Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-18 Thread Philip Williamson
That's not quite topic drift so much as skidding a thread sideways into the grave. Philip www.biketinker.com On Sunday, November 17, 2013 3:00:23 PM UTC-8, Steve Palincsar wrote: On 11/17/2013 05:41 PM, Patrick Moore wrote: Moving on: one huge problem afflicting the Northern army was

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-18 Thread Ron Mc
Hi David, The link clicking on today's installment really shows the blogger's colors. He apparently believes there should be criminal prosecution when a motorist has a wreck with a cyclist. There is no criminal prosecution when a motorist kills another motorist - by accident, by definition -

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-18 Thread Bill Lindsay
EXTREME topics drift! I know, right? McClellan coming up in a Gettysburg reference?! LMFAO! McClellan was long gone by the time Gettysburg was being fought. LOLOLOL!!! On Monday, November 18, 2013 1:39:56 AM UTC-8, Philip Williamson wrote: That's not quite topic drift so much as

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-18 Thread Ron Mc
actually, he was campaigning for president then. On Monday, November 18, 2013 10:20:12 AM UTC-6, Bill Lindsay wrote: EXTREME topics drift! I know, right? McClellan coming up in a Gettysburg reference?! LMFAO! McClellan was long gone by the time Gettysburg was being fought.

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-18 Thread Bill Lindsay
he was already campaigning in july of '63? tell me more -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-18 Thread Ron Mc
this is the last forum I expected to become the Bullwinkle Show. On Monday, November 18, 2013 11:15:21 AM UTC-6, Bill Lindsay wrote: he was already campaigning in july of '63? tell me more -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group.

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-18 Thread cyclotour...@gmail.com
He has a specific perspective he's coming from. This is a regular topic for him, and a lot of time it's the absence of any investigation or even a citation from NYPD for the driver. On Monday, November 18, 2013 5:15:04 AM UTC-8, Ron Mc wrote: Hi David, The link clicking on today's

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-18 Thread hsmitham
Right on target Ron. ~Hughworks on keeping his ego in check, and can't really contribute to such nonsense Smitham On Saturday, November 16, 2013 6:21:02 AM UTC-8, Ron Mc wrote: sarcasm never comes across right on the internet - also, if you love somebody, no sarcasm - it transliterates as

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-17 Thread Steve Palincsar
On 11/17/2013 02:17 AM, Philip Williamson wrote: Hey! No name calling. Yes, as used here -- the legacy of BSNYC and Richard Sachs -- re-enactment is nothing more than name calling, a way to mock and insult. Such crap. Today's Washington Post Outlook section has a story about Gettysburg

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-17 Thread Patrick Moore
God. Moving on: one huge problem afflicting the Northern army was McClellan, who had delusions of grandeur combined with a fear of fighting. Anecdote: Lincoln and friend Ozias Hatch were on a bluff overlooking the Army of the Potomac. Lincoln leaned over and whispered, Hatch: What is that!?

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-17 Thread Steve Palincsar
On 11/17/2013 05:41 PM, Patrick Moore wrote: Moving on: one huge problem afflicting the Northern army was McClellan, who had delusions of grandeur combined with a fear of fighting. Anecdote: Lincoln and friend Ozias Hatch were on a bluff overlooking the Army of the Potomac. Lincoln leaned

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-16 Thread Ron Mc
sarcasm never comes across right on the internet - also, if you love somebody, no sarcasm - it transliterates as putrefying thought, and that is what it does. On Friday, November 15, 2013 4:54:55 PM UTC-6, Patrick Moore wrote: Hey, I missed this one. How do you dremel a Longboard into a

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-16 Thread Patrick Moore
I don't think BSNYC's quips putrefy anything. Apparently, neither does Grant. BS comes across as facetiously grumpy and misanthropic -- the key word being facetiously. To quote H L Mencken: A belly laugh is worth 10,000 syllogisms. On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Ron Mc bulldog...@gmail.com

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-16 Thread Steve Palincsar
On 11/16/2013 10:49 AM, Patrick Moore wrote: I don't think BSNYC's quips putrefy anything. Apparently, neither does Grant. BS comes across as facetiously grumpy and misanthropic -- the key word being facetiously. IMHO words and phrases like fop chariot and reenactment embody putrefaction.

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-16 Thread cyclotourist
I prefer Historically accurate fop chariot. If you haven't read it, Monday's installment was perfect BTW: http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2013/11/shafted-again.html He does use some earthy language. On 11/16/13, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On 11/16/2013 10:49 AM, Patrick Moore

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-16 Thread Ron Mc
I rode my historically inaccurate fop chariot on a 20 mi ride this morning (only bike I own with gears I can climb back into my neighborhood) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/aP4140012.jpg with the small trunksack mounted in place of the rando bag. I've mentioned

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-16 Thread Patrick Moore
Yeah! The right words count! Patrick Moore, getting a kick out of this thread in ABQ, NM On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 10:18 AM, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.comwrote: I prefer Historically accurate fop chariot. If you haven't read it, Monday's installment was perfect BTW:

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-16 Thread Patrick Moore
Nice bike -- I wish I could be comfortable on M bars. Are the new ones very different in feel? On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Ron Mc bulldog...@gmail.com wrote: I rode my historically inaccurate fop chariot on a 20 mi ride this morning (only bike I own with gears I can climb back into my

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-16 Thread Ron Mc
thanks Patrick. Even with all the weight, my old college Raleigh is trick for me. Wide 6 rear and half-steps plus escape on a Cylotouriste crank. Gears are 26 to 97 in about 5-inch steps. I think it's cozy for me because of my long limbs and short torso, but it fits me like a pair of

[RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-15 Thread OS125
Anton Tutter wrote: I would love to read BikeSnobNYC's take on of all this. I expect he has run into this sort of reaction before. BSNYC might allow for the possibility it is written tongue-in-cheek, just as he writes. He even may be sufficiently perceptive to think, Small group of

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-15 Thread Peter Morgano
I see, so no commenting on your own blog but you can comment here on peoples comments on said blog. What a hypocrite. On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 11:56 AM, OS125 cbarb...@ase.tufts.edu wrote: Anton Tutter wrote: I would love to read BikeSnobNYC's take on of all this. I expect he has run into

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-15 Thread Steve Palincsar
Think of all the angst and implied insult you could have avoided simply by describing your hack as a way to emulate or recreate the look of the old Bluemels fender while using cheap and readily available modern fenders. I think in future it would be nice to reserve the term re-enactors for

[RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-15 Thread Bill Lindsay
I think it would be cool if SKS offered modern fenders in all the colors that Bluemels (sp?) used to offer. That would be super fun. On Thursday, November 14, 2013 8:31:49 AM UTC-8, Anton Tutter wrote: Has anyone seen this?

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-15 Thread Patrick Moore
Hey, I missed this one. How do you dremel a Longboard into a Bluemel? Anyone who takes cutting tools to bicycle stuff is my friend! It is interesting that BS's sarcasm seems to be spread with a pretty even hand, in a full 360 degrees, too. Patrick must search my trash folder for this one -- no,

[RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-14 Thread Deacon Patrick
This seems applicable. http://xkcd.com/386/ With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, November 14, 2013 9:31:49 AM UTC-7, Anton Tutter wrote: Has anyone seen this? http://v-ccnewengland.blogspot.com/2011/03/sks-longboard-fenders-improved.html The author explicitly expresses his distaste of these

[RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-14 Thread Ron Mc
I like the bar and stem shifter combination on his prewar Evans http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uyGpYXb0Jro/TTtxtIAWUtI/AMs/QYm6dCLwbtU/s1600/IMG_7300.jpg I don't know if you've ever visited the CABE - none of those guys actually ride bikes - they just memorialize them On Thursday, November

[RBW] Re: Riv/SKS longboards as Bluemels re-enactment

2013-11-14 Thread Anton Tutter
On Thursday, November 14, 2013 11:47:18 AM UTC-5, Ron Mc wrote: I like the bar and stem shifter combination on his prewar Evans http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uyGpYXb0Jro/TTtxtIAWUtI/AMs/QYm6dCLwbtU/s1600/IMG_7300.jpg It's also sporting a Riv bottle. I don't know if you've ever