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Why is it...
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Started this discussion. Last reply by dan brown Nov 26, 2012.

For Sale: Yakima Skybox

Started Sep 24, 2012

Any area shops do frame alignment?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Michael J Blane Sep 17, 2012.

 

VIVE MEMOR QUAM SIS AEVI BREVIS.

Latest Activity

mike w. replied to Gabe's discussion 'Think of this as a Missed Connection.'
"i hope you took him down with you? "
May 14
mike w. replied to Haddon's discussion 'Patchable or Not?'
"Seriously? It's roached. Don't be a tightwad and buy a new tube -and your tyre's probably toast as well if you're getting so many punctures. Just sayin'..."
May 14
Mike F left a comment for mike w.
"Hey Mike, tell me about the GLR brevet you attended this past weekend. Distance, average speed, and so on."
May 13
mike w. replied to David Barish's discussion 'The Blessing of the Bicycles & Bicyclists May 12, 2013'
"Thank you for posting this. Wish more congregations would do this sort of thing.   i also wish to apologise on behalf of any fellow agnostics who might feel a necessity to make snarky comments. i hope that they will be grown up enough to show…"
May 12
mike w. replied to Alex's discussion 'FS: Carradice panniers + saddlebag, leather saddles, rando bars, honkin big Blaq messenger bag'
"Alex, i'd like the Carradice bags (all 3 of them) if they're still available. PM me if they are? Thanks!"
May 12
mike w. replied to h' 1.0's discussion 'Faked out at 4-way stop'
"i don't believe that drivers training even includes 4-way stop right-of-way instructions any more, judging what i've observed as a driver. The general behaviour seems to be that ROW belongs to the guy who can get off the brake…"
May 12
mike w. commented on El Duke's group 'Chicago Randonneurs'
"See you in the morning. Safe ride, all!"
May 10
mike w. left a comment for Mike F
"Ah, yes. The days of Steel, Silk, and Wool. (""Old Tour de France photos" I think they are cool, back in the day when if your fork broke, you found a blacksmith shop and hammered out a new one. Tough guys back then aye?") "
May 9
mike w. replied to spencewine's discussion 'share your brevet tool/parts pack list' in the group Chicago Randonneurs
" i use a set of plastic levers -"Sport" brand made in Holland- they come in a red plastic holder case that i wind around with a length of tape about 1" wide by about 10"  long. i suppose you could also wind a length…"
May 9
Mike F left a comment for mike w.
""Old Tour de France photos" I think they are cool, back in the day when if your fork broke, you found a blacksmith shop and hammered out a new one. Tough guys back then aye?"
May 9
mike w. replied to Zoetrope's discussion '(Finally) The Truth About Helmets'
"(Sigh....) The defense rests. Move on, folks. There's nothing to see here."
May 9
mike w. left a comment for Mike F
"Looks like we mine the same photo sites..."
May 9
mike w. and Mike F are now friends
May 9
mike w. replied to Kevin C's discussion 'Public Service Announcement - Cable Locks!'
"Ooo-kay, so the guy's problem is that people leave their bikes locked up on his street, so his solution is to make the bikes' removal impossible? Seriously? His well is a little too close to his septic tank...  "
May 9
Mike F commented on mike w.'s photo
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Two man patrol...

"Interesting fellow that Maurice. http://www.thechainlink.org/photo/shoulda-read-that-cable-lock-psa-drat/prev?context=user"
May 9
Mike F commented on mike w.'s photo
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Two man patrol...

"I just noticed the stand under the rear wheel. They aren't moving. What year? Slow film in camera?"
May 9
Mike F commented on mike w.'s photo
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Two man patrol...

"Too late http://www.thechainlink.org/photo/shoulda-read-that-cable-lock-psa-drat?context=user"
May 9
Mike F commented on mike w.'s photo
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Two man patrol...

"Too bad it's the same tandem huh?"
May 9
Mike F commented on mike w.'s photo
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"Wow, that could be a very exciting bicycle chase scene. Cops and robbers."
May 9
mike w. replied to Gene Tenner's discussion 'Mayor wants to increase fines for reckless cyclists, motorists'
"R.H.I.P. (Rank Hath Its Privileges) "
May 9

Profile Information

What I ride:
Road, Cyclocross, Track, Fixed Gear, Tandem
The kind of riding I do:
Recreational, Exercise, Commuting, Distance, Competition / Racing, Around Town
About me:
Old retro-grouch... steel is real! Campag, 531, SP, Clips'n'straps, 36H, SunTour, not Shimano... fixies since '72. Hero: Joop Zoetemelk, Rainbow Jersey @ 38!
The machine has got to be accepted, but it is probably better to accept it rather as one accepts a drug -- that is, grudgingly and suspiciously. Like a drug, the machine is useful, dangerous, and habit-forming. The oftener one surrenders to it the tighter its grip becomes. -George Orwell, novelist (1903-1950)

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At 5:45pm on May 13, 2013, Mike F said…
Hey Mike, tell me about the GLR brevet you attended this past weekend.

Distance, average speed, and so on.
At 6:59pm on May 9, 2013, Mike F said…
"Old Tour de France photos"

I think they are cool, back in the day when if your fork broke, you found a blacksmith shop and hammered out a new one. Tough guys back then aye?
At 1:58pm on March 11, 2013, Christine W. said…

Thanks, Love!

At 10:47am on December 22, 2011, mike w. said…

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

At 3:45pm on March 18, 2011, globalguy said…
Terrestria quando Mortales animas vivunt sortita, neque ulla est Aut parvo aut magno lethi fuga.
At 1:13pm on December 6, 2010, globalguy said…
Hey, she's just another Raleigh fan %-{0>
At 2:40pm on August 27, 2010, Digital Dario said…
Sure did. I'm going to try the Northshore Century Sept 12. I'll be missing my sisters half marathon but I'm totally fine with that.
At 2:21pm on May 5, 2010, Michael Robin said…
unsavory? how unsavory? the unsavory things I know are what make me like him so much
At 12:56pm on May 5, 2010, Michael Robin said…
Ha. Cause I love him and I don't have a good picture of myself or a bike. I am a current wizard! I'm the promo director actually!
At 12:40pm on April 8, 2010, Spencer "Thunderball" Thayer! said…
Yo, no freakin' problem. I'll see you at Palast this friday?
At 11:06pm on January 17, 2010, Michelle Green said…
I'm actually loving this winter riding. It makes me feel tough :)
At 11:59am on January 12, 2010, h' 1.0 said…
Thanks for the offer re: the swap.
Metra adds 90 minutes to my journey I am not too excited about, as I'd have to travel downtown to pick it up-- still trying to find other options.
Thanks!
At 1:10pm on January 11, 2010, Michelle Green said…
I'm riding as much as I can... I figure if I can get through winter on a bicycle (I just moved here from Texas) I can get through anything.
At 11:32am on November 3, 2009, Sam Schild said…
hey mike, I just went through my photos and added captions and general locations to all of them. they're all from my recent Lake Michigan circle tour, so sometimes I had to just put general locations when I didn't know specifics
At 12:36pm on September 3, 2009, mike w. said…
Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars etc., and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons. -Douglas Adams, writer, dramatist, and musician (1952-2001)
At 12:27am on June 4, 2009, Jeff Roth said…
Ya. I kept looking over my shoulder and waiting fr the other shoe to drop.
 
 
 

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