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#131
March 12th 05, 02:50 AM
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RonSonic wrote:
On 10 Mar 2005 23:03:58 -0800, wrote: RonSonic wrote: I speak of the shooting sports. Moderate physical exercise combined with unparalleled exercise of the mind and body control. ??? Moderate physical exercise? Well, everything's relative, I guess. A box of bullets is kind of heavy when compared, say, to a coffee and donut... Yeah, moderate. I wouldn't expect to see you huffing and puffing out there.... Why not a cycling version of biathlon? See how steady you are after 5 or 6 miles of 10% grade climbing. -- Tom Sherman - Earth 
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#132
March 12th 05, 12:58 PM
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Mark Hickey wrote:
"Maggie" wrote: I can't justify spending 800.00 on a purse, but I have. snip I will guess that I will never own a bike that costs over 500 dollars. So you're saying your purse is 1.6x as important as your bike? Maybe she was 1.6 times as insert adjective here, examples: crazy, depressed, hormonal, excited, wowed, rich when she bought it. Austin -- I'm pedaling as fast as I durn well please! There are no X characters in my address
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#133
March 12th 05, 01:40 PM
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On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 20:07:44 -0600, Tom Sherman wrote:
Neil Cherry wrote: ... I'll spend the money on quality and durability not on light weight. I think I'm only spending about $500 a year. Mostly on a new rear wheel as I tend to destroy them! Can't someone make a wheel that stands up to street abuse! Get a bike with plenty of rear tire clearance, build a 36-spoke wheel with a Sun Rhyno Lite rim, and put on a 50-622 Schwalbe Big Apple tire. I haven't tried Sun yet but I have several Mavic 36 spoke rims and I usually throw them out of true within 2 weeks. I'm going to try a local bike shop with a real good rep for wheel building to see if he can't build me something that will hold up. Also the max I can fit between the stay on the rear is a 700x28. With that I have to stay on top of it to make sure it's true. With exceptions made for the bad bunny hop (too much height not enough distance) I go through 1 1/2 wheels a year. I have some wheel where I can probably reuse everything but the rim because it wasn't on the road that long. We have some really bad sections of road that I deal with. It probably doesn't help that I really like to fly down the hills. :-/ Anyway I'll check out the rims. -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry http://home.comcast.net/~ncherry/ (Text only) http://hcs.sourceforge.net/ (HCS II) http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog
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#134
March 12th 05, 01:55 PM
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Maggie wrote:
I could never justify spending thousands for a bicycle, because I am not going to be in competition or "go for the gold" I can't justify spending 800.00 on a purse, but I have.... The only way that spending $800 on a purse could be justified would be if there were a new Rohloff hub inside it. -- Tom Sherman - Earth
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#135
March 12th 05, 02:27 PM
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In article ,
Tom Sherman wrote: RonSonic wrote: ... Ya know it doesn't have the aerobic element of cycling, but in every other way is an excellent sport for any man or woman to take up, recommended over stick and ball games by no less than Thomas Jefferson, I speak of the shooting sports. Moderate physical exercise combined with unparalleled exercise of the mind and body control.... Can I bring this to the local shooting range http://members.cox.net/johnahamill/armorrail.jpg? Can you pull that thing with your 'bent.... 
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#136
March 12th 05, 04:37 PM
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Tom Sherman wrote:
Maggie wrote: I could never justify spending thousands for a bicycle, because I am not going to be in competition or "go for the gold" I can't justify spending 800.00 on a purse, but I have.... The only way that spending $800 on a purse could be justified would be if there were a new Rohloff hub inside it. Now THAT is funny... Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame
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#137
March 12th 05, 07:20 PM
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Neil Cherry wrote: I haven't tried Sun yet but I have several Mavic 36 spoke rims and I usually throw them out of true within 2 weeks.... With exceptions made for the bad bunny hop (too much height not enough distance) I go through 1 1/2 wheels a year. Wow. I live in a depressed, rust belt area with little money for road paving, in an area with dozens of freeze-thaw cycles to tear up the roads. Our potholes are legendary. My commute to work is along an industrial corridor that carries lots of heavy trucks. But my wheels last approximately forever. I'm riding 27" x 1 1/8" tires on Weinmann A-129 rims, ordinary Shimano hubs and butted DT spokes. These things date from the late 1970s! Is it possible you're using far too little spoke tension? _Something_ must be wrong!
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#139
March 12th 05, 07:56 PM
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Tom Sherman wrote: Maggie wrote: I could never justify spending thousands for a bicycle, because I am not going to be in competition or "go for the gold" I can't justify spending 800.00 on a purse, but I have.... The only way that spending $800 on a purse could be justified would be if there were a new Rohloff hub inside it. -- Tom Sherman - Earth I needed the purse to carry my $500.00 Wallet. Don't you know anything about accessories? Now what is a Rohloff hub? All Good Things, Maggie
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#140
March 12th 05, 08:57 PM
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Maggie wrote:
I needed the purse to carry my $500.00 Wallet. Don't you know anything about accessories? Now what is a Rohloff hub? See http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/rohloff.html and http://www.rohloffusa.com/frame.htm. I have spent a lot on accessories. Bikes and trikes need lights, water bottles and cages, hydration bladders, speedometer/odometers, racks, carrying bags, fenders, repair tools, etc. -- Tom Sherman - Earth
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