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Some of these suggestions might sound cheesy to some readers, but
whatever personally motivates you is good for you. I would not worry
what anyone else thinks.

I would not want to hang anything or stick anything onto my bike, but
that's just my opinion. I mostly ride solo, anyhow.

"What class taught that in high school?"

I used to build electronic stuff. Learned it by myself.

"What class taught that in high school?"

I used to build electronic stuff. Learned it by myself.

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"What class taught that in high school?"

I used to build electronic stuff. Learned it by myself.

Cathy implied that she learned it in high school; that's why I asked...

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"What class taught that in high school?"

I used to build electronic stuff. Learned it by myself.

Cathy implied that she learned it in high school; that's why I asked...

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I want to ride my bicycle,
I want to ride my bike.
I want to ride my bicycle,
I want to ride it where I like!

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Cathy implied that she learned it in high school; that's why I asked...

Sorry, I guess I missed that post.

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"What class taught that in high school?"

I used to build electronic stuff. Learned it by myself.

Cathy implied that she learned it in high school; that's why I asked...

Electronics. Back in '76. We built radios as a class project.

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I want to ride my bicycle,
I want to ride my bike.
I want to ride my bicycle,
I want to ride it where I like!

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In article <[email hidden]>,
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"What class taught that in high school?"

I used to build electronic stuff. Learned it by myself.

Cathy implied that she learned it in high school; that's why I asked...

Electronics. Back in '76. We built radios as a class project.

That's pretty good; we never did anything that practical when I was in
HS.

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I want to ride my bicycle,
I want to ride my bike.
I want to ride my bicycle,
I want to ride it where I like!

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How about 3 bands - one each for the first two digits and one for the
exponent. bands would be colored
0 black
1 brown
2 red
3 orange
4 yellow
5 green
6 blue
7 violet
8 gray
9 white
so 2800 would be red/gray/red

And if you had trouble remembering what color meant what, you'd simply
memorize the old reliable mnemonic: Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet
Gives Willingly...

"Roger Houston" wrote: And if you had trouble remembering what color meant
what, you'd simply memorize the old reliable mnemonic: Bad Boys Rape Our
Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's the one I learned, but if I didn't use it often, I had trouble
remembering whether "bad boys" represented "black brown" or "brown black."
Cathy's version, "Black Birds Rob Our Yellow Grain,
But Vultures Grab Weasels," makes that easier.

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And perhaps we could trademark the name "Flair" for these little ride
bands, and judge other cyclists by the amount of flair they choose to
wear.

For real flair, you could put an eagle on your helmet, like Sheldon did
here:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/eagle.html

(I don't think the clear tape over the helmet vents counts as flair, but
Sheldon might be the best judge of that.)

Other ideas?

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"Roger Houston" wrote: And if you had trouble remembering what color
meant what, you'd simply memorize the old reliable mnemonic: Bad Boys
Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's the one I learned, but if I didn't use it often, I had trouble
remembering whether "bad boys" represented "black brown" or "brown black."
Cathy's version, "Black Birds Rob Our Yellow Grain,
But Vultures Grab Weasels," makes that easier.

An even less politically correct version begins "black boys" and avoids the
ambiguity.
Doesn't avoid offense, just ambiguity.

Colorado Bicycler said:

Just think - when you go to a ride, you can glance surreptitously at
the other bikes to see who has less bands than you do :o) <smile>

It's not a bad idea. That's more-or-less the purpose of spoke cards, I
think. Most roadies wouldn't care for spoke cards, though.

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