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 2009-06-30 1:10 PM |
Extreme Veteran  454   Canton, MI |  Subject: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace?What is it? First Come in Mind: My evil-bay trainer that resemble the power(aka noise) of a straight pipe V8 Mustang or Harley Close Second: a beat up sunglasses with a cracked lens thats holding together by crazy glue, missing all rubber pieces and stripped paint Third: a pair of bike shorts that washed to the point where it is semi-transparent. (I never wear it in group ride! heck, I never wear it in public now!) |
| 2009-06-30 1:12 PM in reply to: #2253557 |
Champion 7233  | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? my tri shoes, hands down, they feel like slippers. |
| 2009-06-30 1:57 PM in reply to: #2253557 |
Extreme Veteran 575 Concord, NH | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? The Selle San Marco ERA saddle on my cross bike. It started out on my road bike 5 years ago, then moved over to the mountain about 3 years ago, and is now on the cross bike. It still works so I am not ready to replace it, but if I come across another new one for cheap I may finally change it. |
| 2009-06-30 2:03 PM in reply to: #2253557 |
Champion 8766 Evergreen, Colorado | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? My tri shoes. They cause my Morton's Neuroma to act up and are just plain beat up. The plastic under the heel is falling off too. I am trying to make it through at least one more season since they only start to really hurt after 1.5+ hours and I'm not doing much of anything longer than that this year. But I really do need new ones. |
| 2009-06-30 2:04 PM in reply to: #2253557 |
Expert 878 Tallahassee, FL | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? My wrist watch. Had it for years. Need a new one in a bad way. |
| 2009-06-30 2:19 PM in reply to: #2253557 |
| 244 | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? That would be my mountain bike. Bought at Wal Mart in the early 90s by my much taller MIL and handed down to me. It feels like it weighs more than I do. |
| 2009-06-30 2:23 PM in reply to: #2253557 |
| Expert 763 Behind you | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? Treadmill, sounds like a freight train now |
| 2009-06-30 3:49 PM in reply to: #2253557 |
Elite 4048 Gilbert, Az. | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? 1. Bike helmet - It's circa 2000, kicked around in my car in the Phoenix sun for a couple summers, and been in one crash. 2. Bike shoes - Also circa 2000, and the upper is separating from the sole slightly in the toe box of one of them. 3. Trainer - Pain in the tookus to get on and off since the handle is broken. John |
| 2009-07-01 12:59 AM in reply to: #2254053 |
Master 2665 The Whites, New Hampshire | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? tkd.teacher - 2009-06-30 4:49 PM 1. Bike helmet - It's circa 2000, kicked around in my car in the Phoenix sun for a couple summers, and been in one crash. John [climbs onto soapbox] dOOd, seriously, bike helmets are NOT THAT EXPENSIVE! Seriously. Want to know how cheap they are? Check out your insurance deductible for one trip to the ER. Oh, but wait, that gets waived if you get admitted, so maybe you'd be okay...after several thousands of dollars in hospital bills... [off soapbox] My bike. Hardcore. Love him, but he's made for the trails. We got very cranky at each other last year trying to ride the roads. Now I give him some dirt lovin' whenever I can (which is not nearly often enough). I want a road bike in the biggest baddest way so I can show the MonSter who's boss. |
| 2009-07-01 3:33 AM in reply to: #2253557 |
| Regular 61 | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? It was Betsy....until yesterday |
| 2009-07-01 3:45 AM in reply to: #2253557 |
| Regular 61 | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? It was my 1987 Murray girl's 10 speed, steel frame bike...until today. I just got a brand new Fugi 3.0 road bike. Pics to follow when I can get any of my photos to upload. Can't wait to really ride it...  |
| 2009-07-01 8:36 AM in reply to: #2253557 |
Master 2277 Lake Norman, NC | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? My wife would say - ME! |
| 2009-07-01 11:43 AM in reply to: #2253557 |
Extreme Veteran 657 | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? I always wanted one those. I need desperately to replace my 105 shifter set. I have to change gears with 2 fingers with it. |
| 2009-07-01 11:47 AM in reply to: #2253557 |
Pro 4675 Wisconsin near the Twin Cities metro | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? my sciatic nerve |
 2009-07-01 12:17 PM in reply to: #2253557 |
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| 2009-07-01 1:14 PM in reply to: #2253557 |
| Member 39 | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? it's got to be my bikesdirect.com motobecane grant spritn road bike. it has ultegra components and it has carried me 15K miles, but i feel like i need an expensive bike! |
| 2009-07-01 1:33 PM in reply to: #2256277 |
| Member 32 | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? My helmet is not that old, 4 years, but it was bright yellow and has faded to dull yellow. My mountain bike shoes are the only ones I've ever owned. The have laces and velcro. They are ugly, but the fit sooo well. |
| 2009-07-01 1:39 PM in reply to: #2253557 |
| New Haven, CT | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? Me. 34 years old. Rusty. Heavy. Not areo. Need a new bottom bracket. |
| 2009-07-01 1:52 PM in reply to: #2253557 |
| Extreme Veteran 832 Podunk County, MN | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? My aerobars. They're the flip up kind, and the spring on one of the pads is broken so that pad is down permanently, but jiggles around when I'm riding. I feel sorry for anybody I'm riding with on a bumpy road, because it's really noisy. |
| 2009-07-01 3:49 PM in reply to: #2253557 |
| Extreme Veteran 660 Texas | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? My 4-bottle fuel belt. I bought it when I was training for my 1st marathon in 2002 and I still haven't parted with it. It's horribly faded, has crystallized Gu gel in both pockets and only one of the pockets still zips! I love that it has an actual buckle-thingy rather than the velcro that the new ones have and I think it has character. I finally decided I would break down and get one of the cute, new pink ones, but my local running store didn't have the 4-bottle version so I figured it was fate telling me to keep the old one. Note: I do replace the drinking bottles every year, though...they start to get gross if you don't. |
| 2009-07-01 4:39 PM in reply to: #2256407 |
| Regular 227 NorCal, near Lake Tahoe, Ca | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? kanders - 2009-07-01 11:52 AM My aerobars. They're the flip up kind, and the spring on one of the pads is broken so that pad is down permanently, but jiggles around when I'm riding. I feel sorry for anybody I'm riding with on a bumpy road, because it's really noisy. I have those same ones! I think the rattling makes me go faster because I want to get to the end of the ride to make it stop! My road shoes need to go. They're worn pretty thin where the upper meets the sole. |
| 2009-07-01 5:40 PM in reply to: #2256880 |
| Master 1610 Kirkland, WA | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? Roadie gal - 2009-07-01 2:39 PM kanders - 2009-07-01 11:52 AM I have those same ones! I think the rattling makes me go faster because I want to get to the end of the ride to make it stop! My road shoes need to go. They're worn pretty thin where the upper meets the sole.My aerobars. They're the flip up kind, and the spring on one of the pads is broken so that pad is down permanently, but jiggles around when I'm riding. I feel sorry for anybody I'm riding with on a bumpy road, because it's really noisy. that happened to me on my old bike - with those same bars. there is this stuff called 'duct tape' that you can apply on the levers holding the pads. . then they are permanently down on your bars w/o rattling  |
| 2009-07-01 5:46 PM in reply to: #2253557 |
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| 2009-07-01 9:10 PM in reply to: #2253557 |
| Extreme Veteran 333 Bend, OR | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? Well, I do have a piece of personal equipment getting beat up by time in the saddle. I don't think I'd replace it but I hope it continues to work in 20 years |
| 2009-07-01 9:17 PM in reply to: #2256986 |
| Davenport, IA | Subject: RE: The most beat-up piece of equipment that you are still using but desprate to replace? |
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