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  • faustus
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    @blackmount
    Life’s too short to worry about bloody stickers. Too busy riding…

    @thepurist
    I use a natural selection based approach – mud sticks to some bits, not others. It’s a bike, not an art work or a personal statement.

    Pithy, both. But surely bikes can be all those things? And when not riding, then thinking about and tinkering with bikes doesn’t make life too short, but more enriching if you like bikes? There are times, surely, when one isn’t riding (and posting on the internet about bikes instead)?

    faustus
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    2004 Rock Lobster 853 – Rockshox Reba SL 115mm forks, Mavic EN321 rims on xt hubs, M775 4-pot xt front brake – various colours.

    Wonderful to ride, could be used in many guises, travelled far including a road descent of L’Alpe d’Huez in 15 minutes on Schwalbe Kojaks. He fell in battle whilst descending the ranger path on Snowdon, terminally denting the chainstay. He lives on in my shed, and in all the memories [wipes away happy tear]…

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