of current pro
riders to 'fess up, they're going to need a "penal colony" team. "Come
clean, implicate the enablers, give up the...
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Forum: Racing
May 28th 07, 04:12 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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Replies: 4
Views: 830
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Forum: Racing
May 7th 07, 04:30 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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Replies: 15
Views: 773
Hammer falls on Valverde in Puerto
Dear Keith:
Keith wrote:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/may07/may07news
'VALV.' is allegedly Valverde and 'PITI' is the name of his dog that
Spanish newspapers confirmed,...
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Forum: Techniques
May 6th 07, 05:03 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 9
Views: 715
Non-goathead hazard
Yesterday's ride, on the path, RIGHT after about two dozen cyclists in
Clyclo-Vets jerseys came down the path the other way, I NEARLY rolled
over a, ok, it was only about two feet long, garter snake...
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Forum: Racing
February 25th 07, 02:30 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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Replies: 11
Views: 737
UCI vs ASO
Hiya:
I would have thought the UCI, the three Grand Tour companies and
yes, even the Rider's Union would have had more sense, more humility
and more interest in the long-term best interests of the...
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Forum: General
February 15th 07, 12:52 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,182
botts dots
Claire wrote:
SNIP
And then, I'd like to think of something cool to do with them. Ideas?
Warm Regards,
Claire Petersky
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Forum: Racing
February 14th 07, 12:56 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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Replies: 8
Views: 370
What bike to buy??
wrote:
On Feb 13, 12:47 pm, "new2cycle" wrote:
SNIP
I'm looking for a bike (actually my 2nd)and I have a local bike shop that
I'm drawn too. ...
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Forum: Racing
February 12th 07, 12:31 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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Replies: 4
Views: 502
LeMond Looks Good!
Dear KG:
Kurgan Gringioni wrote:
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Dumbass -
That would be an infinitely better way for him to be in the public eye
than the lameass **** he's been doing for the last 4 years.
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Forum: General
February 11th 07, 02:41 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 93
Views: 2,001
Customer had a problem with our service
Dear Mike:
SNIP
He replied that wasn't a problem because he doesn't use cassettes anymore,
just CDs. And he was serious. He went on to say that he planned to ride the
same chain until it...
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Forum: Racing
February 11th 07, 02:11 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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Replies: 4
Views: 502
LeMond Looks Good!
Dear Race Fans:
Greg LeMond is the honorary chairperson of the American Diabetes
Association's Tour de Cure. And he looks fit, tanned and rested. My
guess is that in the past two or three years he...
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Forum: General
December 16th 06, 04:27 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 109
Views: 2,702
Riding and weight loss?
Set wrote:
SNIP
OK typical eating when doing strict LC is one cup steak cubes for
breakfast, hburger on lettuce for lunch, chicken, burger or fish for
dinner, with one side dish of veggies. No...
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Forum: General
December 13th 06, 12:49 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 3
Views: 434
Cycling in San Diego
Hello!
wrote:
Can anybody recommend any routes for cycling in the San Diego area. A
friend and I are planning to spend a week in San Diego between Dec 24
and 31 and would...
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Forum: General
December 10th 06, 05:50 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 45
Views: 2,019
What's your best road find of the year?
wrote:
How about an AlphaSmart 2000 IrDA? No, I didn't find one this year, but
I've turned a truck mud flap into a cat flap -- for the door of the
room where the litter box...
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