Recent content by Kimono

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    Durability of carbon frames: success stories

    2002 Trek 5200 with 26k miles. No problems
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    ::::~ Wheelbuilders thread ~::::

    Il like that idea a lot. Problem is these are Rol Wheels d'Huez model which uses a "proprietary design" hub. So I don't know if it's truly a proprietary freehub design or some OEM design like DT Swiss or whatever. Any ideas on how to ID the freehub and whether or not a replacement could be...
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    ::::~ Wheelbuilders thread ~::::

    Going to Dura Ace 11 sp Apologies if this is a dumb question but I'm not a wheel builder nor do I play one on TV. Also sorry if this has been covered elsewhere on the thread. I am planning to transition from Dura Ace 10 sp to 11 sp and am nearly 100% sure that my current hub won't work...
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    When did you realize LA was a cheat?

    I fell out of love with Lance when he walked out on Kik. It was much easier after that to consider the doping accusations being leveled at him.
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    USADA - Armstrong

    Not to mention the fact that he resumed doping after having nearly died from it. That to me is incomprehensible
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    Disc Brakes on a C59

    now how about ABS? :)
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    Look at me, I am a Vegan! Can I persuade you to become one too?

    Btw, this guy below? Not a vegan. yeah but just think of how good a fighter he might have been on a vegan diet :p
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    Look at me, I am a Vegan! Can I persuade you to become one too?

    Haven't read all 649 posts so I don't know if anyone has bothered to tell DR that the contraction for "you are" is spelled "you're". Learned that in Omnivore Elementary....
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    Eat bacon and die

    bacon tastes good, porkchops taste good sewer rat might taste like pumpkin pie but I wouldn't know.......
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    Try-hard wanna-be's on group rides GRRR

    Work in NYC and we've had an icy, snowy, cooooold miserable winter. I'm amazed that everyday there are bike messengers out and about on ratty fixed gear bikes, going about their job and seemingly oblivious to the horrible conditions. I'd like to see Track Stand Guy and coffee shop Cat 5 hang...
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    LA returning to "traditional preparation"

    Ready to drop me that note yet?
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    Look closely at these pictures

    Anyone else who thinks the kid looks like Rusty from the first National Lampoons "Vacation" movie?
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    Economical Wheelsets?

    I just got the Rol D'Huez this year and they're excellent. Light, stiff, and stay true. Subjected them to a beating last weekend on the Hell of Hunterdon's 15 mile sections of gravel / potholed "roads". True as an arrow afterwards... amazing
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    What are you afraid of??

    anyone else creeped out by rats / mice?
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    LA returning to "traditional preparation"

    I used to really like LA but for me his act has finally jumped the shark. It's been a time coming, beginning with the Hollywood phase he entered when he and wife Kik split ways. When I see LA now I see Joe Montana in Kansas City Chiefs garb or Michael Jordan in a Washington Wizards uniform ...