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Re: One (left) handed rider

2010-01-05T13:00:55Z

Re: This will be a good decade for bicycling!

2010-01-05T12:15:42Z

[...]
choice in the general election of 2008. I'm not as disappointed as
you, but I suspect my hopes were not as high.)
What choice was there? The liberal mass media selected both McCain and Obama
for us. The only one I got the least bit excited about was Sarah!
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota

Re: This will be a good decade for bicycling!

2010-01-05T12:09:25Z

[...]
The elites are as pitiful as everyone else. No one makes it on their own,
not even if you work like a dog all of your life. You make it because you
are part of a greater society. I suspect Tom Sherman is a middling success
in this country whereas in Afghanistan he would be next to nothing - unless

Re: OT - Worthless Eaters?

2010-01-05T11:49:13Z

[...]
I think the retirement age is already at the maximum. Old folks just want to
sleep all day. And why shouldn't the working class pay for their social
security. Not everything in life can be progressive like the income tax.
The third world can't wait to become exactly like us. In fact, it may well

Re: This will be a good decade for bicycling!

2010-01-05T11:46:38Z

I agree about the high levels of motor fuel taxation issue. In the UK
motorists are just regarded as tax cows for the Government, who seem
to forget that motorists are also voters. We also have a 'green'
agenda where the owners of large cars have to pay much more in Vehicle
Excise Duty, and the owners of large SUVs have been made into social

Re: OT - Obama

2010-01-05T11:33:49Z

Some corporate elites are against a public option, others are in favor of
it. The so-called Blue Dog Democrats do not exist. A Democrat is a Democrat
is a Democrat. Obama is a weak-kneed pussy if truth be told.
Afghanistan belongs more to the subcontinent than Central Asia. What natural
gas would that be? The best thing that could happen that would convince you

Re: This will be a good decade for bicycling!

2010-01-05T11:08:15Z

On Jan 5, 1:21 am, Tom Sherman °_°
Weren't some statistics involved as well? ;-)
(FWIW, I still believe Obama was the better [i.e., best electable]
choice in the general election of 2008. I'm not as disappointed as
you, but I suspect my hopes were not as high.)

Re: One (left) handed rider

2010-01-05T10:51:20Z

It does not make sense to me for someone who lacks the use of her
right hand to have a handlebar designed for crouching over. She's
bound to suffer discomfort, overuse injury, or worse by supporting her
torso weight on only one arm. Unless I'm seriously misunderstanding
her situation, I think she should sit up straight, and use a handlebar

One (left) handed rider

2010-01-05T08:20:10Z

A friend of mine has injured her right hand such that she cannot use
it to shift gears or brake on a bike. She can still prop herself up
using the right hand. Since she cannot work as much as she used to,
she has decided to ride more. She is therefore getting a new bike. I
suggested that she use a Campy left ergolever for the front combined

Re: Winterizing a bicycle......... use oil instead of grease?

2010-01-05T07:54:51Z

Long pig?

Re: This will be a good decade for bicycling!

2010-01-05T07:21:16Z

There are lies, and damn lies.

Re: ot: Touring bike manufacturers

2010-01-05T07:19:17Z

One of the best touring bicycles has unfortunately been discontinued:
<[link]>.

Re: ot: Touring bike manufacturers

2010-01-05T07:15:56Z

I only made a couple of trips over 100 miles in my MG without being "let
down". :(

Re: ot: Touring bike manufacturers

2010-01-05T07:13:14Z

Back in the 1980's, most of the air-cooled VW's in the Upper Midwest
were rust buckets.

OT - Worthless Eaters?

2010-01-05T07:08:58Z

Those problems will be fixed by increasing the retirement age. Of
course, removing the regressive cap on the FICA tax would solve the
funding problem.
It is also the overconsumption of resources by the "first world" that
are the cause of the ongoing ecological disasters. Of course, the elites
will likely be able to buy their way out of the crisis, while the