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To: Tennessee Conservative; grey_whiskers; daniel1212; Bartholomew Roberts; A Cyrenian; sphinx; ...
PING! 😃🚴♂️
Happy Labor Day!
To: Berlin_Freeper
Anything new in the bicycle world?
4 posted on
09/01/2019 11:45:24 PM PDT by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cultsther)
To: Berlin_Freeper
I’m still riding my ancient Specialized Hard Rock which is about a quarter of a century old. I wish I could afford a new bike but my economic situation is still pretty grim. I’m 6’3” so the new larger wheel sizes are interesting.
7 posted on
09/02/2019 2:57:57 AM PDT by
Monterrosa-24
(...even more American than a Russian AK-47 and a French bikini.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
For those of you who like to do your own bike repair, I highly recommend the informative and entertaining Park Tool videos. Park Tool specializes in bike-specific repair tools.
https://www.youtube.com/user/parktoolcompany
8 posted on
09/02/2019 3:52:44 AM PDT by
Flick Lives
(MSM, the Enemy of the People since 1898)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Thanks for doing this thread. FR is my daily diet for news etc. and it’s been really depressing with the deep state going free and thumbing their nose at America. It’s nice to get away from that and share bike stuff with other FReepers. I’m down at Emerald Isle riding my Specialized Robaix. Had a great ride yesterday but Dorian is headed our way. Guess I better head for higher ground. Thanks again!
To: Berlin_Freeper
My Ducati identifies as a bicycle. Anyone want to race?
16 posted on
09/02/2019 5:53:02 AM PDT by
CrazyIvan
(The Democrat party. A collaboration of Cloward-Piven and Dunning-Kruger.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Please add me to the ping list. Thanks.
17 posted on
09/02/2019 6:03:35 AM PDT by
KevinB
("Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Be bright, be flashy.
400 white lumens flashing in front, and 250 red in back. Stick on reflector squares everywhere. Solid flourescent jersey.
Remember, cars are there to kill you. They will never see you, so assume that.
Can you tell I’ve been hit?
Cantal France last summer for 2 weeks. 50 mile days, 4,800 ft elevation gains. Personal bests. La Vigerie, hotel Alta Terra. Great people.
23 posted on
09/02/2019 8:12:22 AM PDT by
Uncle Miltie
(Epstein proves it's all a charade.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
For some of us, medical problems have moved us to pedaling a recumbent trike. At 73+ we are still pushing the pedals, but now we have 3 wheels instead of two. I am thinking about adding electric asset to mine in couple of years.
26 posted on
09/02/2019 8:58:14 AM PDT by
free thinker 03
(Wouldn't it be refreshing if politicians actually listened to the people who elected them)
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43 posted on
09/04/2019 7:21:20 AM PDT by
RandallFlagg
(Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
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4.9 miles today,
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48710300196_ef6432ff00_o.jpg
I don’t know what the story is with this hunk of “LOVE” (welded plates) is about.
Was moved from the other end of the building.
The building is a landmark warehouse that used to take imports from Africa.
Now it’s been turned into condos. It is right on the water so people living there dock their boats to it.
Later, I got my new bicycle’s flat tire fixed. :)
To: Berlin_Freeper
THE WORK OF THE SOLDIER CYCLIST
When the war is over the tales our cyclist warriors have to tell will be amongst the most inspiring in the annals of this stupendous conflict. The reasons of the success of the soldier-cyclist are not far to seek. In the fist place it must be realised that his mount, unlike that of the cavalryman, is silent in progress. This gives him an enormous advantage over his noisy foe, whose horse betrays his presence even when galloping over grassland. In short, the cyclist can hear and not be heard. He can approach speedily and noiselessly, and without warning can attack the enemy, who, all unconscious of his presence, often falls an easy prey.
But silence is by no means the cyclist’s sole advantage. He has a good turn of speed, which is a factor useful alike in attack and retreat. A cyclist in warfare is really a mounted infantryman, and, generally speaking, he is superior in point of speed to the heavily-accoutred cavalryman, while, of course, the ordinary infantryman is snail-like by comparison. Should his attack fail for the time being, or receive an unexpected or momentary check, the cyclist can easily beat a retreat, and by a circuitous route come upon his foe again at another point, where, perhaps, he is least expected. Thus he can be said to possess to a marked degree the power to ‘cut and come again’ which faculty is eminently useful in war.
Again, the ability to take cover often spells the difference between victory and defeat, and here the cyclist scores distinctly. He has but to lay his mount down flat upon the ground and it is practically invisible.
– Cycling Magazine, 8th October, 1914
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