Gear you can't give up? - Page 5

07-02-2004, 02:52 AM

On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 01:03:49 GMT, "Gooserider"
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>Anybody else have anything to which they've become so attached?

Top-mount thumb shifters. I have three sets installed on bikes and
two spare sets in the parts bin, which I probably won't need because
I've never had one break.

07-02-2004, 01:18 PM

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In article <VpJEc.8281$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com>,
Gooserider <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>I have a pair of Look MTB pedals I've used for 10 or more years, and have
>used with four bikes. They're old, scratched and beaten to hell, but I love
>them and I'll use them forever. They don't match my new bike at all, but
>they're my favorites. I have 6 pair of cleats, since the pedal is
>discontinued, so I should be set until I die. :-) Anybody else have anything
>to which they've become so attached?
>

_ A bike frame. I got it in 1976 when I was 15. It's a
Mirella. It's really too small for me now and it's not anything
particularly special in the tubing or construction department.
Even in 1976, it was a bit on the heavy side, what's left of the
paint job is hideous, but it says "let's keep riding" after 40 or
50 miles in a way that no other bike does.

_ Booker C. Bense

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07-02-2004, 01:18 PM

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In article <VpJEc.8281$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com>,
Gooserider <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>I have a pair of Look MTB pedals I've used for 10 or more years, and have
>used with four bikes. They're old, scratched and beaten to hell, but I love
>them and I'll use them forever. They don't match my new bike at all, but
>they're my favorites. I have 6 pair of cleats, since the pedal is
>discontinued, so I should be set until I die. :-) Anybody else have anything
>to which they've become so attached?
>

_ A bike frame. I got it in 1976 when I was 15. It's a
Mirella. It's really too small for me now and it's not anything
particularly special in the tubing or construction department.
Even in 1976, it was a bit on the heavy side, what's left of the
paint job is hideous, but it says "let's keep riding" after 40 or
50 miles in a way that no other bike does.

_ Booker C. Bense

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07-02-2004, 01:18 PM

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In article <VpJEc.8281$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com>,
Gooserider <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>I have a pair of Look MTB pedals I've used for 10 or more years, and have
>used with four bikes. They're old, scratched and beaten to hell, but I love
>them and I'll use them forever. They don't match my new bike at all, but
>they're my favorites. I have 6 pair of cleats, since the pedal is
>discontinued, so I should be set until I die. :-) Anybody else have anything
>to which they've become so attached?
>

_ A bike frame. I got it in 1976 when I was 15. It's a
Mirella. It's really too small for me now and it's not anything
particularly special in the tubing or construction department.
Even in 1976, it was a bit on the heavy side, what's left of the
paint job is hideous, but it says "let's keep riding" after 40 or
50 miles in a way that no other bike does.

_ Booker C. Bense

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07-02-2004, 01:18 PM

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In article <VpJEc.8281$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com>,
Gooserider <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>I have a pair of Look MTB pedals I've used for 10 or more years, and have
>used with four bikes. They're old, scratched and beaten to hell, but I love
>them and I'll use them forever. They don't match my new bike at all, but
>they're my favorites. I have 6 pair of cleats, since the pedal is
>discontinued, so I should be set until I die. :-) Anybody else have anything
>to which they've become so attached?
>

_ A bike frame. I got it in 1976 when I was 15. It's a
Mirella. It's really too small for me now and it's not anything
particularly special in the tubing or construction department.
Even in 1976, it was a bit on the heavy side, what's left of the
paint job is hideous, but it says "let's keep riding" after 40 or
50 miles in a way that no other bike does.

_ Booker C. Bense

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07-02-2004, 01:18 PM

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In article <VpJEc.8281$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com>,
Gooserider <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>I have a pair of Look MTB pedals I've used for 10 or more years, and have
>used with four bikes. They're old, scratched and beaten to hell, but I love
>them and I'll use them forever. They don't match my new bike at all, but
>they're my favorites. I have 6 pair of cleats, since the pedal is
>discontinued, so I should be set until I die. :-) Anybody else have anything
>to which they've become so attached?
>

_ A bike frame. I got it in 1976 when I was 15. It's a
Mirella. It's really too small for me now and it's not anything
particularly special in the tubing or construction department.
Even in 1976, it was a bit on the heavy side, what's left of the
paint job is hideous, but it says "let's keep riding" after 40 or
50 miles in a way that no other bike does.

_ Booker C. Bense

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07-02-2004, 01:28 PM

Thing-a-ma-jig on my Titus Switchblade. Went thru rear der. cables like
crazy till I got that thin--- er, device; been using same one for well over
a year now. (Damn cable is frayed at the bolt, too, but just won't die.
Got some fancy teflon one to install SOME day...)

Bill "chronic sore right thumb" S.

07-02-2004, 01:28 PM

Thing-a-ma-jig on my Titus Switchblade. Went thru rear der. cables like
crazy till I got that thin--- er, device; been using same one for well over
a year now. (Damn cable is frayed at the bolt, too, but just won't die.
Got some fancy teflon one to install SOME day...)

Bill "chronic sore right thumb" S.

07-02-2004, 01:28 PM

Thing-a-ma-jig on my Titus Switchblade. Went thru rear der. cables like
crazy till I got that thin--- er, device; been using same one for well over
a year now. (Damn cable is frayed at the bolt, too, but just won't die.
Got some fancy teflon one to install SOME day...)

Bill "chronic sore right thumb" S.

07-02-2004, 01:28 PM

Thing-a-ma-jig on my Titus Switchblade. Went thru rear der. cables like
crazy till I got that thin--- er, device; been using same one for well over
a year now. (Damn cable is frayed at the bolt, too, but just won't die.
Got some fancy teflon one to install SOME day...)

Bill "chronic sore right thumb" S.