Inferno7
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| 04/15/2014 04:47 PM |
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This is how you do it! Well done "Wrench Guy"
http://player.ooyala.com/iframe.html#ec=l0cGgzbTp6pXWkTaybT4CznmWMTvzEl2&pbid=MzMyN2JkYjc5ZWFl |
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zootracer
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| 04/16/2014 11:07 AM |
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| that link is not good.... |
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Oldfart
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| 04/16/2014 11:58 AM |
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| Is that Lancy Pants? |
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jrt1045
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| 04/16/2014 04:00 PM |
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| if you look closely, he committed a cardinal sin in the bike shop. didn't bother to align the valve and tire label |
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Inferno7
Posts:344
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| 04/16/2014 09:53 PM |
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http://player.ooyala.com/iframe.html#ec=l0cGgzbTp6pXWkTaybT4CznmWMTvzEl2&pbid=MzMyN2JkYjc5ZWFlOTg1N2FkMjk5MmI5&docUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roadbikereview.com%2Freviews%2Fhow-to-video-lance-armstrong-fixes-a-flat-seriously
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zootracer
Posts:833
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| 04/17/2014 12:28 PM |
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I always pull my tire/tube completely off as the majority of my flats are caused by those little tiny star thistle thorns. They are a bitch to get out.
Must be pretty strong, only three pumps tp get his tire up to psi with one hand, really? |
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longslowdistance
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| 04/17/2014 03:34 PM |
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| Intimidation is a powerful motivator, even for an inner tube. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 04/17/2014 03:35 PM |
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"Hey, I didn't write the script"
Points for having a sense of humor.
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| Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
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ChinookPass
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| 04/17/2014 03:54 PM |
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dayum. life goes on...
I have to say I would never ride that bike if someone put the wheel back on when it was in a stand. You gotta put the wheel back on when it's out of the stand to make sure that the axle is all of the way settled into the fork and use a lot more pressure on the QR too. |
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Yo Mike
Posts:338
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| 04/18/2014 10:12 AM |
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| What if they had a Lance Armstrong event, and nobody came? |
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Pin0Q0
Posts:229
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| 04/18/2014 11:40 AM |
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| I saw a Jack Ass wearing a a Livestrong jersey on a ride last night. He may have been a survivour but I don't give a flyin monkey, still a Jack Ass to me. |
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longslowdistance
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| 04/18/2014 01:19 PM |
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That's too bad you feel that way. Many on the old forum were unable or unwilling to conceive that Livestrong could in any way be a good thing, or that someone wearing a yellow bracelet or the equivalent jersey might not be worshipping Armstrong, but rather expressing support for promoting quality of life for cancer survivors.
If you can't or don't want to consider that possibility, then just consider it irony. |
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tommaso
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| 04/20/2014 05:10 AM |
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I always coat the inside of my tires with talc. I always put talc in one palm and drag the slightly inflated tube through it to coat the tube all around as well. Years ago I didn't do that. I sometimes found the tube stuck to the inside of the tire in places. Maybe from riding in hot weather? Whatever. I feel the talc helps.
I never use that valve thingy that screws onto the valve and is supposed to keep the valve in place.
Maybe I'm just nuts :-) |
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79pmooney
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| 04/20/2014 11:41 AM |
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lsd and Pin0Q0, Marty (username Cr2be on the old forum) lived two years after being diagnosed with brain cancer. Livestrong was a Godsend for him. He never thought Livestrong was going to add a second to his life, but what it did in spades was encourage him to live his remaining months to the fullest and he did. He was very proud if the photo of him riding under the Livestrong finishing banner after doing 60 miles. He had hoped to do 100, but that photo shows a cancer wracked body.
So, while I choose to support other organizations and don't read the Livestrong E-mails I get regularly. I will not disparage it. Livestrong is all about hope. And hope is one of life's biggies. For that we can thank LA. (LA, like most of us, is a mix of good and bad. The challenge here is that with LA, the lights are so bright it is hard to see anything.)
And yes, this is personal for me. I visited Marty at his first two hospital stays, the second shortly after he had been diagnosed with the the brain tumor. Visited and played harmonica with him a year later. Played the blues for him at his service. My eyes tear up every time i think of that photo. Thank you, Dan of the old forum, for those calls asking me to visit Marty. If you see this, holler.
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Cosmic Kid
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| 04/20/2014 07:49 PM |
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Similar story to ben's....one of my college roommates was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2012. He passed away last November, but in between, the Livestrong foundation gave him and his family a lot of support.
I have never bought into the idea that -7 started Livestrong simply as a shield against his critics. Did he use it that way at times? absolutely.....but that is different from saying that was his intention in starting it.
And regardless of your feelings towards -7, no one can deny the good that Livestrong foundation has accomplished / provided to those suffering from cancer. |
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longslowdistance
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| 04/20/2014 09:00 PM |
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And regardless of your feelings towards -7, no one can deny the good that Livestrong foundation has accomplished / provided to those suffering from cancer.
Well, actually many people do exactly that - they see issues only in black and white, unwilling or unable to hold contradictory ideas at the same time - be it politics, religion, or controversial public figures.
"Either you're with us or against us" is a classic example.
"Armstrong is 100% evil and everything he created also is 100% evil" is the corollary here.
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Pin0Q0
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| 04/21/2014 10:23 PM |
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I get what you re saying Ben. I have no problem supporting foundations that bring research hope and health to those who need it. I supported both The Cancer Society and The MS Society by raising money for them and rode their organized rides for ten years in a row from 93 to 2003. Then I found out the CEO’s salary. Livestrong’s salary Is not far off.
Your typical Corporate American business. That’s fine but take the name charity out.
http://www.charitywatch.org/articles/eyepoppingpay.html
Little different in Europe.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/30d00fc2-63fd-11e3-98e2-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2zZsPRt2M
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79pmooney
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| 04/22/2014 11:47 AM |
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Thanks, Pin0Q0. I will continue my policy of neither supporting nor badmouthing Livestrong.
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THE SKINNY
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| 04/22/2014 11:56 AM |
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| there was a good TED talk about fundraising for charities and the COE salaries.
https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong |
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| How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 04/22/2014 12:22 PM |
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IMO, The best charities to support are the ones that are local and make immediate impacts and differences in peoples' lives. The larger a charity gets, the more bureaucracy gets developed which means less money getting down the food chain.
Wanna make an immediate and significant difference....give to a local food bank or homeless shelter. They are on the front line. A few years ago, I gave away a bunch of winter coats that we no longer used or my girls grew out of.....I made sure to find a homeless shelter to give them to. No Goodwill, no Salvation Army.....also told them to give them to people on the street and not those currently in the shelter. Those coats may have well saved someones life in a brutal Chicago winter.
I'm not too concerned anymore with huge charity organizations....they get plenty of $$ from major donors and the government.
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ChinookPass
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| 04/22/2014 12:31 PM |
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| Yeah, that TED talk turns the issue of pay on its head a bit. If you pay this fee or salary, charity $$ get raised and I make a living. If I don't make a living, charity $$ don't get raised cuz I gotta do something else that feeds the family. Makes sense to me though your brain says that working for a non-profit ought to come with some reasonable standard of living tradeoff by the CEO. |
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Inferno7
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| 04/29/2014 11:31 PM |
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LeMond's reply...............fannntastic!
http://vimeo.com/on9wmag/flat |
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longslowdistance
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