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My bike felt kind of weirdly lumpy as I rode up the street to the trailhead.
After about ten minutes riding I have a flat - "damn these piece of [censored] IRC
tubes, I just replaced this the other night", I'm thinking as I pull off the
tire, and run my hand around inside to find whatever sharp object might still
be stuck in the tire. And I find.....
A bright blue tire lever. In the tire.
Note to self: drink beer AFTER fixing bike. Not before.
-Andrew
Andrew Thorne said:My bike felt kind of weirdly lumpy as I rode up the street to the
trailhead. After about ten minutes riding I have a flat - "damn these
piece of [censored] IRC tubes, I just replaced this the other night", I'm
thinking as I pull off the tire, and run my hand around inside to
find whatever sharp object might still be stuck in the tire. And I
find.....A bright blue tire lever. In the tire.
Note to self: drink beer AFTER fixing bike. Not before.
Exxxccceellllleeeennnnnnttttttt.
Bill "J. Montgomery" S.
Andrew Thorne said:My bike felt kind of weirdly lumpy as I rode up the street to the trailhead.
After about ten minutes riding I have a flat - "damn these piece of [censored] IRC
tubes, I just replaced this the other night", I'm thinking as I pull off the
tire, and run my hand around inside to find whatever sharp object might still
be stuck in the tire. And I find.....A bright blue tire lever. In the tire.
Note to self: drink beer AFTER fixing bike. Not before.
-Andrew
That is too funny. Perhaps beer should come with some sort of warning,
but I can't think of it at the moment.
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Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado
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Craig Brossman said:Andrew Thorne said:My bike felt kind of weirdly lumpy as I rode up the street to the
trailhead. After about ten minutes riding I have a flat - "damn
these piece of [censored] IRC tubes, I just replaced this the other
night", I'm thinking as I pull off the tire, and run my hand around
inside to find whatever sharp object might still be stuck in the
tire. And I find.....A bright blue tire lever. In the tire.
Note to self: drink beer AFTER fixing bike. Not before.
-Andrew
That is too funny. Perhaps beer should come with some sort of warning,
but I can't think of it at the moment.
....and since there isn't one now, I think AT may have some good lawsuit
ammo!
Matt (who to sue, who to sue...)
Quoted message said:
...and since there isn't one now, I think AT may have some good lawsuit
ammo!
Hard to tell if I should go after Park Tool, or Boston Brewing Co...
-A
On 13 Apr 2004 14:51:22 GMT, [email hidden] (Andrew
Thorne) said:My bike felt kind of weirdly lumpy as I rode up the street to the trailhead.
After about ten minutes riding I have a flat - "damn these piece of [censored] IRC
tubes, I just replaced this the other night", I'm thinking as I pull off the
tire, and run my hand around inside to find whatever sharp object might still
be stuck in the tire. And I find.....A bright blue tire lever. In the tire.
Note to self: drink beer AFTER fixing bike. Not before.
Also watch the drinking during fixing part.
In the midst of my January AZ I had to replace a piece of [censored] Easton
handlebar, install new cranks and BB and install new pedals.
Cranks: fine
Pedals: fine
BB: fine
Handlebars: fine (after installing brake levers on wrong sides the
first time around)
P e t e F a g e r l i n said:On 13 Apr 2004 14:51:22 GMT, [email hidden] (Andrew
Thorne) said:My bike felt kind of weirdly lumpy as I rode up the street to the
trailhead. After about ten minutes riding I have a flat - "damn
these piece of [censored] IRC tubes, I just replaced this the other
night", I'm thinking as I pull off the tire, and run my hand around
inside to find whatever sharp object might still be stuck in the
tire. And I find.....A bright blue tire lever. In the tire.
Note to self: drink beer AFTER fixing bike. Not before.
Also watch the drinking during fixing part.
In the midst of my January AZ I had to replace a piece of [censored] Easton
handlebar, install new cranks and BB and install new pedals.Cranks: fine
Pedals: fine
BB: fine
Handlebars: fine (after installing brake levers on wrong sides the
first time around)
I've done that totally sober. Maybe if I was drinking it would have been
better...
Matt
Andrew Thorne said:My bike felt kind of weirdly lumpy as I rode up the street to the
trailhead. After about ten minutes riding I have a flat - "damn these
piece of [censored] IRC tubes, I just replaced this the other night", I'm
thinking as I pull off the tire, and run my hand around inside to
find whatever sharp object might still be stuck in the tire. And I
find.....A bright blue tire lever. In the tire.
Ah.... real life IS stranger than fiction. That's nice, really nice 🙂
--
Westie
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"Craig Brossman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:Quoted message said:That is too funny. Perhaps beer should come with some sort of warning,
but I can't think of it at the moment.
Warning: this beverage is known to the State of California to cause dumbshit
attacks.
MattB said:P e t e F a g e r l i n wrote:
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Handlebars: fine (after installing brake levers on wrong sides the
first time around)I've done that totally sober. Maybe if I was drinking it would have been
better...
My favorite had to be the nice young woman who reinstalled her own
cranks. She wasn't sure what was wrong, but knew something was
amiss... (probably the fact that the cranks were 90 degrees apart
rather than 180).
Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $695 ti frame
Mark Hickey said:MattB said:P e t e F a g e r l i n wrote:
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Handlebars: fine (after installing brake levers on wrong sides the
first time around)I've done that totally sober. Maybe if I was drinking it would have
been better...My favorite had to be the nice young woman who reinstalled her own
cranks. She wasn't sure what was wrong, but knew something was
amiss... (probably the fact that the cranks were 90 degrees apart
rather than 180).
I've ridden a bike with a 0 degree difference that was built as a joke. Kind
of hard doing that dolphin-kick pedalstroke!
Matt
Andrew Thorne said:My bike felt kind of weirdly lumpy as I rode up the street to the trailhead.
After about ten minutes riding I have a flat - "damn these piece of [censored] IRC
tubes, I just replaced this the other night", I'm thinking as I pull off the
tire, and run my hand around inside to find whatever sharp object might still
be stuck in the tire. And I find.....A bright blue tire lever. In the tire.
Note to self: drink beer AFTER fixing bike. Not before.
-Andrew
Let's all thank God that you're not a surgeon or dentist.
Met this girl in the waiting of my dentist. She was there to have a file
removed from the inside of her gums. The idiot forgot to pull it out of
her mouth before he sewed her up! I didn't believe her till she pulled
out the x-rays.
--
Slacker
Slacker said:Met this girl in the waiting of my dentist. She was there to have a
file removed from the inside of her gums. The idiot forgot to pull it
out of her mouth before he sewed her up! I didn't believe her till
she pulled out the x-rays.
Hmmm... A *RICH* girl!
Bill "if she FILES that is (ouch)" S.
"Mark Hickey" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:MattB said:P e t e F a g e r l i n wrote:
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Handlebars: fine (after installing brake levers on wrong sides the
first time around)I've done that totally sober. Maybe if I was drinking it would have been
better...My favorite had to be the nice young woman who reinstalled her own
cranks. She wasn't sure what was wrong, but knew something was
amiss... (probably the fact that the cranks were 90 degrees apart
rather than 180).Mark Hickey
With the ISIS bottom brackets the difference can be much subtler. Apparently
it can take a 'mate' ages to figure out why their pedal stroke feels kinda
funny.
Steve.
But, you are an ugly bonehead...
Shaun aRe
Quoted message said:But, you are an ugly bonehead...
He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
-A
"Andrew Thorne" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:Quoted message said:But, you are an ugly bonehead...
He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
Dude, I was born laughing ',;~}~
Shaun aRe
Shaun R says:
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
Dude, I was born laughing ',;~}~
Figures.
;-P
Shaun Rimmer said:Dude, I was born laughing ',;~}~
That wasn't just the midwife then?
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a.bmx FAQ: http://www.t-online.de/~jharris/bmx_faq.htm
"Stephen Baker" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:Shaun R says:
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
Dude, I was born laughing ',;~}~
Figures.
;-P
Hey, it's just that even then, I knew what was to come ',;~}~
Shaun aRe - And it really is jolly funny!
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