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maryjane
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JUN 19, 08:07 PM
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Rode my bicycle for the first time in the new neighborhood. It's far more hilly here than back in E Texas.
View from front yard.
From the back, it gets much more inclined. I look down on the roofs of houses just 2 blocks over.
The rangeland in the distance, is Ft Hood.
(The distant sounds coming from there is topic for another time I think)
I can get up most of the hills (huffin and a'puffin) using a lower gear, but going back down some of them is an adventure. Good thing there is very little traffic here, as i screamed right thru 2 intersections with brakes fully applied. Gravity is a beech and it's everywhere.
(I did NOT however, pull a Joe Biden and fall, not even once)
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williegoat
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JUN 19, 08:11 PM
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Disk brakes on a bicycle make a hell of a difference, or you might just need better pads.
I can lock my bike wheels as easily as on a motorcycle.
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MidEngineManiac
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JUN 19, 09:50 PM
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At least you guys still can...I got on Kims at the beginning of summer just for the hell of it. Right knee went on strike, left filed a restraining order, and I spent a week on cane and crutches.
THAT wont be happening again anytime soon.
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Patrick
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JUN 20, 01:20 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
i screamed right thru 2 intersections with brakes fully applied.
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I assume your bike doesn't have coaster brakes. 
How old are the rubber pads? They might be all dried out and hard as stone... and not gripping your rims very well.
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maryjane
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JUN 20, 03:19 AM
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Patrick
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JUN 20, 03:23 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
Discs front and back.
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...and you can't stop the bike?  Something's screwy.
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maryjane
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JUN 20, 04:00 AM
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Weight, speed, inertia play into it. I'm not fat but also not a skinny guy by any means.
In The Pride and the Passion, Cary Grant (Capt Trumbell) does a fairly good job of explaining it to co-star Frank Sinatra (Miguel) regarding a very large cannon they were going to transport down a hill.
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blackrams
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JUN 20, 06:41 AM
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Cannon? What Cannon? ------------------
Rams
Isn't it strange that after a bombing, everyone blames the bomber, his upbringing, his environment, his culture, his mental state but … after a shooting, the problem is the gun.........
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williegoat
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JUN 20, 08:49 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by blackrams:
Cannon? What Cannon?
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When I think of Sophia Loren, I always think of this picture with Jayne Mansfield.
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Jake_Dragon
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JUN 20, 10:30 AM
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You should be able to lock up the back wheel at least.
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