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I paid for the whole damn thing plus I know Anthony had leftover bucks. Can you put a turbo on a Schwinn or sub-frame connectors? Jim
Actually, you paid for one month on my storage unit, 40 in gas, three pints of Yuengling, one cosmo, one "lemon drink" (a drink a bartender friend of ours makes), a shot of Wild Turkey and part of the bike. Lance paid for the other part of the bike.
Sure, I'll let y'all ride the bike, but I get to drive your car while you're doing it.
I see, and have to attend to all kinds of body types in my line of work. I'm still not convinced that you're serious about your new ride, but if you are...that bike may be the very best thing that ever happened to you.
If the worst consequence of being an out-of-shape couch potato(e) (remember VP Q...) was a premature death, it wouldn't be nearly as bad as what actually happens. The harsh reality is, you have strokes, or debilitating cardiac events from a lifetime of not maintaining your plumbing, and your body just ceases to function, one bit at a time. People are prisoners in their own bodies; restrained from activities they should be able to participate in. And I'm not just talking major strokes; I have people who can't cut their grass or bend over to pick a weed out of their yard. People live in fear of exceeding their physical limit after they've tasted infirmity. It's a fear we are not programmed to feel until after our bods are giving up. I hear desperate voices every day say things like, "Don't live like I have lived. Take better care of yourself!" I am lucky to have the opportunity to learn from all of their misery, and thought I'd share a bit of that luck with you.
Exercise makes you psychologically healthy as well. It's like having a built-in, chemical "reset button". Consider not plugging your ears (or clutter your brain),with music while you ride. Anticipate the problems the day is about to present to you and imagine how you can improve situations before they present themselves. Spend some time being thankful for the stuff that's going right. We are so blessed in this country, (thanks in part to our country's tireless defenders). Think about all the problems in the United States that would be improved if we all decided to ride a bike some portion of the time. Physical health, mental health, financial health, fuel consumption, smog reduction.... (Although right now, I'm trying to make my mustang suck and burn more fuel!). Sorry if this sounds like a sermon; I'm sure most of you have no interest. It's a lot more compelling when you can see the intensity of these folks' reccomendation and the sincerety in their eyes.
But congrats on your choice of a new ride. This could be an awsome time in your life. Saving a few bucks is only the beginning of what good this could do for you.
IBikes are cool. Me and my daughter take dailey bike rides. I ride a scwinn beach cruiser and I love it. I grew up on schwinns so don't let these uppity tea toting pinky pointing snobs dis you when they tell you about their $1000 dollar bikes. Hell, I'd ride a $1000 bike if my company bought it for me and gas was over $6 a gallon. Or, I'd sell the company bike and buy parts for my mustang and then drive it to work
I prefer my <$5 compared to my work bike and it is over $7 per gallon now valley!! My point was for that price you can get a good 2nd hand bike, but now you got it my comments are redundant but i agree about not get a gel seat. Get your self a puncture repair kit and pump there is nothing worse than pushing the bike home with a puncture, also the dutch have these great locks for bikes (ring locks) that are fixed to the frame not sure if you can get them in US but they are good http://axabasta.intermix2.nl/index.asp?page=http://axabasta.intermix2.nl/offer/items.asp?id=11 it is in dutch but you get the idea.
there is a guy at my work that has a very small two stroke engine on his beach cruiser it goes bout 40mph and its rediculously good on gas i think he told me that he worked it out and he gets 140 something miles to the gallon i thought that was cool
I see, and have to attend to all kinds of body types in my line of work. I'm still not convinced that you're serious about your new ride, but if you are...that bike may be the very best thing that ever happened to you.
If the worst consequence of being an out-of-shape couch potato(e) (remember VP Q...) was a premature death, it wouldn't be nearly as bad as what actually happens. The harsh reality is, you have strokes, or debilitating cardiac events from a lifetime of not maintaining your plumbing, and your body just ceases to function, one bit at a time. People are prisoners in their own bodies; restrained from activities they should be able to participate in. And I'm not just talking major strokes; I have people who can't cut their grass or bend over to pick a weed out of their yard. People live in fear of exceeding their physical limit after they've tasted infirmity. It's a fear we are not programmed to feel until after our bods are giving up. I hear desperate voices every day say things like, "Don't live like I have lived. Take better care of yourself!" I am lucky to have the opportunity to learn from all of their misery, and thought I'd share a bit of that luck with you.
Exercise makes you psychologically healthy as well. It's like having a built-in, chemical "reset button". Consider not plugging your ears (or clutter your brain),with music while you ride. Anticipate the problems the day is about to present to you and imagine how you can improve situations before they present themselves. Spend some time being thankful for the stuff that's going right. We are so blessed in this country, (thanks in part to our country's tireless defenders). Think about all the problems in the United States that would be improved if we all decided to ride a bike some portion of the time. Physical health, mental health, financial health, fuel consumption, smog reduction.... (Although right now, I'm trying to make my mustang suck and burn more fuel!). Sorry if this sounds like a sermon; I'm sure most of you have no interest. It's a lot more compelling when you can see the intensity of these folks' reccomendation and the sincerety in their eyes.
But congrats on your choice of a new ride. This could be an awsome time in your life. Saving a few bucks is only the beginning of what good this could do for you.
All my best,
And why are we giving a health lesson.Probably the most pointless reply ive ever read.
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I see, and have to attend to all kinds of body types in my line of work. I'm still not convinced that you're serious about your new ride, but if you are...that bike may be the very best thing that ever happened to you.
If the worst consequence of being an out-of-shape couch potato(e) (remember VP Q...) was a premature death, it wouldn't be nearly as bad as what actually happens. The harsh reality is, you have strokes, or debilitating cardiac events from a lifetime of not maintaining your plumbing, and your body just ceases to function, one bit at a time. People are prisoners in their own bodies; restrained from activities they should be able to participate in. And I'm not just talking major strokes; I have people who can't cut their grass or bend over to pick a weed out of their yard. People live in fear of exceeding their physical limit after they've tasted infirmity. It's a fear we are not programmed to feel until after our bods are giving up. I hear desperate voices every day say things like, "Don't live like I have lived. Take better care of yourself!" I am lucky to have the opportunity to learn from all of their misery, and thought I'd share a bit of that luck with you.
Exercise makes you psychologically healthy as well. It's like having a built-in, chemical "reset button". Consider not plugging your ears (or clutter your brain),with music while you ride. Anticipate the problems the day is about to present to you and imagine how you can improve situations before they present themselves. Spend some time being thankful for the stuff that's going right. We are so blessed in this country, (thanks in part to our country's tireless defenders). Think about all the problems in the United States that would be improved if we all decided to ride a bike some portion of the time. Physical health, mental health, financial health, fuel consumption, smog reduction.... (Although right now, I'm trying to make my mustang suck and burn more fuel!). Sorry if this sounds like a sermon; I'm sure most of you have no interest. It's a lot more compelling when you can see the intensity of these folks' reccomendation and the sincerety in their eyes.
But congrats on your choice of a new ride. This could be an awsome time in your life. Saving a few bucks is only the beginning of what good this could do for you.
All my best,
And why are we giving a health lesson. Probably the most pointless reply ive ever read.
+1
Yeah, I work in a hospital. I watched some 400 pound 20 year old chick die of respitatory and cardiovascular failure. Her 400 pound mother didn't see it coming either.
I work in the OR and see the reprucussions of people being dumb and not taking care of themselves.
I bought the bike cause I've been kicked out of my house and need (at the moment) to save everything red cent I possibly can. I go to the gym, so that is taken care of. This is just to save a few bucks so I can buy my GF an engagement ring, save for the vacation I plan for her B-day and save up to get our apartment. Nothing more.
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). Sorry if this sounds like a sermon; I'm sure most of you have no interest. It's a lot more compelling when you can see the intensity of these folks' reccomendation and the sincerety in their eyes. 
Her 400 pound mother didn't see it coming either. 
