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Old August 2nd 07, 05:12 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
Gooserider
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Default Met a guy from the early 90s

Or at least I think so. I passed him as he was heading into our local
mall---and I noticed that his bike was a Yeti. It's pretty rare to see
anyone here on anything other than 'mart MTBs, so I struck up a conversation
while he was locking up. It was a NICE BIKE. XTR derailleurs, Kooka crank,
very nice. The guy was wearing day glo green Pearl Izumi gloves and a Bell
V-1 Pro helmet. I complimented him on the bike and he said he paid 5 grand
for it new. I don't think I'd be parking my Yeti in front of the mall---but
I don't think many people here in the sticks realize how nice it was.


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Old August 2nd 07, 10:07 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
Roger Zoul
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Default Met a guy from the early 90s

Gooserider wrote:
:: Or at least I think so. I passed him as he was heading into our local
:: mall---and I noticed that his bike was a Yeti. It's pretty rare to
:: see anyone here on anything other than 'mart MTBs, so I struck up a
:: conversation while he was locking up. It was a NICE BIKE. XTR
:: derailleurs, Kooka crank, very nice. The guy was wearing day glo
:: green Pearl Izumi gloves and a Bell V-1 Pro helmet. I complimented
:: him on the bike and he said he paid 5 grand for it new. I don't
:: think I'd be parking my Yeti in front of the mall---but I don't
:: think many people here in the sticks realize how nice it was.

So you think he got caught in a time vortex or did you wonder off into the
twlight zone?




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Old August 2nd 07, 12:10 PM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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Default Met a guy from the early 90s

Gooserider wrote:
Or at least I think so. I passed him as he was heading into our local
mall---and I noticed that his bike was a Yeti. It's pretty rare to see
anyone here on anything other than 'mart MTBs, so I struck up a conversation
while he was locking up. It was a NICE BIKE. XTR derailleurs, Kooka crank,
very nice. The guy was wearing day glo green Pearl Izumi gloves and a Bell
V-1 Pro helmet. I complimented him on the bike and he said he paid 5 grand
for it new. I don't think I'd be parking my Yeti in front of the mall---but
I don't think many people here in the sticks realize how nice it was.


Yeah thats one thing about non-bike people, they don't know how much
real bikes are worth.
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Old August 2nd 07, 09:30 PM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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Default Met a guy from the early 90s

Roger Zoul wrote:
Gooserider wrote:
:: Or at least I think so. I passed him as he was heading into our local
:: mall---and I noticed that his bike was a Yeti. It's pretty rare to
:: see anyone here on anything other than 'mart MTBs, so I struck up a
:: conversation while he was locking up. It was a NICE BIKE. XTR
:: derailleurs, Kooka crank, very nice. The guy was wearing day glo
:: green Pearl Izumi gloves and a Bell V-1 Pro helmet. I complimented
:: him on the bike and he said he paid 5 grand for it new. I don't
:: think I'd be parking my Yeti in front of the mall---but I don't
:: think many people here in the sticks realize how nice it was.


So you think he got caught in a time vortex or did you wonder off into the
twlight zone?


Was there a London police call box nearby?


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Old August 3rd 07, 04:26 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
Eric
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Default Met a guy from the early 90s

On Aug 1, 10:12 pm, "Gooserider" wrote:
Or at least I think so. I passed him as he was heading into our local
mall---and I noticed that his bike was a Yeti. It's pretty rare to see
anyone here on anything other than 'mart MTBs, so I struck up a conversation
while he was locking up. It was a NICE BIKE. XTR derailleurs, Kooka crank,
very nice. The guy was wearing day glo green Pearl Izumi gloves and a Bell
V-1 Pro helmet. I complimented him on the bike and he said he paid 5 grand
for it new. I don't think I'd be parking my Yeti in front of the mall---but
I don't think many people here in the sticks realize how nice it was.


Interesting. I built my tourer with the 1980s in mind. Looks like a
small version of the huge frames from back then.

 




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