then i saw an ad for a trek utopia. i was hooked before even looking at the bike, how many chances does a guy get at utopia? i called around 10:00 am saturday and woke up a young man who was sleeping off a wild night. he was eager to sell the bike and offered to meet me at a skytrain station so off i went. he advertised the bike as being practically new. well, it was practically new but it was in quite the state of disrepair. but it rode like a dream. he was asking $450 and we settled on $300. i rode it straight to the bike shop and dropped it off for service.
i picked it up this afternoon and the bill was $63. there was a corroded cable going to the rear derailleur and a few other adjustments were made and it now rides like new. total investment $363 for a bike that retails here for $799. not a great deal but i amused myself for a week.
i love you sons of bitches.
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Don't bike much anymore, but when I do it's on my twenty some year old three speed.
That bike sure has been a trusted friend.
Disk brakes. Nice score, pops.
Waiting to hear the result of your roll test.
I recently got a Giant Rapid 2. Love it!
Skinny tires and a forward posture really make a big difference on the road. But I kept my Fisher Paragon for trail bombing. It's luxurious to keep two bikes, but I like to have the right tool for the job.
That's weird, I picture Thims in a new SUV being as he was about 40 pounds overweight when he was here.
Really nice guy though.
What in the hell is a roll test?
Good deal, my friend.
Roll test is not listed on Wiki, wtf? I thought everything wuz on Wiki.
thims - yup, i kept the iron maiden for my wild rides. i'm not sure about the roll test. those skinny tires might be dangerous if there's loose gravel in the corners.
bill - there are lots of huge mountain bikers. they break a lot of frames.
Never broke a frame I was riding on, not even the skinny ones, I was gentle when humping on them, hahahaha
Have mud guards become unnecessary on the modern breed of bike?
No guts, no glory.
Bbc... the times are a changin.
Sounds like a good deal to me. Enjoy.
Sounds like a good deal to me. Enjoy.
that's a great looking bike..I want to get a 3-wheeler for around town, but my granddaughters say no, that I'll get hurt?..sigh*
Sounds like a great deal to me! Its a beauty too.
Anyway, I made a nipple wrench today, don't get too excited now, it's just to remove and install the percussion cap nipples on my Hawken.
They're metric and the tool costs ten to twenty bucks, I paid a $1.35 for a stainless steel bolt and made my own fucking nipple twister.
Why wouldn't spirit get interested in weapons? Spirit doesn't like others fucking with spirit and will fight back if need be.
If you think some god will protect you become a jesus freak. Wait, that didn't work out so well for that little fucker, Romans with weapons came and took him away while he was kissing Mary's tits and killed the stupid fucker.
Fucking hippie, hehehehe
gb - mud guards slow me down.
thims - no guts, no glory but i still have skin on my knees and elbows.
tex - it's a good deal until i tire of it and want a new toy.
yellowdog - was it laugh-in where some guy tipped over on a tricycle every show?
silly - all babies are beautiful we'll see how she looks in a few years.
bill - i need a cassette removal bit to change my worn out cassette but i'm going to pay the bike shop around $200 for a new drive train and disc pads for the iron maiden.
bill - i need a cassette removal bit to change my worn out cassette but i'm going to pay the bike shop around $200 for a new drive train and disc pads for the iron maiden.
I'm pretty sure you are just fucking with me cuz it doesn't make any sense to spend $200 bucks on a forty dollar bike.
And why in the hell don't you learn to work on your bikes? They're not fucking rocket engines, ten year old kids can fix them.
Well hell, ten year old kids can also fix your why-fi.
The only fucking thing I knew how to fix when I wuz ten wuz how to set the points on dat old fucking two cycle Maytag washing machine so I could git some clean shorts.
Man, I hated shorts that stuck to my ass, didn't know until I joined the Navy that I wuz supposed to scrub my asshole when taking a bath.
Got a good friend that's XO on a frigate who used to be responsible for training the new recruits...
One of his favorite sayings was, "WASH YER ASS!" They thought he meant "watch your ass" until he made it claro that they stank like the shitter at a Greek youth hostel.
Pilgrim, just do it. You only live once on earth, and you need good stories to ensure your success in the afterlife.
If necessary, strap on some mud guards or squeeze the brakes a little... just don't tell anyone in Valhalla.
In boot camp we had brown hole inspections before going into the swimming pool. Bend over and spread those cheeks.
BBC, I think maybe you missed the significance of the greatest story ever told.
Pilgrim, just do it. You only live once on earth,
Fuck, you monkeys just don't get this omnipresent part.
BBC, I think maybe you missed the significance of the greatest story ever told.
No, pretty sure I didn't miss the point of all the fucking bullshit. But they made some decent wine.
Brown hole inspections?
Hey, BBC, did they tell you about the See Shore Rule?
Don't recall nothing about any See Shore Rule.
Recall jacking off in the head even though it's humored that they put saltpeter in the food in boot camp.
You just can't stop a good cock.
You know... if you can't see shore, it ain't gay.
You know... if you can't see shore, it ain't gay.
Huh? Stop muttering..
Thims, you're about thirteen time zones away (ahead) from me, put down that bottle and go to bed, that's I'm going to do.
*poof*
I find that when I am looking for something it is more fun to search and hunt and then find the perfect thing. Just walking into a store to buy is so boring these days.
I hope you have many years of riding that beauty.
being an icelander i have automatic admission to valhalla and a shitload of relatives waiting for me. i just have to remember to depart this world with alcohol on my breath.
Right on! Bring the good stories, though.
being an icelander i have automatic admission to valhalla and a shitload of relatives waiting for me.
I don't think you can get admission to valhalla unless you own weapons and have been a warrior in this lifetime, or at least willing to be a warrior..
bill - that opens the gates for ruby. i guess anyone afraid to open their comments wouldn't have a chance of entering valhalla. you can romp with those feminine spirits whilst we warriors bask in eternal glory.
I'm not afraid to open comments, I'm just not willing to put up with a fucking bitch I can't identify and shoot at.
Look at it as a cloaking device.
I don't like the bitch and I don't want to deal with her on my blog, okay?
I gave her plenty of chances to get along with me but, oh hell, never mind.
Shorter BBC -
Respect mah AUTHORITAH !
No charge.
billy pilgrim said,
".....i guess anyone afraid to open their comments wouldn't have a chance of entering valhalla....."
Perhaps, but those who would delete comments once a handy comments facility is enabled are sure to wallow in Niflhel - with those who break oaths, abduct and rape women, and commit other vile things like write things that must necessarily be presaged with, "don't call me a racist but recent immigrants tend to....".
aquarians - you're getting a little predictable, perhaps more so than mr cook.
bill - things are safe right now, hurrican leslie has been wreaking havoc on our east coast. those poor newfies never knew what hit them.
harry - is your authoritah backed up with weaponry? i think mr cook respects weapons.
".....you're getting a little predictable....."
Well, your last cheque bounced. You get that for which you pay after all - new material ain't cheap!
Then again, perhaps like your erstwhile 'recent immigrants', I deliver less than I promise?
aquarians - i have some recent immigrants from albania for neighbors. they are very nice except for their habit of smoking on the patio and yelling into their laptop. they seem to love skyping to the old country.
how about my boy harper winning the prestigious statesman of the year award!
i'm more impressed with obama turning down a meeting with netanyahoo than stephen winning some zionist award.
i think mr cook respects weapons.
Oh yeah..... Don't like that we have to have them but I damn sure approve of everyone having some on this fucked up rock.
My new 50 caliber Hawken will take down a deer at four hundred yards, if I could see a fucking deer here at four hundred yards. The deer here are pretty small.
they seem to love skyping to the old country.
No shit, so why didn't they just stay there?
he was a veterinarian in albania and he got a job as carpenter here. he borrowed a shit load of money and built a giant monstrosity of a house and brought a shit load of relatives to stay with him.
he's alright as long as interest rates don't rise. if rates go up considerably he's fucked.
Clannish fuckers aye?
Probably make their own likker too, fuccen heathens.
Why couldn't they just stay down on the bog and eat potatoes?
Could be mooselimbs too pilgrim, watch out.
the kids kick their soccer ball into our yard and have to face ruby if they want it back.
I sold my 36 caliber pistol to a waitress at Granny's today, she fell in love with it on the spot and bought it to give to her hubby at christmas.
She wanted to buy my Hawken also but that shit isn't going to happen, I got way too good of a buy on that gun.
Now I can get my 44 out of layaway.
You can have my Hawken when you pry it from my cold dead fingers.
Where's the sign-up list for volunteers?
Line forms on the right.
Thank you for your interest.
holy fuck! that line's 73 feet long!
In other news, I think I'll assassinate that tomato plant, it's not doing crap.
Got my black powder membership card today, and the lock combination to open that monster of a gate at the shooting grounds.
holy fuck! that line's 73 feet long!
It's not even close to the number of people that have admired me over the years.
Even the women I drove crazy admired me.
Fuck it, they where crazy to start with, I just drove them more crazy.
Partnerships are about two things, empire building or fucking, that pretty much sums it up.
Seems you've replaced incessant babbling about your hooker with incessant babbling about your weapon. Shrink, field day, blah blah blah.
Congrats on the new ride, BP. Looks like a great investment to me. Enjoy your new transportation and have a good weekend.
Seems you've replaced incessant babbling about your hooker with incessant babbling about your weapon.
You don't have to read it, stupid. Sometimes it's babbling about my boating and others things I'm doing and interested in.
Rick and I are going to a gun show today, I think.
I learned something today, go buy a gun at a gun show and there is no background check, you just pay for it and take it home with you.
Interesting, I didn't buy anything but I find that fact interesting.
i thought you already had a gun or two.
Counting my two pellet guns I have six guns, seven when I go get my 44 out of layaway.
You have a problem with that?
Different guns for different things, it's like bikes, but maybe a little more complex.
You'd use a 22 on a rabbit and a scatter gun on a cocksucker.
Actually, my uncle John used a shotgun when rabbit hunting, maybe that is why he always got more rabbits than I did.
The fact that your country is so under armed is why we won't have much trouble over taking you when we decide we want to start moving north.
Nice bike. Good deal. I've never done business on Craigslist myself. I'm overcautious when it comes to buy anything relating to anything on the net. I can't see myself doing online dating if something should happen to my wife, either. I might hook up with a woman that will chop my penis off, later, while we're in bed. That would suck quite a bit. Yeah, too many risks with the internet as it is. So you do a lot of biking, eh?
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