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Old June 3rd 20, 03:44 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Bret Cahill
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Double your mileage to be in good enough shape to survive the pandemic and what happens?

Bags of carbs in the pantry disappear. Tires become threadbare.

Then prices of new tires soar:

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/06/02/t...rom%20%251%24s

This pandemic isn't working out for low cost cycling.

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Old June 3rd 20, 11:05 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Simon Mason[_6_]
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On Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 3:44:48 AM UTC+1, Bret Cahill wrote:
F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s

This pandemic isn't working out for low cost cycling.


https://road.cc/content/news/lockdow...cycling-273943
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Old June 4th 20, 03:08 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Bret Cahill
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Default Bikes Are the New Toilet Paper: Hard To Source

In addition to a lot of other now-in-shortage stuff I happened to keep old
old inner tubes. A large box of them.

That construction latex hack needs to get out. I'll rejuvenate it. I used it twice in the past 2 days.

Fast easy cheap and reliable.
 




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