Send a reporter to Monterey during Sea Otter week and you'll get a short history of the region; photographs of rejuvenated couples shopping at Cannery Row; furled sails against blue skies; flags flying over Laguna Seca; colorful tech things lined up in tents; Traffic officials in yellow vests; and lots of people riding bicycles, posing as if they believe that like-minded others actually care that they are riding bicycles.
Send an artist and you'll get three men with tattoos and tan lines changing into spandex behind a sprinter van, pasted top to bottom with logos, some of them representing sponsors who actual pay money; Latino men pushing huge plastic trash carts; smoke billowing from food trucks; contrasting colors reflecting from a tent city erected on the shore of an ever brown pond, broken by the wakes of three Canadian geese; bicycles locked to chain link fences; and bearded men holding craft beer. Sea Otter classic is all of that and more. Here's some of the "more" part. | Bikeexchange.com is a cycling only resale outlet for riders, shops and warehouses who wish to sell their stuff (new or used) to other cyclists and avoid the multitudes on EBay or Craig's List. - Candice Gordon |
Shimano Di2, take two: When the subject of our conversation turned to Shimano's Di2 XTR and XT, Sea Otter visitor Francesco Schirru said he was a fan of electronic shifting, but he had a different opinion than Shimano does:
| Shimano needs to make Di2 - everything - like Deore XT brakes: Simple, good working and reliable - working every time.
Sometimes I have only one day per week to ride my bike. I don't have the time to spend to program my bike. I need to ride it. - Francesco Schirru |
| Kenda actually makes tires, which is an advantage that I didn't have before. Presently, everyone is using nylon in the casings, so it's all about compounds, and most tire makers have figured that out. We are exploring next-level casing materials now. I can't say what it is, but we are looking at one with strength that is somewhere between Kevlar and Nylon and that bonds well with rubber. - Alan Clark |
| Riding keeps me slim, fit and healthy. I feel and look my best - and, I'm burning fat, not oil. - Freelee the Banana Girl |
6 bananas sent you to the hospital? Try eating them when they're not green as St Patrick's day.
Not surprised Freelee is the top comment. Easy target.
What has her crazy boyfriend got to do with freelee herself ? Two different people.
read the text. It is clearly not just about him...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c45a3y014w
And while she may appear to be bananas in her videos, she's also quite pretty and has a very flat stomach and she gets recognised by folks (checkout the butcher in her video above) like many other youtube celebs do. I myself consume enormous amounts of carbs and gain basically zero weight even when being lazy. If you look at her videos of when she was "fat" six to eight years ago... she wasn't even that fat compared to how most people today look fat. She may be blessed with an already fast burning metabolism to go with her diet. I'm 44 and mine hasn't really slowed at all. Even at three to four thousand calories per day and not riding as much as I used to, its taken me 15 years to go from 170 pounds to 194 pounds.
i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/03/06/265D7D7400000578-0-image-a-17_1425613040168.jpg
No, its not though that particular crackpots rant is primarily about durianrider. Believing one internet rant over another is like believing specialized was being altruistic when they sued a coffee/bike shop called Roubaix.
when did I say that I only read this one thread about them?
Let`s think about the following scenario: you have found a youtube channel of a girl that declares that her diet, eating almost excusively fruit, works for EVERYBODY (no exception, none). Every criticism of the diet gets you banned on their forum and if it`s not working it is your fault. Your boyfriend has diagnosed himself with an incurable disease (Crohn`s) and then declared to have been healed by this diet. He also slanders people that called him out and lies about what actually happened.
Would you believe these people? Would you call this girl a trustworthy source?
step 1: be attractive and fit
step 2: post desirable pictures all over the internet.
step 3: tell everyone that you got that way through the product you are selling.
I've known durian is a crackpot for ages, and the guy who's attacking him is equally looney. Its two diet program guys attacking one another. I believe neither of them. I don't watch freelee's videos for her diet advice either, but because they're generally amusing to watch. Same reason I watch Jenna Marbles, or the penny arcade Acquisitions Incorporated D&D podcasts and videos. As entertaining to watch as anything netflix or hbo puts out.
Nor did I say I followed her diet or was one of her 'fruit bats' as she calls her fans. But if not for her looks/body most wouldn't take her advice either. The axiom sex sells might not be true in advertising anymore, but skinny still sells in diet fads and book sales.
I get it a lot from morons, so thanks for identifying yourself amongst the crowd.
(not sure if deeeight was involved as a subject)
Anthony Colpo is a quack...durian may be a con artist trying to push his & his wife's books...but Anthony is a total wacko in comparison. That bit on his blog rant about durian threatening to cut someones throat was hilarious...because..if true...the recepient would have gone to the Adelaide police with the text messages and voice mails. But of course, nothing of that sort has ever happened. But fine, maybe these other posts on Colpo will satisfy you...
www.bodyforwife.com/alternative-medicine-adrenal-fatigue-and-anthony-colpo
www.drjanet.com/blog/2012/01/16/my-response-to-anthony-colpo
freetheanimal.com/2010/03/isnt-it-time-for-anthony-colpo-to-get-a-life.html
slowburnfitness.com/who-is-anthony-colpo-and-should-anyone-care
freetheanimal.com/2011/08/anthony-colpo-call-your-friend.html
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-iCfyhNbo0
youtu.be/iZFePVU18lQ
youtu.be/fOP7BG4zlbw
If those are not enough evidence for you (and three of them are videos so even those too lazy to read can educate themselves)... then you're probably one of those anti-vaxxer / climate change denial types and I'm done wasting my time with you and others like you. You've gotten lots of positive props for your first link... but I suspect nobody here bothered to check into Anthony Colpo at all (just google his name and you find all the folks debunked him as a crackpot). People believe anything on the internet...especially the lies of crackpot bloggers.
I just posted this link to show people how well this diet actually works according to Freelee`s own "ex-fans". How does that make me an anti vaccer? Or was that just supposed to be a personal insult?
Oh and if you like fake tits, an almost anorexic body and a swollen face, go for it, i won`t hold you back!
www.parktool.com/blog/shop-rag/shop-rag-issue-7-introducing-the-mw-1