I was right behind these guys in line at the 5-mile course. They were very happy to talk about the bike with me. I was impressed that they had the foresight to put on a purpose-built fiberglass fairing (more "slippery") and tiny rear sprocket (taller gearing).
Also, it's pretty weird when you're hanging out that the starting line hearing/smelling all these loud, gassy (in a good way) hot rods and blown 'Busas... and then all of a sudden this thing takes off with the noise of maybe a Huffy.
Look, HL, I created Crasstalk way before the Gawker redesign and I invited everyone here on Crosstalk to join the site. And I've made a point of saying that anyone is welcome at the site as long as they can play well with others.
The rules would be the same for you or anyone else who comes to the site. So please don't make it sound like me or the other two moderators there are trying to exclude you. If you can't get along with people, say that. But don't make it sound like it's some cabal trying to keep you out.
Great. Now AOL is going to ruin HuffPo by turning it into a collection of hacky, disposable keyword-clogged SEO spam articles about how Kim Kardashian and Snooki want Mubarak to step down.
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