I just saw your bike a few pages back. You feel so violated when people steal from you.
I just saw your bike a few pages back. You feel so violated when people steal from you.
Dr.Amber Trichome
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I do feel violated. Like someone was stalking me. My bike wasn’t that top of the line and really not worth someone getting caught stealing it. They went through a lot of trouble trying to get the key to work on the bike cage lock that always stuck and came in with bolt cutters to cut my lock. I feels like more personal than anything and I keep to myself and work hard taking care of cancer patients every day and I used that bike to get to work and have fun on the weekends. I hope karma bites that ssshole who stole my bike hard.
Dr.Amber Trichome
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Bike shopping today. First stop the Specailized Bicycle shop.
Observe & Report
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Something to watch on the trainer: (Legally) Blind Guy rides the Great Divide MTB Route solo. He only has peripheral vision so he can see his handlebars and the ground right in front of his bike but not much else.
if you click through to YT, this is the last video in a playlist of all of the videos he made documenting his adventure on the GDMTBR
if you click through to YT, this is the last video in a playlist of all of the videos he made documenting his adventure on the GDMTBR
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Week4@inCharge
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Do it.
Dr.Amber Trichome
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When I get to Colorado.
Observe & Report
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If you're average size or a bit bigger and you don't have to have the latest and greatest check out Craigslist or FBM. You can get awesome bikes for a song because there are so many used bikes on the market. Nothing is moving, make an offer!
Closely related is to start doing all of your own maintenance and put that money into the bike instead. Then you have skills to fix up a used bike without paying a lot more. It doesn't take much more time than transporting your bike back and forth to the shop. There are tons of videos on YT showing you exactly how to do anything. With the cost of a single tune-up you can get the tools to do most maintenance tasks (hex wrenches, a quick link tool, chain breaker, cable housing cutter, etc...)
Closely related is to start doing all of your own maintenance and put that money into the bike instead. Then you have skills to fix up a used bike without paying a lot more. It doesn't take much more time than transporting your bike back and forth to the shop. There are tons of videos on YT showing you exactly how to do anything. With the cost of a single tune-up you can get the tools to do most maintenance tasks (hex wrenches, a quick link tool, chain breaker, cable housing cutter, etc...)