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So I get a call from this bike shop...

and I don't know what's going on. What's he want? The owner, a more or
less renowned mechanic, (and great wheel builder) leaves a message, so
I call him back, introduce myself, and wait... Then he breaks the
awkward silence and says he's returning my call. Whaaaatt?? I search
the hard drive of my tired brain, and it comes to me! I called this
guy 12 months ago, and he's all of a sudden good and ready to return
the call.

I remind him that I left a couple messages for him about a year ago,
and he apologizes, says he's been busy, yadda, yadda, yadda. Can you
believe it?

OK, one more senseless bit of trivia. I'm on my 4th week of being
voluntarily car-less. Bike commuting to work and where I need to go,
and kinda loving it. Can't remember when I last drove the 4Runner or
put gas in it. I borrow the wife's rig when I need to take the kids
somewhere, but otherwise, it's kinda cool to be dependent on ole left
leg and right leg to get me there and back.

Here's another story from last night. I walk into Starbucks with my
loud, stars and stripes jersey on, (you fellow Barneys know the one),
and all these heads turn and stare. So I proudly address my cadre of
admirers, "As a matter of fact, I am Captain America!"

End of stories. Back to your usual Trolls.

CDB

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King of the Barneys

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Join Date: Jun 2004
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So I get a call from this bike shop...

and I don't know what's going on. What's he want? The owner, a more or
less renowned mechanic, (and great wheel builder) leaves a message, so
I call him back, introduce myself, and wait... Then he breaks the
awkward silence and says he's returning my call. Whaaaatt?? I search
the hard drive of my tired brain, and it comes to me! I called this
guy 12 months ago, and he's all of a sudden good and ready to return
the call.

I remind him that I left a couple messages for him about a year ago,
and he apologizes, says he's been busy, yadda, yadda, yadda. Can you
believe it?

OK, one more senseless bit of trivia. I'm on my 4th week of being
voluntarily car-less. Bike commuting to work and where I need to go,
and kinda loving it. Can't remember when I last drove the 4Runner or
put gas in it. I borrow the wife's rig when I need to take the kids
somewhere, but otherwise, it's kinda cool to be dependent on ole left
leg and right leg to get me there and back.

Here's another story from last night. I walk into Starbucks with my
loud, stars and stripes jersey on, (you fellow Barneys know the one),
and all these heads turn and stare. So I proudly address my cadre of
admirers, "As a matter of fact, I am Captain America!"

End of stories. Back to your usual Trolls.

CDB


He said "Captain America" hu hu hu hu hu

?

I guess getting a call back a year later is better than no call back???

kind of reminds me of myself and an espresso machine part I sent to a guy to
have repaired.....six months ago and never followed up on it.

Glad to hear somebody is on their bike.

Gary

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So I get a call from this bike shop...

and I don't know what's going on. What's he want? The owner, a more or
less renowned mechanic, (and great wheel builder) leaves a message, so
I call him back, introduce myself, and wait... Then he breaks the
awkward silence and says he's returning my call. Whaaaatt?? I search
the hard drive of my tired brain, and it comes to me! I called this
guy 12 months ago, and he's all of a sudden good and ready to return
the call.

I remind him that I left a couple messages for him about a year ago,
and he apologizes, says he's been busy, yadda, yadda, yadda. Can you
believe it?

OK, one more senseless bit of trivia. I'm on my 4th week of being
voluntarily car-less. Bike commuting to work and where I need to go,
and kinda loving it. Can't remember when I last drove the 4Runner or
put gas in it. I borrow the wife's rig when I need to take the kids
somewhere, but otherwise, it's kinda cool to be dependent on ole left
leg and right leg to get me there and back.

Here's another story from last night. I walk into Starbucks with my
loud, stars and stripes jersey on, (you fellow Barneys know the one),
and all these heads turn and stare. So I proudly address my cadre of
admirers, "As a matter of fact, I am Captain America!"

End of stories. Back to your usual Trolls.

CDB

He said "Captain America" hu hu hu hu hu

?

I guess getting a call back a year later is better than no call back???

kind of reminds me of myself and an espresso machine part I sent to a guy to
have repaired.....six months ago and never followed up on it.

Glad to hear somebody is on their bike.

Gary

I cancelled my Barney Ride group last night (not sure why) and joined
another group, did a great ride on the SS. Met some new folks, the
conditions were perfect. Day after a rain, so the trails were
slightly tacky which helped on the standing climbs.

Had one of those cool SS experiences. I was in an old wifebeater
shirt, plain black shorts, on the old retro-SS. I only knew 1 guy
(on a SS, too) in the new group, and to spite the funny looks asking
"who's the doof?" we took the lead on the climbs and ending up waiting
a long time way up on top. Having my friend push me was good--I was
hurting to keep going. For a few folks, it was there first time
riding with the wild breed, and couldn't figure it out. "How'd day
doo dat?"

CDB

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So I get a call from this bike shop...
and I don't know what's going on. What's he want? The owner, a more or
less renowned mechanic, (and great wheel builder) leaves a message, so
I call him back, introduce myself, and wait... Then he breaks the
awkward silence and says he's returning my call. Whaaaatt?? I search
the hard drive of my tired brain, and it comes to me! I called this
guy 12 months ago, and he's all of a sudden good and ready to return
the call.
I remind him that I left a couple messages for him about a year ago,
and he apologizes, says he's been busy, yadda, yadda, yadda. Can you
believe it?
OK, one more senseless bit of trivia. I'm on my 4th week of being
voluntarily car-less. Bike commuting to work and where I need to go,
and kinda loving it. Can't remember when I last drove the 4Runner or
put gas in it. I borrow the wife's rig when I need to take the kids
somewhere, but otherwise, it's kinda cool to be dependent on ole left
leg and right leg to get me there and back.
Here's another story from last night. I walk into Starbucks with my
loud, stars and stripes jersey on, (you fellow Barneys know the one),
and all these heads turn and stare. So I proudly address my cadre of
admirers, "As a matter of fact, I am Captain America!"
End of stories. Back to your usual Trolls.
CDB
He said "Captain America" hu hu hu hu hu

?

I guess getting a call back a year later is better than no call back???

kind of reminds me of myself and an espresso machine part I sent to a guy to
have repaired.....six months ago and never followed up on it.

Glad to hear somebody is on their bike.

Gary

I cancelled my Barney Ride group last night (not sure why) and joined
another group, did a great ride on the SS. Met some new folks, the
conditions were perfect. Day after a rain, so the trails were
slightly tacky which helped on the standing climbs.

Had one of those cool SS experiences. I was in an old wifebeater
shirt, plain black shorts, on the old retro-SS. I only knew 1 guy
(on a SS, too) in the new group, and to spite the funny looks asking
"who's the doof?" we took the lead on the climbs and ending up waiting
a long time way up on top. Having my friend push me was good--I was
hurting to keep going. For a few folks, it was there first time
riding with the wild breed, and couldn't figure it out. "How'd day
doo dat?"

CDB


It's always fun to do that! I love coming upon or riding mine with
people who haven't seen anyone ride a SS before.
Always an eye opener. Although I usually don't ride in a wife beater
shirt. Maybe I should get some of those...

Matt

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OK, one more senseless bit of trivia. I'm on my 4th week of being
voluntarily car-less. Bike commuting to work and where I need to go,
and kinda loving it. Can't remember when I last drove the 4Runner or
put gas in it. I borrow the wife's rig when I need to take the kids
somewhere, but otherwise, it's kinda cool to be dependent on ole left
leg and right leg to get me there and back.


Nice, very nice.

Greg

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On Oct 12, 8:50 am, "G.T." wrote:
wrote:

OK, one more senseless bit of trivia. I'm on my 4th week of being
voluntarily car-less. Bike commuting to work and where I need to go,
and kinda loving it. Can't remember when I last drove the 4Runner or
put gas in it. I borrow the wife's rig when I need to take the kids
somewhere, but otherwise, it's kinda cool to be dependent on ole left
leg and right leg to get me there and back.

Nice, very nice.

Greg


We need to get CDB on a fixie and turn him into a hipster doofus.


wrote:
Had one of those cool SS experiences. I was in an old wifebeater
shirt, plain black shorts, on the old retro-SS. I only knew 1 guy
(on a SS, too) in the new group, and to spite the funny looks asking
"who's the doof?" we took the lead on the climbs and ending up waiting
a long time way up on top. Having my friend push me was good--I was
hurting to keep going. For a few folks, it was there first time
riding with the wild breed, and couldn't figure it out. "How'd day
doo dat?"


I get both the "who's the doof" and "who's this old fart" looks with
the bunch I've been running with lately. That is until they realize
no matter how hard they try to keep up, most can't. Then it's the
"what's your name again?" deal.

JD

On Oct 13, 7:25 am, JD wrote:
On Oct 12, 8:50 am, "G.T." wrote:

wrote:

OK, one more senseless bit of trivia. I'm on my 4th week of being
voluntarily car-less. Bike commuting to work and where I need to go,
and kinda loving it. Can't remember when I last drove the 4Runner or
put gas in it. I borrow the wife's rig when I need to take the kids
somewhere, but otherwise, it's kinda cool to be dependent on ole left
leg and right leg to get me there and back.

Nice, very nice.

Greg

We need to get CDB on a fixie and turn him into a hipster doofus.

wrote:
Had one of those cool SS experiences. I was in an old wifebeater
shirt, plain black shorts, on the old retro-SS. I only knew 1 guy
(on a SS, too) in the new group, and to spite the funny looks asking
"who's the doof?" we took the lead on the climbs and ending up waiting
a long time way up on top. Having my friend push me was good--I was
hurting to keep going. For a few folks, it was there first time
riding with the wild breed, and couldn't figure it out. "How'd day
doo dat?"

I get both the "who's the doof" and "who's this old fart" looks with
the bunch I've been running with lately. That is until they realize
no matter how hard they try to keep up, most can't. Then it's the
"what's your name again?" deal.

JD

LOL.

I'm probably ready for a fixie. They're everywhere downtown here.
I'll look into converting my old steel Bianchi road bike. After all,
once a SS'er.... (you know the rest)

CDB

On Oct 13, 12:18 pm, wrote:
On Oct 13, 7:25 am, JD wrote:





On Oct 12, 8:50 am, "G.T." wrote:

wrote:

OK, one more senseless bit of trivia. I'm on my 4th week of being
voluntarily car-less. Bike commuting to work and where I need to go,
and kinda loving it. Can't remember when I last drove the 4Runner or
put gas in it. I borrow the wife's rig when I need to take the kids
somewhere, but otherwise, it's kinda cool to be dependent on ole left
leg and right leg to get me there and back.

Nice, very nice.

Greg

We need to get CDB on a fixie and turn him into a hipster doofus.

wrote:
Had one of those cool SS experiences. I was in an old wifebeater
shirt, plain black shorts, on the old retro-SS. I only knew 1 guy
(on a SS, too) in the new group, and to spite the funny looks asking
"who's the doof?" we took the lead on the climbs and ending up waiting
a long time way up on top. Having my friend push me was good--I was
hurting to keep going. For a few folks, it was there first time
riding with the wild breed, and couldn't figure it out. "How'd day
doo dat?"

I get both the "who's the doof" and "who's this old fart" looks with
the bunch I've been running with lately. That is until they realize
no matter how hard they try to keep up, most can't. Then it's the
"what's your name again?" deal.

JD

LOL.

I'm probably ready for a fixie. They're everywhere downtown here.
I'll look into converting my old steel Bianchi road bike. After all,
once a SS'er.... (you know the rest)

CDB


I'm blaming Corvus and Gordo for the error of my ways. Last night I
placed in the top ten in a street race here in Gel-A that had over 90
entrants. The best part of that? I was just rollin' and having fun.

JD healing up nicely

On Oct 14, 8:27 am, JD wrote:
On Oct 13, 12:18 pm, wrote:





On Oct 13, 7:25 am, JD wrote:

On Oct 12, 8:50 am, "G.T." wrote:

wrote:

OK, one more senseless bit of trivia. I'm on my 4th week of being
voluntarily car-less. Bike commuting to work and where I need to go,
and kinda loving it. Can't remember when I last drove the 4Runner or
put gas in it. I borrow the wife's rig when I need to take the kids
somewhere, but otherwise, it's kinda cool to be dependent on ole left
leg and right leg to get me there and back.

Nice, very nice.

Greg

We need to get CDB on a fixie and turn him into a hipster doofus.

wrote:
Had one of those cool SS experiences. I was in an old wifebeater
shirt, plain black shorts, on the old retro-SS. I only knew 1 guy
(on a SS, too) in the new group, and to spite the funny looks asking
"who's the doof?" we took the lead on the climbs and ending up waiting
a long time way up on top. Having my friend push me was good--I was
hurting to keep going. For a few folks, it was there first time
riding with the wild breed, and couldn't figure it out. "How'd day
doo dat?"

I get both the "who's the doof" and "who's this old fart" looks with
the bunch I've been running with lately. That is until they realize
no matter how hard they try to keep up, most can't. Then it's the
"what's your name again?" deal.

JD

LOL.

I'm probably ready for a fixie. They're everywhere downtown here.
I'll look into converting my old steel Bianchi road bike. After all,
once a SS'er.... (you know the rest)

CDB

I'm blaming Corvus and Gordo for the error of my ways. Last night I
placed in the top ten in a street race here in Gel-A that had over 90
entrants. The best part of that? I was just rollin' and having fun.

JD healing up nicely- Hide quoted text -

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I've cracked my track frame's bb shell lug a month or so ago, so
currently I'm back in the world of gears, freewheels, and hand brakes.
Who knew those old Paramounts weren't made for Brooklyn Bridge clyde
hop-skids?

Gah!

/s

On Oct 15, 7:01 am, Scott Gordo wrote:
I've cracked my track frame's bb shell lug a month or so ago, so
currently I'm back in the world of gears, freewheels, and hand brakes.
Who knew those old Paramounts weren't made for Brooklyn Bridge clyde
hop-skids?

Gah!

/s


Was your Paramount a conversion? If so, throw a quote in here about
how you "abused" it and it finally broke. I want to go fishing in a
classic bike forum with it. Some of those fuddy duddies get their
panties all in a twist about conversions.

So, what's up for your next frame, a Bareknuckle?

JD