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Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman
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Qui si parla Campagnolo aka Peter Chisholm wrote:
> Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman wrote:
> > Qui si parla Campagnolo aka Peter Chisholm wrote:
> > > Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman wrote:
> > > > Qui si parla Campagnolo aka Peter Chisholm wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > yep, I even worked on and then road with another guy a tandem 'bent'.
> > > > > Not that hard but something I will never do again, if I can help
> > > > > it..either work on one or ride one...life's too short to be that
> > > > > embarassed.
> > > >
> > > > Hey Peter,
> > > >
> > > > Just put on a fake beard, stuff some foam under your shirt [1] to
> > > > create a fake "aerobelly", and wear a helmet with a dark visor [2] and
> > > > no one will recognize you.
> > > >
> > > > Would you sell wheels to a person if you knew the wheels would end up
> > > > on a recumbent bicycle?
> > >
> > > I would gladly build them a set of wheels, even for you....you gotta
> > > ride the thing, I don't.
> >
> > Peter,
> >
> > Would you consider riding a recumbent bicycle to fall under "outrages
> > upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading
> > treatment" or "cruel and unusual punishment"?
> >
> > --
> > Tom Sherman - Here, not there.
>
> Don't want to ride one anymore than I want to play golf...wrestling
> with you is approaching cruel and unusual..well unusal at least.
To paraphrase someone else's signature line: Arguing with me is like
mud wresting with a pig - after a while you realize the pig enjoys it.
> After searching other of the many NG you frequent, I am dismayed that
> politically, you and I agree on most things...where did you go wrong?
I guess I just like to take a laid back approach to cycling. [pun
intended]
> On the 'bent and Japanese things are superior, European things are
> inferior..I guess not considering the finer things made these days,
> motorcycles, autos, watches, wine, clothes, art, cameras.....ya know....
I do not dislike European things - just the USian tendency to use them
for status/snob value. If I have a prejudice against anything European
it is automobiles, since the several I have owned (MG, VW, Renault)
have been maintenance intensive and unreliable, and have left me
stranded in places such as West Grain Elevator [1]. By contrast, my
series of Honda Civics have been extremely reliable considering the
abuse I have dished out.
I do miss my old Peugeot P-8 (which I outgrew). I was comfortable on
it, but them one can tolerate things as a teenager they can not as an
adult (such as sleeping in the front seats of a Renault R5).
[1] A gene danielism.
--
Tom Sherman - Here, not there.
> Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman wrote:
> > Qui si parla Campagnolo aka Peter Chisholm wrote:
> > > Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman wrote:
> > > > Qui si parla Campagnolo aka Peter Chisholm wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > yep, I even worked on and then road with another guy a tandem 'bent'.
> > > > > Not that hard but something I will never do again, if I can help
> > > > > it..either work on one or ride one...life's too short to be that
> > > > > embarassed.
> > > >
> > > > Hey Peter,
> > > >
> > > > Just put on a fake beard, stuff some foam under your shirt [1] to
> > > > create a fake "aerobelly", and wear a helmet with a dark visor [2] and
> > > > no one will recognize you.
> > > >
> > > > Would you sell wheels to a person if you knew the wheels would end up
> > > > on a recumbent bicycle?
> > >
> > > I would gladly build them a set of wheels, even for you....you gotta
> > > ride the thing, I don't.
> >
> > Peter,
> >
> > Would you consider riding a recumbent bicycle to fall under "outrages
> > upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading
> > treatment" or "cruel and unusual punishment"?
> >
> > --
> > Tom Sherman - Here, not there.
>
> Don't want to ride one anymore than I want to play golf...wrestling
> with you is approaching cruel and unusual..well unusal at least.
To paraphrase someone else's signature line: Arguing with me is like
mud wresting with a pig - after a while you realize the pig enjoys it.
> After searching other of the many NG you frequent, I am dismayed that
> politically, you and I agree on most things...where did you go wrong?
I guess I just like to take a laid back approach to cycling. [pun
intended]
> On the 'bent and Japanese things are superior, European things are
> inferior..I guess not considering the finer things made these days,
> motorcycles, autos, watches, wine, clothes, art, cameras.....ya know....
I do not dislike European things - just the USian tendency to use them
for status/snob value. If I have a prejudice against anything European
it is automobiles, since the several I have owned (MG, VW, Renault)
have been maintenance intensive and unreliable, and have left me
stranded in places such as West Grain Elevator [1]. By contrast, my
series of Honda Civics have been extremely reliable considering the
abuse I have dished out.
I do miss my old Peugeot P-8 (which I outgrew). I was comfortable on
it, but them one can tolerate things as a teenager they can not as an
adult (such as sleeping in the front seats of a Renault R5).
[1] A gene danielism.
--
Tom Sherman - Here, not there.