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    PedalUma reacted to spokewrench's post in the thread Show Us a Tool with Like Like.
    I wasn't born yesterday. The photo says March 4. About 7 PM on a Thursday in April, 1965, I was pedaling up a 10% grade 1,000 feet...
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    PedalUma reacted to fooferdoggie's post in the thread Show Us a Tool with Love Love.
    yep worked for my granddaughter. but she was so small I had to buy that kick bike in a small size. when she was 4 she was riding fully...
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    PedalUma replied to the thread Show Us a Tool.
    Something that gives me the warm fuzzies happened today. A friend that approached me for the first time from EBR back in maybe June...
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    PedalUma replied to the thread Show Us a Tool.
    It's fun to restore old tools. My bike stand is from 1964. I could have used buffing compound on it to restore it but decided to retain...
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    PedalUma reacted to Biplaneguy's post in the thread Show Us a Tool with Love Love.
    I can't say I've actually used this on a bike, but this little monkey wrench is (I believe) from the toolkit included with Pierce Arrow...
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    PedalUma replied to the thread Show Us a Tool.
    I thought something was off. It is well over 1%. When it is this bad it means a new chain, new gear cluster, and a new chainring. What...
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    PedalUma replied to the thread Show Us a Tool.
    An anthropologist might say we are defined by three things; our tools, or art, and our garbage.
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    PedalUma reacted to RunForTheHills's post in the thread Show Us a Tool with Like Like.
    Well, I like tools. Maybe I am hoarding them, but it seems like there are plenty to go around for those that want them. And with...
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    PedalUma reacted to Gionnirocket's post in the thread Show Us a Tool with Haha Haha.
    Don't feel guilty... As soon as they realize that it requires work to use them and there is no app... They'll be as useful as an...
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    PedalUma reacted to tomjasz's post in the thread Show Us a Tool with Like Like.
    I'm finding the young techs who grew up with computer access from birth may know more than we think. That said, we've had a new Subaru...
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    PedalUma reacted to 6zfshdb's post in the thread Gravel Vs. Trail Bikes with Haha Haha.
    Hey! That's what I need, a Whale battery to replace my Dolphin! 😄
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    PedalUma replied to the thread Aventon Aventure M.
    I have a friend in a nursing home who is out of shape and uses a walker. I visit him and his roommates a couple of times a week and...
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    PedalUma reacted to RunForTheHills's post in the thread Aventon Aventure M with Like Like.
    He has a nice bike path a few hundred yards from his house right on the bay. I have got him out walking on it a few times, but he is not...
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    PedalUma replied to the thread Aventon Aventure M.
    It is true that any movement is better than sitting on a couch. I have not sat on a couch for about a dozen years. It is like smoking...
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    PedalUma reacted to RunForTheHills's post in the thread Aventon Aventure M with Like Like.
    There are, in fact, 400 lb Americans out there. I have a friend who fits the description (although he is not lazy) and I would love to...
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