Bike on roof rack meets garage

[Kevan Smith]

On 1 Oct 2003 13:12:42 -0700, [email protected] (Claire Petersky) from
http://groups.google.com wrote:

>mishagas

Funny joke. I thought the word was meshugaas, mishegaas or mishegoss.

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3:35:23 PM 1 October 2003

 

[Per ElmsäTer]

Claire Petersky wrote:
> So, what the heck, I'm spending an extra $95, getting a carbon fork for this thing, replacing the
> Richey headset, and at this point, I've

Well at least you're getting *some* carbon in there. BTW it's not about getting a new bike, it's
about getting another bike. In the last 12 months I've bought two *new* bikes that of course turned
into two more bikes. I'm still riding my first bike, a city hybrid as much as I used to. Commuting.
I then bought a roadbike and started riding with a club and day before yesterday I got myself a FS
XC bike. Just keep adding new horizons to my riding. I still haven't figured out how to meditate
bouncing up and down over those roots and rocks though. On the other hand there is no traffic
around and that is what really made me buy a mtb. I was just getting sick of all the cars around me
all the time. Good thing I'm too old to get into freeriding or Downhill or it would just be too
expensive ;-)

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Perre

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[Steven M. O'Nei]

H. M. Leary <[email protected]> wrote:
>Anyone figured out how to tow a car behind the bike...

How about a light truck?

www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2003/September/28/local/stories/14local.htm

On Monday, [David] Casterson -- a.k.a. "The Bicycling Biologist" -- used a mountain bike to pull
two heavy vehicles -- a Toyota pickup and a Toyota 4Runner separately.

In each fete, two students held him up as he pedaled until he could get his balance.

To move the pickup, he traveled about 100 yards at about 5 mph, according to Soquel High senior
Kristen Geffken, who steered both vehicles. For the SUV, balance was more difficult to achieve,
his students held on a bit longer and he pedaled at about 3 mph, she said.

Sorry -- couldn't find a picture. Here's the contestant though:
http://www.commuteridol.com/contestant2.php

Maybe pics will show up there someday.

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Steven O'Neill [email protected] www.bridgetolls.org

 

[Steven M. O'Nei]

Robert Chung <[email protected]> wrote:
>Steven M. O'Neill wrote:
>> H. M. Leary <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Anyone figured out how to tow a car behind the bike...
>>
>> How about a light truck?
>>
>>
>www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2003/September/28/local/stories/14local. htm
>
>Pulling a truck with a bike? Easy. Here's something that's hard (so to speak):
>http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/photo/2000/10/30/0000011863

I can't reach that site. I keep getting some proxy error after a long timeout.

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[Rick Onanian]

On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 21:06:53 GMT, "Per Elmsäter" <[email protected]> wrote:
>and day before yesterday I got myself a FS XC bike. Just keep adding new horizons to my riding. I
>still haven't figured out how to meditate bouncing up and down over those roots and rocks though.
>On the other hand there is no traffic around and that is what really made me buy a mtb. I was just
>getting sick of all the cars around me all the time. Good thing I'm too old to get

Actually, I find that my MTB brings me to possibly the only commonly meditative situations I find
myself in. Not while riding, obviously, but in where it takes me.

It takes me to beautiful spots in the woods where I stop and just enjoy what I see, hear, smell, and
feel. Sometimes I just sit in the middle of the woods and relax. Other times I explore -- maybe I
get off the bike and walk to an interesting plant, or check out an abandoned shack, or whatever. I
sometimes find a pretty pond or stream. I used to always bring my camera; I have hundreds of scenic
pictures. Of course, there's always wildlife encounters too.

I really ought to do more MTBing. Since I've gotten my road bike, I've forgotten about all that,
until just now. Thanks!

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Rick "In touch with nature, but no damn hippy" Onanian

 

[Robert Chung]

Steven M. O'Neill wrote:
> H. M. Leary <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Anyone figured out how to tow a car behind the bike...
>
> How about a light truck?
>
>
www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2003/September/28/local/stories/14local. htm

Pulling a truck with a bike? Easy. Here's something that's hard (so to speak):
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/photo/2000/10/30/0000011863

Impressive, yes, but perhaps not as impressive as if they were pushing.

 

[Robert Chung]

Steven M. O'Neill wrote:
> Robert Chung <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Steven M. O'Neill wrote:
>>> H. M. Leary <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Anyone figured out how to tow a car behind the bike...
>>>
>>> How about a light truck?
>>>
>>>
>>
www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2003/September/28/local/stories/14local.
>> htm
>>
>> Pulling a truck with a bike? Easy. Here's something that's hard (so to speak):
>> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/photo/2000/10/30/0000011863
>
> I can't reach that site. I keep getting some proxy error after a long timeout.

This one may work:
http://www.gapsn.org/project2/press/The%20Taipei%20Times%20Online%202000-10-30.htm

 

[Rick Onanian]

On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 00:00:45 +0200, "Robert Chung" <[email protected]> wrote:
>This one may work:
>http://www.gapsn.org/project2/press/The%20Taipei%20Times%20Online%202000-10-30.htm

The article said:
> practitioners must train in this skill to develop resistance to injuries.

What kind of injuries?

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Rick "Ouch" Onanian

 

[Ryan Cousineau]

In article <[email protected]>, Rick Onanian <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 21:06:53 GMT, "Per Elmsäter" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >and day before yesterday I got myself a FS XC bike. Just keep adding new horizons to my riding. I
> >still haven't figured out how to meditate bouncing up and down over those roots and rocks though.
> >On the other hand there is no traffic around and that is what really made me buy a mtb. I was
> >just getting sick of all the cars around me all the time. Good thing I'm too old to get
>
> Actually, I find that my MTB brings me to possibly the only commonly meditative situations I find
> myself in. Not while riding, obviously, but in where it takes me.
>
> It takes me to beautiful spots in the woods where I stop and just enjoy what I see, hear, smell,
> and feel. Sometimes I just sit in the middle of the woods and relax. Other times I explore --
> maybe I get off the bike and walk to an interesting plant, or check out an abandoned shack, or
> whatever. I sometimes find a pretty pond or stream. I used to always bring my camera; I have
> hundreds of scenic pictures. Of course, there's always wildlife encounters too.

Hey, that's great. You know, I don't get a lot of contemplation in on my MTB, but it has given
several near-death experiences, and I think one time I got so anaerobic I started hallucinating.

--
Ryan Cousineau, [email protected] http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

 

[Kevan Smith]

On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 18:38:54 -0400, Rick Onanian <[email protected]> from The Esoteric c0wz
Society wrote:

>On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 00:00:45 +0200, "Robert Chung" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>This one may work:
>>http://www.gapsn.org/project2/press/The%20Taipei%20Times%20Online%202000-10-30.htm
>
>The article said:
>> practitioners must train in this skill to develop resistance to injuries.
>
>What kind of injuries?

You know, getting hit in the penis with a truck.

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http://home.sport.rr.com/cuthulu/ human rights = peace a bike ouch over a shifty screaming nun
6:56:25 PM 1 October 2003

 

[Steven M. O'Nei]

Robert Chung <[email protected]> wrote:
>Steven M. O'Neill wrote:
>> Robert Chung <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Steven M. O'Neill wrote:
>>>> H. M. Leary <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Anyone figured out how to tow a car behind the bike...
>>>>
>>>> How about a light truck?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2003/September/28/local/stories/14local.
>>> htm
>>>
>>> Pulling a truck with a bike? Easy. Here's something that's hard (so to speak):
>>> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/photo/2000/10/30/0000011863
>>
>> I can't reach that site. I keep getting some proxy error after a long timeout.
>
>This one may work:
>http://www.gapsn.org/project2/press/The%20Taipei%20Times%20Online%202000-10-30.htm

Oho. I much prefer the guy with the bike.

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Steven O'Neill [email protected] www.bridgetolls.org

 

[Rick Onanian]

On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 20:49:59 -0700, Ryan Cousineau <[email protected]> wrote:
>> It takes me to beautiful spots in the woods where I stop and just enjoy what I see, hear, smell,
>> and feel. Sometimes I just sit in the middle of the woods and relax. Other times I
>
>Hey, that's great. You know, I don't get a lot of contemplation in on my MTB, but it has given
>several near-death experiences, and I think one time I got so anaerobic I started hallucinating.

Well, I didn't say that anaerobicism wasn't one of the factors that cause me to stop and
relax... <G>

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Rick "Breathless [view &&|| ride]" Onanian