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"Tim Kett" |
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21 May 2006 05:06:40 PM |
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1st bicycle ride in a decade |
and I could hardly keep my balance at first LOL
I think it could stand some new grease too in the wheel bearings, but
hope it just holds up for 20 blocks tomorrow, before I do all that.
It is only to save whats left of my poor 11 year old automatic
transmission on my car, until I fix my truck decent.
New cars sure are expensive these days, with all that airbag and
emission crap:-(
Technically, cant ride on sidewalk, I think, but they dont ticket me
for j-walking, and my street is high speed danger highway ( not freeway
).
Then ticket me, who cares, and if cops want the bike, take it and lube
it yourself LOL
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| User: "millipede man" |
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| Title: Re: 1st bicycle ride in a decade |
21 May 2006 07:45:50 PM |
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"Tim Kett" <tim6kettring@e-garfield.com> wrote in
news:1148249200.262465.289920@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
and I could hardly keep my balance at first LOL
I find it very difficult to keep my balance on a bicycle nowadays. I
didn't have that problem as a kid. I think all that weight I've put on
makes the center of mass much higher than it was when I was a skinny
kid. Also, I think several of the meds I'm taking now make me unsteady.
I think it could stand some new grease too in the wheel bearings, but
hope it just holds up for 20 blocks tomorrow, before I do all that.
It is only to save whats left of my poor 11 year old automatic
transmission on my car, until I fix my truck decent.
New cars sure are expensive these days, with all that airbag and
emission crap:-(
Airbags do save lives, though, and clean air is nice.
Technically, cant ride on sidewalk, I think, but they dont ticket me
for j-walking, and my street is high speed danger highway ( not
freeway
).
Then ticket me, who cares, and if cops want the bike, take it and lube
it yourself LOL
Another problem for bicyclists is that unlike a car, a bicycle doesn't
trigger the traffic lights, so the bicyclist has to push the
pedestrians' button to get the lights to switch.
- millipede man
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"Don't worry about American pressure on Israel. We,
the Jewish people, control America, and the Americans know it."
----Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, 2001
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: 1st bicycle ride in a decade |
21 May 2006 08:13:48 PM |
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"millipede man" <millipede_man@millipede.net> wrote in message
news:Xns97CAB4EDF1135millieNOTSORTANOTSOR@207.217.125.201...
"Tim Kett" <tim6kettring@e-garfield.com> wrote in
news:1148249200.262465.289920@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
and I could hardly keep my balance at first LOL
I find it very difficult to keep my balance on a bicycle nowadays. I
didn't have that problem as a kid. I think all that weight I've put on
makes the center of mass much higher than it was when I was a skinny
kid. Also, I think several of the meds I'm taking now make me unsteady.
I think it could stand some new grease too in the wheel bearings, but
hope it just holds up for 20 blocks tomorrow, before I do all that.
It is only to save whats left of my poor 11 year old automatic
transmission on my car, until I fix my truck decent.
New cars sure are expensive these days, with all that airbag and
emission crap:-(
Airbags do save lives, though, and clean air is nice.
Technically, cant ride on sidewalk, I think, but they dont ticket me
for j-walking, and my street is high speed danger highway ( not
freeway
).
Then ticket me, who cares, and if cops want the bike, take it and lube
it yourself LOL
Another problem for bicyclists is that unlike a car, a bicycle doesn't
trigger the traffic lights, so the bicyclist has to push the
pedestrians' button to get the lights to switch.
- millipede man
--
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"Don't worry about American pressure on Israel. We,
the Jewish people, control America, and the Americans know it."
----Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, 2001
the button doesn't do anything anyway
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| User: "millipede man" |
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| Title: Re: 1st bicycle ride in a decade |
21 May 2006 08:24:24 PM |
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x-no-archive: yes
"%" <persent@gmail.com> wrote in message
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One unfortunate "feature" of Satansoft Outlook Express is that messages from
blocked senders, e.g., persent@gmail.com, are displayed if they are in a
watched thread.
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: 1st bicycle ride in a decade |
21 May 2006 08:30:28 PM |
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"millipede man" <millipede_man@millipede.net> wrote in message
news:cp8cg.5635$y4.737@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
x-no-archive: yes
"%" <persent@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:FcqdnRPN-qjVjezZRVn-uQ@giganews.com...
One unfortunate "feature" of Satansoft Outlook Express is that messages
from
blocked senders, e.g., persent@gmail.com, are displayed if they are in a
watched thread.
oh that's too bad , how can you see anything anyway
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| User: "N/A" |
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| Title: Re: 1st bicycle ride in a decade |
21 May 2006 09:25:43 PM |
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millipede man wrote:
x-no-archive: yes
"%" <persent@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:FcqdnRPN-qjVjezZRVn-uQ@giganews.com...
One unfortunate "feature" of Satansoft Outlook Express is that messages from
blocked senders, e.g., persent@gmail.com, are displayed if they are in a
watched thread.
Nobody forced you to read it lard boy.
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| User: "gravity" |
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| Title: Re: 1st bicycle ride in a decade |
21 May 2006 05:05:39 PM |
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"Tim Kett" <tim6kettring@e-garfield.com> wrote in message
news:1148249200.262465.289920@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
and I could hardly keep my balance at first LOL
I think it could stand some new grease too in the wheel bearings, but
hope it just holds up for 20 blocks tomorrow, before I do all that.
It is only to save whats left of my poor 11 year old automatic
transmission on my car, until I fix my truck decent.
New cars sure are expensive these days, with all that airbag and
emission crap:-(
Technically, cant ride on sidewalk, I think, but they dont ticket me
for j-walking, and my street is high speed danger highway ( not freeway
).
Then ticket me, who cares, and if cops want the bike, take it and lube
it yourself LOL
make sure you ride on the proper side. i was on a very busy road, biked 1/4
mile in the wrong direction to find a place to cross, had an accident, and
it was ruled my fault. and watch the sidewalks. if you hit a pedestrian in
America, they can probably sue you for medical bills.
my Specialized is in storage.
Gravity
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| User: "Tim Kett" |
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| Title: Re: 1st bicycle ride in a decade |
21 May 2006 05:29:46 PM |
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gravity wrote:
"Tim Kett" <tim6kettring@e-garfield.com> wrote in message
news:1148249200.262465.289920@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
and I could hardly keep my balance at first LOL
I think it could stand some new grease too in the wheel bearings, but
hope it just holds up for 20 blocks tomorrow, before I do all that.
It is only to save whats left of my poor 11 year old automatic
transmission on my car, until I fix my truck decent.
New cars sure are expensive these days, with all that airbag and
emission crap:-(
Technically, cant ride on sidewalk, I think, but they dont ticket me
for j-walking, and my street is high speed danger highway ( not freeway
).
Then ticket me, who cares, and if cops want the bike, take it and lube
it yourself LOL
make sure you ride on the proper side. i was on a very busy road, biked 1/4
mile in the wrong direction to find a place to cross, had an accident, and
it was ruled my fault. and watch the sidewalks. if you hit a pedestrian in
America, they can probably sue you for medical bills.
my Specialized is in storage.
Gravity
Thanks!
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| User: "gravity" |
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| Title: Re: 1st bicycle ride in a decade |
21 May 2006 05:29:19 PM |
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i am also on a highway (65 to 75 mph typically). a lot of people ride
bikes, the recumbents even, there is a bike path about 25 miles away. dunno
how far it goes, i will explore it one day. they get off the bike path, and
insist on riding on the local highways for many miles.
Gravity
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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| Title: Re: 1st bicycle ride in a decade |
21 May 2006 10:10:57 PM |
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On 21 May 2006 15:06:40 -0700, "Tim Kett" <tim6kettring@e-garfield.com>
wrote:
and I could hardly keep my balance at first LOL
Me too. I hadn't been on as much as a pedal bike in two decades. Now I
have a Kymco Super 9 (50cc scooter). Top speed with the variator
restricter still in place: 30 MPH. I white knuckled it at times down some
country roads with a 45 MPH speed line. A line of angry drivers behind me.
Well screw them. I paid for a license and I pay taxes on the gas so that
piece of road is mine while I'm on it.
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The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly
teaches me to suspect that my own is also.
- Mark Twain
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